Avimanyu (Avi) Datta is a Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship and the 2023-2-24 Gemberling Faculty Scholar of Business at Illinois State University. He is also the director of the George R. and Martha Means Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. He earned his PhD from Washington State University in 2011. In addition, he is a visiting Research Scholar at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.
His research intersects the areas of Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. His work has been published in journals such as Information Systems Research, Technovation, Journal of Business Research, Technology Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of International Management, R&D Management, Journal of Small Business Management, and Management Decision. You can find more about his academic pursuits at https://about.illinoisstate.edu/adatta/profile/
Avi is an artist and collector of fountain pens and mechanical wristwatches outside academia. He is also an award-winning author of a genre-bending Sci-fi series—The Time Corrector (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MR3WWNN). You can find more about his non-academic pursuits at https://avi-datta.com/.
Datta, A. and Srivastava., S. (July 8, 2023). (Re)conceptualizing technological breakthrough innovation: A systematic review of the literature and proposed framework. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. [Impact Factor:12; Ranking:4 (AJG2018), A(ABDC)]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122740
(In Japanese)Karube, M., Tachibana, T., Miyzawa, Y., and Datta, A. 2023. Seiko Epson Corporation Hitotsubashi Business Review. Spring 2023; 70 (185); p.153.
Brooks, S., Sahaym, A., Datta, A., and Srivastava., S. (October 14, 2022). Risky Combination: The Role of Managerial Perception of Social Media Use and Entrepreneurial Orientation on SME Innovation. Management Decision. [Impact Factor: 5.34; Ranking:3 (AJG2018), A(ABDC)] https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-03-2021-0385
Sahaym, A, Datta. A, and Brooks, S. (March 2021) Crowdfunding Success through Social Media: Going beyond Entrepreneurial Orientation in the Context of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. Journal of Business Research [Impact Factor: 10.969; Ranking:3 (AJG2018), A(ABDC)] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S014829631930551X
Datta, A. Sahaym, A. and Brooks, S. 2018. Unpacking the Antecedents of Crowdfunding Campaign’s Success: The Effects of Social Media and Innovation Orientation. Journal of Small Business Management. 57 (S2) [Impact Factor: 6.799; Ranking:3 (AJG2015), A(ABDC)] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12498