Akhil Bhardwaj

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  • Associate Professor (Strategy and Organisation), School of Management, University of Bath

Dr. Akhil Bhardwaj is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) of Strategy and Organisation at the University of Bath School of Management, researching issues related to executive decision making and governance, organisation failures, and the use of AI. He also works with organisations to help develop innovative governance solutions for high-risk environments.

Prior to joining academia, Dr. Bhardwaj consulted for banks including BNP Paribas, and worked for CAT Inc, overseeing railroad assets in India.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Associate professor, University of Bath
  • 2022–present
    Editorial Review Board , Journal of Operations Management
  • 2024–present
    Editorial Review Board, Academy of Management Review
  • 2019–2023
    Assistant Professor, Tilburg University

Education

  • 2019 
    I.E. Business School, Ph.D (hons.) in Business Studies
  • 2006 
    Kansas State University, M.Sc. in Industrial and Systems Manufacturing Engineering

Publications

  • 2025
    Problem formulation for theorizing at the frontier: An Oliver Williamson inspired approach, https://strategicmanagementreview.net/assets/articles/Bhardwaj,%20Mahoney,%20and%20Nickerson.pdf
  • 2025
    The art of persuasion: Theorizing as argumentation, https://doi.org/10.1177/1476127025131602
  • 2024
    The Confidence Trap in Operations Management Practices: Anatomy of Man-Made Disasters, https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2023.0034
  • 2023
    Values-based Trust as a Shift Parameter for Collective Organizing: The Case of Magnum Photos, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12820
  • 2022
    Mutable Reality and Unknowable Future: Revealing the Broader Potential of Pragmatism, https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2021.0488
  • 2021
    In the heat of the game: Analogical abduction in a pragmatist account of entrepreneurial reasoning, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2021.106158
  • 2021
    Bilateral dependency and supplier performance ambiguity in supply chain contracting: Evidence from the railroad industry, https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1103

Professional Memberships

  • Academy of Management
  • Strategic Management Society

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