Shova Thapa Karki
Biographic Data
| ID | 6179717 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shova Thapa Karki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shova Thapa |
| FAMILY NAME | Karki |
| SIGNATURE | KARKI S T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9831-0258 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Business and Biodiversity: Scaling Conservation Enterprises Within and Beyond Place for Transformative Change
Transformative change is required to address persistent and systemic drivers of biodiversity loss. There is an urgent need for innovative solutions that tackle root causes in place‐specific contexts. Evidence indicates that small, innovative, purpose‐driven businesses can serve as vehicles for developing place‐based solutions. However, such solutions need to be scaled beyond place to enact widespread transformative change. The need to be both roo…
Navigating competing priorities for societal value creation: Tensions in sustainability-driven enterprises across venture stages
In the pursuit of impact, entrepreneurs encounter various sustainability tensions throughout the development stages of their venture. Recognizing these tensions is critical for navigating and negotiating competing priorities in societal value creation. However, existing studies on sustainability tensions have mainly focused on large and incumbent firms. While studies exploring tensions in small enterprises have started to emerge, limited attentio…
To Formalize or Not to Formalize: Women Entrepreneurs’ Sensemaking of Business Registration in the Context of Nepal
Despite the depiction of decisions to formalize informal firms as rational and ethical, many entrepreneurs in developing countries continue to operate informally regardless of its perceived illicit status. While existing research on why entrepreneurs choose informality emphasizes the economic costs and benefits of such decisions, this often overlooks the realities of the informal economy and the constraints which marginal populations—particularly…
Exploring synergies and trade-offs among the sustainable development goals: Collective action and adaptive capacity in marginal mountainous areas of India
Global environmental change (GEC) threatens to undermine the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Smallholders in marginal mountainous areas (MMA) are particularly vulnerable due to precarious livelihoods in challenging environments. Acting collectively can enable and constrain the ability of smallholders to adapt to GEC. The objectives of this paper are: (i) identify collective actions in four MMA of the central Indian Himalaya Region, each wit…
Formalizing women entrepreneurs in Kathmandu, Nepal: Pathway towards empowerment
Purpose Women’s economic empowerment through entrepreneurship is increasingly being recognised as significant to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, women entrepreneurship in developing countries is characterised by an overrepresentation in the informal economy and exposure to high levels of gender disparities. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether formalisation of women’s entrepreneurial activities in the infor…
Developing a conceptual framework for the attitude–intention–behaviour links driving illegal resource extraction in Bardia National Park, Nepal
Exploring synergies and trade-offs among the sustainable development goals: Collective action and adaptive capacity in marginal mountainous areas of India
Global environmental change (GEC) threatens to undermine the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Smallholders in marginal mountainous areas (MMA) are particularly vulnerable due to precarious livelihoods in challenging environments. Acting collectively can enable and constrain the ability of smallholders to adapt to GEC. The objectives of this paper are: (i) identify collective actions in four MMA of the central Indian Himalaya Region, each wit…
Developing a conceptual framework for the attitude–intention–behaviour links driving illegal resource extraction in Bardia National Park, Nepal
Formalizing women entrepreneurs in Kathmandu, Nepal: Pathway towards empowerment
Purpose Women’s economic empowerment through entrepreneurship is increasingly being recognised as significant to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, women entrepreneurship in developing countries is characterised by an overrepresentation in the informal economy and exposure to high levels of gender disparities. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether formalisation of women’s entrepreneurial activities in the infor…
Exploring synergies and trade-offs among the sustainable development goals: Collective action and adaptive capacity in marginal mountainous areas of India
Global environmental change (GEC) threatens to undermine the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Smallholders in marginal mountainous areas (MMA) are particularly vulnerable due to precarious livelihoods in challenging environments. Acting collectively can enable and constrain the ability of smallholders to adapt to GEC. The objectives of this paper are: (i) identify collective actions in four MMA of the central Indian Himalaya Region, each wit…
To Formalize or Not to Formalize: Women Entrepreneurs’ Sensemaking of Business Registration in the Context of Nepal
Despite the depiction of decisions to formalize informal firms as rational and ethical, many entrepreneurs in developing countries continue to operate informally regardless of its perceived illicit status. While existing research on why entrepreneurs choose informality emphasizes the economic costs and benefits of such decisions, this often overlooks the realities of the informal economy and the constraints which marginal populations—particularly…
Business and Biodiversity: Scaling Conservation Enterprises Within and Beyond Place for Transformative Change
Transformative change is required to address persistent and systemic drivers of biodiversity loss. There is an urgent need for innovative solutions that tackle root causes in place‐specific contexts. Evidence indicates that small, innovative, purpose‐driven businesses can serve as vehicles for developing place‐based solutions. However, such solutions need to be scaled beyond place to enact widespread transformative change. The need to be both roo…
Navigating competing priorities for societal value creation: Tensions in sustainability-driven enterprises across venture stages
In the pursuit of impact, entrepreneurs encounter various sustainability tensions throughout the development stages of their venture. Recognizing these tensions is critical for navigating and negotiating competing priorities in societal value creation. However, existing studies on sustainability tensions have mainly focused on large and incumbent firms. While studies exploring tensions in small enterprises have started to emerge, limited attentio…
Economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Entrepreneurship (2 works) · Environmental Sustainability in Business (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Informal sector (2 works)