Laurel Miller

Ramayya Krishnan Dean of Heinz College H. John Heinz III Dean and W. W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University February 18, 2011 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Krishnan will present two papers related to social media . In addition, he will discuss the open problem of how one should […]

Anjana Susarla Assistant Professor, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University February 16, 2011 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Seminar Title : Social Capital, Reputation and Contract Design in Buyer-Supplier Networks Abstract Prior research on inter-firm contracting has identified the ideal governance mode to be either Formal‟ or „Relational‟ governance modes. However, both streams of literature rely on stringent assumptions about […]

Joey George Professor of Information Systems and the Thomas L. Williams Jr. Eminent Scholar in Information Systems College of Business at Florida State University February 11, 2011 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract Deceptive communication has been studied for decades, but within that vast body of work, relatively little research has been done regarding the roles of cultural or media […]

Emmanuelle Vaast Associate Professor of MIS Long Island University February 7, 2011 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract This paper examines how work practices change with the use of social media in a network of practice (NoP), that is, among people who share work practices without working with one another or even working for the same organization. Based on the […]

One of the major ways to expand my horizon is through traveling. I love learning about new cultures; so far I have achieved my goal through traveling to various European countries. I have been back several times to my native country, Albania. During Fall 2010, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Rome and […]

Lynn Wu PhD Candidate Sloan School of Management, MIT January 24, 2011 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract By studying the changes in employees’ networks and performance before and after the introduction of a social networking tool, I find that a structurally diverse network (low in cohesion and rich in structural holes) has a positive effect on work performance. The […]

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There are a number of videos here which are all related to each other and were created in collaboration with Microsoft’s BI group. The videos reference a suite of tools called ProClarity.  They are all posted under a category called BI Contents Please focus on the following: Watch the Virgin Record video – short and […]

If you submitted 5 cans you received 2 points.  If you submitted 4 cans you received 4.5 points.

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As I posted in an announcement earlier, due to a prior commitment, office hours will be changed tomorrow to 10 – 11 AM.  I will be approximately 10 minutes late for class.  We will be finishing up SQL tomorrow with the last of aggregation and a review of nested queries.  If time permits, we will […]

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 […]

Office hours will be rescheduled to 10 – 11 on 11/30.  In addition, class will start 15 minutes late at 12:45

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.

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 […]