O. P. Jindal Global University

Flying to the customer: a meta-analysis of consumer adoption of drone delivery

Purpose The growing popularity of electronic commerce has led to the emergence of drone delivery services (DDS), which enhance efficiency while reducing costs, delivery time and carbon footprint. Numerous studies have examined factors influencing the intention to adopt DDS, with...

Turbocharging small and medium enterprises growth: Sustainable finance strategies for Indian entrepreneurs

Small and Medium Enterprises play a significant role in the development of a country's economic ecosystem through their contribution towards employment generation, industrial growth and innovation. In India, SMEs are central to the Viksit Bharat 2047 goal, and their long-term com...

Social entrepreneurship in contrasting national contexts: an exploratory analysis of Germany and Nigeria

Purpose Grounded in institutional theory, this paper investigates how contrasting institutional environments shape the strategic focus and evolution of social entrepreneurship. By comparing Germany (a mature welfare state) and Nigeria (a nation with significant institutional void...

Financial inclusion as a pathway to sustainability goals for marginalized communities in India

India has made remarkable strides over the past two decades in expanding financial access through digital payment systems, mobile banking, and ambitious government programs. Yet this journey toward universal financial inclusion reveals a sobering paradox: as we bring more people...

Projected changes in extreme waves and coastal hazards along the North Indian Ocean Coast utilizing high-resolution CMIP6 wave ensemble

Ocean surface waves are key drivers for coastal dynamics, influencing shoreline changes, sediment transport, and the structural stability of coastal infrastructures. In this study, we investigated the projected changes in wave climate with a particular focus on extreme waves and...

Rural Labour Transitions in Punjab: Determinants, Segmentation and Change

This article examines the growth of rural non-farm employment in the light of changing employment patterns in Punjab. To understand the processes and underlying determinants, the study uses secondary (Periodic Labour Force Surveys) and primary data collected from 200 rural househ...

A bibliometric analysis of intellectual structure and thematic evolution in artificial intelligence enabled green human resource management for environmental sustainability

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Green Human Resource Management (HRM) are new frontiers in the field of organizational sustainability studies. This study aims to systematically capture the intellectual structure, thematic evolution and network collaboration in the AI-enabled Gre...

Predictors of Men’s Endorsement of Forced Sex Within Marital Unions in India: Sexual Entitlement, Partner Concurrency, and Patriarchal Attitudes

Using nationally representative data from India’s National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5, 2019–21), this study examines marital sexual entitlement, operationalized as men’s endorsement that a husband is justified in using force to have sex when a wife refuses. Weighted analyses we...

Spatio-Temporal Groundwater Levels in Megacity Delhi (2010–2022): Implications for Urban Drinking-Water Services (DWSF)

Rapid urbanization across global South megacities has accelerated the overexploitation of urban aquifers, creating complex socio-hydrological crises that threaten long-term water resilience for a vast population. Conventional urban-water management frequently relies on uniform, c...

Fragmented by Design

Like our society, our health system also remains fragmented. Fragmentation is linked to structural issues of the health system, like how care is financed and organised. Fragmentation at the level of health system design plays out in the daily lives of people who access healthcare...

Primary Health Care Strengthening and Universal Health Coverage in South Asia and Beyond: Status and Challenges

During the last three decades, health systems globally have faced rising inequities in access to health services and a rise in the cost of care. The neoliberal health sector reforms of the 1980s and 1990s commercialised public systems and enlarged spaces for the market. Low- and...

Seasonal variation in physicochemical properties of some agricultural soils in Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh of India

The long-term food security of Indo-Gangetic Plain depends heavily on the resilience of alluvial soil, which face compounding pressures from intensive multi-cropping and seasonal climatic extremes. Soil is a fundamental natural resource that supports agricultural productivity and...

A comprehensive review on vegetable waste biosorbents for sustainable wastewater treatment

Untreated wastewater, including both municipal and industrial wastewater, contaminates soil, surface water, and groundwater, posing a serious environmental risk. Innovative, economical, renewable, and ecologically safe wastewater treatment solutions are currently required. In ord...

How Is AI Transforming the Task Characteristics and the Experience of Vulnerable and Minority Employees in the Hospitality Sector?

ABSTRACT Drawing on Task–Technology Fit (TTF) theory, this study examines how different levels of Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshape service tasks and employee experiences among vulnerable and minority employees in the hospitality industry. A three‐phase mixed‐method design was...

Reassessing Margin Squeeze Jurisprudence in India after CCI v. Schott Glass

Margin squeeze has long been recognised as a potential form of exclusionary conduct under competition law. Traditionally associated with network industries such as telecommunications, the doctrine has generated extensive scholarship concerning its relationship with refusal to dea...

Use of Moss Bags as Active Biomonitors for Ambient Air Quality—Practices, Variability, and the Current State of Knowledge: A Scoping Review and Call for Future Research

Active biomonitoring using moss bags provides a cost-effective alternative to traditional sensor-based air quality networks, directly supporting multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals, including SDGs 3, 7, 11, and 13. However, the reliability of moss bag outputs is frequently...

Understanding young consumers' green energy purchase intentions in an emerging market: a value-attitude-behavior perspective with media exposure as a moderator

Purpose Promoting green energy purchase behavior is crucial for sustainable development in emerging markets, due to the rising adult population and energy demand. Therefore, this study aims to examine the impact of environmental values on attitudinal beliefs of young Indian consu...

Exploratory investigation of water, sanitation, hygiene, and health of migrant labourers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), India

Adequate access to water, sanitation, hygiene, and health services remains challenging in urban areas. This study aims to assess the current water, sanitation, and hygiene services and the health conditions of informal migrant workers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). This...

The joint effects of digital transformation technologies and human lean practices on firm performance: an empirical investigation

Purpose This study examines how human lean practices (HLP), Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies, technical lean practices (TLP), operational performance (OP) and sustainable performance (SP) interact within the manufacturing sector of emerging economies under the constraints of a le...

Sustainability impact assessment in corporate settings following triple bottom line lens: A qualitative systematic review and bibliometric analysis

Corporate Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) has gained prominence as firms face increasing pressure to demonstrate measurable environmental, social, and economic impacts beyond disclosure. However, corporate SIA research remains fragmented, methodologically heterogeneous, an...