Kiran K B

Designation:

Professor (HAG)

Date of Joining at NITK:

Saturday, September 16, 1995

Professional Experience:

Total 32 years and at NITK Surathkal 31 years

Contact Details

E-mail:

kunjangadabkiran2 [at] gmail.com

kbheem [at] nitk.edu.in

Telephone:

+91- 824 - 2474000 -3226 (Ext)

Mobile:

+919886585458 and +917624814718

Academic Background

MA, MPhil, PhD [Mangalore University]

Areas of Interest

• Entrepreneurship
• Indian MSME Sector
• Agricultural Economics
• Engineering Economics
• Managerial Economics
• Indian Coffee Plantation
• Economics of Technological Change
• Sustainable Development
• Micro Health Insurance
• Micro Finance

Significant Projects

DST-NIMAT Project 2015-16, NSTEDB, DST, GOI, New Delhi, Rs. 13.20 Lakhs
RS & GIS Application for Sustainable Management of Sacred Grooves in Kodagu District, DST, Govt. of India Rs11.65 Lakhs

Supervision of Ph.D

14 (Completed) 05 (On going)

Significant Publications

1. Mishra, R., & Kiran, K. B. (2026). Beyond linear paths: Configurations of networks, knowledge, and dynamic capabilities for sustainable MSMEs. Business Strategy and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.71634

2. Mishra, R., & Kiran, K. B. (2026). Must-have or nice-to-have? Unpacking the necessity of entrepreneurial attributes and dynamic capabilities for MSME sustainability. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 47(7), 1457–1492. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-05-2025-0371

3. Mishra, R., & Kiran, K. B. (2026). Is sustainable performance in MSMEs driven by entrepreneurial orientation through knowledge management and dynamic capabilities? Journal of Knowledge Management, 30(1), 231–262. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-04-2025-0575

4. Kamath, K. K., & Kiran, K. B. (2026). Insurance technology adoption: A framework-based systematic literature review and directions for future research. International Journal of Quality & Service Sciences, 18(3), 469–497. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQSS-09-2025-0240

5. Kamath, K. K., & Kiran, K. B. (2026). Adoption of technology in life insurance: Bibliometric analysis. International Journal of Quality & Service Sciences, 18(1), 35–64. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQSS-08-2025-0221

6. Mishra, R., & Kiran, K. B. (2025). Unveiling the dynamic capabilities' influence on sustainable performance in MSMEs: A systematic literature review utilizing ADO-TCM analysis. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 17(2), 561–592. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJBA-05-2024-0295

7. Hebbar, S., Kiran, K. B., & Pai, R. R. (2025). Contextualizing mGov in the digital age: A moderated model of mGov adoption using eGov experience and social media attitude. International Journal of Information Technology, 18(1), 355–372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-025-02783-8

8. Saha, P., & Kiran, K. B. (2025). Assessing the predictors of intention to use unified payment interface: The role of age and gender as moderators. International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 36(3), 333–348. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBIR.2025.144743

9. Veluthedan, S. P., & Kiran, K. B. (2024). Digital financial services (DFS) and productivity of Indian banking sector: Empirical evidence using Malmquist productivity index and panel data regression. Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental, 18(8), Article e06167. https://doi.org/10.24857/rgsa.v18n8-002

10. Hebbar, S., & Kiran, K. B. (2024). Social media integrated mobile government adoption model: Investigating adoption behaviour in Karnataka's smart cities. Electronic Government, an International Journal, 20(6), 705–733. https://doi.org/10.1504/EG.2024.141860

11. Saha, P., & Kiran, K. B. (2022). What insisted baby boomers adopt unified payment interface as a payment mechanism? An exploration of drivers of behavioral intention. Journal of Advances in Management Research, 19(5), 792–809. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAMR-01-2022-0022

12. Saha, P., & Kiran, K. B. (2022). An exploration of trust as an antecedent of unified payment interface usage: A SEM-neural network approach. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 18(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEGR.298627

13. Hebbar, S., & Kiran, K. B. (2022). Do social media and e-WOM influence m-government services? A citizen perspective from India. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 18(1), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEGR.294891

14. Hebbar, S., & Kiran, K. B. (2021). A bibliometric analysis on mobile government research. International Journal of Electronic Governance, 13(4), 350–385. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEG.2021.121232

15. Hebbar, S., & Kiran, K. B. (2019). Social media influence and mobile government adoption: A conceptual framework and its validation. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 15(3), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEGR.2019070103

16. Hungund, S., & Kiran, K. B. (2019). Influence of firm-level factors on adoption of the innovation approach among software product SMEs: Evidence from the Bangalore region of India. International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 20(2), 221–232. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBIR.2019.102193

17. Hungund, S., & Kiran, K. B. (2017). Open innovation practices among Indian software product firms: A pilot study. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 11(4), 355–376. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJISD.2017.086872

18. Savitha, B., & Kiran, K. B. (2016). Illness makes credit sick: Can health insurance rescue the poor from exploitative credit? The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance—Issues and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1057/gpp.2016.2

19. Savitha, B., & Kiran, K. B. (2015). Micro health insurance and the risk coping strategies for the management of illness in Karnataka: A case study. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 30(2), 145–163. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2216

20. Savitha, B., & Kiran, K. B. (2015). Effectiveness of micro health insurance on financial protection: Evidence from India. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 15, 53–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-014-9158-5

21. Savitha, B., & Kiran, K. (2013). Health seeking behavior in Karnataka: Does micro-health insurance matter? Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 38(4), 217–222. https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.120156

22. Savitha, B., & Kiran, K. B. (2012). Awareness and knowledge of micro health insurance: A case study of Sampoorna Suraksha Programme in Karnataka, India. Journal of Health Management, 14(4), 481–494. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972063412468978

Achievements

MOU with HEIG-VD, School of Business and Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.
Head of the Department of Humanities Social Sciences and Management, currently School of Management (from September 2008 to August 2011and from September 2016 to August 2018).
Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at NITK-Science and Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park from 01 July 2014 to 29 January 2018.