Prof. Dr. Murali Sambasivan is an erudite scholar, skilled professional, and expert educator – and the apt choice to head TSM. Having completed his gradutaion and post-graduation in Engineering from prestigious institutions in Chennai and Mumbai respectively, he went on to do his PhD in the US, in Management Science; not only that, he is a CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management), from APICS, USA. This immensely talented academician has a rich experience as an educator. For more than two decades, he taught PhD, post-grad, and graduate students in Malaysian universities, his subjects being Quantitative Techniques, statistics, and Operations Management.
He has also served as an educator in various roles ranging from research associate to senior professor, in numerous institutes in India, Malaysia, and the US, winning awards for teaching, paper presentation and research, along the way. During his teaching tenure, he was also entrusted with several administrative roles, ranging from research committee member to coordinator, to advisor, and so on. Under his able guidance, over 60 students completed their post-graduation and PhD.
His industry experience has also been diverse, having served in the automobile, courier, IT, and infrastructure, and this has given him deep insights into the business environments, models, and working of those industries. Among these, one of his most noteworthy accomplishments is helping UPM get accredited by AACSB. He drafted the entire documentation — Alignment plan, progress reports and Self-Evaluation Report, and designed and implemented the Assurance of Learning system.
An unassuming gentleman, Dr. Sambasivan has published several texts that are used by students as guides to learn their subjects like statistics and decision analysis; this is in addition to the innumerable research papers he has published as he conducted research in wide ranging subjects.
A systematic review of the literature on supply chain agility Bharat Singh Patel ., Murali Sambasivan ., Review Management Research Review, Volume 45, Year 2022,
Foreign market knowledge, international opportunity recognition, and the performance of export-manufacturing firms Md Imtiaz Mostafiz ., Murali Sambasivan ., See Kwong Goh Article Strategic Change, Volume 31, Year 202
The impact of knowledge sharing behaviour and social intelligence of university academics on their performance: The mediating role of competencies Janitha Kularajasingam ., Anusuiya Subramaniam ., Devinder Kaur Sarjit Singh ., Murali Sambasivan ., Article Journal of Education for Business, Volume 97, Year 2022
Entrepreneurial orientation, competitive advantage and strategic knowledge management capability in Malaysian family firms Md Imtiaz Mostafiz ., Mathew Hughes ., Murali Sambasivan ., Article Journal of Knowledge Management, Volume 26, Year 202
Lin, W. L., Ho, J. A., Sambasivan, M., Yip, N., & Mohamed, A. B. (2021). Influence of green innovation strategy on brand value: The role of marketing capability and R&D intensity. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 171, 120946.
Mostafiz, M. I., Hughes, M., & Sambasivan, M. (2021). Entrepreneurial orientation, competitive advantage and strategic knowledge management capability in Malaysian family firms. Journal of Knowledge Management.
Patel, B. S., & Sambasivan, M. (2021). A systematic review of the literature on supply chain agility. Management Research Review.
Mostafiz, M. I., Sambasivan, M., Goh, S. K., & Ahmad, P. (2021). Configuring foreign market knowledge and opportunity recognition capabilities to predict the performance of export-manufacturing firms. Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 1-15.
Ng, S. I., Cha, C., Sambasivan, M., & Abd Rahman, A. (2021). Lean production system: compatible with Malaysian culture?. The CASE Journal.
Mostafiz, M. I., Sambasivan, M., Goh, S. K., & Shakil, M. H. (2021). The Mediating Role of Innovation Capabilities in the Relationship between Dynamic Managerial Capability and Performance of Export-manufacturing Firms. International Review of Entrepreneurship.
Patel, B. S., Sambasivan, M., Panimalar, R., & Krishna, R. H. (2021). A relational analysis of drivers and barriers of lean manufacturing. The TQM Journal.
Patel, B. S., Sambasivan, M., Panimalar, R., & Krishna, R. H. (2021). A relational analysis of drivers and barriers of lean manufacturing. The TQM Journal.
