Rajiv Sabherwal

Rajiv Sabherwal
University of Missouri Curators Professor
Office: 206 Computer Center ~ Voice: 314-516-6490
E-Mail: sabherwal@umsl.edu
Homepage: http://web.mac.com/sabherwal/

Degrees Held: Ph.D.(Business Administration), University of Pittsburgh,1989 Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Indian Institute of Management, 1983 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics), Bhopal University, 1981

Interests:

Teaching:

Areas: Electronic Commerce, Information Systems Theories and Practice
Courses:
- IS 7890 - Foundations of Information Systems Research
- IS 6800 - Core MBA Course in Information Systems
- IS 6835 - Electronic Commerce

Research:

Areas: Knowledge Management; Information Systems Strategy; Social Aspects of Information Systems Development.
Selected Significant Publications:
- Choudhury, V. & Sabherwal, R., "Portfolios of Control in Outsourced Software Development Projects," Information Systems Research, 14(3), 2003, 291-314.
- Becerra-Fernandez, I., Gonzalez, A. & Sabherwal, R., Knowledge Management: Challenges, Solutions, and Technologies, Prentice Hall, 2003.
- Sabherwal, R. & Becerra-Fernandez, I., “An Empirical Study of the Effects of Knowledge Management Tools at Individual, Group, and Organizational Levels,” Decision Sciences, 34(2), March 2003, 225-260.
- Sabherwal, R. & Newman, M., “Persistence and Change in Systems Development: A Dialectical Perspective,” Journal of Information Technology, 18(2), June 2003, 69-92.
- Sabherwal, R., “The Evolution of Coordination in Outsourced Software Development Projects: A Comparison of Client and Vendor Perspectives,” Information and Organization, 13, 2003, 153-202.
- Sabherwal, R. & Chan, Y., "Alignment between Business and IS Strategies: A Study of Prospectors, Analyzers, and Defenders," Information Systems Research, 12(1), 2001, 11-33.
- Hirschheim, R. & Sabherwal, R., "Detours in the Path Towards Strategic Information Systems Alignment: Paradoxical Decisions, Excessive Transformations, and Uncertain Turnarounds," California Management Review, 44(1), 2001, 87-108.

Other Information:

Senior Editor for MIS Quarterly since September 2003.
Member of the Editor Board for Information Systems Research since January 2003.
Information Technology Department Editor for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management since January 2003.
Member of the Editor Board for Journal of AIS since May 2002.
Member of the Editor Board for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management from July 2001 - December 2002.
Associate Editor of MIS Quarterly, January 2000 - December 2002.
Member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), and the Academy of Management.
Member of Who's Who in America, 2002.
Received the Douglas E. Durand Award for Research Excellence from the University of Missouri - St. Louis' College of Business Administration in 2002.
Received the Award for Outstanding Research from Florida International University's College of Business for 1997-1998.
Received a Teaching Incentive Award from Florida International University for Excellence in Teaching in 1996.