Ram Misra

Biography

Ram B. Misra is Professor of Management and Information Systems in the School of Business at Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA. Prior to joining Montclair State University, Dr. Misra was an Executive Director at Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bell Communications Research). He has over 20 years of telecom industry experience that spans Bell Labs, and Bell Communications Research. He received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Before joining Bell Labs, he taught as an assistant professor at Texas A&M University and the University of Houston. Also, he earned an Executive MBA (Beta Gamma Sigma) from Columbia School of Business, Columbia University, New York. Dr. Misra has published in IEEE Transactions, the International Journal of Management Research, the International Journal of Production Research, the Naval Logistics Review and the Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, the Journal of IT Cases and Applications, the Journal of Information Technology and Applications, the International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, the i-Manger?s Journal of Management, the Information Technology Journal, and The Journal of Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology.

Education

• BS, Indian Institute of Technology (India)
• MBA, Columbia School of Business
• PhD, Texas A&M University

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Publications

• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2003). The Productivity Paradox and the Value of IT Investments. Fourth Annual Global Information Technology Management World Conference
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2003). Web Services Architecture for Deployment of Online Courses on HealthCare Systems Design, Integration and Development. 30th Annual Conference of Northeast Business & Economics Association
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2003). Outsourcing of Telecommunications Network Management Systems: A Case Study. Second Annual International Outsourcing Conference
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2004). Global Outsourcing: Where does Mexico Stand?. 8th International Conference on Global Business and Economic Development
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2004). Global IT Outsourcing: Metrics for Success of all parties. the Second Annual International Outsourcing Conference
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2004). .NET - Its Role in System Interoperability and Programming Web Services. 31th Annual Conference of Northeast Business & Economics Association
• Journal Article: R. Misra (2004). Global IT Outsourcing: Metrics for Success of Client and Service Provider. Special Issue of the Journal of Information Technology Cases and Applications (JITCA)
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2005). Changes in IT Investments Philosophy: Moving towards Strategic Importance. 9th International Conference on Global Business and Economic Development
• Conference Proceedings: C. Chakraborty, C. Jayachandran, R. Misra (2005). Management Challenges in Times of Global Change and Uncertainty. SGBED:
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2005). Toward an Understanding of Participating Behaviors and Technical Tools used in Virtual Communities. 9th International Conference on Global Business and Economic Development
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2005). Offshore Outsourcing and the Software Systems Development Life Cycle Methodology (SDLC): a Preliminary Impact Analysis. Fourth Annual International Outsourcing Conference
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra, R. Peterson (2005). Launching a Mobile Computing Initiative in the Business School of a Public University: A Student-Centric Solution. 32nd Annual Conference of the Northeast Business & Economics Association
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2005). Implementing Functional Interfaces in the Design of a Complex Software System via Web Services Technology: Lessons Learned in the Classroom. 36th Annual Meeting of Decision Sciences Institute
• Journal Article: R. Misra (2006). Evolution of the Philosophy of Investments in IT Projects. Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
• Journal Article: R. Misra, S. Srinivasan, D. Mital (2006). Outsourcing of Healthcare services: Issues and A Framework for Success. Journal of Information Technology and Applications
• Journal Article: R. Misra, R. Peterson (2006). Managing a Mobile Computing Initiative in a Business School. I-manager's Journal on Management
