FPM (Strategy), FORE School of Management, New Delhi; MBA (Finance), ICFAI Business School, IFHE University, Hyderabad; B.Com. (Honours), University of Delhi, Delhi
Email: sonika.jha@fsm.ac.in
Contact: 011-41242478
Total Years of Experience
2 Years
Brief description of Experience
Sonika Jha is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Area at FORE School of Management, New Delhi, India. Sonika Jha has a Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) from FORE School of Management, New Delhi. She completed her MBA from ICFAI Business School, IFHE University, Hyderabad, and her B.Com. (Honours) from University of Delhi, Delhi. She has also attended and participated in the IB and Strategy – PhD Masterclass (2023) organised by the Henley Business School, University of Reading, England, UK. She has the experience of working with NTPC Faridabad, Haryana, and has also worked in the Facilities Management sector.
She has publications in top tier ABDC and ABS journals such as Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Computer Information Systems, European Business Review, Higher Education Quarterly, and others. She has her research presented at international conferences such as the British Academy of Management (BAM), Academy of Management (AOM), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) and International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), and national conferences such as at the IIMs. She has also won the “Best Full Paper Award” at the British Academy of Management (BAM 2023) Conference.
She has published editorials in The Economic Times, and opinion and thought pieces on platforms like The Diplomatist, The Geopolitics, and Modern Diplomacy. She has also been a contributor to the MISQ Insider initiative by MIS Quarterly. She is also a part of the “Emerging Scholar from Emerging Markets Programme – ESEMP” (2024-25) by the Academy of International Business (AIB).
Research Interest Areas
Open Innovation (OI), Corporate Engagement with Start-ups (CEWS), Qualitative Research, Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Higher Education, Knowledge Spillovers, Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR), Gig Economy & Entrepreneurship, AI & Knowledge Management, AI & Global Innovation
Consulting Interest Areas
Selected Publications
1) Jha, S. and Basu, S. (2025), "Knowledge spillovers between R&D-driven incumbents and start-ups in open innovation: a systematic review and nomological network", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 29 No. 2, pp. 588-638.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-05-2024-0563 [ABDC-A, ABS 2, SCOPUS – Q1, Web of Science – SSCI; IF – 8.8; Cite Score – 13.7; H Index – 140]
2) Basu, S., Jha, S., Ooi, K.B. and Cham, T.H. (2025). Unveiling the Potential of Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR). Journal of Computer Information Systems, pp.1-33.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2024.2445745[ABDC-A, ABS 2, SCOPUS – Q1, Web of Science – SSCI; IF – 3.1; Cite Score – 6.8; H Index – 77]
3) Jha, S., Singh, A.K. and Basu, S. (2024), "Corporate engagement with start-ups (CEWS): a systematic review of literature and future research agenda", European Business Review, Vol. 36 No. 5, pp. 725-770.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EBR-03-2023-0065 [ABDC-B, ABS 2, SCOPUS – Q1, Web of Science – ESCI; IF – 14.9; Cite score – 8.3; H Index – 55]
4) Jha, S., Singh, A. K., & Chauhan, R. (2024). Deploying fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and sensitivity analysis to identify and prioritize the barriers faced by early-career social science researchers during research collaborations. Higher Education Quarterly, 00, e12542. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12542 [ABS 2, ABDC-C, SCOPUS – Q1, Web of Science – ESCI; IF – 2.8; Cite Score – 4.5; H Index – 49]
5) Garg, J., Jha, S. and Singh, A.K. (2023). Investigating the reorientation in manufacturing firms through a dynamic of strategic shift: An exploratory study. Human Systems Management, 42(6), pp.609-631. https://doi.org/10.3233/HSM-220157 [ABDC-C, SCOPUS – Q2, Web of Science – ESCI; IF – 2.3; Cite Score – 3.5; H Index – 31]
6) Jha, S., Singh, A. K., & Garg, J. (2023). Factors Influencing the E-Learning Experience: Evidence from Indian Education Sector During Covid-19. MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends and Practices, 13(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2023/v13/i1/2344 [Web of Science – ESCI]
