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RESEARCH
Research Interests
Management
of Information Systems
Software
Engineering Measurement and Modeling
Accounting
and Economic Issues in Information Systems
Technology
adoption and diffusion
Researcher Ranking
Ranked Top 10 in the
world in terms of research publications, by Athey S. and Plotnicki, J.
"An Evaluation of Research Productivity in Academic IT",
Communication of the AIS, v.3, March 2000.
University of Pittsburgh
Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award Nominee, 1999-2000.
Ranked Top 25 in the
world in terms of research publications and productivity, by Im, K.S., Kim,
K. Y., and Kim, J. S. "An
Assessment of Individual and institutional research productivity in MIS",
Decision Line, January 1998.
Best Paper Recognition
"Toward a Detailed Classification Scheme for Software Maintenance
Activities", (with E. Barry and S. Slaughter), Proc. Of
the 5th
Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 1999. (Best paper award, Software Process
Improvement mini-track)
“Object Technology and Software Reuse: Lessons from Longitudinal
Case Studies of Early Adopters”, (with R. Fichman) IEEE
Computer, v. 30, n. 10,
pp.-47-59, October 1997. (Translated into Japanese and reprinted in a ‘Best
of’ collection of papers, Nikkei Computer Books, ISBN 4-8222-0771-4, 1998.
“Computerized Loan Origination Systems: An Industry Case Study of
The Electronic Markets Hypothesis”, (with C. Hess), MIS Quarterly, v. 18, n. 3, pp. 251-275, September 1994. (Awarded “Best Paper of
1994” by the MIS Quarterly
editors)
“How the Learning Curve Affects Computer Aided Software Engineering
(CASE) Tool Adoption”, IEEE Software, v. 9, n. 5, pp. 23-28, May 1992. (Nominated for
“Best Article of the Year, 1992”, IEEE Software editorial board.)
“An Agent-theoretic Perspective on the Management of Information
Systems”, (with V. Gurbaxani), Proceedings of the 22nd Hawaii
International Conference on System Sciences, v. III, pp. 141-150, January 1989. (Awarded
“Best Paper”, Economics of Information Systems Management Minitrack.)
Funding
"Discovering the
Profiles and Patterns of Software Evolution", National Science
Foundation #9988315 & #9988227, co-Principal Investigator with S.
Slaughter, July 1, 2000 through December 30, 2002,
$316,165.
"Standards Competition
in the Presence of Conversion Technology: An Empirical Analysis of the
Flash Memory Card Market", (with C. Liu and M. Smith), NET Institute,
New York University.
Working Papers
"The
Impact of Design and Code Reviews on Software Quality: An Empirical Study",
(with M. Paulk), working paper, 2007.
Liu,
Charles, E. Gal-Or, C. Kemerer, M. Smith, "Winners Take Some: The
Impact of Conversion Technologies on Network Effects in Digital Goods
Markets”, (April 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=980726.
Liu,
Charles, C. Kemerer, S. Slaughter, M. Smith, " Standards Competition
In the Presence of Conversion Technology: An Empirical Analysis of the
Flash Memory Card Market ", (June 2007).
Published Papers
Ramasubbu, N., Mithas S.,
Krishnan M.S, and C. Kemerer, “Work
Dispersion, Process-Based Learning and Offshore Software Development
Performance”, accepted for publication, MIS Quarterly, 2008.
"Network Effects in
the Flash Memory Market: A Preliminary Analysis" (with C. Liu, S.
Slaughter, and M. Smith) accepted at the Workshop on Information Systems
and Economics (WISE), Montreal,
Canada, December 2007.
“How Software Process
Automation Affects Software Evolution: A Longitudinal Empirical
Analysis", (with E. Barry and S. Slaughter), Journal of Software
Maintenance and Evolution, v. 19,
n. 1, pp. 1-31, January-February 2007.
“Environmental Volatility, Development Decisions and Software
Volatility: A Longitudinal Analysis”, (with E. Barry and S.
