Gaurab Bhardwaj

For the last few years, Gaurab has been researching, teaching, and writing about the solving of big problems confronting societies. At Babson, he teaches an elective called Solving Big Problems.' For this work, the Aspen Institute gave him their Faculty Pioneer Award in 2016.

Gaurab also teaches strategy to undergraduates, MBAs, and executives. He has taught in and led several executive programs for US and international companies. He received the Deans' Award for Excellence in Teaching across all programs.

Gaurab uses field research and the methods of historians to develop rich narratives of decision making and create decision making frameworks to help people make better decisions. He has published journal articles, book chapters, reports, and cases.

Gaurab has a PhD in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and an MBA from Northeastern University, USA.

Academic Degrees

• Ph D, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
• MBA, Graduate School of Business, Northeastern University
• MA, University of Bombay
• BA, University of Poona

Awards & Honors

• 2016 — Faculty Pioneer Award, Aspen Institute
• 2011 — Deans' Award for Excellence in Teaching in Any Program, Babson College
• 2008 — Louis J. Lavigne, Jr. Family Endowed Term Chair in Strategy and Planning, Babson College

Publications

Journal Articles

• Sims, J.P., Gichoya, J., Bhardwaj, G., Bogers, M. (2019). Write Code, Save Lives: How a Community Uses Open Innovation to Address a Societal Challenge. R & D Management. Vol: 49, Issue: 3, Page: 369-382. link
• Bhardwaj, G., Crocker, A., Sims, J.P., Wang, R.D. (2018). Alleviating the Plunging-In Bias, Elevating Strategic Problem-Solving. Academy of Management Learning & Education. Vol: 17, Issue: 3, Page: 279-301. Academy of Management. link
• Bhardwaj, G. (2007). From Pioneering Invention to Sustained Innovation: Herbicides at DuPont. Chemical Heritage. Vol: 25, Issue: 1, Page: 34-36.
• Bhardwaj, G., Camillus, J.C., Hounshell , D. (2006). Continual Corporate Entrepreneurial Search for Long-Term Growth. Management Science. Vol: 52, Issue: 2, Page: 248-261 .
• Bhardwaj, G. (2006). How the Antihypertensive Losartan was Discovered. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery. Vol: 1, Issue: 6, Page: 609-618.
• Bhardwaj, G., Chowdhry, V. (2005). The Method of Anticipatory Entrepreneurship. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. Page: 39.