Cosponsored by JASMIN SIG ISRM

Design Oriented Research versus Descriptive Research in Information Systems

Presenter: Dr. Marco De Marco

Time: 18:00-20:00, December 1, 2011

Venue: Room 708, Campus Innovation Center, Tokyo

Co-sponsor

• • JASMIN SIG ISRM (SIG Information Systems Research Methods of Japan Society for Management Information)

  • Japan Association for Information Systems (JPAIS)

Profile of the Presenter

Dr. Marco D Marco is a full professor of Organization and Information Systems at the Università Cattolica in Milan. Before embarking upon his academic career he worked in the aerospace (Boeing) and computer (IBM,GE and Honeywell) industries as a research engineer and product planning manager. He is author of 4 books and numerous essays and articles, he has written mainly on the development of information systems and the impacts of technology on organizations. Marco De Marco has worked as a consultant for a wide range of important public institutions such as the Venice city council, the Rome city council, the Lombardy regional government, the hospital administration authority, the Ministry of Justice as well as the Italian parliament. He has also acted as a consultant for the major Italian bank employees trade unions and is currently a member of the editorial board of their journal. He is also a member of the editorial board of a wide range of academic journals such as the Journal of Information Systems, the Journal of Digital Accounting Research, Banking and Information Technology, Information Systems and e-Business Management Business Management and Quaderni di Management. Marco De Marco is President of the Italian Association for Information Systems (ITAIS), the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems. Marco sits in the Council of the Association for Information Systems as representative of Europe, Africa, Middle East. He is director of the book series Informatica e Organizzazioni published by Franco Angeli. He has worked on several European projects and served as conference officer at ECIS and he is conference chair at ECIS2009 in Verona.

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