Slaughter), Management
Science, v. 52, n. 3,
pp. 448-464, March 2006.
"The Structural Complexity of Software: An Experimental Test"
(with D. Darcy, S. Slaughter, and J. Tomayko), IEEE Transactions on
Software Engineering, v. 31, n.
11, pp. 982-995, November 2005.
Ramasubbu, N., Mithas
S., Krishnan M.S, and C. Kemerer, "Empirical Analysis of Quality Management Practices in Distributed
Custom Software Development" Proc. of the Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 2004
Cusumano, M, MacCormack,
A., Kemerer, C., Crandall, B., “Software Development Worldwide: The State of the Practice”,
IEEE Software, v. 20, n. 6, pp. 28-34, November/December 2003.
MacCormack, A., C.
Kemerer, M. Cusumano, and B. Crandall, “Trade-offs between productivity and quality in selecting software
development practices” IEEE Software, v. 20, n. 5, pp. 78-85,
September/October 2003.
E. Barry, C. Kemerer, and
S. Slaughter, “On the Uniformity of Software Evolution Patterns”,
Proc. of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering,
Portland, Oregon, May 2003.
R. Fichman and C.
Kemerer, "Activity Based Costing for Component-based Software Development ",
Information Technology and Management, v. 3, nos. 1/2, pp. 137-160, January
2002.
R. Banker, S. Datar, C.
Kemerer, and D. Zweig, “Software Errors and Software Maintenance Management”,
Information Technology and Management, v. 3, nos. 1/2, pp. 25-41, January
2002.
R. Fichman and C. Kemerer,
"Incentive Compatibility and Systematic Software Reuse
", Journal of Systems and Software, v. 57, n. 1, pp. 45-60, April
2001.
“Empirical studies of evolving systems” (with K.
Bennett, E. Burd, M. Lehman, M. Lee, R. Madachy, C. Mair, D. Sjoberg, and
S. Slaughter), Empirical Software Engineering, v. 4, n. 4, December 1999.
"An Empirical Analysis of Software Evolution Profiles and Outcomes",
(with E. Barry and S. Slaughter), Proc. of the 20th International
Conference on Information Systems, December 1999.
“The Illusory Diffusion of Innovations: An Examination of
Assimilation Gaps”, (with R. Fichman), Information Systems
Research, v. 10, n. 3, pp. 255-275, September 1999.
"An Empirical Approach to Studying Software Evolution"
(with S. Slaughter), IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, v. 25, n.
4, pp. 493-509, July/August 1999.
"Toward a Detailed Classification Scheme for Software Maintenance
Activities", (with E. Barry and S. Slaughter), Proc. Of the
5th Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 1999.
(Best paper award, Software Process Improvement mini-track)
“Managerial Use of Object Oriented Software Metrics”,
(with S. Chidamber and D. Darcy), IEEE Transactions on Software
Engineering, v. 24, n. 8, pp. 629-639, August 1998.
"Progress, Obstacles, and Opportunities in Software Engineering
Economics", Communications of the ACM, v. 41, n. 8, pp.
63-66, August 1998
"A Longitudinal
Empirical Analysis of Software Evolution", (with S. Slaughter),
International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution, Kyoto, Japan,
April 20-21, 1998.
“Future Markets:
Information Technology’s Impact on Market Structure” Chapter 1 in
Information Technology and Industrial Competitiveness: How IT Shapes
Competition, C. F. Kemerer (ed.), Kluwer Academic Press, 1998.
“Object Technology and Software Reuse: Lessons from Longitudinal
Case Studies of Early Adopters”, (with R. Fichman) IEEE
Computer, v. 30, n. 10, pp.-47-59, October 1997.
(Translated into Japanese and reprinted in Nikkei Computer, pp. 145-153,
April 13, 1998)
(Translated into Japanese and reprinted in a ‘Best of’ collection of
papers, Nikkei Computer Books, ISBN 4-8222-0771-4, 1998.
