Prem Menghwar
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Education: M.S., Sapienza University of Rome; Ph.D., LUISS Guido Carli University
Prem is working as a Post Doc Research Associate at Darden School of Business, UVA. During the postdoc, he spent some months as an academic visitor at Saïd School of Business, Oxford University. He is a currently working on a book titled "Stakeholder Capitalism: The Definitive Guide with Ed Freeman. He is a member of the SIM Outstanding Book Award Committee within the Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division of the Academy of Management. In addition, he serves on the board of the nonprofit organization Associazione Banco Alimentare Roma.
Prem was honored with the People Choice Award at the 2024 Postdoctoral Research Symposium's Lightning Talk competition at the University of Virginia. His presentation, titled “A Framework for Understanding and Resolving Pseudoscience Crisis,” resonated with attendees, earning him this recognition.
His first paper on "Creating Shared Value" published in the International Journal of Management Reviews, received Wiley's top-cited and top downloaded of the year 2021-2022. His paper, "The Unsung Role of Non-profit Organizations in Value Creation, "won the best Ph.D. Student paper award at World Open Innovation Conference- 2019.
Prem has done a Ph.D. in management with an Excellent grade from Luiss Guido Carli University, During his Ph.D. he went to Boston College as a visiting student. He did a master's degree in Business Management (110 cum laude/110) from "La Sapienza" University, Rome. During this degree program, he was awarded an Erasmus scholarship for two semesters at Södertörns Högskola, Stockholm, Sweden.
Publications
Research Papers:
Menghwar, P.S., Homberg, F., Zaidi, Z, & Alam, A (2025). Rethinking Crisis as Expected: Stakeholder Leadership in Navigating Ethical Dilemmas and Avoiding Polycrises. Journal of Business Ethics. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-025-06037-2
Menghwar, P. S. and Daood, A. (2021) "Creating Shared Value: Systematic Review, Synthesis, and an Integrative Perspective". International Journal of Management Reviews (IJMR); 23(4) pp. 466-485. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12252 (Won the Award of Wiley’s Top Cited article 2021-2022).
Book Chapters:
Menghwar, P. & Freeman, E. (2024). Stakeholder Theory and Communities. In the Routledge international handbook of meaningful stakeholder engagement, Routledge Publications. Available at: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003388227-4/stakeholder-theory-communities-edward-freeman-prem-menghwar
Menghwar, P. & Freeman, E. (2023). Stakeholder Theory. In SAGE Business Foundations. SAGE Publications, Inc. Thousand Oaks. DOI. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781071907405
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