Assistant Professor, Business Technology Management at Concordia University – John Molson School of Business.
Suchit Ahuja is an Assistant Professor in the Supply Chain and Business Technology Management Department at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University (Montreal, Canada). He holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from the Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and an MSc in IT from Purdue University. Since 2021, Suchit has also served as the Director of John Molson School’s MSc Program in Business Analytics and Technology Management.
Suchit’s research focuses on digital strategy and innovation, digital platforms and ecosystems, frugal digital innovation, societal impacts of digital innovation, and community-based innovation. For his research, Suchit has worked with small and medium enterprises and startups in India, USA, and Canada. Suchit has obtained funding for his research from federal and provincial funding agencies including SSHRC, FRQSC, and Mitacs. He has published his research in international journals including Information Systems Journal, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Community Informatics, and Kindai Management Review. His research has been presented at prestigious conferences including AoM, ICIS, AMCIS, PACIS, Conf-IRM, R&D Management, InnoFrugal, IEEE, ACM, ICIE, and CCSBE. Suchit was awarded the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2021 and the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2022 at Concordia University.
Suchit has served on national and international committees such as the Standards Council of Canada. He is a member of the board of advisors of BizSkills Academy, an EdTech startup in Ontario (Canada) and serves on the Indian Diaspora Council of Woxsen University, Hyderabad (India).
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Frugal digital innovation and transformation
The need to reuse and repurpose during a time of restricted resources has created a wider resonance for a frugal approach. But there are detractors, hear the debate at the R&D Management Conference.
Could a frugal approach offer long term benefits for healthcare provision?
Could the frugal approach adopted during the pandemic to rapidly develop new healthcare products and services offer long lasting benefits to the sector? This is the question discussed by authors Cadeddu, Ahuja and Alami in their paper exploring how frugal innovation offers a new form of solidarity.
Frugal Innovation and Digitalization: Crossing Boundaries and Creating Impact
Evidence is busting the myth that frugal innovation is just for global south countries, this approach may provide a mechanism for affordable and sustainable solutions, Suchit Ahuja discusses this phenomenon.
