Renganathan Krishnamurthy
  •  renganathan.krishnamurthy@spjimr.org

Renganathan Krishnamurthy

Assistant Professor, Strategy

Renganathan Krishnamurthy has around 9 years of experience. Of this, 4 years are in the IT industry, and the rest are in market research and consulting. His research interests are around digital strategy and its impact on society. Specifically, he is interested in studying strategy management in the face of digital technologies and the rise of business models such as digital platforms and incumbent responses to such technologies and business models. He specialises in methods such as natural language processing and simulation.

Prior to his Ph.D. enrolment at IIMA, Renganathan had completed his MBA from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning and Engineering from Anna University.

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Education

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), India

Doctoral candidate in strategy area

Dissertation title: Effect of uncertainties on firm capabilities and firm boundaries in the context of digital platforms and digital technologies: An unsupervised machine learning approach

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India

MBA, 2009 – 2011

Anna University, India

B.Tech (IT), 2001 – 2005

  • Research interests

    Digital Technologies

    Digital Platforms

    Technology Strategy

  • Case studies

    Aggarwal, M., Krishnamurthy, R., Dwibedy, P., & Karna, A. (2022). Tega Industries: The South African Acquisition. Harvard Case Centre.

  • Conferences

    Krishnamurthy, R (Presenter). Effect of Uncertainty on Firm Capabilities and Boundaries in the context of Digital Platforms and Digital Technologies. Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management, Virtual Annual Meeting, August 2020.

    Krishnamurthy, R (Presenter). Innovativeness of Ventures as the Missing Link between Discovery and Creation, Strategic Management Society Special Conference 2018, Hyderabad, India.

    Krishnamurthy, R (Presenter). Understanding the Relevance of Platform Quality: A Resource Based View Perspective , Strategic Management Society Special Conference 2018, Hyderabad, India.

    Krishnamurthy, R. Session Facilitator – Entrepreneurial Innovation and Performance, Strategic Management Society Special Conference 2018, Hyderabad, India.

  • Courses

    MBA/Master’s Courses

    Strategic Management

    Corporate Strategy and Artificial Intelligence (Elective)

    Digital Platforms and Strategy (Elective)

    Executives

    Design Thinking

    FPM (Ph.D.) Seminar Courses

    Topic Modelling in Management Research (Methods Course)

  • Teaching assistance

    Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India

    Economics of Strategy (for MBA Students) (June – August 2020)

    Business Simulation (for Executive MBA Students) (January – March 2019)

  • Awards and honours

    Recipient of the 2021 Madan Mohanka Research on Internationalization of Business Award.

    Grant received: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, October 2021, Study on “Exploring the role of Institutional Disruption in Digital Payments in India – A study of NPCI”

  • Work experience

    Professional Positions

    Lead Consultant, Frost and Sullivan, 2016

    Industry Analyst / Team Leader, Frost and Sullivan, 2014 – 2015

    Senior Research Analyst, Frost and Sullivan, 2011 – 2014

    Senior Software Engineer, Hexaware Technologies, 2005-2009

  • Consulting

    Business Valuation model for the acquisition of healthcare analytics firm

    Total Cost of Ownership Analysis and Validation for Cloud Services of a leading cloud services provider

    Opportunity Assessment & financial feasibility for e-learning initiative for the ICT ministry of a Middle Eastern country

    Whitepaper on the E-commerce and m-payments industry in Singapore and Malaysia

    Proof-of-Concept for setting up an Automotive Ecosystem in Saudi Arabia

    Financial and Market Feasibility model for setting up a fibreglass company in the Middle East

    Macro-economic factors-based Market identification in African countries for the lubricants industry

    Financial modelling and Business Plan development for the luxury resort ecosystem in Mauritius

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