Dr. Ravi Kathuria

Dr. Ravi Kathuria

Professor, James L. and Lynne P. Doti Chair in Operations Management
The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics
Office Location: Beckman Hall 308F
Phone: (714) 628-2703
Scholarly Works:
Digital Commons
Education:
PEC University of Technology, Bachelor of Science
Drexel University, Ph.D.

Biography

James L. and Lynne P. Doti Chair in Operations Management; Ph.D., Drexel University. Dr. Kathuria worked as a production engineer, industrial engineer and operations consultant for over eight years before embarking on his Ph.D. His current research interests include operations strategy, supply chain management, the Internet and entrepreneurship, and global operations management. His work has been published in several leading journals, such as the Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Decision Sciences, Journal of Management Education, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, Journal of Quality Management, Journal of Entrepreneurship, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Management Decision, Journal of High Technology Management Research, and others. He has presented papers at numerous conferences and has been nominated and awarded best paper distinctions on various occasions, including the Decision Sciences Institute’s Distinguished Paper Award and Chan Hahn Prize for the Academy of Management Best Paper Award in the Operations Management Division. He has served as a board officer of the Academy of Management's Operations Management Division, and on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Operations Management and Production and Operations Management.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

Kathuria, R. and Lucianetti, L. 2022. Should Your Organization’s Characteristics Influence the Choice of Performance Metrics? SSRN Proceedings of the Global Conference on Innovations in Management and Business, pp. 1-9. (NOTE: This is an expanded full paper based on the one-page abstract published earlier in the Book of Abstracts-GCIMB 2021.)
Kathuria, R., Rustagi, N.K., V. Rama Devi, and Rahul, T. October 2022. Acknowledgments. SSRN Proceedings of the Global Conference on Innovations in Management and Business, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4257226 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4257226
Kathuria, R. 2022. Competitive Priorities: Differing Perspectives, EBSCO Pathways to Research, pp. 1-11
Kathuria, R., Rustagi, N.K., V. Rama Devi, and Rahul, T. November 2022. SSRN Proceedings of the Global Conference on Innovations in Management and Business. Edited and published this eJournal (SSRN Proceedings) with 35 select papers with affiliations from Brown University, Chapman, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, among other top international schools.
Kathuria, R., Rustagi, N. K., Rama Devi, V., and Thangeda, R. (2021). PREFACE. In R. Kathuria et al., (Eds) Trends and Innovations in Management and Business--Book of Abstracts GCIMB-2021 (p. 9). USA: International Educators Group.
Kathuria, R., Rustagi, N. K., Rama Devi, V., and Thangeda, R. 2021. "Trends and Innovations in Management and Business--Book of Abstracts GCIMB-2021," International Educators Group. ISBN 978-1-953224-01-9
Rasikaraman Das, "Be the Smarter You," Simon and Schuster, May 2021.
Kathuria, R. and Lucianetti, L. 2021. "Should Your Organization’s Characteristics Influence the Choice of Performance Metrics?" Published in the conference proceedings of the Global Conference on Innovations in Management and Business held July 27-28 2021, p. 124.
Chhabra, S. and O'Rourke, D., " Heretic Science," Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, May 2020.
Jambulingam, T. and Kathuria, R., "Antecedents to Buyer-Supplier Coordination in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain," International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, April 2020, Vol. 14(2), pp. 289-303.
Kathuria, R., "Incredible Indoors: Tapping Human Potential," Published as a Cover Feature Article in Business Manager--India's Best HR Magazine. July 2020.
Joshi, M.P., Kathuria, R. and Das, S. "Corporate Entrepreneurship in Digital Era: The Cascading Effect Through Operations." Journal of Entrepreneurship, Vol 28(1), pp. 4-34, March 2019. **Lead article**
Kathuria, R., "Using Experiential Learning to Teach Service Quality: Does it Work?" Published in conference proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of Decision Sciences Institute held November 17-19, 2018 in Chicago, IL.
Jambulingam, T., Joshi, M.P. and Kathuria, R. 2018. "Competitive Analysis of CRM Strategies Using Analytic Hierarchy Process," Management Dynamics, Vol 18(1), pp. 1-22. **Lead article**
Kathuria, R., Kathuria, N.N., and Kathuria, A. “Mutually Supportive or Trade-Offs: An Analysis of Competitive Priorities in the Emerging Economy of India.” The Journal of High Technology Management Research, November 2018, Vol 29(2), pp. 227-236.
Kathuria, R, Kathuria, NN, Kathuria, A, "Competitive Priorities as Trade-offs or Mutually Supportive: A Glimpse from an Emerging Economy," Presented at and published in conference proceedings of the International Conference on Management Practices for the New Economy, held Feb 10-11, 2017, pp. 1-6. **Published as the lead article in the conference proceedings titled: Management Practices for the New Economy. ISBN: 9789386432087**
Kathuria, R, Kohli, TK, Kathuria, NN, Porth, SJ, "Strategic Consensus in India vis-a-vis USA: A Comparative Study." International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics. September 2016, Vol 5(5), pp. 14-22.
Kathuria, R. and Lucianetti, L. "Alignment Between Performance Metrics And Business Strategy: Does It Impact Organizational Performance?," Published in the proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Decision Sciences Institute (APDSI) held in Yokohama, Japan, July 18-22, 2014, pp.1-6 .
Jambulingam, T. and Kathuria, R., “Patterns of Supply Chain Integration in a Service Setting: Antecedents and Relationship Effectiveness,” Presented at and published in the proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute held in Tampa, FL, USA, Nov 22-25, 2014, pp. 1-6.
Kathuria, R., Kohli, T.K., Kathuria, N.N., and Porth, S.J., “Strategic Consensus in India vis-à-vis USA: A Comparative Study.” Published in the proceedings of the 7th Annual Conference of the Indian Subcontinent Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) held in Delhi, India, Dec 28-30, 2013, pp. 1-12.
Operations Management 10e by Heizer and Render. Reviewed Chapters 2 and 11S.
Jambulingam, T., Kathuria, R., and Nevin, J.R., “Fairness-Trust-Loyalty Relationship under Varying Conditions of Supplier-Buyer Interdependence.” Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice. 2011, Vol. 19(1), pp. 39-56.
Joshi, M.P., Jambulingam, T., and Kathuria, R.., “Benchmarking Web Based CRM Strategies of Pharmaceutical Companies: A Competitive Analysis Using Analytic Hierarchy Process,” Published in the proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Northeast Business and Economics Society held in Morristown, NJ, USA, Sep 30-Oct 2, 2010, pp.1-5.
Jambulingam, T., Kathuria, R., and Nevin, J. R., “The Mediating Role of Trust under Varying Conditions of Supplier-Buyer Interdependence.” Published in the proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute held in San Diego, CA, USA, Nov 20-23, 2010, pp. 3751-3756.
Joshi, M.P., Kathuria, R., and Das, S., “Process Renewal and the Internet: Linkages to Corporate Entrepreneurship and Organizational Renewal,” Published in the proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute held in San Diego, CA, USA, Nov 20-23, 2010, pp. 4701-4706.
Kathuria, R., Porth, S.J., Kathuria, N.N., and Kohli, T.K., “Competitive Priorities and Strategic Consensus in Emerging Economies: Evidence from India.” International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 2010, Vol. 30(8), pp. 879-896.
Kathuria, R., Partovi, F.Y., and Greenhaus, J.G., “Leadership Practices, Competitive Priorities and Manufacturing Group Performance.” International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 2010, Vol. 30(10), pp. 1080-1105.

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