Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, NYIT, Former Professor and Dean, Reports on Resource Advantage Theory

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, NYIT, former professor and Dean, presents short reports on Resource Advantage Theory. The following material is directly adapted from research by Seema Gupta et. al.

At the heart of the R-A theory are the concepts of resources, market position and financial performance (see Figure 1). Resources are the tangible and intangible assets available to a firm that enable it to efficiently and/or effectively produce a market offering that has value for certain market segment(s) (Barney, 1991; Wernerfelt, 1984). R-A theory categorizes resources as financial (e.g., cash reserves, access to financial markets), physical (e.g., plant, equipment), legal (e.g., trademarks, licenses), human (e.g., the skills and knowledge of individual employees), organizational (e.g., competencies, controls, policies, culture), informational (e.g., knowledge resulting from consumer and competitor intelligence), and relational (e.g., relationships with suppliers and customers) (Hunt and Morgan, 1995).

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram on Lawsuits and Policies: A Brief Report on Marriage Equality Legal Status in US

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on lawsuits and policies and in this report provides a brief summary of the marriage equality legal status in US.

The US Supreme Court in October 2014 dismissed petitions for review of decisions invalidating same-sex marriages in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

This decision was completely unexpected. Most observers expected the Court to grant the writ petitions and adjudicate. Apparently, the Court does not want to intervene – at least for now.

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram on Lawsuits and Policies: a Brief Summary of the Issues At Hand in US Supreme Court’s CertsGranted

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on lawsuits and policies and in this report provides a brief summary of the Issues At Hand in US Supreme Court’s Certs Granted in the first week of October 2014. The various lawsuits and the issues at hand are summarized. This summary is adopted from SCOTUSBLOG.

“Tibble v. Edison International — time limit for suing the manager of an employee benefit plan for faulty decisions on investing plan assets.

Coleman-Bey v. Tollefson — scope of federal law barring a prison inmate from filing a new lawsuit over prison conditions in federal court if three prior lawsuits had failed because they had no merit.

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, Reports on The Dispute between Venezuela and Gold Reserve, Inc.

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram – Dean and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor, and expert witness, Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on the Dispute between Venezuela and Gold Reserve, Inc.

This dispute was adjudicated through a mandated arbitration instead of a lawsuit in a court.  Arbitration is a more cost-effective and timely mechanism to resolve disputes, because lawsuits in courts and their adjudication can be very time-consuming and expensive.  Though arbitration can be more efficient, it also does not have the rigor of a court litigation because of the rules of evidence are not as tight in an arbitration proceeding. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Lawsuit

Dr. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, Dean, Expert Witness and Former Professor NYIT and UT Dallas

Reports on Amicus Curiae Briefs in US Supreme Court

Dr. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, Dean, Expert Witness and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on the role of amicus curiae briefs filed in support of the plaintiffs and/or defendants in lawsuits in US Supreme Court.

An amicus curiae (literally “friend of the court”) is an individual who is not a party to a lawsuit but who offers information that is relevant to the lawsuit. The presentation of information to the Court may take the form of legal opinion, testimony or learned treatise (the amicus brief) and is a way to introduce concerns ensuring that the possibly broad legal effects of a court decision will not depend solely on the parties directly involved in the case. The decision on whether to admit the information lies at the discretion of the court.  The most popular mode of presentation is a brief.