Contact
368B Mervis Hall
narayanr@pitt.edu
412-648-1237
Personal Website
Academic Area
Information Systems and Technology Management
Profile
Narayan Ramasubbu is the Samuel A. McCullough Professor of Business Administration. His research program is anchored in the conviction that human flourishing through technology-driven innovation is not a given; it requires deliberate design, economic, and social choices.
Narayan’s research interests span technology-driven innovation and its associated communities of practice; analytics and AI applications for business value and social good; user behavior within digital platforms; software product development and service delivery; and the design, implementation, and governance of enterprise information systems.
Adopting a sociotechnical perspective, his research integrates design- and community-based principles for developing solutions that address persistent trade-offs and paradoxical tensions faced by organizations pursuing digital transformation initiatives. He embraces methodological pluralism, employing design science, case studies, field and lab experiments, causal inference from observational data, and simulation approaches to inform the deliberate choices that transform technological potential into sustainable business and societal progress.
“Meet Narayan Ramasubbu” featured in the Pitt Business Alumni Magazine.
Degrees
- PhD, 2006, Business Administration, University of Michigan
- Bachelor of Engineering, 1998, Bharathiar University, India
Recent Publications
Please visit Narayan’s personal website to see full list of publications.
Courses Recently Taught
- Undergraduate courses: BUSBIS-1060: Introduction to Information Systems; BUSBIS-1655: Design Thinking; BUSBIS-1660: Disruptive Technologies; BUSBIS-1540: Responsible AI for Business; BUSBIS-1630: Project Management.
- Graduate courses: BMIS-2402: Computational Thinking for Business Leaders; BMIS-2409: Information Systems; BMIS-2526: Advanced Data Programming with R; BMIS-2542: Data Programming Essentials with Python; BMIS-2056: MIS Practicum; BMIS-2551: Project Management; BMIS-2679: Technology Innovation, Adoption, and Diffusion.
- Executive courses: BMIS-2911: Health Information Technology; BMIS-2812: Responsible AI for Business Leaders; PHARM-5916: Predictive Analytics in Pharmacy.
- Doctoral courses: BMIS-3027: Economic Models of AI; BMIS-3042/43: Design in Information Systems Research; BMIS-3044: Quantitative Methods in Information Systems Research; BMIS-3541: Information Systems Research.
Personal Interests
In his spare time, Narayan enjoys hiking and exploring the philosophies of South and East Asia.