Mostafiz, M. I., Sambasivan, M., Goh, S. K., & Ahmed, P. (2021). Configuring Foreign Market Knowledge and Opportunity Recognition Capabilities to Predict the Performance of Export-Manufacturing Firms. Knowledge Management Research and Practice.
Low, Y. M., Sambasivan, M., & Ho, J. A. (2021). Impact of abusive supervision on counterproductive work behaviors of nurses. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 59(2), 250-278.
Kularajasingam, J., Subramaniam, A., Sarjit Singh, D. K., & Sambasivan, M. (2021). The impact of knowledge sharing behaviour and social intelligence of university academics on their performance: The mediating role of competencies. Journal of Education for Business, 1-13.
Mostafiz, M. I., Sambasivan, M., & Goh, S. K. (2021). Antecedents and consequences of market orientation in international B2B market: role of export assistance as a moderator. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing.
Hossain, M. S., Sambasivan, M., Abuelhassan, A. E., & Khalifa, G. S. A. (2020). Factors influencing customer citizenship behaviour in the hospitality industry. Annals of Leisure Research, 1-24.
Sekar, G., Sambasivan, M., & Viswanathan, K. (2020). Does size of construction firms matter? Impact of project-factors and organization-factors on project performance. Built Environment Project and Asset Management.
Mostafiz, M. D., Sambasivan, M., & Hughes, M. (2020). Configurations of Entrepreneurial Orientation, Knowledge Management, and Positional Advantage: A Comparative Analysis between Native and Immigrant Entrepreneurial Firms.
Narayanan, S., Nadarajah, D., Sambasivan, M., & Ho, J. A. (2020). Antecedents and outcomes of the knowledge management process (KMP) in Malaysian SMEs. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 1-27.
Mostafiz, M. I., Sambasivan, M., & Goh, S. K. (2020). The performance of export manufacturing firms: roles of international entrepreneurial capability and international opportunity recognition. International Journal of Emerging Markets.
Dost, M., Badir, Y. F., Sambasivan, M., & Umrani, W. A. (2020). Open-and-closed process innovation generation and adoption: Analyzing the effects of sources of knowledge. Technology in Society, 62, 101309.
Dixit, S. K., & Sambasivan, M. (2020). An Integrated Multitheoretical Perspective of Public Healthcare Services Delivery Organizations. Public Organization Review, 20(2), 319-335.
Choudhary, J., Hashim, H., Ann, H. J., & Sambasivan, M. (2020). The Mediating Role of Opportunity Recognition Between Education, Experience and Venture Creation by Women Entrepreneurs in India. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, 10(3).
Lin, W. L., Mohamed, A. B., Sambasivan, M., & Yip, N. (2020). Effect of green innovation strategy on firm‐idiosyncratic risk: A competitive action perspective. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29(3), 886-901.
Mostafiz, M. I., Sambasivan, M., & Goh, S. K. (2020). Foreign market knowledge, international opportunity recognition and the performance of export manufacturing firms. Strategic Change.
Lin, W. L., Yip, N., Ho, J. A., & Sambasivan, M. (2020). The adoption of technological innovations in a B2B context and its impact on firm performance: An ethical leadership perspective. Industrial Marketing Management.
Ng, S. I., Zhao, F., Lim, X. J., Basha, N. K., & Sambasivan, M. (2020). Retirement village buying intention: A case study on the Muslim and non-Muslim Malaysian elderly. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics.
Goh, S., Mostafiz, M., & Sambasivan, M. Born Global phenomenon: a critical review and avenues for future research. European J. of International Management, 1(1), 1.
Mostafiz, M. I., Sambasivan, M., & Goh, S. K. (2019). Impacts of dynamic managerial capability and international opportunity identification on firm performance. Multinational Business Review.
Aw, E. C. X., Basha, N. K., Ng, S. I., & Sambasivan, M. (2019). To grab or not to grab? The role of trust and perceived value in on-demand ridesharing services. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics.