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 […]

Community Intelligence Platforms: The Case of Open Government

Akshay Bhagwatwar (Kelley School of Business, Indiana University) and I have a paper accepted at the Eighteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), to be held in Seattle, Washington, August 9-12, 2012. This paper builds on our ongoing work in policy informatics, citizen apps, and design of participatory platforms. Community Intelligence Platforms: The Case of Open Government The […]

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 […]

Textbook Case of Good Work – The Seattle Times – Jerry Large

Jerry Large, a columnist for the Seattle Times, wrote a very nice article on my efforts with the Global Text Project… Kevin Desouza doesn’t like waste. I sought him out because I’d read he was getting some of his students to write their own textbook, but that’s just part of the story….[LINK]

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 […]

Outsourcing Conference in Poland…A Smashing Success

I had a great time in Warsaw, Poland. During my time in Warsaw, I launched the Polish Edition of The Outsourcing Handbook (Kogan Page, 2006). The Polish version, Outsourcing: Podr?cznik sprawdzonych praktyk, is published by Wydawnictwo MT Biznes. I enjoyed meeting with executives from leading Polish organizations. We had excellent discussions and debates on a […]

Thank You… and Pictures from Warsaw on a Nice Winter Day

I had a fantastic time in Warsaw today. Thanks to Harvard Business Review Polska (especially Antoni Bielewicz, Patrycja Iwinska-Szpuda, Marek Wochna), IBM (Robert Jursza), Instytut Outsourcing, and the numerous other sponsors for organizing an exciting day of sightseeing around Warsaw. Thanks to all 120+ executives from leading Polish companies (e.g. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, ADP, McKinsey, […]

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 […]