Vallabh Sambamurthy
Professor
Eli Broad Professor of Information Technology
231 N. Business Complex
Phone: (517) 432-2916
Email: sambamurthy@bus.msu.edu
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Course Pages
- MBA 823: Information Technology Management
Spring 2010
- ACC 822: Analysis and Design of Enterprise Systems
Spring 2010
Research Interests
- How do firms synchronize their business strategies and processes with their IT management actions to sustain competitive advantage and superior performance?
Bio(s)
- V. Sambamurthy (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1989) is the Eli Broad Professor of Information Technology at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. He served as the Executive Director of the Center for Leadership of the Digital Enterprise between 2004-09. He has previously served on the faculties of the business schools at The University of Maryland and The Florida State University. He has expertise in how firms leverage information technologies in their business strategies, products, services, and organizational processes. His work has been funded by the Financial Executives Research Foundation, the Advanced Practices Council (APC), and the National Science Foundation. His work has been published in journals such as the MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Decision Sciences, Management Science, Organization Science, and the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
He has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and the Journal of Strategic Information Systems. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of Information Systems Research, one of the top journals for scholarly research on information systems. He was recently conferred the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the National Institute of Technology (Tiruchirapalli, India) where he studied for his Bachelor's Degree in Engineering. In December 2009, he was selected as Fellow of the Association of Information Systems, for his scholarly work and contributions to the advancement of the information systems community.
Sambamurthy teaches courses related to the alignment of information technology and corporate strategy. He has been actively involved in executive education on current topics such as the shaping of digital business transformations, strategic alignment of IT, and the management of IT innovation in firms. He has worked as a researcher or a consultant with several Fortune 500 firms including AstraZenneca, 3M, General Dynamics, Owens Corning, Intel, Bell Atlantic, Freddie Mac, and BellSouth. His recently co-authored book, titled, Winning the Three Legged Race: When Business and Technology Run Together, advocates the necessity for firms to integrate their business and information technology management processes.
Books
- Faisal Hoque, V. Sambamurthy, Robert W. Zmud, Tom Trainer, and Carl Wilson. (2005). Winning the 3-Legged Race: When Business and Technology Run Together. Prentice Hall.
- Ritu Agarwal, Arun Rai, and V. Sambamurthy. (2004). Unleashing IT-enabled Value Nets. Chicago:Society for Information Management.
- Ritu Agarwal and V. Sambamurthy. (2002). Organizing the IT Function for Business Innovation Leadership (Executive Briefing). Society for Information Management.
- Carol Brown and V. Sambamurthy. (2000). Re-Positioning the IT Organization to Facilitate Business Transformations. Cincinnati, Ohio:Pinnaflex Press.
Articles
- A. Rai, V. Sambamurthy, and R. Agarwal. (2008 December). How should CIO’s Enable the Governance of their Enterprise’s Value Nets?. MIS Quarterly Executive 7: 4.
- S. Faraj and V. Sambamurthy. (2006 May). Leadership in Software Development Teams. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
- D. Smaltz, R. Agarwal, and V. Sambamurthy. (2006 May). The Antecedents of CIO Role Effectiveness in Organizations: An Empirical Study in the Healthcare Sector. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
- R. Garud, A. Kumaraswamy, and V. Sambamurthy. (2006 March). Emergent by Design: Infosys Technologies Limited. Organization Science 17: 2. 277-286.
- V. Sambamurthy, A. Bharadwaj, and V. Grover. (2003 June). Shaping Agility through Digital Options: Reconceptualizing the role of IT in Contemporary Firms. MIS Quarterly 27: 2. 237-263.
- W. Lewis, R. Agarwal, and V. Sambamurthy. (2003 December). Spheres of Influence and Cognitive Interpretations of Information Technology: An Empirical Study of Knowledge Workers. MIS Quarterly 27: 4.
- D. Chatterjee, C. Pacini, and V. Sambamurthy. (2002 September). Shareholder Wealth Effects of IT Infrastructure Investments. Journal of Management Information Systems 19: 2. 7-43.
- D. Chatterjee, R. Grewal, and V. Sambamurthy. (2002 June). Shaping up for E-commerce: Institutional Enablers of Web Assimilation in Firms. MIS Quarterly Volume 26: 2. 65-89.
- L.J. Kirsch, V. Sambamurthy, D. Ko, and R.L. Purvis. (2002 April). Controlling Information Systems Projects: The View From The Client. Management Science 48: 4. 484-498.
- R. Agarwal and V. Sambamurthy. (2002 March). Principles and Models for Organizing the IT Function. MIS Quarterly Executive 1: 1. 1-16.
- R.L. Purvis, V. Sambamurthy, and R.W. Zmud. (2001 March). The Assimilation of Knowledge Platforms in Organizations: An Empirical Study. Organization Science 12: 2. 117-135.
- V. Sambamurthy and R.W. Zmud. (2000 June). The Organizing Logic of IT Activities in the Digital Era: A Prognosis of Practice and a Call for Research. Information Systems Research 105-114.
- R.L. Purvis, V. Sambamurthy, and R.W. Zmud. (2000 May). The Antecedents Of Knowledge Embeddedness In CASE Technologies In Organizations. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 245-257.
- R. Agarwal, V. Sambamurthy, and R. Stair. (2000 December). The Evolving Relationship between General and Specific Computer Self-Efficacy: An Empirical Assessment. Information Systems Research 418-430.
- V. Sambamurthy and L.J. Kirsch. (2000). An Integrative Framework of the Information Systems Development Process. Decision Sciences 391-412.
- V. Sambamurthy and R.W. Zmud. (1999 June). Factors Influencing Information Technology Management Architectures in Organizations: A Theory of Multiple Contingencies. MIS Quarterly 23: 2. 261-290.
- C.P. Armstrong and V. Sambamurthy. (1999 December). Information Technology Assimilation In Firms: The Influence Of Senior Leadership And IT Infrastructures. Information Systems Research 10: 4. 304-327.
- Clark, C., Cavanaugh, N., Brown, C.V., and Sambamurthy, V. (1997 December). Building Change-Readiness Capabilities In The IS Organization: Insights From The Bell Atlantic Experience. MIS Quarterly 21: 4. 425-455.
- Byrd, T.A., Sambamurthy, V., and Zmud, R.W.,. (1995 January). An Examination of IT Planning in a Large, Diversified Public Organization. Decision Sciences 26: 1. 49-73.
- Sambamurthy, V. and Chin, W.,. (1994 March). The Effects of Group Attitudes Toward GDSS Designs on the Decision-making Performance of Computer-supported Groups. Decision Sciences 25: 2. 215-242.
- Sambamurthy, V. and Poole, M.S.,. (1992 September). The Effects of Variations in Capabilities of GDSS Designs on Management of Cognitive Conflict in Groups. Information Systems Research 3: 3. 224-251.