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

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

Asif, S. · Journal of Xidian University, 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, proposing that the fear of missing out, or FoMO, is the underlying factor driving…

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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 occur, and which fixes return the most savings for the least capital outlay across…

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

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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 drawn from different socioeconomic backgrounds. The underlying question is…

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

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

Asif, S., Saini, N., Singh, K., & Yadav, S. · Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology, 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 for supply chain management in the tourism industry, where the link between connected…

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Digital transformation consulting firms guide IoT supply chain strategy in tourism industry research at Dromley
AI readiness assessment research showing team capability rather than technology decides marketing AI adoption success

Book Publication

Bridging the Human-AI Readiness Gap in Marketing: A Conceptual Synthesis and 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…

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

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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…

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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…

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