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Dr. Lalarukh Ejaz
IBA Faculty Co-authors a Paper on the Role of Hybrid Entrepreneurship in Just Transitions
Dr. Lalarukh Ejaz, Assistant Professor and Director IBA-CED co-authored a paper, titled 'Hybrid entrepreneurship in just transitions: Dealing with dilemmas facing 'the other'', published in the Journal of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.
Abstract
The aim of the paper is to investigate the role of hybrid entrepreneurship in developing justice and diversity responses to sustainability transitions that are complicated by contexts of ambiguous socio-technological shifts and manifested in material and ethical dilemmas for 'the other', i.e., those deemed different. Based on analysis of two original case studies featuring the other—the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation indigenous community in Canada and the Karachi Down Syndrome Program in Pakistan—we identify the conditions for engaging minority communities in strong collaborative and participatory cross-stakeholder processes to deal with dilemmas posed by sustainability transitions. We centre on issues of social inclusion and social equity. We illuminate how hybrid entrepreneurship practices enable, structure and manage collective learning within and outside hybrid ventures to facilitate equitable transitions. Finally, we propose how to co-create actions that amplify marginalized voices to influence institutions.
The paper can be accessed here.
Recognition
Dr. Lalarukh Ejaz
IBA faculty elected as a member of Board of Directors, Archroma Pakistan Ltd
Dr. Lalarukh Ejaz, Assistant Professor and Director IBA-CED, has been elected to the Board of Directors, Archroma Pakistan Ltd (ARPL), she is also the Chairperson of the Board. Dr. Ejaz brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this role.
Archroma Pakistan Ltd (ARPL), formerly recognized as Sandoz, Clariant, and Ciba Geigy, stands as a pioneer in the chemicals sector.
We congratulate Dr. Lalarukh Ejaz on her new role and wish her success in future endeavors.
Published Works
Dr. Lalarukh Ejaz
IBA faculty co-authored a paper on Women's informal entrepreneurship
Dr. Lalarukh Ejaz, Director Aman CED and Assistant Professor, Department of Management, School of Business Studies (SBS), is the first author of the research paper titled 'Women's informal entrepreneurship through the lens of institutional voids and institutional logics', published in the Journal of Gender, Work & Organization (ABS 3; ABCD A).
Abstract
In this conceptual paper, we respond to the calls for broader theoretical approaches that can coherently demonstrate a high degree of conceptual sensitivity to multiple combinations of institutional factors influencing women's informal entrepreneurship (WIE) and related agency. We do so by integrating constructs of gender and gender inequality with those of institutional logics and institutional voids. We find that a refined understanding of institutional voids is required to pave the way for a meaningful theoretical integration and empirical application of the related conceptualizations. We offer such a revised definition by placing formal and informal logics (rather than institutions) at the heart of it. In our theorizing, we propose that gender interplaying with formal and informal institutional logics create varying degrees of obscure and unique institutional voids that shape WIE prevalence. The proposed harmonized theoretical lens provides researchers with flexible yet consistent guidance for conducting context-specific empirical work that can coherently advance understanding of underlying logics shaping WIE and related agency.
The paper can be accessed here.
Dr. Lalarukh Ejaz
Assistant Professor - Economics
Elected as an Independent Director of the Board of Directors at Bank Islami Pakistan Limited.
