Research

Research Interest:
 
E-Commerce, M-Commerce and Internet Technology
          Performance Measurement and Benchmarking          
Understanding Students' Choice of Major
          Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Research Published or Forthcoming:                    

Gunasekaran, Angappa, McGaughey, Ronald E., Ngai, Eric W. T, and Rai, Bharatendra K., “E-Procurement Adoption in the Southcoast SMEs,” accepted for publication in 2009, International Journal of Production Economics.

Gunasekaran, Angappa, McGaughey, Ronald E., "Mobile Commerce: Issues and Obstacles, International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2009, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 245-261.

Mark McMurtrey,  Ronald McGaughey and Jim Downey, “Seniors and Information Technology: are we shrinking the Digital Divide?"  Journal of International Technology and Information Management, Vol. 17, No. 2 (April, 2008), pp. 8-16.

Ronald E. McGaughey and Angappa Gunasekaran, "Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Past, Present and Future," Chapter XXIII in Selected Readings on Strategic Information Systems, by M. Gordon Hunter, Idea Group Inc, 2008, ISBN  605660906, 9781605660905, pp. 359-371.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Gunasekaran, Angappa, “Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Past, Present and Future,” International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, 2007, Vol. 3, Issue 3, pp. 23-35.

Gunasekaran and Ronald McGaughey, "Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Past, Present

and Future," 2nd Enterprise Systems Research Workshop (Pre-ICIS Workshop), Montreal, Canada, December 8-9, 2007.

Ronald McGaughey and Anagappa Gunasekaran, “ERP:  Past, Present and Future.” International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, 2007, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 23-35.

Xia Pan, Anagappa Gunasekaran and Ronald McGaughey, “Global e-business:  Firm size, Credibility and Desirable Modes of Payment.”  International Journal of Business Information Systems , 2006, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 426-438.

Gunasekaran, A, Ngai, E. and McGaughey, R.  “Information Technology and Systems Justification: A Review of Research and Applications.” European Journal of Operational Research, 2006, Vol. 173, Issue 3, pp. 957-983. (Most frequently downloaded article July – September, 2006)

Green, K.W., McGaughey, R.E. and Casey, K.M. "Does Supply Chain Management Strategy Mediate the Association Between Market Orientation and Organizational Performance?"  Supply Chain Management: An International , (2006), Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 407-414.

Atkinson, K. and  McGaughey, R.E. "Accounting for Data: A Shortcoming in Accounting for Intangible Assets."  Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, (2006) Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 85-95.

McGaughey, R.E., Puleo, V. and Casey. K.M. “Employee Benefits of Multi-Owner Accounting Firms:  Groundwork for Benchmarking.” Benchmarking: An International Journal, (2005) Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 345-363.

Gunasekaran, A. Williams, H.J. and McGaughey, R.E. "A Performance Measurement and Costing System for the 21st Century Business Enterprise." Technovation (25) 2005, pp. 523-533. (2nd on list of top 25 requested articles from 2002-2005)

Gunasekaran, A., Patel, C. and McGaughey, R.E. "A Framework for Supply Chain Performance Measurement." International Journal of Production Economics, (2004) Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 333-347.

Gunasekaran, A., McGaughey, R.E. and McNeil, R.D., “E-commerce: Teaching and Learning”, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, (2004) Vol. 2, No. 2, pps.1-16.

Gunasekaran, A., McGaughey, R.E., “TQM and Supply Chain Management,” TQM Magazine. (2003) Vol. 15, No. 6, pp. 361-363.

McGaughey, R.E.  "Benchmarking B2B Electronic Commerce," Benchmarking: An International Journal (2002) Vol. 9, No.5, 471-484.

Gunasekaran, A. Marri, H.B., McGaughey, R.E. and Nebhwani, M.D. "E-commerce and its Impact on Operations Management," International Journal of Production Economics, (2002) Vol. 75, Nos. 1-2, 185-197.

Agile Manufacturing:   The 21st Century Competitive Strategy, (Ed. A Gunasekaran).  Elsevier Science.  The title of my chapter is “Multimedia in Agile Manufacturing.”  I co-authored the introductory chapter for this same book with A. Gunasekaran and others.  More details about the book are available from: http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/6/2/1/7/3/6/.

McGaughey, R. and Roach, D. "CIM Planning: a study of practitioner perspectives on the keys to successful CIM planning." International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing.  (2001) Vol. 14, No. 4, 353-366.

Gunasekaran, A., Marri, H.B. and McGaughey, R., "Implications of Organization and Human Behaviour on the Implementation of CIM in SMEs: An Empirical Investigation", International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing.  (2001) Vol. 14, No. 2, 175-185.

Gunasekaran, A., McNeil, R. and McGaughey, R. "Experiences of a Small to Medium Size Enterprise in the Design and Implementation of Manufacturing Cells."  International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing.  (2001) Vol. 14, No. 2, 212-223.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Gunasekaran, A. "The Y2K Problem:   Manufacturing Inputs at Risk."  Production Planning and Control.  (1999) Vol. 10, No. 8, 796-808.

