Dr. Ashish Kumar Jha Assistant Professor, SPJIMR [email protected]
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Dr. Ashish Kumar Jha Assistant Professor, Information Management, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai Fellow of IIM Calcutta (PhD)
F-2, IT Tower,
SPJIMR, Bhavan’s Campus, Mumbai http://www.ashishkumarjha.in/
Email: [email protected]
Education
2011-2016 Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accredited) Fellow Program in Management (Equivalent to PhD.) Dissertation Title: “Innovation in IT Firms: Drivers, Activities and Outcomes” Thesis Advisory Committee Chairman: Prof. Indranil Bose Committee Members: Prof. Somprakash Bandyopadhyay, Prof. Anirvan Pant Coursework CGPA: 8.18/9 (Major Area)
2007-2011 Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi Bachelor of Technology (Electronics and Communication Engineering) First Class with Distinction (77%)
Papers and Publications (Peer Reviewed)
Journals
2016
“Innovation in IT firms: An Investigation of Intramural and Extramural R&D Activities and Their Impact” Information & Management (Forthcoming http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2015.09.002)
“Platform Based Innovation: A Case of Bosch India” : International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE), January 2016 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.09.037)
“Innovation Research in Information Systems Literature: A Research Commentary on the Contemporary Trends and Issues” Information & Management, April 2016. (http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.im.2015.10.007 ) “A Relational Approach to Pricing Services” : Informs Service Science, March 2016
“Transforming the Traditional Indian Retailer”. Asian Management Insights. Singapore Management University. November 2015
December 2013
A Framework for addressing Data privacy Issues in e-Governance projects – Journal of Information Privacy and Security 9.3 (2013)
Book Chapters
2014 “Innovation Styles, Processes and Their Drivers: An Organizational Perspective” . In Technology, Innovation and Enterprise Transformation, Ed. Wadhwa, Manish and Harper, Alan. IGI-Global (2014)
July 2016 “Social Knowledge Management: Enabling Giant Leap to the Future” In: Harnessing Social Media as a Knowledge Management Tool , Ed. Chugh, Ritesh(IGI-Global Publication) (2016)
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Conferences and Presentations December 2015
o “An Investigation into the Impact of Partnerships on Product and Process Innovation in IT firms” IFIP WG 8.2 Organizations and Society in Information Systems (OASIS) 2015 Workshop. Texas Fort Worth. December 2015.
o “Empirical Investigation of Partnership and Mediating effect of Mode of Partnership on Innovation Outcome of IT Firms” Workshop on e-Business. Fort Worth Texas. 2015
o “Supply Awards as Market Signal Mechanisms?: An Event Study Based Investigation into the Efficacy of Supplier Awards”. Pan IIM World Management Conference 2015. IIM Indore. December 2015
o “Social Knowledge Management: Enabling the Giant Leap to Future”. Pan IIM World Management Conference 2015. IIM Indore. December 2015
o “Giving the Right Signals : Empirical Investigation of the Efficacy of Supplier Awards as Market Signal Mechanism” XIX Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management. Kolkata, India. December 2015
November 2015
o “Cooperate to Dominate?: Empirical Analysis of Cooperation Decisions on Technological Innovation” Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) 2015 Annual Meeting, Seattle. November 2015
o “Empirical Analysis of Cooperation Decisions on Technological Innovation” Informs Annual Meeting 2015 , Philadelphia November 2015
August 2015 “Technological Innovation in IT Firms: Analyzing Impact of Choice of Activities and Cooperation Partners” Invited seminar at IIM Calcutta as a part of Research Seminar Series, Kolkata
July 2015 “IT Service Management: A Typological Classification of Policies for Governance” IEEE Conference on Business Informatics 2015 , Lisbon
July 2015 “How much are Supplier Awards Worth?: Event Study Based Analysis of Impact of Supplier Awards” Invited seminar at IIM Calcutta as a part of Research Seminar Series, Kolkata
June 2015 “Investigating the Value of Performance: How much are Supplier Awards Worth?” Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference 2015, Toronto [Accepted for presentation but could not be presented]
June 2015 “Inefficiencies in Production Support Management: Detection and Impact Analysis” European Conference on Information Systems 2015, Munster
December 2014
“Marketing “Catch Up TV”: Success Drivers of Internet Entertainment Channels” International Marketing Conference 2014 (MARCON), IIM Calcutta
December 2014
“An Agent Based Approach for Effort Estimation of Production Support Planning System” Australasian Conference of Information Systems 2014, Auckland
November 2014
“Evolution of Offshore IT Subsidiaries: A Case study on Microsoft IT India” Second World Management Conference 2014, IIM Kozhikode
February 2014
“Self-Professed Doom: A system Dynamic Investigation in Indian Auto industry slowdown” Asia pacific Systems Dynamics Conference 2014, Tokyo
Manuscripts under preparation
“To Automate or Not? Impact of Tickets’ Dispersion on the Decision” Manuscript being revised for submission
“Giving the Right Signals : Empirical Investigation of the Efficacy of Supplier Awards as Market Signal Mechanism” Manuscript targeted to Journal of Operations Management (Stage:- Manuscript being prepared)
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“Leading Through Intelligent Hiring: Implications of Firms’ Processes and Hiring Decisions on its Success” Manuscript targeted to Organization Science (Stage:- Data Analysis Complete)
“Technological Innovation and Cooperation: An Empirical Examination of Cooperation Decisions on Innovation Productivity” Manuscript targeted to Information Systems Research (Stage:- Data Analysis Complete)
“Handling the conflict: Headquarter Intervention in Subsidiary Development” Manuscript targeted to California Management Review (Stage:- Manuscript Preparation)
Other Scholarly Work
Teaching Cases
2015 Bosch India : Value for Money Innovation- Published by IIM Calcutta Case Research Center
2014 Microsoft IT India: A Journey in Business Model Transformation- Published by IIM Calcutta Case Research Center and Singapore Management University Case Writing Initiative
