Sri KUDARAVALLI

Associate Professor

Information Systems and Operations Management

kudaravalli@hec.fr
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Biography

Sri Kudaravalli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management at HEC Paris. 

His research interests relate to the role of information technology in distributed knowledge work, online communities and social networks. His work has been presented at several conferences where it has been nominated for the first time and published in the top journals of Information Systems. Prior to joining academia, he was a consultant for various organizations for nearly a decade.

Scientific articles

The strategic value of IT-enabled self-organised collectives during crises

Journal of Strategic Information Systems, September 2023, vol. 32, n° 3, pp 101792, (in coll. with J. Morton, A. ZORINA)

A Configural Approach to Coordinating Expertise in Software Development Teams

MIS Quarterly, March 2017, vol. 41, n° 1, pp 43-64, (in coll. with S. FARAJ, S. L. JOHNSON)

Leading Collaboration in Online Communities

MIS Quarterly, June 2015, vol. 39, n° 2, pp 393-412, (in coll. with S. FARAJ, M. WASKO)

Emergence of Power Laws in Online Communities: The Role of Social Mechanisms and Preferential Attachment

MIS Quarterly, September 2014, vol. 38, n° 3, pp 795-808, (in coll. with S. JOHNSON, S. FARAJ)

The Structure of Collaboration in Electronic Networks

Journal of the Association for Information Systems, October 2008, vol. 9, n° 10, pp 706-726, (in coll. with S. Faraj)

Proceedings

Talking Through Turf Wars: How Co-Producers Use Dialogue to Rebuild Consensus and Resolve Disputes

2024 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2024 , Chicago , 2024 , 1 (L. ALLEN)

Knowledge Collaboration in Distributed Practice Communities

32nd International Conference on Information Systems , 2011 , Shanghai , Online Communities and Digital Collaborations Track , 23 (S. FARAJ)

Fields Online: Exploring Shared Membership as a Mechanism of Online Group Evolution and Change

Informs Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST). Best Student Paper Runners-Up Award , 2008 , Washington, D.C., USA (X. Wang)

Working papers

Practices of Distributed Knowledge Collaboration

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Task Novelty and Knowledge Transformation Processes in Distributed Work

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Scientific articles

The strategic value of IT-enabled self-organised collectives during crises

Journal of Strategic Information Systems, September 2023, vol. 32, n° 3, pp 101792, (in coll. with J. Morton, A. ZORINA)

A Configural Approach to Coordinating Expertise in Software Development Teams

MIS Quarterly, March 2017, vol. 41, n° 1, pp 43-64, (in coll. with S. FARAJ, S. L. JOHNSON)

Leading Collaboration in Online Communities

MIS Quarterly, June 2015, vol. 39, n° 2, pp 393-412, (in coll. with S. FARAJ, M. WASKO)

Emergence of Power Laws in Online Communities: The Role of Social Mechanisms and Preferential Attachment

MIS Quarterly, September 2014, vol. 38, n° 3, pp 795-808, (in coll. with S. JOHNSON, S. FARAJ)

Proceedings

Talking Through Turf Wars: How Co-Producers Use Dialogue to Rebuild Consensus and Resolve Disputes

2024 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2024 , Chicago , 2024 , 1 (L. ALLEN)

Knowledge Collaboration in Distributed Practice Communities

32nd International Conference on Information Systems , 2011 , Shanghai , Online Communities and Digital Collaborations Track , 23 (S. FARAJ)

Fields Online: Exploring Shared Membership as a Mechanism of Online Group Evolution and Change

Informs Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST). Best Student Paper Runners-Up Award , 2008 , Washington, D.C., USA (X. Wang)

Working papers

Practices of Distributed Knowledge Collaboration

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Task Novelty and Knowledge Transformation Processes in Distributed Work

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Education

  • Ph.D. in Information Systems, University of Maryland - USA

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Member, Association of Information Systems (AIS)
  • Member, Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)
  • Member, Academy of Management
  • Member, European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)

Editorial activities

  • 2014- Associate Editor, Information Systems Research, special issue on Collaboration and Value-Creation in Online Communities
  • Reviewer, Organization Science, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Management Science
  • Reviewer, Academy of Management Meeting, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
  • Associate Editor, Academy of Management conference, 2011 - 2014, OCIS Division
  • Associate Editor, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2012, 2013, 2014

    • Conference organisation

  • 2016- Co-Track Chair, 37th International Conference on Information Systems, 2016, Social Media and Digital Collaboration Track, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Session Chair, International Conference on Information Systems, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016
  • Session Chair, Academy of Management, 2008, 2013

    • Awards & honors

    • 2018 Prix academique de la Recherche en Management (Consult in France), Theme: Reinventing Management, for the paper ""A Configural Approach to Coordinating Expertise in Software Development Teams", MIS Quarterly, March 2017, vol. 41, n 1, pp. 43-64 (in coll. with S. FARAJ, S. L. JOHNSON).
    • 2008 Best Student Paper Runner-Up, INFORMS CIST
    • 2007 Best Student Paper Award, Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia