Steven Gordon

Steven Gordan is an associate professor of information systems and technology at Babson College, USA. He is a co-author of the textbook Information Systems: A Management Approach. Dr. Gordon’s research and consulting interests focus on two areas: organizational structure for the delivery of information technology services and e-commerce in the financial service industry. His research appears in the Communications of the ACM, Information & Management, Journal of Global Information Management, Information Systems Management, the International Journal of Service Industry Management, and other academic journals. He is a global associate editor of the Journal of Information Technology Cases and Applications and serves on the editorial review board for the Journal of End User Computing.

Publications

The Intersection of Cybercrime and the Blockchain
Vishnu Venkatesh, Steven Gordon. © 2021. 24 pages.
The immutability of blockchains and the transparency of their transaction records would appear to limit the benefit of exploiting them for criminal activity. However, blockchains...
Online Communities as Agents of Change and Social Movements
Steven Gordon. © 2017. 338 pages.
The growing presence of social media and computer use has caused significant changes to community engagement. With the ubiquity of these technologies, there is increasing...
The Role of Case-Based Research in Information Technology and Systems
Roger Blake, Steven Gordon, G. Shankaranarayanan. © 2013. 21 pages.
Increasingly, academic research in Information Technologies and Systems (ITS) is emphasizing the application of research models and theories to practice. In this chapter, the...
International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour. Est. 2010.
The International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) provides a critical forum that discusses the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as it applies to global...
How Corporate Portals Support Innovation
Steven Gordon, Monideepa Tarafdar. © 2007. 5 pages.
The ability of a company to be innovative depends on many factors, such as a culture amenable to risk taking (Kontoghiorghes, Awbre, & Feurig, 2005), a managerial attitude...
Computing Information Technology: The Human Side
Steven Gordon. © 2003. 300 pages.
IT influence is being felt throughout modern organizations, from the senior management level to various clerical and support group levels. As IT has grown in sophistication along...
Strategic Models for the Delivery of Personal Financial Services: The Role of Infocracy
Steven Gordon, Paul Mulligan. © 2003. 13 pages.
The growth of the Internet and the rapidly evolving regulatory climate in the United States and abroad have radically altered the environment of the financial service industry....
Standardization of Information Systems and Technology at Multinational Companies
Steven Gordon. © 1993. 11 pages.
The purpose of this research is to explore how international companies adopt and enforce standards in information systems and technology. Standardization of hardware, software...