Robert G.
Fichman
Dr. Fichman
received BS and MS degrees in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the
Dr. Fichman’s research examines the assimilation and
diffusion of IT innovations, and draws implications for adopters and suppliers
about how to better manage the introduction of new technologies. Current areas
of interest include applying real options to the evaluation and management of
innovative IT investments, and understanding the linkage between IT investments
and realized business value. He has published broadly on these topics in Communications of the ACM,
California Management Review, Decision Sciences Journal, IEEE Computer, Information Systems Research, Journal
of the Association of Information Systems, Management Science, MIS
Quarterly, Sloan Management Review
and other scholarly journals.
Dr. Fichman
currently serves on several editorial boards, including Associate Editor at Information Systems Research, and Senior
Editor at Journal of the Association of
Information Systems.
Full Curriculum Vitae (Microsoft Word format)
Course materials:
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MI 703 Computer Information Systems – Spring
2007
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Robert G. Fichman(Note: links below are to final working paper versions of the manuscripts in .doc or .pdf format. Page images of the actual published papers are available upon request.)
Tiwana, A., Keil, M., and Fichman, R. G., (2006) “IS Project Continuation in Escalation Situations: A Real Options Model,” Decision Sciences Journal, 37(3) 357-391. (Best Paper Award, 2006.)
Fichman R. G., Keil
M. and Tiwana, A. (2005) “Beyond
Valuation: ‘Options Thinking’ in IT Project Management”,
Fichman, R. G., (2004) “Going Beyond the
Dominant Paradigm for IT Innovation Research: Emerging Concepts and Methods”,
Journal
of the Association for Information Systems, 5(8).
Fichman, R. G, (2004) "Real Options
and IT Platform Adoption: Implications for Theory and Practice",
Fichman, R.G. and Cronin, M., (2003) "Information-Rich Commerce at a Crossroads: Business and Technology Requirements," Communications of the ACM, 46, (9) 96-102.
Fichman, R.G. and Kemerer, C.F., (2002) "Activity Based
Costing for Component-Based Software Development,"Information Technology and
Management, 3(1-2) 137-60 .
Fichman, R.G., (2001) "The Role of Aggregation in the Measurement of IT-Related Organizational Innovation", MIS Quarterly, 25(4).
Fichman, R.G. and Kemerer, C.F., (2001) "Incentive Compatibility and Systematic Software Reuse,"Journal of Systems and Software, 57(1) 45-60.
Fichman, R.G, (2000) "The Diffusion and Assimilation of Information Technology Innovations" in Framing the Domains of IT Management: Projecting the Future Through the Past, Robert Zmud editor, Pinnaflex Publishing.
Fichman, R.G. and Kemerer, C.F., (1999) "The Illusory
Diffusion of Innovation: An Examination of Assimilation Gaps,"
Fichman, R.G. and Moses S. M, (1999) "An Incremental Process for Software Implementation" Sloan Management Review, 40(2), Winter, 39-52.
Fichman, R.G. and Kemerer, C.F., (1997) "The Assimilation of Software Process Innovations: An Organizational Learning Perspective," Management Science, 43(1), 1345-1363.
Fichman, R.G. and Kemerer, C.F., (1997) "Object Technology and Reuse: Lessons from Early Adopters," IEEE Computer, 30(10, 47-59.
Fichman, R.G. and Kemerer, C.F., (1993) "Adoption of Software Engineering Process Innovations: The Case of Object-Orientation," Sloan Management Review, 34(2), 7-22.
Fichman, R.G. and Kemerer, C.F., (1992) "Object-Oriented and Conventional Analysis and Design Methodologies: Comparison and Critique," IEEE Computer, 25(10), 22-39.
Fichman, R.G., (1992) "Information
Technology Diffusion: A Review of Empirical Research," Proceedings
of the Thirteenth International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
December,