Sunil Wattal

Here are the details of the guest speaker on March 31st. Speaker: O. Julian Plys Time/Date: 2:00 – 3:30pm,  Thursday March 31st, 2011 Location: Alter Hall 34 Title: Information Technology in the Petroleum Refining Supply Chain O. Julian Plys is Manager of Optimization Applications at Sunoco, Inc., a leading oil refining and marketing company based in Philadelphia, PA. He […]

Max Boisot Professor of Strategic Managenment, Burmingham Business School, March 16, 2011 Alter Hall 505, 200pm – 330pm Seminar Title :  Mapping Strategic Knowledge Assets: The Case of the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC Abstract Can conventional strategy tools be applied in knowledge-based businesses? Using a framework, the Information-Space or I-Space, designed to analyse knowledge […]

Bin Gu Assistant Professor of Information Management, McCombs School of Business,  University of Texas at Austin March 4, 2011 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Seminar Title : IT Infrastructure Governance and IT Investment Performance: An Empirical Analysis Abstract The value of information technology (IT) investment comes increasingly from its ability to complement and enable business strategies and organizational capabilities. As a general purpose […]

Steven Johnson Assistant Professor, Fox School of Business, Temple University February 25, 2011 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Seminar Title : How do power law distributions arise in online communities? Abstract Power law rank/frequency distributions appear ubiquitous in online communities but the mechanisms of their formation are not well understood. This study models online communities and multiple network formation mechanisms that can […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Jinyoung Min Visiting Research Scholar Fox School of Business, Temple University October 8, 2010 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract As information technology (IT) continues to permeate everyday life experiences, it is no longer simply a tool to improve task performance; people use technology to present themselves and fulfill their inner desires. Yet, there are few studies examining this new aspect […]

Bob Zmud Professor, Michael F. Price Chair in MIS and George Lynn Cross Research Professor Michael F. Price College of Business University of Oklahoma October 1, 2010 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract With information technology (IT) infrastructure serving as a foundation for much of the managerial and operational activities occurring in organizations, investment decisions targeted at enhancing or reengineering IT infrastructures […]

Detmar Straub A Regent’s Professor of the University System of Georgia and the J. Mack Robinson Distinguished Professor of Information Systems Georgia State University September 24, 2010 Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1130am Abstract One of the most common beliefs circulated among both IS academics and practitioners is that IS scholarly work, i.e., research, is not being widely disseminated in practice.  One […]

Rajiv Banker, Jose M Plehn-Dujowich, Sunil Wattal “Real Options in Information Systems – a Revised Framework”  International Conference on Information Systems, St Louis, December 2010