• Journal Article: R. Misra, D. Mital, S. Srinivasan (2006). The Use of Web Services Technology in the Design of Complex Software Interfaces: An Educational Perspective. Information Technology Journal
• Journal Article: R. Misra (2007). A "Modest Proposal" for Making the Standardized Normal Distribution Tables in Business Statistics Texts to an Upper Tail Format. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra, I. Qureshi (2007). IT Outsourcing - Does Pakistan Have a Chance?. Sixth Annual International Outsourcing Conference
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2007). A Statistical Analysis of the Tracking Stocks of Selected US Companies. 10th International Conference on Global Business and Economic Development
• Journal Article: R. Peterson, M. Berenson, R. Misra (2007). What is "Normal" in Faculty Norming Reports?. Journal of Applied Business and Economics (Special Edition: Issues in Higher Education),
• Journal Article: R. Misra, A. Mukherjee, R. Peterson (2008). Value creation in virtual communities: The case of a healthcare website. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing
• Journal Article: R. Misra (2008). The Use of Outsourcing As a Business Strategy: a case study. Journal of Information Technology Research
• Book Review: R. Misra (2008). Book Review of Rethinking Information Systems in Organizations: Integrating Organizational Problem Solving by John Paul Kawalek, Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, ISBN 0-415-40305-7, 2008. International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management (IJISSCM)
• Journal Article: R. Peterson, M. Berenson, R. Misra, D. Radosevich (2008). An Evaluation of Factors Regarding Students’ Assessment of Faculty in a Business School. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education
• Conference Proceedings: , , R. Subramanian, R. Misra, C. Jayachandran (2008). Infosys Technologies Limited: The Global Talent Program. Eastern Academy of Management
• Conference Proceedings: M. Allyn, R. Misra, A. Kozyreva (2008). The Effect of License Type and Status Hierarchy on Developer Motivation in Open Source Communities. Northeast Business & Economics Association
• Book Chapter: R. Misra (2008). The Use of Outsourcing As a Business Strategy: a case study. Business Science Reference, Outsourcing and Offshoring of Professional Services - Businesss Optimization in a Global Economy, Ed. Amar Gupta; IGI Global
• Journal Article: R. Subramanian, T. Singh , R. Misra, C. Jayachandran (2008). Infosys Technologies Limited: The Global Talent Program. Asian Case Research Journal
• Conference Proceedings: D. Petkov, R. Misra, O. Petkova (2008). Some Suggestions for Further Diffusion of Work System Method Ideas in Systems Analysis and Design . The Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra, M. Allyn (2009). Does it Matter When Leaders Hijack Open Source Projects?. 11th International Conference on Global Business and Economic Development, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, May 27-30, 2009
• Book Chapter: R. Misra, D. Petkov, O. Petkova (2009). Research Directions on Incorporating Work System Method Ideas in Systems Analysis and Design. Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems, The IGI Global Publications
• Conference Proceedings: M. Allyn, R. Misra, R. Malaga (2010). Wikipedia: Issues and Analysis of its Slowing Growth. Northeast Business and Economics Association
• Journal Article: M. Allyn, R. Misra (2009). Motivation of Open Source Developers: Do License Type and Status Hierarchy Matter?. International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes
• Conference Proceedings: , M. Allyn, R. Malaga, R. Misra (2011). Using E-Commerce to Teach Entrepreneurship in a Classroom - A Case Study. Annual Global Conference on Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation (AGCETI 2010)Indian Insitute of Technology Kanpur
• Journal Article: R. Misra, R. Sharma, H. Kakkar (2011). A Case Based Study of the Relationship Between Innovation, and Organizational Structure and Architecture. Journal of Academy of Business and Economics
• Book Chapter: D. Petkov, O. Petkova, T. Andrew, R. Misra (2012). The work system method as an approach for teaching and researching information systems. Integrated Series in Information Systems Vol. 29, Information Systems Theory: Explaining and Predicting Our Digital Society, Edited by Dwivedi, Y.K, Wade, M.R. and Schneberger, S.L.; Springer
• Conference Proceedings: H. Ravinder, R. Misra (2014). Bringing Current Research on Multicriteria ABC Analysis to Practice. Northeast Business and Economics Conference
• Journal Article: H. Ravinder, R. Misra (2014). ABC Analysis for Inventory Management: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Classroom. American Journal of Business Education
