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Krishna Venkitachalam

  • Krishna Venkitachalam

  • Professor
  • Ext: 5246
  • CV

Prof. Krishna Venkitachalam (BA, MBA, PhD, Docent) is a Professor of Strategic Management at the College of Business Administration (CBA), Ajman University (AU), UAE. He previously served as a Full Professor of Strategy at the Estonian Business School, Tallinn, Estonia. Earlier in his career, Prof. Venkitachalam held academic positions at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Sweden; Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK; and La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He also worked as a Senior Consultant, advising a UN client in the areas of knowledge management and firm performance in Switzerland. His research focuses on corporate and business strategies, strategic knowledge management (SKM), tacit knowledge, and knowledge processes in both large and small organizations. In 2014, his article on knowledge management strategy alignment, published in the Journal of Knowledge Management, won the prestigious Emerald Literati Award. Prof. Venkitachalam has published in leading journals such as Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Strategy and Management, Knowledge and Process Management, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, and International Journal of Information Management, among others. He has also contributed to numerous international conferences.

Education
  • Docent in Business Administration (equivalent to HDR, Habilitation, or Higher Doctorate), Stockholm University, Sweden, 2015.
  • FHEA, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, 2011.
  • Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching & Learning (PCUTL) (40 Level 7 Credits), Cardiff University, UK, 2010.
  • PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), The University of Melbourne (QS World Ranking 2024 - Top 15), Australia, 2006.
  • MBA, QUT Graduate School of Business (AACSB, EQUIS & AMBA accredited), Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 2000.
  • BA (Economics), University of Madras, India, 1998.
Experience
  • Full Professor of Strategy, Department of Management, Estonian Business School (EBS), Estonia.
  • Associate Professor of Strategy, Stockholm Business School (SBS), Stockholm University, Sweden.
  • Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Strategy, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK.
  • Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Management, La Trobe Business School (LBS), La Trobe University, Australia.
  • Research Associate (Post-Doctoral), Department of Computing, Macquarie University, Australia.
  • Senior Consultant (Secondment – UN Client), Switzerland.
  • Tutor/Examiner, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Teaching Area
  • Seminar in Business Strategies
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Managing Organizational Change
  • Training and Development
  • Strategic Management
  • Graduation Projects
Research
  • Strategy and Knowledge Management
  • KM Strategies, Strategic Knowledge Management (SKM)
  • Tacit knowledge
  • KM Processes
  • Dynamics of Organisational Knowledge
  • Qualitative Research
  • For scientific publications, see Google Scholar page: - https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=DXfdA0YAAAAJ&hl=en
Publications
Memberships, Awards and Honors
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Strategy and Management (JSMA) (Emerald Publishing), UK (Impact Factor - 3.8; Scopus Q1), 2019 – present.
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Innovation Studies (Elsevier & KeAi), Netherlands & China (Impact Factor - 4.2; Scopus Q1), 2022 – present.
  • Associate Editor, Measuring Business Excellence (Emerald Publishing), UK (Impact Factor - 2.5; Scopus Q2), 2022 – present.
  • Regional Editor (EMEA), International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies (IJKMS) (Inderscience Publishers), Switzerland (Impact Factor - 1.3; Scopus Q3), 2020 – present.
  • Editorial Board Member, Knowledge Management Research & Practice (KMRP) (Taylor & Francis), UK (Impact Factor - 3.2; Scopus Q1), 2021 – present.
  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Communication (Frontiers Publishing), Switzerland (Impact Factor - 2.6), 2021–2023.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Strategy and Management (JSMA) (Emerald Publishing), UK, 2018–2019.
  • Scientific Committee Member, International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD), 2018 – present.
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue on 'Strategic Knowledge Management (SKM) in the Digital Age – Insights and Possible Research Directions,' Vol. 15, No. 2, Journal of Strategy and Management (Emerald Publishing), UK, 2022.
  • Principal Guest Editor, Special Issue on "The Dynamics of Knowledge Management: From Strategy to Knowledge Workers' Performance," Vol. 21, No. 2, Knowledge Management Research and Practice (Taylor & Francis), 2023.
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue on "Ownership, Organisation, and Strategies in the Sports Industry," Journal of Strategy and Management (JSMA) (Emerald Publishing), UK, (Forthcoming in 2024).
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue on "The Open Innovation Paradigm as a New Challenge for Knowledge Management and KM Strategy," Journal of Strategy and Management (JSMA) (Emerald Publishing), UK, (Forthcoming in 2025).
  • Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Knowledge Management Research and Practice (KMRP) Journal, The Operational Research (OR) Society, UK, 2021.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 4th International Conference on Innovation and Knowledge Management (iKM), organized by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2021.
  • Selected Representative of Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Sweden-South Korea Academic Research Partnership, Swedish Academic Collaboration Forum (SACF), Seoul, 2015.
  • Emerald Literati Award Winner, Highly Commended Paper published in Journal of Knowledge Management, Emerald Publishing, UK, 2014.