Dr. Ravi Srinivasan

Professor of Operations Management 

Contact information

Sellinger Hall 306
rsrinivasan2@loyola.edu
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Research Areas

Innovation; Supply chain disruptions and risk management; IT-SCM Linkages

Biography

Dr. Ravi Srinivasan is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at Loyola University Maryland. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Operations and Sourcing Management. His research has been published in the Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Strategic Management Journal, Decision Sciences, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. He teaches Operations Management and Global Supply Chain Management in undergraduate and MBA programs. Before coming to Loyola, he taught at Michigan State University.

In addition to his research and teaching activities, Dr. Srinivasan serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, and International Journal of Operations and Production management. He also serves as a reviewer for leading academic journals in Operations Management and Supply chain management. Currently, he serves as VP of Decision Sciences Institute's professional development. He has been quoted many times in local media such as Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Business Journal, The daily record, and WBAL-TV.

Before starting his Ph.D., Ravi had close to 9 years of industry experience implementing supply chain processes and IT in firms belonging to auto/industrial, appliance, and high-tech sectors. His work with various clients resulted in significant inventory cost reductions, distribution cost reductions, increased customer service levels, improved forecasting accuracy and increase in sales. He has managed global teams located in the US and India.

Recent Publications

Srinivasan, R., Jha, A. K., & Verma, N. K. (Forthcoming, 2022). To talk or not?: An Analysis of firm-initiated social media communication's impact on firm value preservation during a massive disruption across multiple firms and industries. Decision Sciences, 00, 1– 22.

Srinivasan, R., Kumar, M., Narayanan, S., & Browning, T. (2022). The big pivot. Supply Chain Management Review, 38-41.

Srinivasan, R., Choo, A., Narayanan, S., Sarkar, S., & Tenhiälä, A. (2021). Knowledge sources, innovation objectives, and their impact on innovation performance: Quasi-replication of Leiponen and Helfat (2010). Strategic Management Journal, 42 (11), 2104– 2136.

Choo, A., Narayanan, S., Srinivasan, R., & Sarkar, S. (2021). Introducing goods innovation, service innovation, or both? Investigating the tension in managing innovation revenue streams for manufacturing and service firms. Journal of Operations Management, 67(6), 704-728. 2022 Jack Meredith best paper award.

Srinivasan, R., Kumar, M. and Narayanan, S. (2020). Human resource management in an industry 4.0 Era: a supply chain management perspective. In: Choi, Thomas Y., Li, Julie Juan, Rogers, Dale S., Schoenherr, Tobias and Wagner, Stephan M. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Supply Chain Management, Oxford University Press

Azadegan, A., Srinivasan, R., Blome, C., & Tajeddini, K. (2019). Learning from near-miss events: An organizational learning perspective on supply chain disruption response. International Journal of Production Economics, 216, 215-226.

Srinivasan, R., Narayanan, S., & Narasimhan, R. (2018). An Investigation of Justice, Conflict, and Moderating Effects of Supplier Autonomy and Cultural Distance in Buyer-Supplier Relationships. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65(1), 6-20.

Srinivasan, R., & Swink, M. (2018). An investigation of visibility and flexibility as complements to supply chain analytics: An organizational information processing theory perspective. Production and Operations Management, 27(10), 1849-1867.

Academic Degrees

Ph.D. in Operations and Sourcing Management, Michigan State University
M.S. in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kansas State University
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

Awards and Honors

Jack Meredith Best Paper Award (Journal of Operations Management) - 2022
Sellinger School of Business STAR award for research - 2022
Sellinger School of Business STAR award for Teaching - 2016
Outstanding Reviewer of the Year 2015 – Decision Sciences Institute
Patent for "Method and apparatus for zoom control with a scroll bar" at IBM