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Pramodita Sharma

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Pramodita Sharma
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Calgary
Academic work
DisciplineBusiness studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Vermont

Pramodita Sharma is a business academic. She is the a professor and the Schlesinger-Grossman Chair of Family Business at the Grossman School of Business (GSB), University of Vermont. Sharma was editor-in-chief of the Family Business Review.

Education

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Sharma completed a Ph.D. at the University of Calgary.[1] Her 1997 dissertation was titled Determinants of the satisfaction of the primary stakeholders with the succession process in family firms. James J. Chrisman was her doctoral advisor. Sharma is married to Sanjay Sharma.[2] Both Sharma and her husband independently won the National Federation of Independent Business dissertation award for outstanding research in the entrepreneurship-independent business category.[3]

Career

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Sharma is a professor and the Schlesinger-Grossman Chair of Family Business at the Grossman School of Business (GSB), University of Vermont. She is a visiting professor at Kellogg School of Management and a senior research fellow at the Indian School of Business.[1] She was editor-in-chief of the Family Business Review.[4]

Sharma researches succession, governance, and innovation in family businesses. She also investigates how family business decisions are impacted by spirituality, philanthropy, and sustainability.[1][5]

Awards and honors

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Sharma holds honorary doctorates at Jönköping University and Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.[1]

Selected works

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  • Sharma, Pramodita; Chrisman, James J.; Chua, Jess H., eds. (1996). A Review and Annotated Bibliography of Family Business Studies. Springer US. ISBN 978-0-7923-9783-0. OCLC 853266880.
  • Hoy, Frank; Sharma, Pramodita (2010). Entrepreneurial Family Firms. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-157711-4.[6]
  • Melin, Leif; Nordqvist, Mattias; Sharma, Pramodita, eds. (2014). The SAGE Handbook of Family Business. SAGE. ISBN 978-1-4462-6593-2.[7]
  • Sharma, Pramodita; Auletta, Nunzia; DeWitt, Rocki-Lee; Parada, Maria José; Yusof, Mohar, eds. (2015). Developing Next Generation Leaders for Transgenerational Entrepreneurial Family Enterprises. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78471-787-2.[8][9]
  • Cohen, Allan; Sharma, Pramodita (2016). Entrepreneurs in Every Generation: How Successful Family Businesses Develop Their Next Leaders. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. ISBN 978-1-62656-167-0.
  • Sharma, Sanjay; Sharma, Pramodita (2019). Patient Capital. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-12366-3.
  • Sharma, Pramodita; Sharma, Sanjay, eds. (2021). Pioneering Family Firms' Sustainable Development Strategies. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78990-442-0.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Pramodita Sharma". www.uvm.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ^ Sharma, Pramodita (1998). Determinants of the satisfaction of the primary stakeholders with the succession process in family firms (Thesis). Ottawa: University of Calgary. OCLC 46549475.
  3. ^ Bergen, Bob (August 28, 1998). "U of C couple set mark in research awards: [Final Edition]". Calgary Herald. Postmedia Network Inc. ISSN 0828-1815. ProQuest 244719118. Retrieved 2021-08-08 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ "Sharma Pramodita - Faculty - Kellogg School of Management". www.kellogg.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  5. ^ Eller, Donnelle (April 21, 2013). "Family ties helped some businesses weather recession". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  6. ^ Reviews of Entrepreneurial Family Firms
  7. ^ Jennings, Jennifer E.; Reay, Trish; Steier, Lloyd P. (2015). "Review". Academy of Management Learning & Education. 14 (3): 430–436. doi:10.5465/amle.2014.0247. ISSN 1537-260X. JSTOR 43697282.
  8. ^ Reviews of Developing Next Generation Leaders for Transgenerational Entrepreneurial Family Enterprises:
  9. ^ Boyd, Britta (2014). "Review of Exploring transgenerational entrepreneurship: The role of resources and capabilities". Management Revue. 25 (2): 148–150. ISSN 0935-9915. JSTOR 24709921.
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