Research
Areas of Concentration:
Information Systems
The Information Systems Faculty work hard to build a solid research reputation. Our tradition of interdisciplinary research continues to be recognized in academia, the business world, and prospective students all over the world. We believe that excellence in research contributes directly to our teaching strengths, benefits the businesses who look to us for inventive assessment of their problems, and maintains the stimulating community that attracts the best faculty and students.
As a cornerstone of this effort, we take part in the Center for IT and e-Business Management, one of the research and learning centers of the College of Commerce and Business Administration at UIUC. The Center received one of the Critical Research Initiatives (CRI) grants from the University of Illinois. Bringing together facilities and researchers in the fields of business administration, economics, accounting, finance, computer science, psychology, and engineering, CITEBM is aimed at developing new managerial insights that will lead to effective business systems, strategies, processes, and models for commerce and business administration.
Recent Research:
Gebauer, Judith. "Success Factors and Benefits of Mobile Business Applications: Results from a Mobile E-procurement Study," (with M. Shaw), International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 8(3), (forthcoming). 2004
King, Ruth. "Perceptions of the Mutual Obligations between Employees and Employers: A Comparative Study of New Generation IT Professionals in China and the United States," (with N. Bu), International Journal of Human Resource Management, forthcoming. 2003
Subramanyam, Ramanath. "Quality Dimensions in E-commerce Software Tools: An Empirical Analysis of North American and Japanese Markets," (with M.S. Krishnan), Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, forthcoming. 2003
Subramanyam, Ramanath. "Empirical Analysis of CK Metrics for Object-Oriented Design Complexity: Implication for Software Defects," (with M.S. Krishnan), IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, forthcoming. 2003
Gebauer, Judith. "The U.S. Wine Industry and the Internet: Lessons from Early Online Initiatives," (with M. Ginsburg), EM-Electronic Markets, 13(1), 59-66. 2003
King, Ruth. "Impact of Web-based E-Commerce on Channel Strategy," (with R. Sen and M. Xia), International Journal of Electronic Commerce, forthcoming. 2003
King, Ruth. "Adoption of Organizational Internet Technology: Can Current Technology Adoption Models Explain Web Adoption Strategies in Small and Mid-Sized Organizations?" (with M. Gribbins), International Journal of Management Theory and Practices, 4(4). 2003
King, Ruth. "Revisit the Debate on Intermediation, Disintermediation and Reintermediation," (with R. Sen), Electronic Market, forthcoming. 2003
Gebauer, Judith. "Between Flexibility and Automation, An Evaluation of Web Technology from a Business Process Perspective," (with Arno Scharl), Steinfield, C. (ed), New Directions in Research on E-Commerce, West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press. 147-169 and in Gottardi, G. and Bolisani, E. (eds), Quale Futuro Per Il Commercio Elettronico? Un'analisi delle prospettive alle luce del dibattito internazionale, Milan, Italy: Franco Agnelli, 156-185 (in Italian). 2003
Xia, Mu. "Pricing Combinatorial Auctions," (with G. Koehler and A. Whinston), European Journal of Operational Research, forthcoming. 2003
King, Ruth. "The Use of Fuzzy Clustering to Examine End User Segmentation," (with Sethi, V., C. Govindarajulu & M. Eakin ). Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Information Systems, Barcelona, Spain. 2002
King, Ruth. "The Foundation of HRD in a Networked World," (with T.L. Wentling and C. L. Waight) in Human Resource Development and Information Technology: Making Global Connections, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1-20. 2002
King, Ruth. "What Causes Stress in Information System Professionals," (with V.R. Sethi & J. Quick), Communications of the ACM, (forthcoming). 2002
Xia, Mu. "Evolution of the B2B Marketplaces", (with Kerem Tomak), Electronic Markets, Vol 12, No 2 . 2002
Xia, Mu. "A Strategic Analysis and Exchange-Based B2B Networks," (with Kerem Tomak), in e-Business Management: State-of-the-Art Research, Management Strategy and Best Business Practices, Michael Shaw (ed.) . 2002
Gebauer, Judith. "Introduction to the Special Issue: Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce," (with M. Shaw), International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 6(4), 7-17. 2002
Xia, Mu. "Exploring B2B Market Structures", (with Kerem Tomak), Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), December 15-16, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2001
Babbitt, Timothy. Review: Understanding the Digital Economy: Data, Tools, and Research, edited by Erik Brynjolfsson and B. Kahin. MIT Press: Cambridge. 2000. in Academy of Management Review. 2001
Babbitt, Timothy. A Tale of Two Shortages: An Analysis of the IT Professional and MIS Faculty Shortages. Proceedings of the 2001 SIGCPR Conference, April 20, 2001, San Diego, CA. 2001
Gebauer, Judith. "Changing Shapes of Supply Chains-How the Internet Could Lead to a More Integrated Procurement Function," (with A. Segev), Supply Chain Forum, 2(1), 2-9. 2001
Gebauer, Judith. "B2B Procurement and Marketplace Transformation," (with Arie Segev), Information Technology and Management, 2(3), 241-260. 2001
Gebauer, Judith. "M-Commerce: Revolution+Inertia=Evolution (in German)," (with P. Gordon), IM Information Management and Consulting, (2). 2001
Gebauer, Judith. "Assessing the Status Quo and Future of B2B E-Commerce," (with M. Zagler), World Market Research Centre, Business Briefing, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Strategies (December), 100-104. 2000
Shaw, Michael. Information-Based Manufacturing: Technology and Management, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2000
Shaw, Michael. "Web-Based Supply-Chain Management," (with G. W. Tan and W. Fulkerson), Information Frontiers. 2000
Shaw, Michael. "Web-based Electronic Catalog Systems in the Business-to-Business Procurement Process," (with J. Baron and A. Bailey), Communications of the ACM. 2000
Shaw, Michael. "Information-Based Manufacturing with the Web," International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems 12(2). 2000
Shaw, Michael. "Information-based Dynamic Manufacturing System Scheduling," (with S. Piramuthu and W. Fulkerson), International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, 12(2). 2000
Shaw, Michael. "Product Marketing and Channel Management in Electronic Commerce," (with C. Subramaniam and D. Gardner), Information Systems Frontiers. 2000
Management Science
The faculty members in this area are conducting active research to broaden our understanding of decision-making and value-creating processes. Economic value is created, and productivity is achieved when human and physical resources are put into the best use, the incentives of individuals and groups are well aligned, and the material and information flows are coordinated. To this end, our research effort is wide-ranging in:
- Supply Chain Management
- Technology Management
- Product Design and Development
- Auctioning Theory
- Decision Economics
- Network Optimization
If you are intrigued by any of these topics, or by the general theories of decision-making and productive processes, you will find the right faculty members in this area with the same keen interest to talk to!
