Dr. Raj Shankar is an Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Nord University Business School, Norway. He received his doctorate from the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India. His research interests span corporate accelerators, corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and academic entrepreneurship.
Raj has published in the Journal of Business Venturing, Simulation & Gaming, and Journal of Entrepreneurship. He has authored books, book chapters, and cases. Raj is an award-winning entrepreneurship educator and has delivered Masters, Ph.D., and Executive Education programs across Asia, Europe, and South America. Raj has a decade of business consulting experience with i-flex Consulting (now Oracle), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and Ichiban Consultants (entrepreneurial endeavor).
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00:30 Introduction
01:30 Research Journey Blogger, Professor, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Researcher, and Reviewer.
05:40 Blogging experience and its relation with other fields
10:40 Research in Entrepreneurship
12:40 Learning from Reviewing
16:30 Reviewing Challenges
20:12 Message to upcoming scholars (as a reviewer and as a scholar)
Provide developmental and constructive feedback
Be empathetic
Don’t be harsh
Write paper reviews as if you are writing to yourself
Be very specific
Read a lot
Write everyday
Enjoy rewriting
Work with good scholar Be honest and transparent