James Pick

James B. Pick is Professor in the School of Business at University of Redlands. He is former Chair of the Business School Faculty Assembly and Department Chair of Management and Business. He holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and Ph.D. from University of California, Irvine. He is the author of eight books and 110 scientific papers and book chapters in the research areas of management information systems, geographic information systems, environmental systems, population, and urban studies. He has received faculty distinguished teaching and research awards from the University of Redlands, Senior Fulbright scholar award for Mexico, and the Thunderbird Award from the Business Association for Latin American Studies.

Publications

Synthesizing the Research Advances in Electronic Collaboration: Theoretical Frameworks
Synthesizing the Research Advances in Electronic Collaboration: Theoretical Frameworks
James B. Pick, Nicholas C. Romano, Narcyz Roztocki. © 2011. 12 pages.
This article has the objectives to discuss the background for the two special issues of International Journal of e-Collaboration on electronic collaboration in organizations...
Synthesizing the Research Advances in Electronic Collaboration: Theoretical Frameworks
Synthesizing the Research Advances in Electronic Collaboration: Theoretical Frameworks
James B. Pick, Nicholas C. Romano Jr., Narcyz Roztocki. © 2009. 12 pages.
This article has the objectives to discuss the background for the two special issues of International Journal of e-Collaboration on electronic collaboration in organizations...
Socio Economic Influence on Information Technology: The Case of California
Socio Economic Influence on Information Technology: The Case of California
Rasool Azari, James Pick. © 2008. 17 pages.
This chapter examines the influence of socio-economic factors on the employment, payroll, and number of enterprises of three technology sectors for counties in California. Based...
Geographic Information Systems in Business
Geographic Information Systems in Business
James Pick. © 2005. 414 pages.
This book contains state-of-the-art research studies on the concepts, theory, processes, and real world applications of geographical information systems (GIS) in business. Its...
Costs and Benefits of GIS in Business
Costs and Benefits of GIS in Business
James Pick. © 2005. 24 pages.
This chapter examines the costs and benefits of geographic information systems (GIS). It focuses on the research questions of what components to include in GIS cost-benefit (C-B)...
Corporate Adoption of Mobile Cell Phone: Business Opportunities for 3G and Beyond
Corporate Adoption of Mobile Cell Phone: Business Opportunities for 3G and Beyond
G.K. Roberts, James B. Pick. © 2005. 27 pages.
This chapter identifies the technology and non-technology factors that companies consider important in deciding to adopt and deploy wireless devices designed for mobile telephony...
Socio-economic Influence on Information Technology: The Case of California
Socio-economic Influence on Information Technology: The Case of California
Rasool Azari, James Pick. © 2004. 25 pages.
This chapter examines the influence of socio-economic factors on the employment, payroll, and number of enterprises of three technology sectors for counties in California. Based...
Information Technology Spending Association with Organizational Productivity and Performance: A Study of the Mexican Banking Industry, 1982-1992
Information Technology Spending Association with Organizational Productivity and Performance: A Study of the Mexican Banking Industry, 1982-1992
Carlos J. Navarrete, James B. Pick. © 2003. 36 pages.
This chapter examines the relationship between IT expenditure and bank profitability, efficiency, productivity, and performance for Mexican banks. The principal research method...
Information Technology Spending and the Value of the Firm: The Case of Mexican Banks
Information Technology Spending and the Value of the Firm: The Case of Mexican Banks
Carlos J. Navarrete, James B. Pick. © 2003. 20 pages.
This paper analyzes the relationship between IT expenditure and the monetary value of organizations. Based on the case of the Mexican banking industry from 1982–1992, the paper’s...
The Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on Technological Change: The Case of High-Tech States in the U.S.
The Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on Technological Change: The Case of High-Tech States in the U.S.
Rasool Azari, James Pick. © 2003. 27 pages.
This paper examines the technological level of 74 counties in technologically advanced states in the United States at the end of the 1990s. The conceptual framework is that...
Success Factors for Industry-University Collaboration Through IS Industry Boards: A University Case in a Developing Country
Success Factors for Industry-University Collaboration Through IS Industry Boards: A University Case in a Developing Country
Carlos Navarrete, James Pick. © 2002. 16 pages.
This chapter examines the success factors for industry-university collaboration through IS industry boards. Based on an in-depth case of industry-academic collaboration in...
Work Ethic Differences Between Traditional and Telework Employees
Work Ethic Differences Between Traditional and Telework Employees
Ruth A. Guthrie, James B. Pick. © 1998. 9 pages.
Over the past five years, reports on the gains associated with telework have been remarkable (Murphy, 1996; Hesse, et. al., 1991). Productivity can be increased by 30%, workers...