Urusha Thapa

Urusha Thapa

Urusha Thapa

Doctoral Student of Strategic Management and Public Policy


Contact:

Email: Urusha Thapa
2201 G Street NW Washington, D.C. 20052

Urusha Thapa is a doctoral student of strategic management and public policy at the GW School of Business (GWSB) in Washington, D.C.


  • BBA Tribhuvan University
  • MBA University of New Mexico

She is interested in how individuals, organizations, and communities navigate the intersection of business, society, and the natural environment. Her current work focuses on climate change adaptation, extreme contexts, and precarious work and livelihoods. Her research is grounded in organizational theory and draws on insights from strategic management.

  • Thapa, U., Chauhan, T., Spetic, W., Sharma, G., & Slough, C. (2026). Taos Ski Valley: A systems perspective on sustainability strategy. In A. C. Siqueira, C. Neesham, N. E. Landrum, & P. Kanashiro, Sustainability management: A systems approach (Case 9, pp. 375–384). Sage.
  • Gehman, J., Thapa, U., & Cao, K. (2024). Certified B corporations and benefit corporations. In R. W. Griffin (Ed.), Oxford bibliographies in management. Oxford University Press.
  • Martin, U. M., Thapa, U., & Aguinis, H. (2024). Punishing the good? How to minimize an unfair CSR-washing label. Business Horizons, 67(2), 199–207.
  • Phillips, F. Y., Matheson, B., Thapa, U., Choi, Y. J., & Byun, J. (2023). Why do regional innovation systems not have comprehensive information support? In Smart city 2.0: Strategies and innovations for city development (pp. 235–262). World Scientific Series in R&D Management.