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Peer-reviewed research on marketing strategy, consumer behavior, and business transformation. Academic insights translated into executive action.

Book Chapter

Sustainable Leadership for Institutional Environmental Stewardship: A Behavioral and Systems Approach for Transforming Organizations

Asif, S., Minz, N. K., & Mathur, A. · IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2026

Environmental sustainability has become a strategic priority for organizations, yet a persistent gap remains between the sustainability commitments companies state and the environmental outcomes they actually deliver. This chapter proposes Sustainable Stewardship…

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Food security and the sustainable development goals: how enterprises deliver energy, health and risk outcomes.

Book Chapter

Reimagining Organizational Behavior Through AI-Human Synergy: Trust, Motivation, and Adaptive Leadership in Intelligent Workplaces

Asif, S., Mathur, A., & Minz, N. K. · IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2026

AI is no longer just an automation tool sitting in the background; it has become a cognitive collaborator that reshapes how teams decide, lead, and feel about their work. This chapter asks the question that algorithms alone cannot answer: how…

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Conference

Bridging the Human-AI Readiness Gap in Marketing: Introducing the HACR Framework

Asif, S., & Lalwani, S. · Market Research Society of India (MRSI), 2025

As artificial intelligence spreads through marketing, the hardest obstacle is turning out to be the team, not the technology. Despite heavy investment in advanced platforms, many organisations still struggle to weave AI into everyday decisions and workflows, and…

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AI readiness assessment research showing team capability rather than technology decides marketing AI adoption success

Book Chapter

The Social Media Effect on Luxury Consumption: Redefining Consumer Behavior in the Digital Age

Asif, S. · IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2025

Luxury has always sold itself on scarcity and distance, the sense that not everyone can have it. Social media works the opposite way, putting high-end brands in front of vast audiences every day. This chapter asks what that constant visibility…

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Marketing strategy consulting research on how social media reshapes luxury consumer perception and buying decisions

Book

Sustainability, Resilience and Enterprise: Creating an Equitable Social Ecosystem

Kaushik, T., Girotra, R., Singh, S., Asif, S., & Yadav, S. · Bloomsbury Publishing India, 2023

The United Nations’ seventeen Sustainable Development Goals set a clear destination, but reaching them inside real businesses and communities is far harder than naming them. This edited book takes that implementation gap as its starting point, asking how…

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Food security and the sustainable development goals: how enterprises deliver energy, health and risk outcomes.

Working Paper

Study of Internet Banking Usage: Elderly vs Youth

Asif, S. · Zenodo, 2021

Internet banking has spread rapidly, but how differently do younger and older customers actually take it up, and which group finds it more useful in practice? This study addresses a gap in the research, which has rarely examined the determinants…

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Best customer service in banking by age group: which benefits of online banking actually convert older customers.

Book Chapter

The Role of Digital Food Marketing in Shaping Consumer Behavior and Sustainability in Emerging Economies

Asif, S. · IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2025

In emerging economies, where smartphones and online platforms are spreading quickly, food brands have gained a powerful new lever over what people eat, not only which products they buy but whether they lean towards healthier and more sustainable choices. This…

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Brand consulting and consumer insights research: how digital food marketing steers buyers to sustainable choices.

Book Chapter

AI in Strategic Talent Acquisition

Asif, S., Mathur, A., & Minz, N. K. · IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2026

Recruitment is being rebuilt around artificial intelligence, but the same systems that promise faster, fairer hiring can also entrench the very biases they are meant to remove. This chapter asks how AI can be steered to widen diversity, deepen inclusion,…

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Registered Design

IoT-enabled Customer Feedback System

Bhardwaj, I., Mathur, A., Chaudhary, S., Asif, S., Virk, N. K., & Bharti, V. · Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, 2025

This entry records a registered industrial design rather than a research paper or a functional patent, and that distinction shapes how it should be read. Design registration protects the visual form of a product, its configuration, pattern, or interface…

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Book

Innovate to Dominate: AI and Sustainability in Business

Asif, S., & Minz, N. K. · Book Rivers, 2025

Two forces now press on business at once: the rapid spread of artificial intelligence and allied technologies, and an urgent demand for sustainability in the face of climate change and social inequality. This edited volume sits deliberately at their intersection,…

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AI and sustainability in business converge in Innovate to Dominate, featured in Dromley's publication library.

