Research Activities

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Research in Progress

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Research Grants

  • National Science Foundation, $498,560, Nov. 2005-Oct. 2008. Scholl, H. J. (PI), Fidel, R. (Co-PI), & Mai, J-E. (Co-PI). Fully Mobile City Government: Premises, Requirements, and Effects of Fully Mobile Wirelessly Connected Applications on Information Load, Information Use, Work Organization, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Transformation in City Government Operations. Funded as of 11/01/2005, Award # IIS-0535088.

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Unfunded Grant Proposals

  • Fisher, K. E., Crandall, M., & Scholl, H. J. (2005). E-Government: Serving and educating the information poor through public libraries and public access computing centers. Institute of Museum and Library Services; @1,300,000) submitted July 2005, not funded
  • Scholl, H. J. (2005). The mobility paradigm in government. IBM Center for The Business of Government; $15,000, submitted April 2005, not funded
  • Fidel, R., Ivory-Ndiaye, M., Mai, J.E., Hamilton, G.G., Scholl, H.J. (2004), Local Government Information for Citizens and Employees (LOGICE): A Work-Centered Evaluation and Design of a System for Information Created by City Government. National Science Foundation; $1,044,292.00, submitted March 2004, not funded
  • Scholl, H. J., Phelan, S. E., Hamilton, G.G.(2005). Long-term Firm Performance and Survival; National Science Foundation; $1,297.968.00; submitted March 2004, not funded
  • Roy, J. (2004), Public Electronic Infrastructure in a Shared Governance Environment: An Interdisciplinary Research Program and International Knowledge Alliance; Infrastructure Canada; CDN$ 435,000.00; submitted December 2004, not funded
  • Scholl, H.J. (2004), Business Process Change and Electronic Government. IBM Center for The Business of Government. $15,000; re-submitted November 2004, not funded
  • Coker, F. E., & Scholl, H.J. (2004), CIOs Perspective on IT Workforce Directions; RATEC, Bellevue, WA (in connection with the Society for Information Management); $50,000; submitted January 2004, not funded
  • Scholl, H.J. (2003), Business Process Change and Electronic Government; IBM Center for The Business of Government; $15,000; submitted November 2003; not funded

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Research-related Certifications

  • Certificate of renewing/completing the Cooperative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) course on the protection of human research subjects, fall 2004
  • Certificate of completing the Cooperative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) course on the protection of human research subjects, spring 2002

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Selected Papers by Research Area

Organizational Sustainability and Knowledge Management

  • Scholl, H. J. (2002). Firm survival: A theory integration study [microform]. Albany: State University of New York at Albany. Doctoral Program in Information Science. Doctoral Program in Information Science, Albany, 2002.
  • Scholl, H. J. (2002). Dynamics in the development of the firm's dynamic capabilities, Third European Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning, and Capabilities (OKLC 2002) (Vol. 13-5, pp. 1-27): ALBA.
  • Scholl, H. J. (2000). The quest for novel explanations in organizational sciences, InterJournal Complex Systems (Vol. 2000, pp. 1-14): New England Complex Systems Institute. Accepted Manuscript No. 350.
  • Scholl, H. J. (1999). Knowledge management and the vital organization. In R. Berndt (Ed.), Management Strategien 2000 (Vol. 6, pp. 133-158). Berlin: Springer.

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Computer Simulation, Modeling Nonlinear Dynamics, and Method Integration

  • Scholl, H. J., & Phelan, S. E. (2004). Using integrated top-down and bottom-up dynamic modeling for triangulation and interdisciplinary theory integration: The case of long-term firm performance and survival, 22nd International System Dynamics Conference (ISDC) (pp. 1-31). Oxford, UK: System Dynamics Society, Albany, NY.
  • Scholl, H. J. (2004). Action research and system dynamics: Can they benefit from each other? 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS37) (pp. 1-11). Waikoloa, Big Island, HI: IEEE. 
  • Scholl, H. J. (2004). Can SD models have greater relevance to practice when used within participatory action research designs? 22nd International System Dynamics Conference (ISDC) (pp. 1-31). Oxford, UK: System Dynamics Society, Albany, NY. 
  • Scholl, H. J. (2001). Agent-based versus systems dynamics modeling: A call for cross study and joint research, 34th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS34) (pp. 1-10). Wailea/Maui, HI: IEEE.
  • Scholl, H. J. (2001). Looking across the fence: Comparing findings from SD modeling efforts with those of other modeling techniques, 2001 Annual International Conference of the System Dynamics Society (pp. 1-16). Atlanta, GA.
  • Diker, V. G., & Scholl, H. J. (2001). The art of leveraging: How powerful nonlinear feedback processes can restructure rapidly growing technology and knowledge industries, 34th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 1-10). Maui, HI: IEEE.
  • Diker, V. G., & Scholl, H. J. (1999). David & Goliath: Responses to domination strategies in pc and server markets, International System Dynamics Conference (pp. 1-14). Wellington, New Zealand: System Dynamics Society.

