The application submitted in this year to Swedish Research School of Management and Information Technology (MIT) for Ph.D. funding for research in IT management and governance at DSV/Stockholm University has been successfully. In the next five years DSV will receive 1.750.000 SEK from MIT for co-financing a Ph.D. position in IT management and governance. For more information about Swedish Research School of Management and Information Technology (MIT) please access the following link: http://www.mit.uu.se/
Distinguished Member of Association for Information Systems
I am very happy and proud that Association for Information Systems (AIS) member program has recognized my activity to have a significant impact on the association and made me a Distinguished Member of AIS (https://aisnet.org/page/DistinguishedMemberList).
Paper published in AMCIS 2021 Proceedings is among the Most Popular Papers
The results of the research work done by Rahmat Mulyana, Lazar Rusu and Erik Perjons (all members of research group in IT Management and Governance at DSV) in IT Governance and Digital Transformation areas has raised the interest of the worldwide IS community, like is the the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) conference, that is a top conference in IS area. Their paper entitled IT Governance Mechanisms Influence on Digital Transformation: A Systematic Literature Review published in AMCIS 2021 Proceedings is mentioned among the Most Popular Papers at AMCIS 2021 (https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2021/topdownloads.html).
2020 IBM Academic Award
Professor Lazar Rusu at Stockholm University has received in 2020 the IBM Academic Award for the research project entitled “Risks in Cloud Computing Relationships in Public Organizations”. The project aims to identify the risk factors in cloud computing relationships in public organizations and how to mitigate these risks.
Papers published in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing and accepted in Procedia Computer Science and International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy
A paper written by Parisa Aasi, Jovana Nikic, Melisa Li, and Lazar Rusu, and entitled: “The Influence of Cloud Computing on IT Governance in a Swedish Municipality” has been published in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) 402, pp. 623-639, Springer, 2020 (Best Theoretical Paper Award)
A paper written by Lazar Rusu, Balasuriya L.P. Balasuriya, and Ousman Bah and entitled: “Cultural Barriers in Digital Transformation in a Public Organization: A Case Study of a Sri-Lankan Organization” has been published in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) 402, pp. 640-656, Springer, 2020
A paper written by Georg Hodosi, Arif Haider, and Lazar Rusu and entitled: “Risk Factors in Cloud Computing Relationships: A Study in Public Organizations in Sweden” has been accepted for publication in Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier, 2020.
A paper written by Teo Lo Piparo, Georg Hodosi, and Lazar Rusu and entitled “Service Level Agreement Negotiation in Cloud Computing Buying Organizations” has been accepted for publication in International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy, Vol. 12, Issue 3, IGI Global, 2021.
A paper written by Simin Sigari, Adnan Altunyurt, and Lazar Rusu and entitled “Barriers in Digital Transformation: A Case Study of an IT Company in Sweden” has been accepted for publication in International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy, Vol. 12, Issue 4, IGI Global, 2021.
Best Theoretical Paper Award at 17th European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS 2020)
The paper entitled “The Influence of Cloud Computing on IT Governance in a Swedish Municipality” (authors: Parisa Aasi, Jovana Nikic, Melisa Li, Lazar Rusu) presented at 17th European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS 2020) has received the “Best Theoretical Paper Award”.
Outstanding Reviewer Award Winners at Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2020)
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) is one of the leading conferences in Information Systems area (https://aisnet.org/page/AMCISPage) that in 2020 was held as a virtual conference (https://amcis2020.aisconferences.org/).
In this year, I have served AMCIS 2020 as mini-track chair and as session chair of “IT Governance and Business-IT Alignment in the Era of Digital Transformation”, and the mini-track I was chairing has be the one that has received the most papers in the Strategic and Competitive Uses of IT track (https://amcis2020.aisconferences.org/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-24).
Furthermore, I am very happy and proud that at AMCIS 2020, I have been among the Outstanding Reviewer Award Winners at AMCIS 2020, and also nominated as the best reviewer at Strategic and Competitive Uses of IT track at AMCIS 2020 (2020 AMCIS SCUIT Track Session CHAIRS FINAL).
A screenshot taken from the video of the AMCIS 2020 Awards Ceremony with some of the Outstanding Reviewer Award Winners is included below.
Gideon Mekonnen Jonathan’s Licentiate Seminar
On May 11, 2020 our colleague Gideon Mekonnen Jonathan, PhD student in IT Management and Governance group at DSV/Stockholm University has defended successfully his licentiate thesis entitled: “Information Technology Alignment: The Role of Organizational Structure”. His licentiate thesis is available at the following link in DiVA: http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1423531/FULLTEXT01.pdf On behalf of research group in IT Management and Governance, I would like to congratulate Gideon Mekonnen Jonathan for this achievement.