MISRC News

John Schmidt to Discuss Lean Integration

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:29:10 -0600

IT executives know only too well that there is no "silver bullet" solution to data integration challenges and complexities. Despite the promise of enterprise data models, 4th generation languages, sophisticated ERP systems, and SOA, none of these technologies has delivered seamless and efficient business solutions. Technology is only part of the solution for what must become an enterprise-wide approach to data, says John Schmidt , author of Lean Integration: An Integration Factory Approach to Business Agility. In this talk, John will discuss how a comprehensive integration platform, combined with lean and agile methods, has been adopted by leading companies to deliver compelling business results. As a former SVP of Integration at Best Buy and Wells Fargo, John will discuss how Lean Integration is an approach to information management that is enterprise-focused, cost-efficient, quality-conscious and measurable. You will learn how Lean Integration focuses on three key goals: Eliminating waste with empowered staff Increasing value for end-user customers Aligning business and IT operations Lean is a hot topic in virtually all industries and functional areas specifically because it is effective at engaging all staff in eliminating waste and improving quality in the customer value chain. Schmidt wrote Lean Integration for one reason; to show how data integration can be an enterprise strategy for competitive advantage rather than a tactical project activity. The book was CIO Magazine's "Staff Pick" in October 2010 for IT Management and Leadership. More Information Register Questions

MIS Undergraduate Students Competing Globally

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:10:49 -0600

Carlson School of Management students have been making global appearances at case competitions. They competed in the CaseIT MIS Case Competition in Vancouver February 2-5. View their blog entry to get student insights and more information about their appearance in Vancouver. In April, Carlson MIS students will be representing the University of Minnesota for the second year in a row at the APEX Global Business IT Case Challenge in Singapore. They will be competing against students from colleges in 16 different countries.

Cloud Computing Seminar with Mick Atton & Mark Bluhm from Thomson Reuters

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:34:09 -0600

It is difficult to ignore the impact of cloud computing, both in the expanding range of vendor products and the collective responses of IT organizations in global and local companies. Thomson Reuters Legal is re-examining its computing platforms and its own software products in response to "the Cloud". This presentation is a consumer's perspective to cloud computing and examines Thomson Reuters' initiatives ranging from the adoption of cloud infrastructure services to new software service offerings through technical, operational, legal and financial perspectives.

Date: March 4, 2011 More information Event Registration

Ray, Larson, and Adams to present on Effect on IT and Firm Performance in the Midwestern U. S

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:32:02 -0600

The MISRC seminar is to take place on Friday, February 18. This study examines how the value, rarity and inimitability of three IT resources, Infrastructure, Technical Skills and IT-Business Relationships, influence process and firm performance. The analysis suggests that though value and rarity of a resource have no direct impact on process performance; the complementarity of value, rarity and inimitability of the resource is associated with process performance advantage. The analysis further suggests that inimitability is the key attribute of a resource. Finally, the analysis indicates that though IT resources affect IT operational as well as IT innovation outcomes, only IT innovation performance is associated with sustained competitive advantage. Registration Seminar page Calendar page Parking page

Yuqing Ren to Discuss Innovating Business with Social Media Technologies on Dec. 3

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:03:52 -0600

Ching Ren is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information and Decision Sciences of the Carlson School of Management. Research interests include how to design and manage group processes and information technologies to promote effective collaboration. For more information, click here. This talk consists of three parts: Part I: The power of organizing without organizations. We will talk about how social media technologies are redefining the boundaries of organizations by reducing communication costs and forging connections among millions of Internet users. I will present my research on Wikipedia projects and discuss its practical implications on managing work groups in organizations. Part II: Building vibrant online communities. Although many businesses have created Facebook groups or showed up on Twitter or other social media platforms, many fail to attract enough fans or build a vibrant community to engage customers. I will present my research on using social science theories on group identity and interpersonal bonds to inform the design of online groups. Part III: Managing the new workforces. Social media technologies have greatly expanded the venues through which an organization can get its work done. What should managers know about the pros and cons of outsourcing work to the crowd? I will present research on task and incentive design to improve performance in online marketplaces for work such as Amazon Mechanical Turk. To register for the event, visit the registration page: https://www.misrc.umn.edu/registration/