McGaughey, Ronald E.. "Internet Technology:  Contributing to Agility in the 21st Century."  Inaugural Issue of the International Journal of Agile Management Systems. (1999) Vol. 1, No. 1,  7-13.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Mason, Kevin, "The Internet as a Marketing Tool."  Special Issue of the Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice.   (1998) Vol. 6, No. 3, 1-11.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Roach, David, "The Obstacles to Computer Integrated Manufacturing Success: A Study of Practitioner Perspectives." Special issue of the International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, (1997) Vol. 10, No. 1-4, pp. 256-265.

Roach, David, and McGaughey, Ronald E., "Top Management's Role in Implementing Technological Change: A Study of Computer Integrated Manufacturing." Journal of Information Technology Management. (1997) Vol. 8, No.1 & 2, 27-39.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Snyder, Charles A. "The Obstacles to Successful CIM." International Journal of Production Economics, (1994) Vol. 37, pp. 247-258.

McGaughey, Ronald E., Snyder, Charles A. and Carr, Houston H. "Implementing Information Technology for Competitive Advantage: Risk Management Issues." Information and Management, (1994) Vol. 26, pp. 273-280.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Gibson, Michael L. "The Repository/Encyclopedia: Essential to Information Engineering and Fully Integrated CASE." Journal of Systems Management, (1993) Vol. 44, No. 3, Issue 381, pp. 8-11.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and McMurtry, Mark.  “Information Technology and the Elderly: Missed Opportunities.” Proceedings,  2003 National Decision Sciences Institute, Washington, DC. November 22-25, 2003

Roach, Dave and McGaughey, R.E. "The Impact of Task Experience, Setting, and Problem Relevance on the Quantity and Quality of Ideas in Face-to-Face Versus Electronic Brainstorming."   Proceeding, 2001 National Decision Sciences Institute,  San Francisco, CA.   November 17-20, 2001, pp. 885-887.  PP pres

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Jones, Royce.  “The Year 2000 Problem and Accounting Systems.” Proceedings, Decision Sciences Southwest Region, Houston TX, March 10-13, 1999, pp. 1-3.

McGaughey, R.E. and Mason, K. "The Internet as a Marketing Tool: An Exploration of the Internet’s Potential to Influence the buying Decision."   Proceeding, 1997 National Decision Sciences Institute,  San Diego, CA.   November 22-25, 1997, pp. 288-290.

Roach, David and McGaughey, Ronald E. “Top Management’s Role in Implementing Large Scale Technological Change.” Proceedings, Southwest Decision Sciences Institute, 28th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 11-15, 1997, p. 163.

Roach, D., McGaughey, R.E. and DeMarais, R. "Product Characteristics: A Basis for Integrating Functional Strategies." Proceedings, 1996 National Decision Sciences Institute, Orlando, FL.  November, 1996.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Roach, David. "Obstacles To Computer Integrated Manufacturing Success: A Study of Practitioner Perceptions." Proceedings, 1995 National Decision Sciences Institute, Boston, MA. November 20-22, 1995, pp. 1188-1190.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Roach, David. "A Study of Practitioner Perspectives on the Keys to Successful CIM Planning." Presented at the 1995 Academy of Management meeting, August 6-9, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Carr, Houston H. "Computer Integrated Manufacturing: What does it mean Today." Proceedings, 1993 National DSI, Washington, D.C. November, 1993, pp. 1633-1635.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Gibson, Michael L. "I-Case and Information Systems Quality." Proceedings, 1990 National DSI, San Diego, November, 1990, pp. 1033-1035.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Jones, Royce.  "The Year 2000 and Accounting Systems." Proceedings, Southwest Decision Sciences Institute, Houston, TX, March 10-13, 1999, pp. 1-3.

Roach, David and McGaughey, Ronald E. "Top Management’s Role in Implementing Large Scale Technological Change." Proceedings, Southwest Decision Sciences Institute, New Orleans, LA, March 11-15, 1997, p. 163.

Roach, David and McGaughey, Ronald E. "Top Management’s Role in the Implementation of CIM." 1995 Proceedings, Southern Management Association, pp. 297-300.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Snyder, Charles A. "The Human Factor and Computer Integrated Manufacturing: The Real Obstacle to Success." Proceedings, Southern Management Information Systems Association. First Annual Conference, Oct. 27-29, 1994, Long Beach, Mississippi.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Roberts, Thomas. "Integrating Telecommunications into the Sprague DSS Framework." Proceedings, Southeast DSI Conference, February, 1992.

McGaughey, Ronald E. and Gibson, Michael L. "Promoting a Need-Driven Orientation in Developing Strategic Information Systems Using Information Engineering." Proceedings, Southwest DSI, February, 1990, pp. 143-145.

Dudley, Steven and McGaughey, Ronald E. "An Interdisciplinary Project of Business Administration and Computer Science." Proceedings, National ACM Conference, 1986, p. 519.

Research Under Review:

 

 Research in Progress:

MIS vs. Computer Science:  What Influences Student Choice of Major? with J. Downey and Dave Roach

Business Student Choice of Major:  What influences choice?  With J. Downey and Dave Roach

Women in IT: Why the Gender Gap? with J. Downey and Dave Roach