“Determinants of Software Maintenance Profiles: An Empirical
Investigation” (with S. Slaughter) Journal of Software
Maintenance, v. 9, pp. 235-251, 1997.
“The Assimilation of Software Process Innovations: An
Organizational Learning Perspective”, (with R. Fichman)
Management Science, v. 43, n. 10, pp. 1345-1363, October 1997.
“Reusable Asset” InformationWeek, September 22, 1997,
pp. 64-66.
“Methodologies for Performing Empirical Studies: Report from the
International Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance”
(with S. Slaughter) Empirical Software Engineering, v. 2, n. 2, pp.
109-118, 1997.
“A Longitudinal Analysis Of Software Maintenance Patterns”,
(with S. Slaughter) 18th International Conference on Information Systems, research
in progress, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1997.
"Network Externalities in Microcomputer Software: An Econometric
Analysis of the Spreadsheet Market", (with E. Brynjolfsson)
Management Science, v. 42, n. 12, pp. 1627-1647, December 1996.
“Software Complexity and
Software Maintenance: A Survey of Empirical Research”, Annals of Software
Engineering, v. 1, n. 1, pp. 1-22, August 1995.
“Computerized Loan Origination Systems: An Industry Case Study of
The Electronic Markets Hypothesis”, (with C. Hess), MIS
Quarterly, v. 18, n. 3, pp. 251-275, September 1994.
(Awarded “Best Paper of 1994” by the MIS Quarterly editors)
"A Metrics Suite for Object Oriented Design", (with
S. Chidamber), IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, v. 20, n. 6, pp.
476-493, June 1994.
"Evidence on Economies of Scale in Software Development",
(with R. Banker, and H. Chang) Information and Software Technology, v. 36,
n. 5, pp. 275-282, 1994.
“Software Complexity and Software Maintenance Costs”,
(with R. Banker, S. Datar and D. Zweig), Communications of the ACM, v. 36,
n. 11, pp. 81-94, November 1993.
"Toward a Theory of
the Adoption and Diffusion of Software Process Innovations", (with R.
Fichman) IFIP Working Conference on Diffusion, Transfer and Implementation
of Information Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1993.
“Reliability of Function Points Measurement: A Field Experiment”,
Communications of the ACM, v. 36, n. 2, pp. 85-97, February 1993.
“Adoption of Software Engineering Process Innovations: The Case of
Object-Orientation” (with R. Fichman), Sloan Management Review,
vol. 34, n. 2, pp. 7-22, Winter 1993.
(Translated into Dutch and reprinted as “Acceptatie van
programmeertechnische procesinnovaties: de objectoričntatie” in Management
en Organisatie van Automatiseringsmiddelen, Kluwer Bedrijfswetenschappen,
Netherlands, March 1995).
"Bridging the Gap
between Research and Practice in Software Engineering Management:
Reflections on the Staffing Factors Paradox", pp. 116-120 in
Experimental Software Engineering Issues: Critical Assessment and Future
Directions, Rombach, H. D., V. R. Basili and R. W. Selby (eds.),
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, (1993).
“Staffing Factors in
Software Cost Estimation Models” (with M. Patrick) Chapter 11 in the
Handbook of Software Engineering Productivity, J. Keyes, (ed.),
McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, pp. 175-190, 1993.
“Performance Evaluation Metrics for Information Systems
Development: A Principal-Agent Model”, (with R. Banker)
Information Systems Research, v. 3, n. 4, pp. 379-400, December 1992.
“Improving the Reliability of Function Point Measurement: An
Empirical Study”, (with B. Porter) IEEE Transactions on Software
Engineering, v. 18, n. 10, pp. 1011-1024, November 1992.
“Object-Oriented and Conventional Analysis and Design
Methodologies: Comparison and Critique” (with R. Fichman), IEEE
Computer, v. 25, n. 10, pp. 22-39, October 1992.
(Reprinted in Readings in Object-Oriented Systems and Applications, D. Rine
(ed.), IEEE Computer Society Press, 1993.)
