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Robert Fichman
Professor
Robert Fichman
Contact
Fulton Hall 430B
Telephone: 617-552-0471
Email: robert.fichman.1@bc.edu
Education
- BS, University of Michigan
- MS, University of Michigan
- Ph.D, MIT Sloan School of Management
Expertise
- Innovation
Department
Selected Publications
- “When Everyone is Visible No One is: Antecedents, Tensions and Consequences of Qualifications Visibility in Labor Search,” Journal of the Association of Information Systems. Forthcoming, 2025.
- “Ubiquitous IT and Digital Vulnerabilities.” (With Sam Ransbotham, Ram Gopal and Alok Gupta.) Information Systems Research, 27 (4), 834-847. December, 2016.
“How Posture-Profile Misalignment in IS Innovation Diminishes Returns: Conceptual Development and Empirical Demonstration.” (With Nigel P. Melville.) Journal of Management Information Systems, 31 (1), 201-239. December, 2014. AIS Best Information Systems Publication Award Winner, 2015.
“Digital Innovation as a Fundamental and Powerful Concept in the Information Systems Curriculum.” (With Briain Dos Santos and Zhiqiang Zheng.) MIS Quarterly, 38 (2), 329-353. June, 2014.
“The Role of Information Systems in Healthcare: Current Research and Future Trends.” (With Rajiv Kohli and Ranjani Krishnan.) Information Systems Research, 22 (3), 419-428. September, 2011.
“Community Relations 2.0.” (With Gearld C. Kane, John Gallaugher and John Glaser.) Harvard Business Review. November 2009.
“The Shoemaker’s Children: Using Wikis for Information Systems Teaching, Research, and Publication.” (With Gerald C. Kane.) MIS Quarterly, 33 (1), 1-17. March, 2009.
“IS Project Continuation in Escalation Situations: A Real Options Model.” (With Amrit Tiwana and Marl Keil.) Decision Sciences Journal, 37 (3), 357-391. September, 2006. Best Paper Award, 2006.
“Beyond Valuation: ‘Options Thinking’ in IT Project Management.” (With Mark Keil and Amrit Tiwana.) California Management Review, 42 (7), 74-96, September, 2006.
“Going Beyond the Dominant Paradigm for IT Innovation Diffusion Research: Emerging Concepts and Methods.” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 5 (8), 314-355. August, 2004.
“Real Options and IT Platform Adoption: Implications for Theory and Practice.” Information Systems Research, 15 (2), 132-154. June, 2004.
“The Role of Aggregation in the Measurement of IT-Related Organizational Innovation.” MIS Quarterly, 25 (4), 401-429. December, 2001.
“The Illusory Diffusion of Innovation: An Examination of Assimilation Gaps.” (With Chris F. Kemerer.) Information Systems Research, 10 (3), 255-275. September, 1999.
“An Incremental Process for Software Implementation.” (With Scott Moses.) Sloan Management Review, 40 (2), 39-52. January, 1999.
“The Assimilation of Software Process Innovations: An Organizational Learning Perspective.” (With Chris F. Kemerer.) Management Science, 43 (10), 1345-1363. October,1997.
“Adoption of Software Engineering Process Innovations: The Case of Object-Orientation.” (With Chris F. Kemerer.) Sloan Management Review, 7-22. January, 1993.