Professor Vijay Gurbaxani (Information Technology)
University of California - Irvine
Bio
Vijay Gurbaxani is Professor of Business and Computer Science at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. His research, teaching and consulting interests are at the nexus of business strategy and information technology (IT). He focuses on analyzing how emerging information technologies enable business model innovation; on developing and evaluating business-driven strategies for the sourcing of information services; and on valuing IT investment. His approach is distinctive in its use of economic principles as the lens with which to analyze strategic management questions.
Vijay is Director of the Center for Research on IT and Organizations (CRITO), a National Science Foundation sponsored think tank that partners with innovative organizations to conduct and disseminate research that is both academically rigorous and relevant to business.
Vijay has extensive experience in management education and advisory services, having lectured worldwide on management issues, taught extensively in degree and executive education programs, and consulted for and provided research expertise to many organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, technology service providers, and leading consulting firms. He has been a visiting scholar at the business schools at Stanford University and at MIT, and a Research Fellow at Computer Sciences Corporation.
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