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Ali Reza Montazemi

Dr. Ali Reza Montazemi is Professor of Information Systems at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. He has served on the editorial boards of Journals such as European Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of Electronic Government Research, Journal of Information Systems and Telecommunication, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, and several international conferences such as Americas Conference on Information Systems. Professor Montazemi specializes in the design and development of information systems in support of business process effectiveness and efficiency. His research and consulting include IT Governance, Self-Service Technologies, business process design through information technology, and change management. His research include use of information technologies by SMES. He has published over 100 scientific papers, one textbook, three monographs, and three software packages. His publications have appeared in prestigious journals and conferences such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Journal of Management Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, Decision Support Systems, IEE Transactions on Man, Systems and Cybernetics, and International Conference on Information Systems. Professor Montazemi has a diverse corporate teaching experience, industrial research and consulting in Canada, U.S.A., South-East Asia, Europe, and Middle East.

Publications

Online Review Helpfulness: A Literature Review

Online platforms, such as Yelp and TripAdvisor, have facilitated ubiquitous and convenient access to a large number of online reviews about almost any product/service. Hence, it...

Cognitive Mapping in Support of Intelligent Information Systems

This chapter provides a review of the recent applications and trends on cognitive mapping techniques in support of the design and development of intelligent information systems....

Cognitive Mapping in Support of Intelligent Information Systems

This article provides a review of the recent applications and trends on cognitive mapping techniques in support of the design and development of intelligent information systems....

Application of Cognitive Map in Knowledge Management

State of IS Integration in the Context of Patient-Centered Care: A Network Analysis and Research Directions

For more than a decade, healthcare reform has emphasized coordinated “patient-centered care”. To that end, policymakers have invested in integration of healthcare providers’...

State of IS Integration in the Context of Patient-Centered Care: A Network Analysis and Research Directions

For more than a decade, healthcare reform has emphasized coordinated “patient-centered care”. To that end, policymakers have invested in integration of healthcare providers’...

Application of Cognitive Map in Knowledge Management

to capture perceived relationships of attributes related to ill-structured decision problems that decision makers have to face. This article provides an overview of the...