Howe School Faculty

Research & Education

Experience & Service

Achievements & Professional Societies

Journals

• LeFave, R., B.Branch, C.V. Brown, B. Wixom. (2008). "How Spring Nextel Reconfigured IT Resources for Results", MIS Quarterly Executive . 7 (4)
• Rao, M.T., Brown, C.V. and Perkins, W.C.. (Apr 2007). "Host Country Resource Availability and Information System Control Mechanisms in Multinational Corporations: An Empirical Test of Resource Dependence Theory", Journal of Management Information Systems. 23 (4)
• Agarwal, R., Brown, C.V., Ferratt, T.W., and J.E. Moore. (Sep 2006). "Five Mindsets for Retaining IT Staff", MIS Quarterly Executive. 5 (3)
• Ranganathan, C. and C.V. Brown. (Jun 2006). "ERP Investments and the Market Value of Firms: Towards an Understanding of Influential ERP Project Factors", Information Systems Research. 17 (2)
• Ferratt, T.W., Agarwal, R., Brown, C.V., and J.E. Moore.. (Sep 2005). "IT Human Resource Management Configurations and IT Turnover: Theoretical Synthesis and Empirical Analysis", Information Systems Research. 16 (3)
• Brown, C.V. . (Sep 2003). "Performance Metrics for IT Human Resource Alignment", Information Systems Management. 20 (4)
• Brown, C.V. and Vessey, I.. (Mar 2003). "Managing the Next Wave of Enterprise Systems: Leveraging Lessons from ERP", MIS Quarterly Executive. 2 (1)
• Clancy, G., C.V. Brown, and R.Scholer. (Mar 2003). "A Post-Merger IT Integration Success Story: Sallie Mae", MIS Quarterly Executive. 2 (1)
• Brown, C.V. and Vessey, I.. (Jan 2001). "NIBCO’s 'Big Bang'", Communications of the AIS. 5
• Brown, C.V.. (Sep 1999). "Horizontal Mechanisms under Differing IS Contexts", MIS Quarterly. 23 (3)
• Brown, C.V. and S.L. Magill. (Mar 1998). "Reconceptualizing the Context-Design Issue for the Information Systems Function", Organization Science. 9 (2)
• Junnarkar, B. and C.V. Brown. (Dec 1997). "Re-Assessing the Enabling Role of Information Technology in Knowledge Management", Journal of Knowledge Management. 2 (1)
• Clark, C.E., Cavanaugh, N.C., Brown, C.V. and Sambamurthy, V. . (Dec 1997). "Building Change-Readiness Capabilities in the IS Organization: Insights from the Bell Atlantic Experience", MIS Quarterly. 21 (4)
• Brown, C.V.. (Mar 1997). "Examining the Emergence of Hybrid IS Governance Solutions: Evidence from a Single Case Site", Information Systems Research. 8 (1)
• Speier, C. and C.V. Brown. (Feb 15, 1997). "Differences in End-User Computing Support and Control Across User Departments", Information & Management. 32 (2)
• Brown, C.V. and J.W. Ross. (1996). "The Information Systems Balancing Act: Building Partnerships and Infrastructure", Information Technology & People. 9 (1)
• Brown, C.V. and J.S. Renwick [formerly Phelps]. (Sep 1996). "Alignment of the IS Organization: The Special Case of Corporate Acquisitions", DataBase. 27 (4)
• Brown, C.V., E.R. McLean and D.W. Straub. (Apr 1996). "Partnering Roles of the IS Executive", Information Systems Management. 13 (2)
• Brown, C.V. and S.L. Magill. (Dec 1994). "Alignment of the IS Functions with the Enterprise: Towards a Model of Antecedents", MIS Quarterly. 18 (4)
• Brown, C.V. and R.P. Bostrom. (Apr 1994). "Organization Designs for the Management of End-User Computing: Re-Examining the Contingencies", Journal of Management Information Systems. 10 (4)
• Brancheau, J.C. and C.V. Brown. (Dec 1993). "The Management of End-User Computing: Status and Directions", ACM Computing Surveys. 25 (4)
• Brown, C.V. and R.P. Bostrom. (Oct 1990). "Choosing the Right Approach for End-User Computing Management", Information Executive
• Brown, C.V. and R.P. Bostrom. . (Oct 1989). "Effective Management of End-User Computing: Total Organization Perspective", Journal of Management Information Systems. 6 (2)

Report

• Brown, C.V. and V. Sambamurthy. (1994). "Building Strategic IT-Business Relationships: A Guidebook of IT Coordination Mechanisms", Society for Information Management , Advanced Practices Council

