Reflections on South Africa…Blog Famous?
My blog post on reflections from South Africa has been making headlines on a number of South African’s sites. I spent little over 2 months in South Africa as a visiting professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. See some of the following sites — “SA Innovation to be Seen through Eyes of Top Bloggers,” […]
Term Papers into Textbooks – iNews – Fall 2008
An interesting article that describes the work being done by graduate students at the Information School, University of Washington as part of the Global Text Project appeared in the fall edition of iNews. Students of my IMT 581, Information and the Management of Change, class have collaborated with consultants and managers at BearingPoint, a global […]
Information-Communication Technologies Open Up Innovation
I have a new paper published in Research-Technology Management – Information-Communication Technologies Open Up Innovation. Overview: Information-Communication Technologies (ICTs) are no longer just for internal use. Rather, in the era of open and distributed innovation, they must be leveraged by businesses and organizations to reach, record and review ideas from internal and external sources ranging […]
Managing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction – An Information Management Perspective
I have a new article published. Desouza, K.C., and Lau, K.A. “Managing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Information Management Perspective,” International Journal of Public Administration, 31 (13), 2008, 1457–1512. The threat towards international security that terrorists, failed or failing states, and rogue regimes pose when in possession of weapons of mass destruction […]
Just Released – Polish Version of The Outsourcing Handbook
My co-authored book, The Outsourcing Handbook: How to Implement a Successful Outsourcing Process (Kogan Page, 2006), has been translated into Polish by Wydawnictwo MT Biznes. The Polish Edition is titled: Outsourcing: Podr?cznik sprawdzonych praktyk. The book has been endorsed by the Outsourcing Institute (Poland). —-Stwórz organizacj? przysz?o?ci Ile zada? twoja firma mog?aby zleca? na zewn?trz […]
Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology – Influences of IT Substitutes & User Experience on Post-Adoption User Switching
I have authored a paper along with C. Ye, D. Seo, S. Papagari, and S. Jha, which appears in the current issue of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology [Link] Ye, C., Seo, D., Desouza, K.C., Sangareddy, S.R. P., and Jha, S. “Influences of IT Substitutes and User Experience on […]
Constructing and Sustaining Competitive Interorganizational Knowledge Networks – Information Systems Management
I have authored a paper along with R. Hackney and Z. Irani, which appears in the current issue of Information Systems Management Abstract: The research in this paper considers the complex and dynamic arrangements for potential and actual knowledge sharing in interorganizational networks. The essence of this stance is that “knowledge” relates to affirmative managerial […]
The neglected dimension in strategic sourcing: security – Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal
I have authored an opinion piece that appears in the current issue Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal. The neglected dimension in strategic sourcing: securityStructured AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on a neglected dimension in strategic sourcing – security; Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes two vignettes which illustrate different kinds of […]