Ravi Patnayakuni, D.B.A.

Ravi Patnayakuni, D.B.A.

Associate Professor of Management Information Systems

Office: Business Administration Bldg. 311
Phone: 256.824.6155
Fax: 256.824.2929
Email: Ravi.Patnayakuni@uah.edu
Homepage: http://cba.uah.edu/patnayr

Education

D.B.A. - MIS, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1997
M.B.A. - Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India, 1988
B.E. - Civil Engineering, BITS, Pilani, India, 1985

Academic Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1998 - 2004
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, 1998
  • Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 1996 - 1997

Research Interests

  • IT in supply chain integration, supply chain management
  • Diffusion and implementation of IT
  • IT and business value
  • Knowledge Management and Systems Development

Journal Publications

  • Patnayakuni, N., C. Ruppel, and A. Rai, "Managing the complementarity of knowledge integration and process formalization for systems development performance," Journal of the Association of Information Systems , 7, 8, (2006), 545 - 567.
  • Patnayakuni, R., A. Rai, and A. Tiwana, "Systems development process improvement: A knowledge integration perspective," forthcoming in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management .
  • Patnayakuni, R., A. Rai, and N. Seth, "Relational antecedents of information flows in supply networks," Journal of Management Information Systems , 23, 1, (2006), 13 - 49.
  • Rai, A., R. Patnayakuni, and N. Seth, "Firm performance impacts of digitally-enabled supply chain integration capabilities," MIS Quarterly 30, 2, (2006), 225 - 246.
  • Hovav, A., Patnayakuni, R. and Schuff D., "A Model of Internet Standards Adoption: the Case of IPv6", Information Systems Journal , 14:3, 2004, 265-294.
  • Patnayakuni, R and A Rai, "Development infrastructure capabilities and process maturity," Communications of the ACM . 45, 4ve, 2002, 201-210.
  • Kock, N and R Patnayakuni, "Who is in the driver's seat? The evolution of collaboration technologies in organizations," Organization & Society , 6, 16, 2000, 21-33.
  • Patnayakuni, R and N Patnayakuni, "Information processing theory as a guide to choosing information delivery models on the WWW," Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research , 58:2, 1999, 203-210.
  • Seddon, P, S Staples, R Patnayakuni and M Bowtell, "Dimensions of IS success," Communications of the AIS , 2:20, 1999, 1-60
  • Rai, A, R Patnayakuni and N Patnayakuni, "Technology investments and business performance," Communications of the ACM , 40:7, 1997, 89-97.
  • Rai, A and R Patnayakuni, "A structural equation model for CASE adoption behavior," Journal of Management Information Systems , 13:2, 1996, 205-234.
  • Rai, A, R Patnayakuni and N Patnayakuni, "Refocusing where and how IT value is realized." Omega: The International Journal of Management Science , 24:4, 1996, 399-412.

Conference Publications (Partial List)

  • Patnayakuni, R., N. Seth, and A. Rai, "Building social capital with IT and collaboration in supply chains: An empirical investigation" accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Information Systems, Milwaukee, WI, December 2006.
  • Marie-Kelley, J., P. Xiang, and R. Patnayakuni, "OOo can I have that? An examination individual adoption of Open Office software" 2006 Americas Conference on Information Systems, Acapulco, Mexico.
  • Zou, S. and R. Patnayakuni, "Analysis of IT strategic alignment and infrastructure capability in BPR implementations," 2004 Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, NY, August 2004, pg 3726 - 3735.
  • Patnayakuni, R. and N. Patnayakuni, "Organizational flexibility and information flow integration," 2003 Americas Conference on Information Systems, Tampa, FL, August 2003.
  • Jain, A. and R. Patnayakuni, "Public expectation and public scrutiny: An agenda for research in the context of E-Government, 2003 Americas Conference on Information Systems, Tampa, FL, August 2003.
  • Patnayakuni, R., and A. Rai, "Systems development performance improvement: A knowledge creation and embedding perspective." Academy of Management Conference, Denver, CO, 2002.
  • Patnayakuni, N., A. Rai, and R. Patnayakuni, "Architecting the digitally enabled relational firm," Academy of Management Conference, Denver, CO, 2002.
  • Patnayakuni, R., N. Patnayakuni, and A. Rai, "Towards a framework of digital supply chain integration," European Conference on Information Systems,, Gdansk, Poland, 2002, 1014 - 1028.
  • Patnayakuni, R. and John Darcy, "Assessing the impact of supply chain management software on company performance," Americas Conference on Information Systems, Dallas, TX, 2002, 2345 - 2349.

Work in Progress

  • Mandviwalla, M., R. Patnayakuni, and D. Schuff, "Improving the peer review process with IT," submitted to Journal of Management Information Systems.
  • Patnayakuni, R., "Back to basics: A socio-technical perspective on systems development improvement" working paper.
  • Seth, N., and R. Patnayakuni, "Using Instant Messaging: A social translucence perspective on task vs. social use" (working paper).
  • Patnayakuni, R., N. Seth, and A. Rai, "Leveraging digital supply chain integration for business value creation," (working paper).
  • Patnayakuni, R., N. Seth, and A. Rai, "Coping with the bull-whip effect: Demand volatility and inventory flow integration," (working paper).

Professional Activities

  • VP- Communications, SIGADIT, AIS 2004 -2006
  • Tutorials and Panel Coordinator for Diffusion Interest Group in Information Technology (DIGIT) Workshop 2003, Seattle, WA.
  • I review or have reviewed for the following journals and conferences
    • MIS Quarterly
    • Information Systems Research
    • Journal of Strategic Information Systems
    • Decision Sciences
    • Communications of ACM
    • Database
    • Journal of Electronic Commerce
    • Risk Insurance and Management
    • Americas Conference on Information Systems
    • Academy of Management
    • International Conference on Information Systems
  • Mini-Track Co-Chair, "Supply Chain Management in the Digital Economy," Americas Conference on Information Systems, Dallas, TX, 2002.
  • Mini-Track Co-Chair, "Outsourcing IT in the New Economy," Americas Conference on Information Systems, Boston, MA, 2001.

Awards and Recognition

  • Witmondt Fellow, College of Business Administration, UAH, Huntsville, AL, 2005
  • Best Paper Research Award, College of Business Administration, UAH, Huntsville, AL, 2005
  • Executive Directors Award for Outstanding Commitment to Teaching (MBA/MS), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2002
  • Faculty Leadership Award - MIS Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2001
  • Inducted as Honorary Faculty Member, Beta chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2001
  • Teaching and Research Fellow, Irwin L. Gross eBusiness Institute, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA,  2000

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