I hold the Union Pacific Professorship and am an associate professor of MIS at Iowa State University. I also hold an honorary visiting research professorship at Osaka Prefecture University in Japan. I was previously on Emory University’s faculty in Atlanta, which I joined after completing my Ph.D. (IS) in 2001 at Georgia State University in Atlanta.
Research
My research (DLBP, CSB, Google Scholar, SSRN) intersects IT governance and knowledge management, with an emphasis on systems development. My work includes publications in Information Systems Research (ISR), Strategic Management Journal (SMJ), Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), California Management Review, ACM Transactions, IEEE Transactions, Decision Sciences, IEEE Software, CACM, IEEE Internet Computing (ranking), and others.
I currently serve as an Associate Editor of Information Systems Research (ISR). I have also served as a special Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly.
Representative recent research
Complementarities between Organizational IT Architecture and Governance Structure, forthcoming in Information Systems Research.
Knowledge-Governance Fit in Systems Development Projects (solo), Information Systems Research.
Does Interfirm Modularity Complement Ignorance?...in Outsourcing Alliances (solo), Strategic Management Journal.
Does Modularity Substitute for Interfirm Control? (solo), Strategic Management Journal.
Does Peripheral Knowledge Complement Control?, Strategic Management Journal.
A Comparison of TCE, Agency, & KBV Predictors of IT Outsourcing, JMIS.
IT Project Escalation: A Real Options Model, Decision Sciences. 2006 Best Paper Award. Others>>
Continuance in Expertise Networks, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
Real Options Thinking in IT Project Management, California Management Review.
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Corporate Collaborations
A variety of organizations have supported my field research. These include UPS, Hitachi, Toshiba, HP, Fujitsu, Ericsson, Eli-Lilly, SAP, Mitsubishi, IBM, Japan Electronics and IT Industry Association, Italy’s Istituto Superiore Universitario di Formazione Interdisciplinare, Strategic Software Research consortium, International Information Science Foundation (Japan), NSDA (Russia), US DoD, IDA (Ireland), and NASSCOM (India). I serve on the advisory boards of Nobel Fulbright Institute and KM Professionals Society. My research has also received popular press coverage from Nikkei (interview), the notorious SlashDot (archive), and Microsoft (interview).
Teaching
My teaching in the MBA and BBA programs at Iowa State (blurb, RMP profile) is highlighted in ISU’s BusinessWeek’s national ranking profile. I taught in the MBA and BBA programs at Emory from 2001-2004, and at Georgia State from 1998-2001 (including one of the first courses on KM circa 1999). I’ve also taught shorter, invited Ph.D.-level seminars in Italy and Finland. My 1999 book on KM (2nd edition) has been widely translated and used in MBA programs.
Collaborators
Professors Konsynski, Keil, Bush, Ramesh, Rai, McLean, Bharadwaj, Sambamurthy, and Fichman. My pre-MIS work from 1989-1996 in semiconductor applications design also influenced my research philosophy (more) towards positivist empiricism. More on influences>>
And...
Rand's Fountainhead and Bach's Illusions top my perennially-favorite books. AC/DC, Miles Davis, Metallica, Dire Straits, 50¢, and Chris Rea top my music list. I’m a Mac user and a reluctant Windows user. Links to my research are to the left.
