Joseph M. Allegra

MIS Phd students will rehearse their upcoming conference presentations. The abstracts and copies of the paper are below: 1. Fit does Matter! An Empirical Study of Product Fit Uncertainty in Online Marketplaces – to be presented at ICIS 2010 by Yili Hong Abstract (click here for the paper ) This paper examines the antecedents and consequences of product uncertainty in online […]

The PNC Case Competition deadline dates have changed!!!! I wanted to be sure you had this information regarding a Case Competition that PNC is hosting. It is posted on FoxNet. PLEASE spread the word to your members Love a good challenge? Want to exercise your business knowledge, analytical and technical problem solving skills? If so, […]

Gerald C. (Jerry) Kane Assistant Professor, Carroll School of Management, Boston College November 19, 2010 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Jerry will present two papers related to online communities of practice and user generated content. Title 1: Network Characteristics and the Value of Collaborative User-Generated Content Abstract 1 User-generated content increasingly is created through the collaborative e orts of multiple individuals. Characteristics […]

Refer to the class discussion on networks and impact of structure structure on individuals and organizations. Give examples of  the location in a network can impact the profitability of an organization.

Next week we will have 3 Immersion Opportunities.  The descriptions are listed below.  If you are interested in any of them, please RSVP HERE. Also, please not the additional step for the FMA event.  The form for that is attached. Association of Management Information Systems “Building Leaders through Service” Monday, November 15, 2010 at 12pm in Alter 031 […]

Ravi Bapna Board of Overseers Professor of Information and Decision Sciences Department, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota November 12, 2010 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract The revenue growth model of IT services firms has been historically been based on scaling of firm size. However, as firms have become bigger, it has increasing become a pertinent question to […]

Andrew Burton-Jones Assistant Professor Saunder School of Business, University of British Columbia October 29, 2010 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract Information systems must be used effectively to obtain maximum benefits from them. However, despite a great deal of research on when and why systems are used, very little research has examined what effective system use involves and what […]

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Do you need a business elective for spring 2011? STAT 2523 – Design of Experiments & Quality Control SPRING 2011, MWF 11:00-11:50 INSTRUCTOR: Pallavi Chitturi This course covers the principles of experimental design and provides students with insight into statistically designed experiments and related topics. The second part of the course covers the core principles of the management of […]

Jungpil Hahn Assistant Professor Krannert School of Business, Purdue University October 22, 2010 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract Information systems development (ISD) is fundamentally a search process by which the team seeks to find an optimal system configuration that produces the highest performance. As information systems are embodiments of business-domain knowledge and technical knowledge, ISD requires both. The business unit […]