Information integration is considered a source of competitive advantage in the capital projects industry. While it has been broadly implemented, many organizations appear to have achieved only limited benefits from their efforts. This dissertation investigates the complementarity relationship...

Watershed management decision making is a complex process. Cooperation and communication among federal, state, and local stakeholders is required while balancing biophysical and socioeconomic concerns. The public is taking part in environmental decisions, and the need for technology transfer...

During Peter Drucker’s talk entitled "From Computer Literacy to Information Literacy" he discusses information systems and how they impact individual enterprises and workers. During his lecture, he talks about: the changing labor force, organization structure, command and control structure,...

This dissertation contributes to the society by providing mechanisms that can potentially increase the availability of valuable personal level information without sacrificing the privacy of citizens. We consider two settings by which personal level data can be made available to its users such as...

There is high uncertainty associated with the outcomes of Information Technology (IT) investments and innovations. In such environments, IT actors (firm and individuals) are also unsure about their actions and preferences. The social relationships of these actors create substantial value for...

In a global economy with intense competition, companies face tremendous pressure to become more innovation-driven. With the development of information technologies, many companies are seeking to incorporate novel IT-based approaches in their business practices, such as evaluating emerging...

Since the advent of the Personal Computer in the 1980’s, the Information Technology (IT) industry has ballooned into one of the largest employers of people across the world. However, IT projects have constantly been plagued with low success rates. Analysis of these project failures has...

Within the modern, hyper-connected business landscape with the pervasive and extensive usage of IT, effective and efficient information risk management is imperative for firms to support inside IT governance as well as the outside communities or markets that they service. Therefore, this...

Information security risks are becoming a critical issue to organizations given the significant impact of security related incidents. In this dissertation, we seek to further our understanding of how information security incidents and security practices affect information security risks. The...

ABSTRACT The problem of project selection is of significant importance in management of information systems. Almost $2 trillion is spent worldwide every year on IT projects, with over $600 billion spent in the US alone. Traditionally, managers have being using the classical net present value...