Conference Proceedings

• Brown, C.V. and J. Becker.. (2000). "Aademic/Practitioner Partnerships", AMCIS
• Brown, C.V., Vessey, I. and A. Powell.. (2000). "The ERP Purchase Decision: Influential Business and IT Factors", AMCIS
• Brown, C.V. and I. Vessey.. (Dec 2000), NIBCO's 'Big Bang'." Teaching case track, ICIS, Brisbane, Australia
• Brown, C.V. and I. Vessey.. (Dec 1999). "ERP Implementation Approaches: Towards a Contingency Framework", ICIS, Charlotte, NC
• Agarwal, R., Brown, C.V., Ferratt, T.W. and Moore, J.E.. (Apr 1999). "SIM Member Company Practices: Recruiting, Retaining, and Attracting IT Professionals", Research-in-progress track, ACM-SIGCPR 99, New Orleans,
• Speier, C. and C.V. Brown.. (Jan 1996). "Perceived Risks and Management Actions: Differences in End-User Application Development Across Functional Groups", Proceedings of the 29th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Minitrack: Risks in End-User Computing.
• Speier, C. and C.V. Brown.. (Apr 1994). "Differences in End-User Application Development across Functional Groups: Opportunities, Risks, and Management Actions", Proceedings of the Information Technology Management Group, The Association of Management
• Morris, M. and C.V. Brown.. (Aug 1994). "The Importance of Usability in the Establishment of Organizational Software Standards for End-User Computing: An Exploratory Study", Proceedings of the Information Technology Management Group, The Association of Management
• Brown, C.V. and J.S. Phelps.. (Mar 1994). "Alignment of the IS Organization: The Special Case of Corporate Acquisitions", Paper presented at Midwest Business Administration Association
• Brown, C.V. and S.L.Magill. (Aug 1993). "Conflicting Information Systems (IS) Organization Designs within a Single Firm: Explaining a Paradox", Paper presented at The Association of Management, 11th Annual International Conference
• Brown, C.V. . (Apr 1993). "The Successful CIO: Integrating Organizational and Individual Perspectives", Proceedings of the 1993 ACM SIGCPR Conference
• Brown, C.V. and S.L. Magill. (Apr 1992). "Designing the IS Organization: Aligning the Systems Development Function with the Business", Proceedings of the 1992 ACM SIGCPR Conference
• Brown, C.V. and J.C. Brancheau. (Jan 1992). "A Research Model for Managing End-User Computing: Making Sense of the Past Decade", Proceedings of the 25th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 4
• Brown, C.V. and A.R. Chaturvedi.. (1990). "Expert System Problem Selection: An Innovation Management Perspective", Proceedings of the 1990 ACM SIGBDP Conference on Trends and Directions in Expert Systems
• Brown, C.V. and R.P. Bostrom.. (Jan 1989). "A Contingency Model for the Management of End-User Computing: Model Development and Exploratory Validation", Proceedings of the 22nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 4

Books

• Tatikonda, M., C.V. Brown, and I. Vessey. . (2005). "ERP as a Platform for Vendor Managed Inventory", E. Bendoly and R. Jacobs, Strategic Use of ERP, Stanford University Press
• Brown, C.V.. (2004). "Seamless IT Alignment", Subir Chowdhury, Next Generation Business Handbook, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons
• Brown, C.V.. (2003). "The IT Organization of the Future", Jerry N. Luftman, Competing in the Information Age: Align in the Sand, 2nd ed, Oxford University Press
• Brown, C.V. . (2003). "Performance Metrics for IT Human Resource Alignment", Brown and Topi, IS Management Handbook, 8th ed, New York: Auerbach Publishers/CRC Press
• Brown, C.V. and Ross, J. . (2003). "Designing a Process-Based IT Organization", Brown and Topi, IS Management Handbook, 8th ed, New York: Auerbach Publishers/CRC Press
• Rao, M., Brown, C.V. and Perkins, W. . (2002). "Control and Coordination of Information Systems in Multinational Corporations", Palvia, Palvia, and Roche, Global Information Technology and Electronic Commerce: Issues for the New Millennium, Ivy League Publishing
• Brown, C.V. and V. Sambamurthy. (1999). "Repositioning the IT Organization to Enable Business Transformation", M.Weiss and R.W. Zmud, Practice-Driven Research in IT management Series, Pinnaflex Educational Resources, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
• Agarwal, R., Brown, C.V., Ferratt, T.W. and Moore, J.E.. (Oct 1998), SIM Member Company Practices: Recruiting, Retaining, and Attracting IT Professionals, Crisp Publications, SIM International
• Brown, C.V. and B.E. Wynne. (1990). "Effective Management of End-User Computing: Prior Models and a Case Example", K.M. Kaiser and J.J. Oppelland, Desktop Information Technology, North-Holland