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Robert Fichman

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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
Curriculum Vitae

Department

Management and Organization

Profile

Rob Fichman鈥檚 main research interests concern digital innovation, including the factors affecting the diffusion and assimilation of new IT, and the transformative effects that digital innovations have on individuals, organizations, markets, and society.听He has published broadly on these topics in Communications of the ACM,听California Management Review, Decision Sciences Journal, IEEE Computer, Harvard Business Review, Information Systems Research, Journal of the Association of Information Systems,听Management Science,听MIS Quarterly,听Sloan Management Review and other scholarly journals.听His more recent work examines emerging digital platforms and technologies that facilitate labor matching (e.g., job boards, professional SNS, online labor markets, internal talent marketplaces) and the implications of these technologies for hiring and staff deployment.

Selected Appointments and Awards

Professor Fichman currently serves on the editorial board of the听Journal of Management Information Systems. He has also served as Senior Editor at听Information Systems Research听补苍诲听Journal of the Association of Information Systems,听and Associate Editor at听Management Science听补苍诲听MISQ.

Selected Publications

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  • (With Sam Ransbotham, Ram Gopal and Alok Gupta.) Information Systems Research, 27 (4), 834-847. December, 2016.

  • (With Nigel P. Melville.) Journal of Management Information Systems, 31 (1), 201-239. December, 2014. AIS Best Information Systems Publication Award Winner, 2015.

  • 鈥� (With Briain Dos Santos and Zhiqiang Zheng.) MIS Quarterly, 38 (2), 329-353. June, 2014.

  • (With Rajiv Kohli and Ranjani Krishnan.) Information Systems Research, 22 (3), 419-428. September, 2011.

  • 鈥�.鈥� (With Gearld C. Kane, John Gallaugher and John Glaser.) Harvard Business Review. November 2009.

  • (With Gerald C. Kane.) MIS Quarterly, 33 (1), 1-17. March, 2009.

  • (With Amrit Tiwana and Marl Keil.) Decision Sciences Journal, 37 (3), 357-391. September, 2006. Best Paper Award, 2006.

  • (With Mark Keil and Amrit Tiwana.) California Management Review, 42 (7), 74-96, September, 2006.

  • Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 5 (8), 314-355. August, 2004.

  • .鈥� Information Systems Research, 15听 (2), 132-154. June, 2004.

  • 鈥� MIS Quarterly, 25 (4), 401-429. December, 2001.

  • (With Chris F. Kemerer.) Information Systems Research, 10 (3), 255-275. September, 1999.

  • 鈥�.鈥� (With Scott Moses.) Sloan Management Review, 40 (2), 39-52. January, 1999.

  • 鈥�.鈥� (With Chris F. Kemerer.)听 Management Science, 43 (10), 1345-1363. October,1997.

  • 鈥�.鈥� (With Chris F. Kemerer.) Sloan Management Review, 7-22. January, 1993.

Professional Activities

Prior to getting his Ph.D., Dr. Fichman worked for several years as an IS applications development manager for a leading telecommunications company, and as an IT industry consultant.

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