Educator · Researcher · Entrepreneur
Research
My research connects entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, and development: why do similar technologies produce different outcomes across people, ventures, and places?
CURRENT RESEARCH & PROJECTS
From adoption to capability depreciation: Women’s digital entrepreneurship in growth markets. With A. Rizwan and N. Pinzon. Presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (2026).
From gig work to AI-enabled gigpreneurship: Reconfiguring entrepreneurial ecosystems in the platform era. Presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (2026). Examining the shift from discrete tasks toward entrepreneurial activity on platforms.
My forthcoming Routledge book examines AI for entrepreneurship and innovation with a focus on startup ecosystems in growth markets. Publication is forthcoming in 2027.
My doctoral and earlier UNU-MERIT work studied how household resources, market structures, and institutions shape rural energy access in 🇵🇰 Pakistan. This work connects technology choices with inclusive development.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2026
Dhillon, M., Mirza, B., & Pinzon Rubio, N. · Journal of Social Entrepreneurship.
Accepted for publication
2024
Saleem, A., Mirza, B., Ahmed, M., & Fülöp, T. · Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development, 8(11), 4609.
2023
Waheed, A., Shafiq, S., & Mirza, B. · Journal of Asia Business Studies, 17(4), 873–894.
2022
Ullah, I., Mirza, B., & Hameed, R. M. · Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 11, 45–65.
2021
Waryyam, T., Mirza, B., & Waheed, A. · Global Regional Review, 6(2), 126–144.
2021
Sabeen, Z., & Mirza, B. · Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, 27, Special Issue 3.
2021
Ullah, I., Mirza, B., & Jamil, A. · Journal of Management Development, 40(4), 273–292.
2019
Ullah, I., Mirza, B., Kashif, A. R., & Abbas, F. · Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 11(4), 522–551.
2011
Mirza, B., & Kemp, R. · Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development, 6(1), 133–155.
TEACHING CASES & OPEN RESEARCH
2025
Mirza, B. · SAGE Business Cases.
2025
Russo, E., Mirza, B., Mataruna, L., & Roy, S. · Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies.
2015
Mirza, B. · Sustainable Access to Energy in the Global South, Springer, pp. 113–127.
2010
Mirza, B., & Szirmai, A. · UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2010-024.
COLLABORATION
I welcome conversations around entrepreneurship, AI, innovation ecosystems, entrepreneurial learning, and inclusive development. For individual research guidance, explore the research clinic; for institutional work, share a project brief.
