Year: 2017

Europe Research Visit – France, Belgium, England

I will be visiting colleagues at Audencia Business School (France), University of Antwerp (Belgium), and Lancaster University (England) over the next couple of weeks. During my visit, I will deliver several public lectures, attend research forums,  and work on collaborative research projects. Schedule: Audencia Business School – Research presentation: November 13, 2017 Antwerp Management School […]

Beijing Universities – Technological Innovation and the Public

I will be giving research presentations at Renmin University (School of Public Administration and Policy) and Beijing Forestry University (School of Humanities and Social Sciences) on November 3, 2017 Technological Innovation and the Public: 3Ps – Purpose, Process, and Products Technological innovations are fundamentally transforming all aspects of our society. I am particularly concerned with […]

First Arizona Innovation Roundtable

I am looking forward to speaking at the First Arizona Innovation Roundtable. Other speakers include State CIO Morgan Reed and Former Maricopa County CIO David Stevens.

Visiting Queensland University of Technology

I will be visiting Queensland University of Technology from October 8-14. The School of Management seminar series – QUT Business School – October 10, 2017, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, Room Z1124, Level 11, Z block Technological Innovation and the Public: 3Ps – Purpose, Process, and Products Technological innovations are fundamentally transforming all aspects of our […]

Paper at 2017 Assoc. Budgeting & Financial Management Conference

Alfred Ho (University of Kansas) will be presenting our paper at the 2017 Assoc. Budgeting & Financial Management Conference in Washington, D.C. Performance Budgeting in U.S. cities: A Multi-Level Analysis Many past studies have documented different types of performance information usage in the budgetary process.  Many also show that various organizational factors influence its usage.  […]

Two Papers Accepted for HICSS 2018

My colleagues will be attending the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences to present our research. Factors Promoting the Collection of Performance Measurement: Evidence from US Local Governments Performance measurement has gained significant importance around the world. Many governments are adopting performance measurement as a part of reform efforts. Despite the widespread practitioner attention, […]

Cognitive Computing, Performance Analytics and Local Gov, & WalletHub Updates

Cognitive Computing @ Brookings Institution Tech Tank “Learning from Public Sector Experimentation with Artificial Intelligence,” (w/Krishnamurthy, R. and Dawson, G.S.) June 23, 2017. “Chatbots Move Public Sector towards Artificial Intelligence,” (w/Krishnamurthy, R.) June 2, 2017. Performance Analytics Project Report “The State of Performance Analytics in Local Government: Analysis of Measures,” (2/ Dawson, G.S., Ho, A. […]

TEDx Indianapolis

I will be speaking at TEDx Indianapolis this week. Organizations fail to leverage the intellectual capacities of their key assets – their employees. Much of this is due to the fact that innovation is relegated to select groups (e.g. innovation teams) and units (e.g. R&D Labs). In addition, employees and their managers waste a lot of […]