Sharing Economy at the Base of the Pyramid (PDF)

Israr Qureshi is a Professor at the Research School of Management, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra. He is a member of ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, and an associate editor at Business & Society, Information Systems Journal, and MIS Quarterly. He was a member (Civil Society Group) and observer (Technical Working Group) on the recently concluded Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative. ¿Israr is currently involved in multiple research projects that investigate various social value creation through social intermediation, social entrepreneurship and digital social innovation. Israr's extensive research and pro bono advising of social enterprises and ventures in the base of the pyramid contexts helped him understand the potential of social intermediation, social entrepreneurship and digital social innovation in transforming society.



Babita Bhatt is a Lecturer at the Research School of Management, Australian National University. Her research interest lies at the intersection of community, civil society and organizations. Her research expertise is in hybrid organizations, particularly social enterprises that are working in resource-constrained and socially challenging contexts. Her research mainly explores how organizational hybridity affects the social impact of social enterprises and what type of governance structures and mechanisms would result in more inclusive outcomes. Through several projects in China, India and the Philippines, she has acquired expertise on the issues related to resource acquisition, scalability, and sustainability of social enterprises. Her work has been published in Organization Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, European Journal of Marketing, and Information Systems Frontiers. She has received funding from various research agencies in Canada, Hong Kong and India.



Dhirendra Mani Shukla is an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management Udaipur. He received his