N. Venkat Venkatraman biography and books

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N. Venkat Venkatraman is a renowned Professor in Management at the Boston University. N. Venkat Venkatraman co-developed a famous concept together with John C. Henderson: the business IT alignment.

N. Venkat Venkatraman biography

N. Venkatraman obtained in 1976 a Bachelor of Technology (B.Sc.) from the Indian Institute of Technology and in 1979 a MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management. Next to that he obtained his doctorate (Ph.D.) in Strategic Management from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh in 1985.

Prior to joining the BU School of Management, he worked as an assistant and Associate Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management for eight years.

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In 1998, he was awarded the McGrath Chair at Boston University. N. Venkatraman specializes in the application of a network-centric approach of business strategy, IT strategy and IT sourcing. He excels at integrating the Internet, intellectual resources, alliances and partnerships. Furthermore, he introduced a framework, the value centre for managing IT resources.

He developed a famous concept with John C. Henderson: the business IT alignment, in which an organization is able to use information technology (IT) effectively to achieve its desired business objectives.

His message is purposeful, non-technical and general. This is to make people think about the opportunities and challenges that arise as we move away from the industrial age into the new economy.



In the summer of 2008, he was recognized by the Journal of Management as the 22nd most cited scholar in management of the past 25 years. This worldwide ranking is an indication of his widespread influence in the field of management.

N. Venkatraman is a visiting professor at the London Business School and an assistant professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. N. Venkat Venkatraman received an honourable mention for his dissertation and he is Head of Research at the Systems Research Center at the Boston University School of Management.

In addition he is a full-time faculty member of the IS-faculty and the Strategy & Innovation-department. N. Venkat Venkatraman has received many awards and distinctions for his ground-breaking achievements.

Below some of the most important awards are mentioned:

  • 2000. London Business School Innovation in Teaching Award
  • 1998. David J. McGrath Jr. Endowed Professorship
  • 1998. McKinsey & Co. Strategic Management Society Award for Best Paper (Honorable Mention)
  • 1996. Best Conference Paper (second place award), Academy of Management, OCIS Division
  • 1985. AT Kearney Award for Outstanding Research in General Management for the Best Dissertation Work

N. Venkat Venkatraman quotes

  1. “The key trigger could be worker safety, but quickly one can make the business case for operational efficiency.”
  2. “We need better ways to educate and engage consumers about how and where their data is used and integrated with other publicly available data.”
  3. “The market is trying to make sense of the growth trajectories of technology companies in terms of top line and bottom line.”

Publications and books

  • 2017. Successful Implementation of Strategic Planning Systems: A Path-Analytic Model (Classic Reprint). Forgotten Books.
  • 2015. Strategic Orientation of Business Enterprises: The Construct, Dimensionality and Measurement (Classic Reprint). Forgotten Books.
  • 2015. Strategic alignment: a model for organizational transformation via information technology. Leopold Classic Library.
  • 2014. Theorizing Digital Business Innovation: Platforms and Capabilities in Ecosystems. Available at SSRN 2510111.
  • 2013. Digital Business Strategy: Toward Next Generation of Insights. MIS Quarterly, 37(2), 471-482.
  • 2008. Advancing Strategic Management Insights Why Attention to Methods and Measurement Matters. Organizational Research Methods, 11(4), 790-794.
  • 2006. Managing in a small world ecosystem: Some lessons from the software sector. California Management Review, 48(3), 28-47.
  • 2005. Knowledge Relatedness and the Performance of Multi-Business Firms. Strategic Management Journal 26 (2): 97-119.
  • 2004. The Software Business.
  • 2004. Networks of Software, 1990-2002: Do Web of Links Contribute to Sales? Available at SSRN 611181.
  • 2004. Preferential Linkage and Network Evolution: A Conceptual Model and Empirical test in the US Video game Sector. Academy of Management Journal 47 (6): 866-892
  • 2004. Offshoring Without Guilt. MIT Sloan Management Review.
  • 2003. Safeguarding Investments in Asymmetric Interorganizational Relationships: Theory and Evidence. Academy of Management Journal 46 (1): in press
  • 2001. The Determinants of Transnational New product Development Capability: Testing the Influence of Transferring and Deploying Tacit Overseas Knowledge. Strategic Management Journal 22: 359-378.
  • 2001. Strategic options in the digital era. Business Strategy Review, 12(4), 7-15.
  • 2000. Five steps to a dot-com strategy: how to find your footing on the web. Sloan Management Review, 41(3), 15-28.
  • 1999. Are you preparing to compete in the new economy? Use a real options navigator. Boston University School of Management draft paper,(February 8).
  • 1987. Modeling the effectiveness of a strategic planning system.

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