Guisseppi A. Forgionne

Guisseppi A. Forgionne is a professor of Information Systems at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County (UMBC). He holds a BS degree in commerce and finance from Wilkes University, a MBA from the University of Scranton, and a MA and PhD in economics from the University of California (Riverside, USA). Forgionne has also been a fulbright professor in marketing science at Helsinksi School of Economics and Business (Helsinki, Finland). He has published twenty-six books and approximately 200 research articles, consulted for a variety of public and private organizations, and received several national and international awards for his work.

Publications

A Conceptual Model for Knowledge Marts for Decision Making Support Systems
A Conceptual Model for Knowledge Marts for Decision Making Support Systems
Hayden Wimmer, Guisseppi Forgionne, Roy Rada, Victoria Yoon. © 2012. 15 pages.
This paper provides an integrated and comprehensive conceptual framework for knowledge based decision making support systems. Previous research has focused primarily on general...
Evaluation of Decision-Making Support Systems
Evaluation of Decision-Making Support Systems
Gloria E Phillips-Wren, Manuel Mora, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2010. 10 pages.
Decision support systems (DSSs) have been researched extensively over the years with the purpose of aiding the decision maker (DM) in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing...
EBBSC: A Balanced Scorecard-Based Framework for Strategic E-Business Management
EBBSC: A Balanced Scorecard-Based Framework for Strategic E-Business Management
Fen Wang, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2010. 23 pages.
E-business is far more about strategy than technology, and the strategy of e-business is very important in today’s dynamic and competitive environment. In this article, we...
Decision Support-Related Resource Presence and Availability Awareness for DSS in Pervasive Computing Environments
Decision Support-Related Resource Presence and Availability Awareness for DSS in Pervasive Computing Environments
Stephen Russell, Guisseppi Forgionne, Victoria Yoon. © 2010. 21 pages.
Over the last 10 years, pervasive computing environments and mobile networks have become extremely popular. Despite the many end user benefits of pervasive computing, the...
Integrating the Fragmented Pieces of IS Research Paradigms and Frameworks: A Systems Approach
Integrating the Fragmented Pieces of IS Research Paradigms and Frameworks: A Systems Approach
Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Guisseppi Forgionne, Doncho Petkov, Jeimy Cano. © 2010. 22 pages.
A formal conceptualization of the original concept of system and related concepts—from the original systems approach movement—can facilitate the understanding of information...
The Implementation of Large-Scale Decision-Making Support Systems: Problems, Findings, and Challenges
The Implementation of Large-Scale Decision-Making Support Systems: Problems, Findings, and Challenges
Manual Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Guisseppi Forgionne, Francisco Cervantes. © 2010. 13 pages.
This article reviews the literature-based issues involved in implementing large-scale decision-making support systems (DMSSs). Unlike previous studies, this review studies...
Effective DMSS Guidance for Financial Investing
Effective DMSS Guidance for Financial Investing
Guisseppi Forgionne, Roy Rada. © 2009. 14 pages.
Investment decisions have a significant impact on individuals, groups, organizations, the economy, and society. As a result, many formal methodologies and information systems...
Decision Support-Related Resource Presence and Availability Awareness for DSS in Pervasive Computing Environments
Decision Support-Related Resource Presence and Availability Awareness for DSS in Pervasive Computing Environments
Stephen Russell, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2009. 20 pages.
Over the last 10 years, pervasive computing environments and mobile networks have become extremely popular. Despite the many end user benefits of pervasive computing, the...
Integrating the Fragmented Pieces of IS Research Paradigms and Frameworks: A Systems Approach
Integrating the Fragmented Pieces of IS Research Paradigms and Frameworks: A Systems Approach
Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Guisseppi Forgionne, Doncho Petkov, Jeimy Cano. © 2009. 22 pages.
A formal conceptualization of the original concept of system and related concepts—from the original systems approach movement—can facilitate the understanding of information...
BSC-Based Framework for E-Business Strategy
BSC-Based Framework for E-Business Strategy
Fen Wang, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2009. 11 pages.
E-business is far more about strategy than technology (Raisinghani & Schkade, 2001). An effective e-business strategy is concerned with e-business multidimensional...
Econometric Simulation for E-Business Strategy Evaluation
Econometric Simulation for E-Business Strategy Evaluation
Lidan Ha, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2009. 16 pages.
Effective and efficient e-business strategy development is crucial to achieve a competitive advantage in the electronic marketplace. However, e-business strategy evaluation...
EBBSC: A Balanced Scorecard-Based Framework for Strategic E-Business Management
EBBSC: A Balanced Scorecard-Based Framework for Strategic E-Business Management
Fen Wang, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2009. 24 pages.
E-business is far more about strategy than technology, and the strategy of e-business is very important in today’s dynamic and competitive environment. In this article, we...
