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Ranjita Singh, Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship & Strategy

Dr. Ranjita Singh

Assistant Professor
DepartmentEntrepreneurship & Innovation
EducationMBA, PhD
OfficeTRS 1-066
Phone416-979-5000 ext. 553311

Overview

Ranjita is the coordinator of the BSM program, which comprises three courses: BSM 100, BSM 200, and BSM 600. Ranjita joined TRSM from the Amsterdam Business School (ABS), University of Amsterdam. Ranjita’s classroom style combines rigorous pedagogy and practical knowledge. Ranjita aims to instill in students a deep curiosity about the business issues surrounding them and develop tools to think critically and solve problems in real organizational contexts. Ranjita’s research focuses on sustainability and corporate governance.

Dr. Ranjita’s recent work on corporate sustainability studies the top 200 Canadian corporations and their sustainability reporting practices and asks the following questions?

  • Does Sustainability reporting differ based on their international presence?
  • Does a corporation’s public messaging match its sustainability reporting practices?
Research interests

Sustainability, Corporate Governance and Evolution of Technology

Peer Reviewed Academic Publications
C. Nicholls-Nixon, Singh R.M., Chavoushi H Z., Valliere Dave. 2024. How incubation creates value for Technology-based and Creative Industries Entrepreneurs: A comparative study and research agenda (external link) . Journal of Small Business Management, 62:2, 591- 627. 
Singh R.M., & Walsh P. 2022. Identity and Image: Strategic and opportunistic antecedents to sustainability reporting. (external link)  Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review, 6(4), 8–22. 

C. Nicholls-Nixon, Valliere Dave, Singh R.M., Chavoushi H Z. 2022. Incubating as context: how the People-Place nexus creates value for early-stage entrepreneurs (external link) . Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. VOL. 34, NOS. 9–10, pgs. 868–889  
Walsh P. & Singh Ranjita. 2022. Determinants of Millennial behaviour toward current and future use of video streaming services (external link) . Young Consumers (external link, opens in new window) , Vol. 23 No. 3, pp:397-412.
Singh Ranjita, Walsh Philip, & Goodfield, Joshua. 2021. Assessing consumer interest in adoption of electric vehicles in Ontario, Canada: Implications for policy. (external link)  Journal of Innovation Management 9(1), 51-69.
Walsh P., Singh Ranjita & Malinsky M. 2021. Sustainability reporting and strategic legitimacy: the influence of operating in emerging economies on the level of GRI reporting in Canada’s largest companies. (external link)  Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review. 5(1) 39-53. 
Paper was promoted as among top 20 in Virtus Press latest ranking: https://virtusinterpress.org/Updated-list-of-top-20-papers-advised-by-the-editors.html (external link, opens in new window) 
Singh Ranjita, Walsh Philip, & Mazza, Christina. 2019. Sustainable Housing: Understanding the Barriers to Adopting Net Zero Energy Homes in Ontario, Canada. (external link)  Sustainability. 11 (22). 
Impact Factor per SCOPUS 3.251

BSM 100 & BSM 200

Honours / Awards
Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University. Professor who made a mark award, 2014-2015.