• Conference Proceedings: H. Ravinder, R. Misra, S. suh (). Analytics Outsourcing and the Loss of Competitive Edge - A Mathematical Modeling Framework.. North East Decision Sciences Institute
• Journal Article: H. Ravinder, R. Misra, H. Su (2015). Quantifying the Risk of Intellectual Property Loss in Analytics Outsourcing. Information Resources Management Journal / IGI Global
• Conference Proceedings: S. Mamonov, R. Misra, R. Jain (2014). Business analytics in practice and in education: A competency-based perspective. ISECON 2014
• Journal Article: H. Ravinder, R. Misra (2015). Multicriteria Inventory Categorization: A Review of the Literature. Academy of Business Research Journal
• Journal Article: S. Mamonov, R. Misra, R. Jain (2015). Business analytics in practice and in education: A competency-based perspective. Information Systems Education Journal
• Journal Article: R. Misra, H. Ravinder, R. Peterson (2016). An Integrated Approach to Teaching of Operations Management in a Business School. Journal of Education for Business
• Journal Article: H. Ravinder, R. Misra (2016). The Treatment Of Six Sigma In Introductory Operations Management Textbooks: Clearing Up The Confusion. American Journal of Business Education
• Journal Article: S. Mamonov, R. Misra, R. Jain, G. Lang, G. Davis, C. Woratschek, N. Martin, J. Molluzzo, J. Lawler, L. Waguespack (2015). INFORMATION SYSTEMS EDUCATION JOURNAL. Information Systems Education Journal (ISEDJ)
• Journal Article: H. Ravinder, R. Misra (2016). Forecasting When Trend and Seasonality Are Present: What Should Operations Management Textbooks Teach?. Journal of the Academy of Business Education
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra, I. Lim (2016). Impact of Outsourcing on Innovation – An Empirical Study. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the Global Business and Economic Development (SGBED)
• Journal Article: M. Johnson, R. Misra, M. Berenson (2022). Integrating Bayesian and Markov Methods in Business Analytics Curricula. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education (DSJIE)
• Journal Article: R. Misra (2022). Common Mistakes, Their Sources, and Remedies in Conducting Statistical Data Analysis . Pathways to Research in Business and Economics, EBSCO Information Services
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2022). A Root-Cause Analysis of Preventing Mistakes in Statistical Data Analysis. American Business Research (ABR)
• Journal Article: Y. Li, Y. Ping, Y. Zhong, R. Misra (2023). Learning-by-Doing in Non-Homogeneous Tasks: An Empirical Study of Content Creator Performance on a Music Streaming Platform. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
• Journal Article: T. Wu, R. Misra (2023). Why Big Projects Fail — and How to Give Yours a Better Chance of Success. Harvard Business Review
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2024). A Real World Application of Transportation Network Optimization in Supply Chain Design . The Northeast Decision Sciences Institute
• Journal Article: R. Misra, Y. Li (2024). A Constructive Use of ChatGPT in the Classroom - an Empirical Study . Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Technology
• Journal Article: Y. Ping, Y. Li, C. Liu, R. Misra (). Understanding Large Language Model (LLM) for Personalized Recommendations: An Empirical Analysis on Characteristics of User-Item Interactions. Electronic Commerce Research
• Conference Proceedings: R. Misra (2024). Treatment of Regression Analysis in the Leading Management Science and Operations Management Textbooks: Critical Missing Information . Northeast Business & Economics Association
• Journal Article: R. Misra, N. Koppel (). Use of GenAI in the Classroom: Creating Source Material for a Teaching Case for Six-Sigma and Process Capability. Journal of Business and Economics, USA

Honors & Awards

• IIT Entrance Exam Merit Scholarship, ( 1963)
• Kevin P Bradley Outstanding Impact Award , School of Business (May 2018)
• Career Development Award , MSU (May 2014)
• Invitation to Join the Advisory Board of HBTI School of Management , HBTI School of Management (April 2011)
• Key Note Speaker, Singhania School of Management and Research, Kanpur India (April 2011)
• Key Note Speaker , The Kanpur Bar Asociation (January 2011)
• Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Honor Society ( 2000)
• Sigma Xi, Research Honor Society ( 1975)
• Alphas Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honor Society ( 1972)
• National Merit Scholarship, Indian Government ( 1964)
• Career Development Award , Montclair State University (July 2019)
• Distinguished Alumni Service Award , The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur IIT), India (November 2019)