Doctoral Students

  1. Santanu Borah:  Professor and Chair, Management Department, University of North Alabama
    Strategic Alliances in the Global Information Technology Industry: An Exploration of Critical Issues
    Dissertation defended: March 1993. [Co-chair: Dr. A. Ramaprasad]
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University of North Alabama

  2. Deepinder Bajwa: Associate Professor, Western Washington University
    Determination of the IS factors Impacting EIS Effectiveness
    Dissertation defended: July 1993. [Co-chair: Dr. A. Ramaprasad]
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Western Washington University

  3. David Paper: Professor, Utah State University
    Theoretical Derivation and Empirical Validation of a Model for Business Process Reengineering
    Dissertation defended: August 1994. [Co-chair: Dr. A. Ramaprasad]
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Utah State University

  4. Haidong Song:  VP, Product Strategy, Oracle Corp.
    Deployment of Software Quality Metrics for Systems Development: Integrating Processual and Contextual Factors
    Dissertation defended: October 1995. [Co-chair: Dr. A. Ramaprasad]
    Initial Placement: University of South Queensland, Australia

  5. Hindi Al-Hindi:
    Development Process Management, Technology and Outcomes
    Dissertation defended: April 1996
    Initial Placement: King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

  6. Srinarayan Sharma: Associate Professor, Oakland University
    An Organizational Learning Approach to CASE Diffusion
    Dissertation defended:  April 1996
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Oakland University

  7. T. Ravichandran: Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    A Theory of Systems Development Quality Assurance
    Dissertation defended: June 1996
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  8. Ravi Patnayakuni: Associate Professor, University of Alabama, Huntsville
    Transformation of Work Systems: Infusion of Information Technology
    Dissertation defended: October 1996
    Initial Placement: University of Melbourne, Australia

  9. James Rodger: Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    TQM in the Healthcare Industry: An Information Management Perspective
    Dissertation defended: November 1996. [Co-chair: Dr. Arlyn Melcher]
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  10. Paul Ambrose:  Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
    The Nature and Value of Electronic Information Intermediation:  Theory Development and Empirical Evidence from the Practice of eMedicine
    [Co-chair: Dr. A. Ramaprasad]
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  11. Kristina Setzekorn: Consultant
    IT Value Contingencies: Moderating Effects on Market Responsiveness and Business Strategy
    Dissertation defended: August 2000. [Co-chair: Dr. Arlyn Melcher]
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Oakland University, MI

  12. Ashley Bush:  Associate Professor, Florida State University
    Fragmented to Integrated Demand and Supply Chain Management
    Dissertation defended: December 2001. [Co-chair: Mark Keil]
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Florida State University

  13. Nainika Patnayakuni: Visiting Professor, University of Alabama, Huntsville
    Resource coordination theory for Supply Chain Integration
    Dissertation defended: 2002
    Initial Placement: Visiting Professor, University of Alabama, Huntsville

  14. Richard Klein: Associate Professor, Clemson University
    The effects of Information Sharing Symmetry in e-Business Vendor-Client Relationships
    Dissertation defended: July 2003. Placement: Clemson University.  [Co-chair: Detmar Straub]
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Clemson University

  15. Gordon Depledge:
    The Roles of Problem Recognition and Cognitive Biases in Software Project Escalation
    Dissertation defended: December 2003. [Co-chair: Mark Keil]
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Wichita State University

  16. Paul Brown: Associate Professor, Clark Atlanta University
    Organizational Assimilation of Electronic Procurement Innovations
    Dissertation defended: March 2004
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Clark Atlanta University

  17. JJ Po-An Hsieh: Associate Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Leverage Points for Addressing Digital Inequality: An Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective
    Dissertation defended: December 2004. [Co-chair: Mark Keil]
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  18. Maurice McNaughton: Mirant Corporation and University of West Indies
    Deregulation, Uncertainty, and Information Technology in the Electric Utility Industry: A Transaction Cost Interpretation of the Drivers and Consequences of Vertical Disintegration
    Dissertation defended: August 2005. [Co-chair: Jonathan Wareham]
    Initial Placement: Mirant Corporation

  19. Ghiyoung Im: Assistant Professor, Clark Atlanta University
    Exploratory and Exploitative Learning in Digitally Enabled Inter-organizational Relationships
    Dissertation defended: August 2006
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Clark Atlanta University

  20. Xinlin Tang: Assistant Professor, Florida State University
    Digitally-Enabled Adaptive Business Network Capabilities
    Dissertation defended: May 2007
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Florida State University

  21. Mark Lewis: Assistant Professor,  Bentley College
    Sense-making for Organizational Responsiveness: A Multi-Level Investigation of Strategic Outsourcing Relationships
    Dissertation defended: May 2008 [Co-Chair: Lars Mathiassen]
    Initial Placement: Bentley College

  22. Steve Du:
    Digital Enablement of Inter-organizational Logistics Relationship
    Dissertation defended: 2010

  23. Robert Hornyak: Instructor, Georgia State University
    Multi-Level Longitudinal Investigation of Process Innovation and Business Value: The Case of Strategic Sourcing
    Proposal defended: May 2009

  24. Xixi Li: Instructor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    A Motivational Perspective on Post-Acceptance IS Usage Behaviors
    Dissertation defended: June 2010; (Student from Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Co-Chair J.J. Po-An Hsieh)