Patents Filed
3240/ MUM/2013
System and method providing relational approach towards pricing for production support services (Filed in India and USA: 14/514603)
3238/ MUM/2013
System and method for creating optimal plan for IT production support engagement (Filed in India and USA: 14/513757)
3239/ MUM/2013 0607/ MUM/2015
System and method for multi-layered governance of IT production support engagement (Filed in India, USA: 14/513626) System and method for making automation decision in a production support engagement (Provisional patent filed in India)
Work Experience
August 2016 – Present
Assistant Professor, Information and Management Area SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
June 2014- April 2015
Researcher R&D, Tata Research Development and Design Center. Responsibilities o Analyzing IT service operations, in particular production support services from vendor’s
perspective o Developing governance mechanisms either complementing or based on ITIL v3 framework for
IT service operations o Developing novel multiple systems for increasing productivity of project managers
Achievements o Co-inventor of multiple new systems: Filed 4 patents in multiple geographies o Co-author of 4 conference papers and 2 journal papers (Published or under review)
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April 2012- May2012
Intern, Tata Research Development and Design Center. o Designed a pricing model for 4G telecom service providers in USA o Used data analysis methods to mine consumer sensitivity to pricing information o Suggested dynamic pricing strategy designed for network load optimization
May 2010- July 2010
Intern, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Government of India o Worked on testing mechanism of civil Radar system of India Indra-II o Developed efficient algorithm for Identification of Friend or Foe problem
May 2009- July 2009
Intern, Next Sapiens Technologies, Robotics Development Center o Developed Image processing based control algorithms for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Research and Teaching Interests
Research Technology Innovation, IT Strategy, Event Study
Teaching Technology Innovation, Social Network, Analytics, IT Strategy System Dynamics
Teaching Assistantships
September- December 2013
Teaching Assistant for Information Technology and Systems o TA for a Postgraduate compulsory course with 400 students. o Responsibilities included assisting in course design, conducting tutorials, supervising 12
tutors, quiz evaluation, project evaluation.
June- September 2013
Teaching Assistant for Business Dynamics o TA for a Postgraduate elective course with 50 Students.
o Responsibilities included assisting in course design, conducting tutorials, examination evaluation, project evaluation and feedback .
September-December 2012
Tutor for Business Decision Modeling o Tutor for Postgraduate compulsory course with 60 students. o Responsibilities included taking tutorials and problem solving sessions for the students
Academic Projects
October 2012
Design of Combinatorial Auction mechanism for Reserve Bank of India bonds auction o Developed an alternative to sequential auction mechanism (currently being used) o Developed “Combinatorial auction” mechanism provides higher value to both the bond buyer
as well as Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
September 2012
Mums and Me (www.mumsandme.com) : UK based daily deals website startup o Consulted Mums and Me on optimizing the analytics and customer preference mining
mechanism. o Assisted in designing unique deals according to geographical and historical purchase details of
consumers.
September 2011
One Laptop Per Child: Consulted OLPC on market entering strategies in India o Analyzed consumer preferences in Laptop segment. o Devised market entering strategies for OPLC without government support and backing.
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April 2011 Automated Underwater Vehicle o Led a team of 13 students to design and develop an Automated Underwater vehicle (Project
Competition at National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), adjudged by AUVSI and Department of Science, Govt. of India)
o Achievement : Ranked amongst top 5 out of 200 institutes of India
Workshops/Consortium
2015 o Post-Proposal Stage Doctoral Consortium Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting 2015. o Doctoral Workshop on Research and Teaching, Pan IIM World Management Conference 2015.
2014 Doctoral Teaching Workshop, Indian School of Business, August 2014
2013 o Case Method Workshop, IIM Calcutta Case Research Center, 2013
2012 o Winter School on Analytics organized by IBM Research Labs at Bangalore in October 2012 o 2 day workshop in September 2011 on Analytics using SAS
Honors and Awards
o Received Satish K Sehgal Doctoral Student Award for excellence in scholarship and
organizational citizenship for 2016
o Institute Fellowship for period of 2011-2016 for doctoral program at IIM Calcutta
o Awarded “Dr. J K Pal Award for Exemplary Branch Leadership” by IEEE Delhi Section
Professional Services
Reviewer Information & Management; International Journal of production Economics
Reviewer- Conferences
Americas Conference on Information Systems 2015 (AMCIS 2015) European Conference on Information Systems 2015 (ECIS 2015) Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2015 (AOM 2015) European Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2015 (EURAM) InSITE 2015 Annual conference
Memberships Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Association of Information Systems (AIS); Decision Sciences Institute (DSI)
Technical Skills
Methods Econometrics, System Dynamics, Data Mining, Computational Methods, Agent Based Modeling, Case based analysis
Tools and Software packages MATLAB®, Stata, Vensim, Scilab, C/C++ Programming
Leadership IIM Calcutta
Fellow Program Representative, Member FP Committee and Student Council, IIM Calcutta 2013-14
President Internet Solutions Group and Systems Consulting Club, IIM Calcutta, 2011-2013
AIT, GGSIPU, 2007-2011
President of Ambedkar Institute of Technology Student union(2010-11)
Founding Chairman (2009-10), Mentor (2010-11) of IEEE-AIT Student branch
Co-Organizer Conversance 2008,Conversance 2010, Annual Cultural festival of AIT
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