A New Recipe for the Web

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:00:20 -0600

Star Tribune - 11/17/2011

A Threat for Those Using Wi-Fi Hotspots - Firesheep Simplifies Stealing Logins

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:21:55 -0600

Information Week - November 2, 2010

Jeff Kimball to present about building a modern online media business in an age of unprecedented change

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:02:35 -0600

The MISRC will be hosting Jeff Kimball on Friday, October 29. To learn more about the seminar topic and speaker, click here. To register for the event, click here.

MIS Quarterly Named Top Management Journal

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:26:31 -0600

MIS Quarterly has been ranked as the management journal with the greatest impact factor over five years by Web of Knowledge. Web of Knowledge, an academic database of Thomas Reuters, placed MIS Quarterly at the top of 89 management journals. The impact factor of a journal is defined as the number of times its published research is cited by subsequent articles. MIS Quarterly has been published by the Management Information Systems Research Center (MISRC) since 1977.

StarTribune reports "Some workplaces are no friends to Facebook"

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:13:53 -0600

StarTribune - 10/20/2010

Trading Higher Software Piracy for Higher Profits: The Case of Phantom Piracy

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:29:25 -0600

Management Science - 9/9/10 - Prof. Alok Gupta, Department of Information and Decision Sciences and Prof. Ram D. Gopal, University of Connecticut

Faced with the sustained problem of piracy that costs nearly $40 billion in annual revenue losses, the software industry has adopted a number of technical, legal, and economic strategies to curb piracy and stem the resulting losses. Our work complements and contributes to the existing literature by exploring the possible effect of another economic lever--product bundling--on the relationship governing piracy and seller profits. The traditional economic rationale of demand pooling from bundling that enables sellers to extract higher surplus and its particular attractiveness for information goods with negligible marginal and bundling costs carry over to our analysis. However, the presence of piracy injects several new facets to our analysis. Bundling creates a shared level of piracy of disparate products, and under certain conditions to the detriment of one of the products. We argue that by construction of the copyright laws, the act of bundling itself can have a deterrence effect. This deterrence effect, along with shared piracy of products and demand pooling are ingredients that together dictate the overall piracy, pricing, profit, and welfare outcomes. Our analysis reveals several interesting insights. Bundling can be profitable even when the very act of bundling increases the piracy level of one of the products in the bundle. Termed phantom piracy, this represents a situation where sellers trade off higher piracy for one product in favor of lower piracy for the other product while deriving overall higher profits. Extensive simulation analysis shows that the region of phantom piracy is vastly expanded when additional products are introduced to the bundle. Conversely, under certain conditions, a profit maximizing seller opts not to bundle even when bundling can serve to lower the overall level of piracy. Price discounts that are typically offered by bundling are sharply deepened when piracy enters the equation. When piracy is a phenomenon to contend with, product bundling always increases consumer surplus even in scenarios where the seller may not realize higher profits. Unlike other forms of price discrimination that are often viewed by consumers with a jaundiced eye as they attempt to extract additional surplus from the consumers, product bundling in the software context can be a win-win scenario for both the buyers and the sellers.

MISRC Research Announcements

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:37:00 -0600

The MISRC is announcing the following three research papers: Optimal Timing for Software Functionality Additions by Internet Portals Towards a Theory of Value Latency for IT Investments New Buyers' Arrival under Dynamic Pricing Market Microstructure: The Case of Group-Buying Discounts on the Internet

MISRC Research Announcements

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:45:00 -0600

The MISRC is announcing three research papers:

Research Announcement

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:36:00 -0600

We are now announcing three new research papers:

Research Announcement: Information and Decision Sciences Department

Tue, 15 May 2007 10:59:00 -0600