Decision-Making Support Systems
Decision-Making Support Systems
Guisseppi Forgionne, Manuel Mora, Jatinder N.D. Gupta, Ovsei Gelman. © 2009. 7 pages.
Decision-making support systems (DMSS) are computerbased information systems designed to support some or all phases of the decision-making process (Forgionne, Mora, Cervantes, &...
A Formal Definition of Information Systems
A Formal Definition of Information Systems
Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Francisco Cervantes, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2009. 9 pages.
Since its conceptualization in the 1960s (Adam & Fitzgerald, 2000), information systems (IS) has undertaken a hard effort to be recognized as a scientific discipline. Nowadays...
Web-Based Customer Loyalty Efforts and Effects on E-Business Strategy
Web-Based Customer Loyalty Efforts and Effects on E-Business Strategy
Guisseppi Forgionne, Supawadee Ingsriswang. © 2009. 6 pages.
Despite continued market growth, a number of Web sites have been unprofitable. Some notable failures were eToys. com, boo.com, bluefly.com, buy.com, and valueamerica. com. An...
EBBSC: A Balanced Scorecard-Based Framework for Strategic E-Business Management
EBBSC: A Balanced Scorecard-Based Framework for Strategic E-Business Management
Fen Wang, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2009. 23 pages.
E-business is far more about strategy than technology, and the strategy of e-business is very important in today’s dynamic and competitive environment. In this article, we...
Updated Architectures for the Integration of Decision Making Support Functionalities
Updated Architectures for the Integration of Decision Making Support Functionalities
Guisseppi A. Forgionne. © 2009. 6 pages.
Information systems research continues to examine ways to improve support for decision making. The evolution from simple data access and reporting to complex analytical...
Toward an Interdisciplinary Engineering and Management of Complex IT-Intensive Organizational Systems: A Systems View
Toward an Interdisciplinary Engineering and Management of Complex IT-Intensive Organizational Systems: A Systems View
Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Moti Frank, David B. Paradice, Francisco Cervantes, Guisseppi A. Forgionne. © 2008. 24 pages.
An accelerated scientific, engineering, and industrial progress in information technologies has fostered the deployment of Complex Information Technology (highly dependent)...
BSC-Based Framework for E-Business Strategy
BSC-Based Framework for E-Business Strategy
Fen Wang, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2008. 12 pages.
E-business is far more about strategy than technology (Raisinghani & Schkade, 2001). An effective e-business strategy is concerned with e-business multidimensional...
Evaluation of Decision-Making Support Systems
Evaluation of Decision-Making Support Systems
Gloria E. Phillips-Wren, Manuel Mora, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2008. 9 pages.
Decision support systems (DSSs) have been researched extensively over the years with the purpose of aiding the decision maker (DM) in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing...
The Implementation of Large-Scale Decision-Making Support Systems: Problems, Findings, and Challenges
The Implementation of Large-Scale Decision-Making Support Systems: Problems, Findings, and Challenges
Manual Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Guisseppi Forgionne, Francisco Cervantes. © 2008. 11 pages.
This article reviews the literature-based issues involved in implementing large-scale decision-making support systems (DMSSs). Unlike previous studies, this review studies...
On Frameworks and Architectures for Intelligent Decision-Making Support Systems
On Frameworks and Architectures for Intelligent Decision-Making Support Systems
Manual Mora, Francisco Cervantes, Guisseppi Forgionne, Ovsei Gelman. © 2008. 11 pages.
Making organizational decisions is a critical and central activity to successful operations of profit and nonprofit-based organizations (Huber, 1990; Simon, 1997). Organizational...
Integrating the Fragmented Pieces of IS research Paradigms and Frameworks: A systems Approach
Integrating the Fragmented Pieces of IS research Paradigms and Frameworks: A systems Approach
Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Guisseppi Forgionne, Doncho Petkov, Jeimy Cano. © 2007. 22 pages.
A formal conceptualization of the original concept of system and related concepts—from the original systems approach movement—can facilitate the understanding of information...
EBBSC: A Balanced Scorecard-Based Framework for Strategic E-Business Management
EBBSC: A Balanced Scorecard-Based Framework for Strategic E-Business Management
Fen Wang, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2007. 23 pages.
E-business is far more about strategy than technology, and the strategy of e-business is very important in today’s dynamic and competitive environment. In this article, we...
Econometric Simulation for E-Business Strategy Evaluation
Econometric Simulation for E-Business Strategy Evaluation
Lidan Ha, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2006. 16 pages.
Effective and efficient e-business strategy development is crucial to achieve a competitive advantage in the electronic marketplace. However, e-business strategy evaluation...
