AMRITA SAHA

Amrita Saha

⁠I am a 6th year PhD candidate in Strategy at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. I study entrepreneurship and economic development in emerging economies through a sociocultural lens. My work primarily draws on qualitative methodologies—including in-depth interviews and ethnographic observations—complemented by granular surveys, allowing me to immerse myself in the social and economic worlds of those I study. Through this approach, I aim to develop a rich understanding of the social mechanisms that underpin economic activity in these contexts.

My dissertation research is based on a field study of the recently deregulated cocoa industry in Trinidad and Tobago. In this setting, I explore questions such as why economically disadvantaged actors sometimes choose not to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities despite access to resources, and how institutions that support the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems emerge in the wake of economic reform.

Amrita Saha

⁠I am a 6th year PhD candidate in Strategy at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. I study entrepreneurship and economic development in emerging economies through a sociocultural lens. My work primarily draws on qualitative methodologies—including in-depth interviews and ethnographic observations—complemented by granular surveys, allowing me to immerse myself in the social and economic worlds of those I study. Through this approach, I aim to develop a rich understanding of the social mechanisms that underpin economic activity in these contexts.

My dissertation research is based on a field study of the recently deregulated cocoa industry in Trinidad and Tobago. In this setting, I explore questions such as why economically disadvantaged actors sometimes choose not to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities despite access to resources, and how institutions that support the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems emerge in the wake of economic reform.