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      Dr Lakshmi Narasimhan Vedanthachari

      ROLE: SL in Management
      SCHOOL: Business School
      DEPARTMENT: Management Leadership & Organisations
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 3020
      EMAIL: L.N.Chari@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Dr. LakshmiNarasimhan is a Senior Lecturer at the Management Learning and Organisations Department. He is the programme leader for MBA (Oil and Gas). He is a SAP Certified TERP associate and teaches SAP to postgraduate supply chain students at the University.

        After completing his Chemical Engineering degree, he worked as a software programmer in India and came to the UK to purse his Masters and PhD. His PhD was on the impact of Enterprise Systems on Mid-Sized Manufacturing Businesses. While working at the University of Bolton, he delivered several regional development projects aimed at supporting SMEs. He has lectured on Operations and Supply Chain Management to professionals in Africa and the Far East.

        His research interests are around Supply Chains, Enterprise Systems and SMEs. After joining Middlesex University in September 2012, he undertook the first Business Satisfaction Survey on behalf of the London Borough of Barnet and was part of a team which developed the first economic development strategy at the London Borough of Barnet.

        Currently he is investigating the supply chain issues faced by landlocked countries in Sub Saharan Africa, Frugal Innovation in Nigeria and innovation activities of Saudi Hotel SMEs.

        Education

        BE (Chemical Engineering)
        MSc (Business Computing Systems)
        PhD (Enterprise Systems and MSMB)
        PGCert (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)

        Languages spoken

        Tamil, Hindi


        Languages Spoken

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Module Leader for MGT4580– E-Supply Chain Planning & Control, MGT4815 - Information Management, MGT3750 - Procurement and Sourcing, MGT3730 - Managing and Developing Projects with Software

        Teaching Interest: Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Systems, Project Management, Consultancy Projects

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        • Constantinos Vasilios Priporas, Nikolaos Stylos, Lakshmi Narasimhan Vedanthachari, Pruit Santiwatana (2017) Service quality, satisfaction and guests’ loyalty in Airbnb accommodations in Thailand – ABS 2*
        • Hambayi, Trevor and Vedanthachari, LakshmiNarasimhan (2017) Access to credit as a tool for overcoming SME failures – A case of Sub Saharan Africa in Understanding Bankruptcy: Global Issues, Perspectives and Challenges Ed. Ignatius, Ekanem, Nova Publishers
        • Vedanthachari, LakshmiNarasimhan and Nguyen, Nga (2017) Supply Chain Management Challenges Faced By Landlocked Countries – A Case Of Malawi, BAM Conference, Sep 2017
        • Salma Soliman, Marina Papanastasiou, Georgios Mergos, Lakshmi Narasimhan Vedanthachari (2017) The Integration of Egyptian Small Farmers into Agro-Food Global Value Chains: The Role of MNEs in Egyptian Agribusiness, the Case of Heinz, Academy of International Business Conference, Dubai, July 2017
        • Velayutham, Kamala, Vedanthachari, LakshmiNarasimhan, & Qi, Baomin. (2016) “An investigation into the adoption and implementation of Enterprise Systems after the introduction of Higher Education funding cuts in UK” 2nd International Conference on Computing Paradigms (ICCP-2016), Chennai, India, June 2016
        • Vedanthachari, L., & Baldock, R. (2015) Investigating the relationship between time management practices and business performance, ISBE Conference, Nov 2015 (Full Research Paper)
        • Vedanthachari, L. & Muniandy, S. (2015) Employee perception of health and safety policies on delivery performance: A case study of a cement manufacturer based in Malaysia, Full Paper - BAM Conference, Sep 2015 (Full Research Paper).
        • Priporas, C., Stylos, N.,Vedanthachari, L., & Santiwatana, P. (2015) Determining Service Quality for the Lodgings Rented Via Social Networking Service Industry: The Case Of Airbnb – EMAC Conference – May 2015
        • Baldock, R. & Vedanthachari,L. (2014) The Exact Small Business Efficiency Index: Featuring Time Management Efficiency, Middlesex University, London
        • Syrett, S., Badlock, R., Granger, R., Ehterington, D., Vedanthachari, L. (2014) Developing Barnet’s Fist Economic Strategy, Middlesex University, London
        • Vedanthachari, L., Odunnike, M.T.,Khan, R.M (2013) Barnet Business Needs Report, Middlesex Univeristy, London
        • Vedanthachari,L. (2011) Enterprise Systems Benefit Framework for Medium Sized Manufacturing Businesses in the UK, Published in the proceedings of UKAIS Conference, Oxford, UK, April 2011
        • Arul Murugan and Vedanthachari, L. (2009) Indirect Procurement Outsourcing: A Platform BPO Solution for Mid-sized Companies, Procurecon Indirect, Florida, Feb 10 – 12 2009
        • Zhang Jianyu, Stan Oliver, Gill Green and Vedanthabchari, L.(2008) Exploratory Case Studies of RFID Adoption by UK SMEs , 3rd European Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, The University of Winchester, UK, 15-16 September 2008
         
