Rahul C. Basole

Tennenbaum Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
760 Spring Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0210
+1.404.385.6269 (office)
+1.404.385.6127 (fax)
+1.650.799.4750 (mobile)

 

PRIMARY TEACHING/RESEARCH INTEREST

1. Technology and Innovation


SPECIFIC RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. IT Strategy
2. Technology and Innovation
3. Complex Value Networks
4. Enterprise Mobility


SPECIFIC TEACHING INTERESTS

1. Information and Technology Management
2. Networks and Enterprises
3. E-Business / M-Business


EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Industrial and Systems Engineering - Operations and Information Management), August 2006
Georgia Institute of Technology

Dissertation Title: Modeling and Analysis of Complex Technology Adoption Decisions: An Investigation in the Domain of Mobile ICT
  Abstract

Graduate Research (Management Science and Engineering), September 2000
Stanford University

Master of Science (Industrial and Operations Engineering), May 2000
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Bachelor of Science (Industrial and Systems Engineering), December 1998
Virginia Tech


WORK EXPERIENCE

Academic Appointments

2006- Research Scientist II, Tennenbaum Institute, Georgia Tech
2004-2006 Graduate Research Assistant, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech
2002-2003 Lecturer, College of Management, Georgia Tech

Professional Appointments

2001-2006

CEO and Founder, mobileAnalytics, Mountain View, CA

2000-2001 Director of Research and Development, MShift, San Jose, CA
1999 Consultant, CGI-AMS, Fair Lakes, VA
1998 Operations Research Analyst, United Parcel Service, Laurel, MD


COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate

MGT 2200 Information Technology Management, Lecturer, 4 Semesters
College of Management, Georgia Tech

Graduate (1:MS, 2:MBA, 3:PHD)

ISyE 6223 1,3 Decision Theory and Decision Support Systems, Guest Lecturer, 2 Semesters, Georgia Tech
MGT 8803 1,2,3

Complex Networks and Organizations, Lecturer, 1 Semester, Georgia Tech
Cross-Listed in College of Computing (CS 8803) and College of Engineering (ISyE 8803)


JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

A1. Basole, R.C. and Rouse, W.B. (2008) "Complexity of Service Value Networks: Conceptualization and Empirical Investigation," IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 47, Issue 1, pp. 53-70.
A2. Basole, R.C. (2008) "Enterprise Mobility: Researching a New Paradigm," Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Systems Management, Vol. 7, Issue 1-2, pp. 1-8.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

B1. Basole, R.C. (ed.) (2008) Enterprise Mobility: Applications, Technology, and Strategies, IOS Press, Netherlands.
B2. Basole, R.C. and Rouse, W.B. (2007). Towards the Mobile Enterprise: Readiness and Transformation, in D. Taniar (ed.), Encyclopedia of Mobile Computing and Commerce, IDEA Group Publishing, Hershey, PA.
B3. Basole, R.C. and DeMillo, R.A. (2006) Enterprise IT and Transformation, in W.B. Rouse (ed.), Enterprise Transformation: Understanding and Enabling Fundamental Change, John Wiley, New York.


CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

C1. Basole, R.C. and Allee, V. (2008) Visualizing Innovation Networks, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
C2. Basole, R.C. (2008) Visualization of Complex Value Chain Networks, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Baltimore, MD.
C3. Basole, R.C. (2008). Visualization of Interfirm Relations in a Converging Mobile Ecosystem. Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB) , Barcelona, Spain.
C4. Bodner, D., Basole, R.C., Rouse, W.B., and Kirkland, K. (2008) Health Advisor: Using Game-Based Methods to Study and Improve Healthcare Delivery, IIE Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC) , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
C5. Basole, R.C. (2008). Enterprise Adoption of ICT Innovations: Multi-Disciplinary Literature Analysis and Future Research Opportunities. Proceedings of the 41st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Big Island, HI.
C6. Basole, R.C. (2007). Strategic Adoption of Enterprise Mobility Solutions. Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) , Phoenix, AZ.
C7. Basole, R.C. (2007). Strategic Planning for Enterprise Mobility: A Readiness-Centric Approach. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Americas Conference in Information Systems (AMCIS) , Keystone, CO. Awarded Honorable Mention for Best Research Paper, Best Paper in Design Science Track, Best Paper in Mobile Business Mini-Track.
C8. Basole, R.C. (2007). The Emergence of the Mobile Enterprise. Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB) , Toronto, Canada.
C9. Basole, R.C. (2006). Enterprise Readiness for Mobile ICT: A Web-Based Assessment Tool. Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) , San Antonio, TX.
C10. Basole, R.C. (2005). Mobilizing the Enterprise: A Conceptual Model of Transformational Value and Enterprise Readiness. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Management Conference (ASEM) , Virginia Beach, VA, pp. 364-372. Awarded Best Paper, ASEM 2005.
C11. Basole, R.C. (2005). A Decision Tool for Complex Mobile ICT Adoption Decisions using a Fuzzy Logic Expert Systems Approach. Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) , San Francisco, CA.
C12. Basole, R.C. (2005). Decision-Analytic Approach to Determining Mobile Enterprise Readiness. INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
C13. Basole, R.C. (2005). Transforming Enterprises through Mobile Applications: A Multi-Phase Framework. Proceedings of the Eleventh Americas Conference in Information Systems (AMCIS) , Omaha, NE, p. 1935-1939.
C14. Chao, R.O. and Basole, R.C. (2004). The Design, Use, and Performance of Location-Based Mobile Decision Support Systems. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
C15. Basole, R.C. and R.O. Chao (2004). Location-Based Mobile Decision Support Systems and their Effect on User Performance. Proceedings of the Tenth Americas Conference in Information Systems (AMCIS) , New York, NY, p. 2870-2874.
C16. Basole, R.C. (2004). The Value and Impact of Mobile Information and Communication Technologies. Proceedings of the 2004 IFAC Symposium, Atlanta, GA.
C17.

Basole, R.C. (2003). Optimal Capacity Expansion of Next-Generation Wireless Base Station Subsystems. Proceedings of the Eighth INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST 2003), Atlanta, GA.


JOURNAL PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

D1. Basole, R.C. and Rouse, W.B.  "Enterprise Readiness for IT Innovation Adoption: A Study of Mobile Computing"
to be submitted to Information Systems Research (ISR)
D2. Basole, R.C. and Rouse, W.B. "IT Innovation Adoption by Enterprises: Classification and Analysis"
to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
D3. Basole, R.C. and Rouse, W.B.  "Transforming the Enterprise via Mobile Computing"
to be submitted to the Communications of the ACM (CACM)


INVITED TALKS

T1. VN Consortium, "Value Network Complexity", Chicago Graduate School of Business (GSB), Chicago, IL, June 2008
T2. Go2Broadband CableLabs Spring Summit, "Perspectives on Convergence, Quad-Play & Mobility", Denver, CO, March 2007


MEDIA MENTIONS

M1. CIO.com, Gauging Enterprise Mobility Readiness, July 12, 2007
M2. Open Value Networks, Complexity of Service Value Networks, January 2008


SPECIAL AWARDS AND HONORS

Participant, MIS Quarterly Executive Workshop at AMCIS 2008
First Honorable Mention for Best Research Paper, AMCIS 2007
Best Paper, Design Science Track, AMCIS 2007
Best Paper, Mobile Business Minitrack, AMCIS 2007
Best Paper, American Society for Engineering Management, 2005
Tennenbaum Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004-2006
Accepted to the DSI Doctoral Consortium, November 2005
Accepted to the ASEM Doctoral Consortium, October 2005
College of Management, Research Assistantship, Georgia Tech, 2002-2004
NCAA All-Academic Athletic Scholarship (Tennis), Virginia Tech, 1996-1998
NCAA All-Conference (Tennis), Atlantic 10, 1997-1998


SERVICE

Track Chair, Mobile Enterprise and Workforce Support, International Conference on Mobile Business (2007)
Session Chair, IT Strategy in Organizations, Annual Meeting of the DSI (2006)
Session Chair, Information Technology Track, Annual Meeting of the DSI (2005)
Reviewer, Journal of Information Knowledge and System Management (2004-present)
Reviewer, AMCIS (2004-present)
Reviewer, Mobile Business Conference (2005-present)
Reviewer, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (2005-present)
Reviewer, Electronic Markets (2005)
Reviewer, American Society of Engineering Management (2005)
Reviewer, INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (2003)
Reviewer, International Federation of Automated Control (2004)


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member, Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Member, Decision Sciences Institute (DSI)
Member, Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)

 


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