(Reprinted in High-Integrity System Specification and Design, J. Bowen and
M. Hinchey, (eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000.)
“How the Learning Curve Affects Computer Aided Software Engineering
(CASE) Tool Adoption”, IEEE Software, v. 9, n. 3, pp. 23-28, May
1992. (Nominated for “Best Article of the Year, 1992”, IEEE Software
editorial board.)
(Reprinted in Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE), E. Chikofsky
(ed.), 2nd edition, pp. 154-159, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1993.)
“Cyclomatic Complexity Density and Software Maintenance
Productivity”, (with G. Gill), IEEE Transactions on Software
Engineering, v. 17, n. 12, pp. 1284-1288, December 1991.
“Towards a metrics suite for object oriented design ”,
(with S. Chidamber), Proceedings of the Sixth ACM Conference on
Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA),
Phoenix, Arizona, pp. 197-211, October, 1991. (Published as ACM SigPlan
Notices v. 26, n. 11, November, 1991)
“Recent Applications of
Economic Theory in Information Technology Research” (with J. Y. Bakos),
Decision Support Systems, v. 8, n. 5, pp. 365-386, September 1992.
“Software
Cost Estimation Models”, Chapter 28 in The Software Engineer’s Reference
Book, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, England, UK. (1991).
(Translated into Dutch and reprinted as “Risico’s bij systeemontwikkeling
van strategische informatiesystemen” in Management en Organisatie van
Automatiseringsmiddelen, Kluwer Bedrijfswetenschappen, Netherlands, October
1993).
“Systems Development Risks in Strategic Information Systems”,
(with G. Sosa), Information and Software Technology, v. 33, n. 3, pp.
212-223, April 1991.
"A Model to Evaluate Variables Impacting Productivity on Software
Maintenance Projects”, (with R. Banker and S. Datar), Management
Science, v. 37, n. 1, pp. 1-18, January 1991.
"An Agency Theory View Of The Management Of End-User Computing”,
(with V. Gurbaxani), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on
Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 279-289, December
1990.
“A Quantitative Analysis of US and Japanese Practice and
Performance in Software Development”, (with M. Cusumano),
Management Science, v. 36, n. 11, pp. 1384-1406, November 1990.
“Instrumenti
per la Rilevazione ed il Recupero della Produttivita’ nella Manutenzione
del Software” in Sistemi & Impresa (Italian), v. 2, March
1990.
Translated from “Tools for Measuring and Improving Software Maintenance
Productivity: Results from Empirical Research on Software Complexity”
Proceedings of the Software Engineering Symposium 90. Milan, Italy,
February 1990.
“An Agent-theoretic Perspective on the Management of Information
Systems”, (with V. Gurbaxani), Proceedings of the 22nd Hawaii
International Conference on System Sciences, v. III, pp. 141-150, January
1989.
(Awarded “Best Paper”, Economics of Information Systems Management
Minitrack.)
“An Agenda for Research in the Managerial Evaluation of
Computer-Aided Software Engineering Tool Impacts”, Proceedings
of the 22nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, v. II, pp.
219-228, January 1989.
"Scale Economies in New Software Development” (with R.
Banker), IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, v. 15, n. 10, pp.
1199-1205, October 1989.
“Barriers to Successful
Strategic Information Systems”, (with G. Sosa), Planning Review, Special
Issue on Strategic Information Systems, v. 16, n. 5, September / October
1988, pp. 20-46.
“Software Production
Economics: Theoretical Models and Practical Tools”, ACM 27th Technical
Symposium Proceedings, Gaithersburg, Maryland, June 1988.
“Factors Affecting Software Maintenance Productivity: An
Exploratory Study”, (with R. Banker and S. Datar), Proceedings
of the 8th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pp. 160-175, December 1987.
“An Empirical Validation of Software Cost Estimation Models”,
Communications of the ACM, v. 30 n. 5, pp. 416-429, May 1987.
(Reprinted in Software Engineering Metrics, M. J. Shepperd (ed.),
McGraw-Hill, 1994.)
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