The essence of a university is the creation and dissemination of knowledge. An emphasis on research and scholarship differentiates universities from other institutions of higher education. Collectively, the Gerald Schwartz School of Business and Information Systems is leading the way in well grounded, relevant and pragmatic research aimed at helping managers and information system specialists improve organizational effectiveness and operational efficiency. Below is just a small sample of some of the School's most recent successes. For additional details and a more comprehensive list of the School's accomplishments, please visit the websites of our individual faculty members.
Monica Diochon is collaborator on a $2.36 million research project, funded by SSHRC, to better understand how new businesses emerge and how and why they succeed. This longitudinal study that tracks business formation and development will provide aspiring entrepreneurs with a guide to improve the success rate of new enterprises.
Todd Boyle is completing a $47K project, funded by SSHRC, on production system flexibility. His examination of how Canadian and U.S. computer and electronics manufacturing firms have designed their processes to be responsive to a volatile environment will provide managers in these and other industrial sectors with best-practice advice that is relevant and timely.
Neil Foshay is completing the final phases of his research towards a PhD. The project, sponsored and funded by IBM, explores the impact of end-user meta-data on user attitudes toward, and use of, a data warehouse. The results from the study extend the understanding of factors related to the end-user acceptance of data warehouses. As well, the research will influence how data warehouse professionals design and build the necessary information infrastructure to maximize the value that organizational knowledge workers derive from a data warehouse.
Boyle, T. A., Kumar, V., and Kumar, U. (2006). Concurrent Engineering Teams II: Performance Consequences of Usage, Team Performance Management (forthcoming).
Boyle, T. A. (2006). Towards Best Practices for Managing Manufacturing Flexibility, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 17, No.6 (forthcoming)
Boyle, T. A., Kumar, V., and Kumar, U. (2006). Determinants of Integrated Product Development Diffusion, R&D Management, Vol.35, No.1 (forthcoming)
Boyle, T. A., Kumar, U., and Kumar, V. (2005). Organizational Contextual Determinants of Cross-Functional NPD Team Support, Team Performance Management, Vol.11, No.2, 27-39.
Boyle, T. (2005). Improving team performance using repertory grids. Team Performance Management. Vol.11, No.5/6, 179-187.
Boyle, T., Kumar, V. and Kumar, U. (2005). Concurrent engineering teams I: organizational determinants of usage. Team Performance Management. Vol.11, No.7/8, 263-279
Diochon, M., Menzies, T.V.and Gasse, Y. (2005). Exploring the relationship between start-up activities and new venture emergence: a longitudinal study of Canadian nascent entrepreneurs. International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development. Vol.2, No.3/4, 408-426.
Diochon, M., Menzies, T. and Gasse, Y. (2005). Canadian Nascent Entrepreneurs' Start-up Efforts: Outcomes and Individual Influences on Sustainability. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Vol.18, No.1, 53-74.
Hughes, L., Marzi, H. and Lin, Y. (2005). A New Approach in Designing Interprocess Communication for Real-time Systems. Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering.
Kumar, V., Fantazy, K., Kumar, U, and Boyle, T. A. (2006) "Implementation and Management Framework for Supply Chain Flexibility", Journal of Enterprise Information Management (forthcoming).
Marzi, H. (2005). Multi-Input Fuzzy control of an inverted pendulum using an armature controlled DC motor. Robitica. Vol.23, 785-788.
Palanisamy, R. (2006). E-Governance Challenges in Implementing ERP Systems: A Case Study on Canadian Provincial Government. Fortune Journal of International Management (forthcoming).
Palanisamy. R. (2005). Strategic information systems planning model for building flexibility and success. Industrial Management and Data Systems. Vol. 105, No.1, 63-81
Palanisamy, R. (2006). A Knowledge-based Framework to Manage Flexibility in ERP Systems. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management. Vol.5, No.1 (in press).
Walton, S.V. and Galea, C.E. (2005). Some considerations for applying business sustainability practices to campus environmental challenges. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. Vol.6, No.2, 147-160.
Berman, B., Evans, J., Hiltz, B. and Mahaffey, T. (2005). Retail Management: A Strategic Approach. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Diochon, M. and Wright, B. (2005). The Triple E Effect and Information Technology Adoption: Business as Usual? in Hunter, M.G., Burgess, S. and Wenn, A. (editors). Small Business and Information Technology: Research Techniques and International Case Studies. Heidelberg Press, Victoria, Australia, 69-82.
Gallant, L., MacAulay, K. and Mahaffey, T. (2005). NEFE High School Financial Planning Program. First Canadian Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Reimers, J., Gallant, L. and MacAulay, K. (2005). Financial Accounting: A Business Process Approach. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Trites, G., Bortiz, J.E. and Pugsley, D. (2006). e-Business: A Canadian Perspective for a Networked World (2nd Edition). Pearson Prentice Hall.