Family Business and Entrepreneurship

Professor Vivek Sundriyal is a researcher in the area of management and entrepreneurship with prior formal education in computer science and business administration. His research aims to enhance understanding of founding team dynamics, entrepreneurial careers, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in entrepreneurship, typically using large-scale data and computer simulations. He is also working on understanding how computational text and video data analysis can help uncover critical questions in management and entrepreneurship.

Professor Sundriyal has contributed as a reviewer in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Technovation, and Journal of Business Research. His contribution as a reviewer has also earned him the Outstanding Reviewer at the Academy of Management (ENT division) Annual Conference.

Professor Sundriyal has taught management and entrepreneurship subjects such as Digital Transformation and Organisational Change, Organisations for Purpose and Profit, and Innovation and Project Management to undergraduate and graduate students. His teaching is built on the belief that students must be ahead of the curve in a competitive world through continuous learning, commitment, and dedication. He also believes that students must be encouraged to consider organisations as avenues beyond profit-making, where sustainability and social purpose are central to management thinking.

In his prior corporate life at large multinational companies such as STMicroelectronics and NXP Semiconductors, he worked in various roles ranging from software development to technical leadership. He also owned a startup before deciding to pursue an academic career.

• Sundriyal, V., Kunapuli, R. “Entrepreneur Influencers & their Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled Counterparts: Replacement or Co-existence in the Digital Age?”, (Initial idea stage).
• Gabrielsson, J, Landström, H, Politis, D. Sundriyal, V, Sörheim, R, "Sources of Research Questions in Entrepreneurship Education Research: Insights from Computational Text Analysis.” (Revised Data Collection Stage).
• Sundriyal, V., Gabrielsson, J., Gallan, N., Politis, D., “Unleashing Entrepreneurial Potential: Personal and Social Drivers of Start-up Behaviour among Venture Creation Program Graduates” (completion of a first draft).
• Sundriyal, V., Gabrielsson, J: The role of Boards in Leading Organizational Change in an era of Digital Transformation (Book Chapter - Draft Stage).

• Sundriyal, V. K., & Gabrielsson, J. (2024). The employment consequences of founding an incorporated business among STEM founders: Evidence from Swedish microdata. Technovation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103019
• Sundriyal, V. K., Lévesque, M., Wennberg, K., & Norgren, A. (2024). Dynamics of founding team diversity and venture outcomes: A simulation approach. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1510

• Outstanding Reviewer at the Academy of Management (ENT division), 2024.
• Journal of Small Business Management Award for Excellence in Research on the topic of Public Policy, Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Boston, USA, 2019 (Best Paper Award).
• Jose Maria Veciana Best Paper Award at the RENT XXXII Conference, Toledo, Spain, 2018 (Best Paper Award).