        • Vedanthachari.L (2006) Benchmark report on the benefits of ERP, CRM and e-Procurement Systems: A study of fifty MSMBs in the North West England, University of Bolton:UK
        • Oliver.S and Vedanthachari.L (2006) The Need for a clear understanding about the benefits offered by Enterprise Integration Technologies: Evidence from two U.K SMEs, Published in the proceedings of UKAIS Conference, Cheltenham, UK, April 2006
         
        • Shafaghi.M and Vedanthachari.L (2003) E-Business Justification: Measuring Customer Satisfaction, Published in the proceedings of first e4sme conference (Electronic Commerce for SMEs), Bolton, U.K, June 2003.

        Publication Feed

        Exploratory study on the Innovation activities of Saudi Hotel SMEs

        Hamad M Alyahya, Ibrahim and Vedanthachari, Lakshmi Narasimhan and Lee, Hsing-fen and Papanastassiou, Marina (2018) Exploratory study on the Innovation activities of Saudi Hotel SMEs. In: ISBE 2018, 07-08 Nov 2018, Birmingham. (Accepted/In press)

        Supply chain management challenges faced by landlocked countries - a case of Malawi

        Vedanthachari, Lakshmi Narasimhan and Nga, Nguyen (2017) Supply chain management challenges faced by landlocked countries - a case of Malawi. In: BAM2017: British Academy of Management Conference, 05 -07 Sep 2017, Warwick Business School, United Kingdom.

        Access to credit as a tool for overcoming SME failures: a case of Sub Saharan Africa

        Hambayi, Trevor and Vedanthachari, Lakshmi Narasimhan (2017) Access to credit as a tool for overcoming SME failures: a case of Sub Saharan Africa. In: Understanding Bankruptcy: Global Issues Perspectives and Challenges. Ekanem, Ignatius U. , ed. Nova Science Publishers, pp. 195-220. ISBN 978-1-53612-399-9

        The integration of Egyptian small farmers into agro-food global value chains: The role of MNEs in Egyptian agribusiness, the case of Heinz

        Soliman, Salma and Papanastassiou, Marina and Mergos, George and Vedanthachari, Lakshmi Narasimhan (2017) The integration of Egyptian small farmers into agro-food global value chains: The role of MNEs in Egyptian agribusiness, the case of Heinz. In: Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, 02-05 July 2017, Dubai, UAE.

        Service quality, satisfaction, and customer loyalty in Airbnb accommodation in Thailand

        Priporas, Constantinos-Vasilios and Stylos, Nikolaos and Vedanthachari, Lakshmi Narasimhan and Santiwatana, Pruit (2017) Service quality, satisfaction, and customer loyalty in Airbnb accommodation in Thailand. International Journal of Tourism Research, 19 (6). pp. 693-704. ISSN 1099-2340

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        Barnet's First Economic Development Strategy (Jan 2014)

        A strategic analysis of Barnet's economy was undertaken (Employment & Skills, Enterprise & business development & spatial development & regeneration) to identify a set of recommendations for economic development and growth.

        Barnet Business Needs Survey: (Sep 2013)Sponsored by London Borough of Barnet, this research uncovered the challenges faced by local businesses and the support required for growth

      • Engagement &
        Impact

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