IBM Center for the Business of Government Grant: Citizen Apps as a Democratizing Technology
I have received a grant from the IBM Center for the Business of Government for my research project, Citizen Apps as a Democratizing Technology: Challenges and Opportunities for Federal Agencies. This project will be conducted as part of the policy informatics portfolio at the Metropolitan Institute. Most US federal agencies have embraced President Obama’s vision […]
New Project – Examining Public Participation in ACTion Alexandria
The Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech has entered into an agreement to partner with ACT for Alexandria to advance the design of citizen engagement platforms.I will lead a team of researchers who will work in collaboration with ACT for Alexandria personnel to examine public participation on the ACTion Alexandria platform. The team will look at how user interactions on […]
Knowledge Risks in Organizational Networks – Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Peter Trkman (Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana) and I have a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Strategic Information Systems. The paper titled “Knowledge Risks in Organizational Networks: An Exploratory Framework” uses a combination of knowledge-based and transaction cost theories to show how the dimension and type of knowledge risk differently impact the […]
Hidden Champions and Dynamically Changing Environments – Vienna (Nov 17-18, 2011)
I will be traveling to Vienna (Nov16-19) to moderate a panel at the Hidden Champions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Dynamically Changing Environments. The focus of the panel will be on designing collaborative alliances for sustainable innovation. I will share results from two of my prior project, I4I (Ideas for Innovation) and Intraprenuership. This conference […]
Resilience of Citizen Engagement to Local Disasters Project – The Metropolitan Institute
Maggie Cowell (Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, School of Public and International Affairs) and I have received a seed grant ($20,000) from the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment (ISCE) at Virginia Tech for our project “Resilience of Citizen Engagement to Local Disasters: Studying the Emergence and Dissolution of Community Networks.” This project will […]
Organizational Interventions of Knowledge Management Systems & Design Science Perspective
I have a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. The paper is titled, “Contextualizing Organizational Interventions of Knowledge Management Systems: A Design Science Perspective,” and is co-authored with Peter Baloh (BISOL and IEDC Bled School of Management) and Raymond A. Hackney (Brunel University). This paper is based on […]
The First 60 Days of being Director of the Metropolitan Institute
Time flies when you are having fun. I have been having a lot of fun in my new role at the Director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. For those interested, you can read my update on the first 60 days. I plan to post regular updates (stay tuned for the next one, it […]
Desouza Family Scholarship – Brilliant Futures Campaign – UIC
Otilia Flandro is the first recipient of the Desouza Family Scholarship. Otilia is currently completing her degree in marketing at the College of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). She is interested in international marketing of Romanian wines.
Joining the Advisory Board of iHear Network
I have entered into an agreement with the management team of iHear Network to join their advisory board. I am excited to help iHear Network realize their vision of developing an innovative app for smart phones. The iHear app uses text-to-speech integration to connect users to relevant stories, news, and conversations. iHear Network recently appointed Paul […]
Speaking in France: Paris and Lille, October 2011
I will be giving two talks in France in early October. Both talks are hosted by the faculty at IÉSEG School of Management. On October 10, I will speak at IÉSEG’s Paris Campus on Designing the Innovation Process: Building, Managing, Communicating and Measuring (October 10). This talk is based on my forthcoming book, Intrapreneurship: Managing […]