Better Army Housing Management Through Information Technology
Better Army Housing Management Through Information Technology
Guisseppi A. Forgionne. © 2006. 13 pages.
The Department of the Army must provide its personnel with acceptable housing at minimum cost within the vicinity of military installations. To achieve these housing objectives...
Decision-Making Support Systems
Decision-Making Support Systems
Guisseppi Forgionne, Manuel Mora, Jatinder N.D. Gupta, Ovsei Gelman. © 2005. 7 pages.
Decision-making support systems (DMSS) are specialized computer-based information systems designed to support some, several or all phases of the decision-making process...
Functional Integration of Decision Making Support
Functional Integration of Decision Making Support
Guisseppi A. Forgionne. © 2005. 7 pages.
Because of the importance to individual, group, and organizational success, information systems research has examined ways to improve support for decision making for the last...
Information Systems and Systems Theory
Information Systems and Systems Theory
Ovsei Gelman, Manuel Mora, Guisseppi Forgionne, Francisco Cervantes. © 2005. 6 pages.
The information systems (IS) field has been recognized as a scientific discipline since the 80’s, as indicated by: (i) the existence of an intellectual community related with...
Stickiness and Web-Based Customer Loyalty
Stickiness and Web-Based Customer Loyalty
Guisseppi Forgionne, Supawadee Ingsriswang. © 2005. 6 pages.
Between 1997-2003, Internet hosts grew from 16 million to over 233 million worldwide (www.isc.org, 2004). Of all Internet hosts, the number of commercial domain names (.com) is...
Decision-Making Support Systems: Achievements and Challenges for the New Decade
Decision-Making Support Systems: Achievements and Challenges for the New Decade
Manuel Mora, Guisseppi A. Forgionne, Jatinder N. D. Gupta. © 2003. 438 pages.
The book presents state of the art knowledge about Decision-Making Support Systems (DMSS). Its main goals are to help diffuse knowledge about effective methods and strategies for...
An Architecture for the Integration of Decision Making Support Functionalities
An Architecture for the Integration of Decision Making Support Functionalities
Guisseppi A. Forgionne. © 2003. 19 pages.
Various information systems have evolved to support the decision making process. There are decision support systems (DSS), executive information systems (EIS), artificially...
DMSS Implementation Research: A Conceptual Analysis of the Contributions and Limitations of the Factor-Based and Stage-Based Streams
DMSS Implementation Research: A Conceptual Analysis of the Contributions and Limitations of the Factor-Based and Stage-Based Streams
Manuel Mora, Francisco Cervantes-Perez, Ovsei Gelman-Muravchik, Guisseppi A. Forgionne, Marcelo Mejia-Olvera. © 2003. 26 pages.
The implementation process of Decision-Making Support Systems (DMSS) is a highly complex process. Frequent implementation failures have caused the number of DMSS installed and...
Decision Making Support Systems: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities
Decision Making Support Systems: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities
Guisseppi A. Forgionne, Jatinder N.D. Gupta, Manuel Mora. © 2003. 12 pages.
Previous chapters have described the state of the art in decision making support systems (DMSS). This chapter synthesizes the views of leading scientists concerning the...
Stickiness: Implications for Web-Based Customer Loyalty Efforts
Stickiness: Implications for Web-Based Customer Loyalty Efforts
Supawadee Ingsriswang, Guisseppi Forgionne. © 2002. 11 pages.
The past few years have borne witness to a revolution in business with acceleration in the use of the World Wide Web to support or, in many cases, supplant traditional modes of...
An Intelligent Data Mining System to Detect Healthcare Fraud
An Intelligent Data Mining System to Detect Healthcare Fraud
Guisseppi A. Forgionne, Aryya Gangopadhyay, Monica Adya. © 2000. 20 pages.
There are various forms of fraud in the health care industry. This fraud has a substantial financial impact on the cost of providing healthcare. Money wasted on fraud will be...
Leveraging Objects for Privatizing Military Housing through Information Technology
Leveraging Objects for Privatizing Military Housing through Information Technology
Guisseppi A. Forgionne. © 1999. 10 pages.
The armed services must provide its personnel with acceptable housing at minimum cost within the vicinity of military installations. To achieve these housing objectives, the...
Leveraging Objects for Privatizing Military Housing through Information Technology
Leveraging Objects for Privatizing Military Housing through Information Technology
Guisseppi A. Forgionne. © 1999. 10 pages.
The armed services must provide its personnel with acceptable housing at minimum cost within the vicinity of military installations. To achieve these housing objectives, the...
Better Army Housing Management through Information Technology
Better Army Housing Management through Information Technology
Guisseppi A. Forgionne. © 1997. 13 pages.
The Department of the Army must provide its personnel with acceptable housing at minimum cost within the vicinity of military installations. To achieve these housing objectives...