Seidman School of Business' Family Owned Business Institute has named faculty members Jaideep Motwani and Ram Subramanian as its first research scholars for the upcoming year.
The number and quality of submitted research proposals was very good, making selection especially difficult. To help determine the awards, all proposals underwent a blind review process that included prominent national family business researchers as well as GVSU colleagues.
The purpose of the Scholars Program is to encourage Seidman School of Business faculty to conduct high-quality research with an emphasis on family business issues and a preference for relevance and transferability to local companies. The research will be disseminated to members of the West Michigan business community, GVSU students, faculty and staff, and other constituencies as appropriate through meetings, seminars, publications, and the classroom.
Motwani's research proposal is entitled Succession Planning of Family Businesses and involves conceptual model development, knowledge transfer issues, and cross-cultural comparisons. Professor Subramanian's research entitled, Market Orientation of Family Owned Businesses, applies a recent methodology that operationalizes a market orientation scale centered on a form's collection, transfer, and change response to market and customer information.
Motwani holds a Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of North Texas. He is widely published in the fields of total quality management, technology management, and operations strategy and implementation. He has earned the university's Outstanding Teacher Award, as well as other awards.
Subramanian holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Texas with research interests in strategic alliances, market orientation, and environmental scanning. Also widely published, Professor Subramanian's research has appeared in the Journal of Management, the Journal of Business Research, and the Management International Review. He has also earned numerous teaching, research, and conference best paper awards.
