Sanjay Jain
Associate Professor
Faculty - Management
Brief Biography
Sanjay's research interests include organizational futures, imagination in management, industry emergence,& innovation in emerging economies. He has published articles in Academy of Management Journal, Organization Studies & Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, among other outlets. He co-edited the Routledge Companion of Qualitative Research in Organization Studies. His research has received awards from Academy of Management (Entrepreneurship Division) and Western Academy of Management.
Sanjay teaches Capstone Strategy (at the MBA/undergraduate levels) and Management of Emerging Technologies at the Nazarian College. Prior to CSUN, he was on the faculty at University of Wisconsin – Madison, San Francisco State University and Santa Clara University.
Recent Publications:
Jain, S., Islam, H., Farrell, M., & Nair, A. 2026. Seeking, Shaping, Becoming: A scoping review of the organization futures literature. Journal of Management, DOI: 10.1177/01492063261429051
Jain, S., Islam, H., Goossen, M. & Nair, A. 2023. "Social movements and institutional entrepreneurship as facilitators of technology transition: The case of free/open-source software." Research Policy. 52(2):104672
Jain, S. 2022. "From Jugaad to Jugalbandi: Understanding the changing nature of Indian innovation." Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 39(1) 1-26
Jain, S. 2020. "Fumbling to the future? Socio-technical regime change in the recorded music industry." Technology Forecasting and Social Change, 158: 120168
Education
- Ph.D. Management 2001, New York University
- M.B.A. 2000, Indian Institute of management - Calcutta
- B.E Electronics Engineering 1988, BMS College of Engineering
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