Babar Dharani | Management and Accounting | Academic Trailblazer Award

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Dr. Babar Dharani | Management and Accounting | Academic Trailblazer Award

Dr. Babar Dharani, University of Cape Town, South Africa

🌍 Senior Lecturer at the Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership, University of Cape Town, since 2019. His research focuses on leadership, organizational behavior, and diversity and inclusion. Previously, he served as Group CFO for Dimexon Group in Dubai, overseeing financial operations across multiple countries. Dr. Dharani holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cape Town, with a thesis on the business lifecycle and employee happiness. He is a Fellow of the ICAEW and an Associate Chartered Accountant. His extensive experience combines academia and practical leadership in finance. 📊📚

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Educational Background

Dr. Dharani holds a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town, where his doctoral thesis explored the relationship between business lifecycle and employee happiness, emphasizing locus of control expectancy. His academic credentials include an MBA from the same institution and numerous professional designations, such as Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA) and Business Finance Professional (BFP).

 

Employment Experience

Dr. Babar Dharani has been a Senior Lecturer at the Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership, University of Cape Town, since February 2019. He was promoted from an Associate to Senior Lecturer in February 2020. His research focuses on critical areas such as leadership—specifically self-leadership, inclusive leadership, and leadership traits—as well as organizational behavior, including emotions in organizations, burnout, happiness, and boredom. Furthermore, his work on diversity and inclusion highlights internal hegemony and exclusion, demonstrating a commitment to advancing understanding in these crucial fields.

 

Corporate Leadership Experience

Prior to his academic career, Dr. Dharani served as the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Dimexon Group in Dubai from March 2012 to March 2018. He initially joined as Finance Manager, rising to oversee finance operations across multiple countries, including Japan, China, and the USA. His responsibilities included managing stakeholder relationships and establishing a Family Office for the sponsor family, illustrating his leadership skills in high-pressure environments.

 

Conclusion

Dr. Babar Dharani’s extensive experience in academia, corporate leadership, and entrepreneurship, along with his solid educational background and professional affiliations, make him an exemplary candidate for the Research for Academic Trailblazer Award. His innovative research and commitment to fostering inclusive leadership and organizational behavior position him as a leading figure in his field, deserving of recognition for his trailblazing contributions.

Publication Top Notes

  • Impact of locus of control expectancy on level of well-being – Cited by: 350, Year: 2012 📈
  • Lived experiences of exclusion in the workplace: Psychological & behavioural effects – Cited by: 15, Year: 2023 🌍
  • An intersectional approach to hegemonic masculinity and internal hegemony: a thematic analysis in South African men – Cited by: 15, Year: 2021 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
  • Leader career success & locus of control expectancy – Cited by: 14, Year: 2011 📊
  • The poetic journey of self-leadership: Leadership development along the stages of psychological growth – Cited by: 11, Year: 2021 📖
  • At the intersection of happiness and contentment at work – Cited by: 7, Year: 2020 😊
  • Diversity and entrepreneurship in South Africa: Intersections and purposive collaboration – Cited by: 6, Year: 2021 🤝
  • Intuition and Decision-Making: Business and Sports Leaders – Cited by: 6, Year: 2020 🧠
  • Understanding and Reformulating Mental Models – Cited by: 5, Year: 2022 🔄
  • Investigating happiness at work along the organizational life cycle: Moderating role of locus of control – Cited by: 4, Year: 2022 📅

 

 

Henk Volberda | Business Administration | Outstanding Scientist Award

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Prof. Henk Volberda | Business Administration | Outstanding Scientist Award

Prof. Henk Volberda, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Henk W. Volberda, Prof. of Strategic Management & Innovation at Amsterdam Business School, explores hyper-competition, tech disruption, and new business models. 🚀 He leads the Innovation & Digital group at the Strategy & IB section and serves as Scientific Director at the Amsterdam Centre for Business Innovation. 🎓 With advisory roles at NXP Semiconductors and Apollo Tyres Netherlands, he’s a World Economic Forum expert and fellow of the European Academy of Management. 🌍 Volberda’s acclaimed works include “Building the Flexible Firm” and “Reinventing Business Models.” 📚 Recognized for research on organizational flexibility, he’s garnered awards like the Igor Ansoff Strategic Management Award.

 

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Research Focus

Henk W. Volberda’s research delves into the dynamic interplay of exploratory and exploitative innovation within organizations, emphasizing their pivotal role in achieving sustainable performance and strategic agility. 🔄 With a focus on organizational antecedents and environmental moderators, his work elucidates the mechanisms driving innovation and ambidexterity. 🧠 Volberda’s contributions span various fields, including strategic management, organizational theory, and innovation studies, offering invaluable insights for navigating hypercompetitive landscapes. 🌱 Through extensive scholarly output and collaborations, he continues to shape our understanding of how firms adapt and thrive amidst rapid technological change and market turbulence.

 

Publication Top Notes

Exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation, and performance: Effects of organizational antecedents and environmental moderators 📚 Published in 2006, cited by 4709.

Managing potential and realized absorptive capacity: how do organizational antecedents matter? 📝 Published in 2005, cited by 3308.

Coevolution of firm absorptive capacity and knowledge environment: Organizational forms and combinative capabilities 🔄 Published in 1999, cited by 2424.

Toward the flexible form: How to remain vital in hypercompetitive environments 🌱 Published in 1996, cited by 1930.

Perspective—Absorbing the concept of absorptive capacity: How to realize its potential in the organization field 🧠 Published in 2010, cited by 1867.

Prolegomena on coevolution: A framework for research on strategy and new organizational forms🌐 Published in 1999, cited by 1693.

Building the flexible firm: How to remain competitive 🏢 Published in 1999, cited by 1649.

Structural differentiation and ambidexterity: The mediating role of integration mechanisms 🤝 Published in 2009, cited by 1475.

Management innovation and leadership: The moderating role of organizational size 📊 Published in 2012, cited by 1086.

Understanding variation in managers’ ambidexterity: Investigating direct and interaction effects of formal structural and personal coordination mechanisms 🧩 Published in 2009, cited by 1019.