Laku Chidambaram

Laku Chidambaram is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of Oklahoma's Michael F. Price College of Business. Prior to this, he held faculty appointments at Indiana University and the University of Hawaii. Professor Chidambaram has a Ph.D. in information systems and international business from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Georgia. He has taught a variety of information systems courses and has received several awards for teaching excellence. His primary area of research deals with the application of information technology to support distributed group work in organizations. His work has been published in such journals such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of MIS and the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce. He is the editor-in-chief of a multi-disciplinary journal-the e-Service Journal-which combines both private sector and public sector perspectives regarding electronic services and thus bridges e-Business and e-Government. Dr. Chidambaram has served as a business consultant and lectured in several countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore and the United States.

Publications

Our Virtual World: The Transformation of Work, Play and Life via Technology
Our Virtual World: The Transformation of Work, Play and Life via Technology
Laku Chidambaram, Ilze Zigurs. © 2001. 260 pages.
Since the dawn of civilization, new technologies-from the plow to the locomotive to the computer-have transformed human lives. These changes have often been for the better, but...
Introduction
Introduction
Laku Chidambaram, Ilze Zigurs. © 2001. 8 pages.
Since the dawn of civilization, new technologies—from the plow to the locomotive to the computer—have transformed human lives. These changes have often been for the better, but...
Play's the Thing … on the Web!
Play's the Thing … on the Web!
Laku Chidambaram, Ilze Zigurs. © 2001. 10 pages.
when we indulge in virtual leisure, the two ends of the spectrum—unwanted social influences and desirable social outcomes—are evident from the scenarios outlined above. A goal...
Web-Based Collateral Support for Traditional Learning: A Field Experiment
Web-Based Collateral Support for Traditional Learning: A Field Experiment
Tim Hill, Laku Chidambaram. © 2000. 11 pages.
The emergence of the Web and the growth of multimedia technologies offer new mechanisms to support and enhance traditional classroom instruction. This chapter reports on a field...
Knowledge Transfer in Conceptual Modeling by End Users
Knowledge Transfer in Conceptual Modeling by End Users
Laku Chidambaram. © 1999. 12 pages.
Organizations could benefit greatly if the accumulated expertise that end users have in building spreadsheet models could be used as a springboard to help them learn new modeling...
Telecommunication Technologies: Use and Investment Patterns in U.S. Multinational Corporations
Telecommunication Technologies: Use and Investment Patterns in U.S. Multinational Corporations
Laku Chidambaram, William G. Chismar. © 1994. 14 pages.
Telecommunication technology enables multinational corporations (MNCs) to efficiently transfer the information necessary for coordinating global operations and remaining...