C.V.

Gerald C. Kane, Ph.D.
Carroll School of Management, Boston College
140 Commonwealth Ave, Fulton 454C
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
E-mail: gerald.kane@bc.edu
Telephone: 617-552-0214

EDUCATION

2002 – 2006 Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Goizueta Business School
Ph.D. in Information Systems.

1999 – 2002 Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
MBA in Computer Information Systems.

1994 – 1998 Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Masters of Divinity.

1990 – 1994 Furman University, Greenville, SC.
Bachelors of Arts.

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Prof. Kane’s research agenda involves two major emphases – Healthcare IT and collaborative technologies. In relation to Healthcare IT, Prof. Kane’s primary research examines how healthcare teams use a portfolio of information systems to improve both quality and efficiency of healthcare. He continues pursue a number of active research projects in this area. He has been instrumental in early-stage plans to establish and NSF center on Healthcare IT at Boston College, and he has been selected as managing editor for a special issue on Healthcare IT at one of the top academic journals. In relation to collaborative technologies, Prof. Kane has published, lectured, and consulted with organizations on how to leverage new IT platforms, such as wikis and social networks, to improve collaboration and communication. Prof. Kane has also received awards on his teaching pioneering the use of these technologies in the classroom.

PRIMARY RESEARCH AREAS
• Role of information systems in social networks.
• Managing knowledge for organizational advantage, particularly healthcare organizations.
• Strategic use of information technology to create business value in firms.
• Using collaborative technologies (i.e. Web 2.0) for knowledge creation and sharing

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Gerald C. Kane and Maryam Alavi. “Information Technology and Organizational Learning: An Investigation of Exploitation and Exploration Processes,” Organization Science (18:5). September-October 2007, pp. 786-812.

Gerald C. Kane and Maryam Alavi. “Casting the Net: A Multimodal Network Perspective on User-System Interactions,” forthcoming, September 2008, Information Systems Research.

Kathy Stewart-Schwaig, Gerald C. Kane, and Veda Storey. “Compliance to the Fair Information Practices: How are the Fortune 500 Handling On-line Privacy Disclosures?” Information & Management, 43 (7), p.805-820, Oct 2006.

Maryam Alavi and Gerald C. Kane. “Social Networks and Information Technology: Evolution and New Frontiers,” forthcoming at AMIS Research Monograph on KM.

Kathy S. Schwaig, Gerald C. Kane, and Veda C. Storey. “Privacy, Fair Information Practices, and the Fortune 500: The Virtual Reality of Compliance,” DATABASE (36:1), January 2005.

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

Gerald C. Kane. “It Works in Practice, Not in Theory: A study of collaboration on Wikipedia.” 14th Organization Science Winter Conference.  Squaw Valley, CA. February 2008.

Gerald C. Kane. “IS Proficiency in Social Networks.” 28th International Conference on Information Systems, Montreal, Quebec, December 2007.

Richard J Boland, Brian S. Butler, Samer Faraj, Gerald C. Kane, and Youngjin Yoo. “Has IS Missed the Network Revolution?,” panel presentation at the 27th International Conference on Information Systems, Milwaukee, WI, December 2006.

Gerald C. Kane and Michael J. Prietula. “Influence and Structure: Extending a Model of Organizational Learning,” presentation at the 12th annual Organization Science Winter Conference, Steamboat Springs, CO, February 2006.

Gerald C. Kane and Maryam Alavi. “Casting the Net: A Multimodal Network Perspective on Knowledge Management,” proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Information Systems, Las Vegas, NV, December 2005.

Gerald C. Kane and Maryam Alavi. “Information Technology and Organizational Learning: An Investigation of Exploitation and Exploration Processes,” proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Information Systems, Las Vegas, NV, December 2005.

Gerald C. Kane. “Casting the Net: Towards a Theory of Multimodal Knowledge Sharing Networks,” presentation at the 2005 International Conference on Information Systems Doctoral Consortium, Las Vegas, NV.

Gerald C. Kane. “Walk Softly and Carry a Big STIK: Towards an Integrated Theory of Knowledge Management,” presentation at the Queen’s College Doctoral Consortium, Kingston, ON, 2004.

Gerald C. Kane and Giuseppe (Joe) Labianca. “Disconnection within the Connection: Studying the Social Ledger in a Religious Organization,” presentation at the 2004 Academy of Management Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Gerald C. Kane. “Holes in the Net: Towards a Structural Theory of Knowledge Management,” presentation at the JAIS Theory Building Workshop, Seattle, WA, 2003.

Gerald C. Kane and Michael J. Prietula. “Influence and Structure: Extending a Model of Organizational Learning,” North American Conference on Social and Organizational Systems proceedings, Pittsburgh, PA, 2003.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

ASSISTANT EDITOR
Information Systems Research, Special Issue on Healthcare IT.

GUEST ASSISTANT EDITOR
MIS Quarterly

REVIEWER
Information Systems Research
Organization Science
Academy of Management Journal
Journal of Management Information Systems
International Conference on Information Systems (multiple years).
DATABASE
Journal of Strategic Information Systems

TEACHING

MI021 and MI703: Computers in Management (Core Information Systems course, BBA and MBA)
Average Teaching Evaluations (2007): 4.6 out of 5, (2008): 4.8 out of 5

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

1994 – 2002 Ordained Clergy, North Georgia United Methodist Church
Taught year-long classes for groups of up to 100 people.
Public speaking for audiences of up to 4000 people.