Faculty Directory
Robert Fichman
Professor
Clark Family Faculty Fellow
Robert Fichman
Contact
Fulton Hall 430B
Telephone: 617-552-0471
Email: robert.fichman.1@bc.edu
Education
- B.S., University of Michigan
- M.S., University of Michigan
- Ph.D., MIT Sloan School of Management
Expertise
- Innovation
Department
Selected Publications
- Ransbotham S., Fichman R. G., Gopal R., Gupta A., “Ubiquitous IT and Digital Vulnerabilities,” Information Systems Research, Vol. 27, No. 4, 834-847, 2016.
- Fichman, R. G., Melville, N. P., “How Posture-Profile Misalignment in IS Innovation Diminishes Returns: Conceptual Development and Empirical Demonstration,” Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 31, No. 1, 201-239, 2014. (AIS Best Information Systems Publication Award Winner, 2015).
- Fichman R. G., Dos Santos, B., Zheng, Z., “Digital Innovation as a Fundamental and Powerful Concept in the Information Systems Curriculum,” MIS Quarterly, Vol. 38, No. 2, 329-353, 2014.
- Fichman R. G., Kohli, R., and Krishnan, R. “The Role of Information Systems in Healthcare: Current Research and Future Trends,” Information Systems Research, Vol. 22, No. 3, 419-428, 2011.
- Kane, G.C., Fichman, R.G., Gallaugher, J. and Glaser, J. “Community Relations 2.0,” Harvard Business Review, November 2009.
- Kane, G.C. and Fichman R.G. “The Shoemaker’s Children: Using Wikis for Information Systems Teaching, Research, and Publication,” MIS Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 1, 1-17, 2009.
- Tiwana, A., Keil, M. and Fichman, R. G. “IS Project Continuation in Escalation Situations: A Real Options Model,” Decision Sciences Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3, 357-391, 2006. (Best Paper Award, 2006.)
- Fichman, R. G., Keil, M. and Tiwana, A. “Beyond Valuation: ‘Options Thinking’ in IT Project Management,” California Management Review, Vol. 42, No. 7, 74-96, 2005.
- Fichman, R. G. “Going Beyond the Dominant Paradigm for IT Innovation Diffusion Research: Emerging Concepts and Methods,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Vol. 5, No. 8, 314-355, 2004.
- Fichman, R. G. “Real Options and IT Platform Adoption: Implications for Theory and Practice,” Information Systems Research, Vol. 15, No. 2, 132-154, 2004.
- Fichman R. G. “The Role of Aggregation in the Measurement of IT-Related Organizational Innovation,” MIS Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 4, 401-429, 2001.
- Fichman, R.G. and Kemerer, C.F. “The Illusory Diffusion of Innovation: An Examination of Assimilation Gaps,” Information Systems Research, Vol. 10, No. 3, 255-275, 1999.
- Fichman, R.G. and Moses S. M. “An Incremental Process for Software Implementation,” Sloan Management Review, Vol. 40, No. 2, 39-52, 1999.
- Fichman, R.G. and Kemerer, C.F. “The Assimilation of Software Process Innovations: An Organizational Learning Perspective,” Management Science, Vol. 43, No. 10, 1345-1363, 1997.
- Fichman, R.G. and Kemerer, C.F. “Adoption of Software Engineering Process Innovations: The Case of Object-Orientation,” Sloan Management Review, Winter, 7-22, 1993.