Book Chapter

Leveraging Big Data and Predictive Analytics in Marketing Strategies

Asif, S. · Book Rivers, 2025

Marketers have never had more data about their customers, yet much of it sits unused while campaigns still run largely on intuition. This chapter asks whether predictive analytics, applied to big data, can turn that raw information into marketing decisions…

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Journal

A Study of Consumer Buying Behavior for Branded Apparels in Gurgaon City

Asif, S., & Kaushik, T. · Global Journal of Advanced Research, 2017

What shapes the way people in Gurgaon buy branded clothing, and how much do promotional offers sway that decision? This study sets out to understand the buying behaviour of regular purchasers of branded apparel in the city, looking closely at…

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Book Publication

Herd Consumption Behaviour of Indian Youth Towards Luxury Fashion Brands: The Mediating Role of FoMO

Asif, S. · Zenodo, 2020

Indian youth are known to spend heavily on luxury branded products, often well beyond what they strictly need. This study asks why that collective splurging happens,…

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Energy audit consulting research on institutional building efficiency and sustainability performance, Dromley

Book Publication

Energy Audit Report of G.D. Goenka University

Asif, S., Sharma, P., & Gorakhnath, I. · Central European Management Journal, 2022

Institutional and commercial buildings consume large amounts of energy, much of it lost in ways that stay invisible without systematic measurement. Where exactly do those losses…

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Emotional intelligence coaching research: Dromley study links personality traits to university academic performance

Book Publication

Relationship Between Personality Trait, Emotional Intelligence, and Academic Performance of University Students

Asif, S., Gorakhnath, I., & Sharma, P. · Elementary Education Online, 2021

Personality, emotional intelligence, and academic performance are often studied separately, but this research asks how they relate to one another, and to gender, among university students…

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Book Publication

Impact of Internet of Things (IoT) on Supply Chain Management and Its Benefits in Tourism Industry

Asif, S., Saini, N., Singh, K., & Yadav, S. · Zenodo, 2021

Connected devices are reshaping how industries link physical objects to digital systems, and tourism is no exception. This paper examines what the Internet of Things means…

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Teenage luxury apparel buying gender study by Dromley market research consulting finds no spending or awareness gap

Book Publication

Teenagers’ Attitude Towards Luxury Apparel: Gender Perspective

Asif, S., & Kaushik, T. · Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research, 2021

Do teenage boys and girls really shop differently for branded clothing, or do we simply assume that they do? This study tests that assumption directly, examining…

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Dromley brand consulting services research on digital marketing, green marketing, and CSR policy in Indian retail

Book Publication

Analyzing the Role of Digital Marketing, Green Marketing, and CSR Policy in Brand Development: A Study of Retail Companies in India

Asif, S., Sharma, P., & Gorakhnath, I. · Journal of Positive School Psychology, 2022

How much do green marketing, corporate social responsibility, and digital marketing actually contribute to building a retail brand in India? This study takes up that question…

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Dromley consumer research showing online marketing drives start-up brand awareness, purchase behavior, and growth

Book Publication

The Influence of Online Marketing on Start-ups

Garg, S., Asif, S., Yadav, S., & Kaushik, T. · International Journal of Health Sciences, 2022

Plenty of research shows that online marketing shapes how startups grow, but almost all of it looks through the eyes of the companies. This study deliberately…

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Dromley research on travel agency marketing strategies driving community-based tourism in Uttarakhand's Garhwal region.

Book Publication

Analysis of Marketing Strategies Adopted by Travel Agencies to Promote Community-Based Tourism: A Case Study of Garhwal Region, Uttarakhand

Saini, N., & Asif, S. · Zenodo, 2022

Tourism is a major social and economic activity, but the rural communities that host much of it are social-ecological systems under growing strain from global environmental…

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Dromley research maps government policy, incubation, and networks driving startup ecosystem success worldwide.

Book Publication

Unveiling the Dynamics of Startup Ecosystems: Key Drivers of Entrepreneurial Success

Verma, H., & Asif, S. · Zenodo, 2024

Why do some startup ecosystems consistently produce successful ventures while others struggle to gain momentum? This study tackles that question by mapping the forces that shape…

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Dromley research reveals what builds millennial trust in digital FMCG shopping across Indian ecommerce platforms.

Book Publication

Exploring Trust and Security Concerns in Digital FMCG Purchases: Evidence from Indian Millennials

Pooja, & Asif, S. · Zenodo, 2024

Online grocery and everyday-goods shopping is booming in India, yet many millennials still weigh each purchase against nagging worries about trust and security. This qualitative study…

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Dromley research shows how entrepreneurs turn waste management into sustainable value and lasting economic growth.

Book Publication

Waste to Wealth: Entrepreneurial Strategies for Sustainable Waste Management

Asif, S., & Minz, N. K. · Zenodo, 2024

Waste is usually treated as a cost to be disposed of, yet it can also become raw material for new ventures. This paper takes that reframing…

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