Academic Epistemology & Field Studies

Four Decades of Rigorous Empirical Scholarship

Dr. Banerjee's written scholarship spans empirical inquiries in environmental performance benchmarking in Indian steel mills (2010), cross-generational microfinance dynamics (2017), and behavioural biases in MSME impact investing (2025–26). The defining through-line is primary data: grounded field surveys informing management literature.

Her monographs, edited books, and peer-reviewed journal papers are published with premier global presses including Routledge, Springer, Bloomsbury, Palgrave Macmillan, Edward Elgar, Sage, Elsevier, and IGI Global.

“Management knowledge is only as powerful as its empirical fidelity to the informal economy, rural enterprises, and women operating at the economic margins.”

Academic Scholarship · 502+ Citations · h-index 9

Monographs & Edited Volumes

Barefoot Entrepreneur to Unicorn

Trajectory of Indian Entrepreneurship — Tracing the structural transition of Indian grassroots enterprise from survivalist models to high-tech scale.

Regal Publications (2025) ISBN 978-93-92927-77-5

Cognition and Intuition

Co-edited volume investigating managerial decision architecture, heuristics, and the cognitive triggers of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition.

Routledge (2025) Co-Edited Volume

Impact of COVID-19

On Education, Entertainment and Engagement — Empirical assessment of pandemic disruptions across pedagogy, digital platforms, and civil society.

Regal Publications (2022) ISBN 978-93-92927-09-6

Enterprising Agriculture

Exploring post-harvest value addition, farmer-producer cooperatives, and technology diffusion in agricultural supply chains in South Asia.

NIPA (2020) Agri-Business

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

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Does microfinance impede sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives among women borrowers? Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Journal of Rural Studies, Elsevier, 2018 138 citations

Ethical Practices towards Employees in Small Enterprises: A Quantitative Index

Journal of Human Values / Sage, 2011 53 citations

Does career planning drive agri-entrepreneurship intention among university students?

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing Economies, 2025 27 citations

Benchmarking environmental performance: five leading steel mills in India

Benchmarking: An International Journal, 2010 24 citations

Constraints and contingencies of the small business: a comparative perspective

South Asian Journal of Management, 2007 20 citations

Impact of Social Capital on Small Firms in West Bengal

The Journal of Entrepreneurship, Sage, vol. 24 no. 2, September 2015 · ISSN 0971-3557

Innovation Support and Small Firm Performance in India: A Social Capital Perspective

Thunderbird International Business Review, 2017 · ISSN 1520-6874

Factors Influencing Agri-Entrepreneurship Intention among University Students

Global Business Review, 2020 · ISSN 0972-1509

Competence of Healthcare Employees and Patient Satisfaction

Abhigyan, Sage, July 2025

https://doi.org/10.1177/09702385251348748

Leveraging Generational Experience for Entrepreneurship Attitude: Myanmar and Malaysia

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, 2025

Selected International Book Chapters

In search of patterns: social entrepreneurs in Mexico and India

Springer — In Search of Business Models in Social Entrepreneurship, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0390-7_3

Narratives of Sustainable Life: in pursuit of conscience business

Routledge — The Routledge Research Companion to Business with a Conscience, 2021

Reproductive empowerment and self-care

Routledge — Gendered Bodies, Social Exclusions, London & New York, 2025

Impact Investing in India: bridging profit and purpose through case studies

Bloomsbury India — Management Renaissance, pp. 223–236, 2026 · ISBN 978-93-69529-45-2

Individual factors in predicting social entrepreneurship as a career choice

Edward Elgar — Career Dynamics in a Global World, 2019

https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789901504.00014

Thread of Sustainability: crafting fashion for conscious community

IGI Global — Circular Economy and Re-Commerce in Fashion, 2019

https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2728-3.ch009