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Business and Management
USA
2026

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Computer Science

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101
Citations
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World Ranking
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Business and Management

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100
Citations
46631
World Ranking
46
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - AIS LEO Award, Association for Information Systems
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)

Overview

Varun Grover is affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, and Social Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management, Information Systems and Management, Management Information Systems, and Information Systems.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics including Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Information Systems Theories and Implementation, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Open Source Software Innovations, and Digital Platforms and Economics.

Varun Grover has contributed to academic literature through publications in frequent venues such as:

  • Journal of the Association for Information Systems
  • MIS Quarterly
  • Information & Management
  • Journal of Management Information Systems
  • International Journal of Information Management

Among their recent papers are:

  • A theoretical perspective on organizational culture and digitalization, 2022, Information & Management
  • The Perils and Promises of Big Data Research in Information Systems, 2020, Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Other notable papers in their recent corpus include:

  • Cross-sectional research: A critical perspective, use cases, and recommendations for IS research, 2023, International Journal of Information Management
  • Information Technology Identity: A Key Determinant of IT Feature and Exploratory Usage, 2020, MIS Quarterly
  • Digital "x"-Charting a Path for Digital-Themed Research, 2023, Information Systems Research

Varun Grover frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Franck Soh
  • Kalle Lyytinen
  • Jason Bennett Thatcher
  • Rajiv Sabherwal
  • Gabriele Piccoli

Recognition for their work includes the AIS LEO Award from the Association for Information Systems in 2020 and being named a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Shaping agility through digital options: reconceptualizing the role of information technology in contemporary firms

    V. Sambamurthy;Anandhi Bharadwaj;Varun Grover

  • Technostress: technological antecedents and implications

    Ramakrishna Ayyagari;Varun Grover;Russell Purvis

  • Re-examining perceived ease of use and usefulness

    Albert H. Segars;Varun Grover

  • An assessment of survey research in POM: from constructs to theory

    Manoj K Malhotra;Varun Grover

  • Types of Information Technology Capabilities and Their Role in Competitive Advantage: An Empirical Study

    Ganesh D. Bhatt;Varun Grover

  • The effect of service quality and partnership on the outsourcing of information systems functions

    Varun Grover;Myun Joong Cheon;James T. C. Teng

  • Business Value of IT: An Essay on Expanding Research Directions to Keep up with the Times

    Rajiv Kohli;Varun Grover

  • Strategic information systems planning success: an investigation of the construct and its measurement

    Albert H. Segars;Varun Grover

  • An Empirically Derived Model for the Adoption of Customer-based Interorganizational Systems*

    Varun Grover

  • General Perspectives on Knowledge Management: Fostering a Research Agenda

    Varun Grover;Thomas H. Davenport

  • Creating Strategic Business Value from Big Data Analytics: A Research Framework

    Varun Grover;Roger H.L. Chiang;Ting-Peng Liang;Dongsong Zhang

  • The implementation of business process reengineering

    Varun Grover;Seung Ryul Jeong;Seung Ryul Jeong;William J. Kettinger;James T. C. Teng

  • Transaction cost framework in operations and supply chain management research: theory and measurement

    Varun Grover;Manoj K. Malhotra

  • Strategic information systems revisited: a study in sustainability and performance

    William J. Kettinger;Varun Grover;Albert H. Segars;Subashish Guha

  • Absorptive capacity and information systems research: review, synthesis, and directions for future research

    Nicholas Roberts;Pamela S. Galluch;Michael Dinger;Varun Grover

  • Computer playfulness and anxiety: positive and negative mediators of the system experience effect on perceived ease of use

    Gary Hackbarth;Varun Grover;Mun Y. Yi

  • Leveraging Information Technology Infrastructure to Facilitate a Firm's Customer Agility and Competitive Activity: An Empirical Investigation

    Nicholas Roberts;Varun Grover

  • The initiation, adoption, and implementation of telecommunications technologies in U.S. organizations

    Varun Grover;Martin D. Goslar

  • The Role of System Trust in Business-to-Consumer Transactions

    Robin Pennington;H. Dixon Wilcox;Varun Grover

  • Decisions to Outsource Information Systems Functions: Testing a Strategy‐Theoretic Discrepancy Model

    James T. C. Teng;Myun Joong Cheon;Varun Grover

Frequent Co-Authors

James T. C. Teng
James T. C. Teng The University of Texas at Arlington
Jason Bennett Thatcher
Jason Bennett Thatcher University of Colorado Boulder
William J. Kettinger
William J. Kettinger Clemson University
Kalle Lyytinen
Kalle Lyytinen Case Western Reserve University
Manoj K. Malhotra
Manoj K. Malhotra Lehigh University
Rajiv Kohli
Rajiv Kohli William & Mary
Shirley Gregor
Shirley Gregor Australian National University
Yujong Hwang
Yujong Hwang DePaul University
Carol Saunders
Carol Saunders University of Central Florida
Haim Mendelson
Haim Mendelson Stanford University

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