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Management of ICT-enabled Change

  • Scholl, H. J. (2004). Involving salient stakeholders: Beyond the technocratic view on change. Action Research, 2(3), 281-308.
  • Pardo, T. A., & Scholl, H. J. (2002). Walking atop the cliffs:  Avoiding failure and reducing risk in large-scale e-government projects, 35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS35) (pp. 1-10). Waikoloa, Big Island, HI.
  • Bloniarz, P., Canestraro, D., Cook, M. E., LaVigne, M., Pardo, T. A., Scholl, H. J., et al. (2001). Insider's guide to using information in government. Albany, NY: Center for Technology in Government.
  • Scholl, H. J. (2001). Applying stakeholder theory to e-government: Benefits and limits. In B. Schmid, K. Stanoevska-Slabeva & V. Tschammer (Eds.), 1st IFIP Conference on E-Commerce, E-Business, and E-Government (I3E 2001) (pp. 735-747). Zurich, Switzerland: Kluwer.
  • Pardo, T. A., Scholl, H. J., Cook, M. E., Connelly, D. R., & Dawes, S. S. (2000). New York state central accounting system stakeholder needs analysis. Albany, NY: Center for Technology in Government. 

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Business Process Design in Government

  • Scholl, H. J. (2005). Motives, strategic approach, objectives & focal areas in e-Gov-induced change. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 1(1), 58-77.
  • Scholl, H. J. (2005). E-government-induced business process change (BPC): An empirical study of current practices. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 1(2), 25-47.
  • Scholl, H. J. (2004). Current practices in e-Government-induced business process change (BPC): An empirical study, 5th Annual National Conference on Digital Government Research: New Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 1-12). Seattle, WA: Digital Government Research Center.
  • Scholl, H. J. (2004). Electronic government: Scope and scale of process change. In R. Traunmüller (Ed.), Third international conference egov04 (3183 ed., pp. 355-362). Zaragoza, Spain: Springer-Verlag.
  • Scholl, H. J. (2004). The dimensions of business process change in electronic government. In W. Huang, K. Siau & K. K. Wei (Eds.), Electronic government strategies and implementation (pp. 44-67). Hershey PA.: Idea Group Pub. 
  • Scholl, H. J. (2003). E-Government: A special case of business process change, 36th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS36) (pp. 1-12). Waikoloa, HI: IEEE. 

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Strategic Sourcing Choices in Government

  • Scholl, H. J. (2006). Electronic government: Information management capacity, organizational capabilities, and the sourcing mix. Government Information Quarterly, 23(1), 73-96. 
  • Scholl, H. J., & Carlson, T. S. (2006). Sourcing decisions in electronic government and the knowledge transfer problem. In R. Traunmüller (Ed.), Knowledge transfer for eGovernment (Vol. 20, pp. 69-81). Linz/A: Trauner Verlag. 
  • Scholl, H. J. (2003). Electronic government: Make or buy? In R. Traunmüller (Ed.), Second international conference egov03 (2739 ed., pp. 220-227). Prague, Czech Republic: Springer-Verlag.

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Integration and Interoperability in Government

  • Klischewski, R., & Scholl, H. J. (2008). Information quality as the capstone of e-government integration, interoperation, and information sharing. Electronic Government, an International Journal, vol 5, Forthcoming.
  • Scholl, H. J., & Klischewski, R. (2007). E-Government integration and interoperability: Framing the research agenda. International Journal of Public Administration, 30(8), 889-928. 
  • Klischewski, R., & Scholl, H. J. (2006). Information quality as a common ground for key players in e-Government integration and interoperability. In R. Sprague (Ed.), 39th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS39) (pp. 1-10). Poipu/Kauai, HI: IEEE.
  • Scholl, H. J. (2005). Interoperability in e-Government: More than just smart middleware., 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS38) (pp. 125-135). Waikoloa, Big Island, HI: IEEE. 

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Mobile Computing and Field Force Automation in Government

  • Trentham, G., & Scholl, H. J. (2008, January 7 to 10). Current practices in field force automation: Decision support and information management for the field force. Proceedings of the 41st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, HI.
  • Fidel, R., Scholl, H. J., Liu, S., & Unsworth, K. (2007). Mobile government fieldwork: Technological, organizational, and social challenges, 8th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.O 2007) (pp. 131-139). Philadelphia, PA: Digital Government Research Center.
  • Scholl, H. J., Fidel, R., Liu, S., Paulsmeyer, M., & Unruh, K. (2007). E-Gov field force automation: Promises, challenges, and stakeholders. In M. Wimmer, H. J. Scholl & A. Groenlund (Eds.), Electronic government: Sixth international conference, egov 2007 (Vol. 4656, pp. 127-142). Regensburg/Germany: Springer Verlag.
  • Scholl, H. J., Liu, S., Fidel, R., & Unsworth, K. (2007, December 10 to 13). Choices and challenges in e-Government field force automation projects: Insights from case studies. Paper presented at the ICEGOV, Macao/China.
  • Scholl, H. J., Fidel, R., & Mai, J.-E. (2006). The fully mobile city government project (mcity), dgo.2006 The 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (pp. 131--132). San Diego, CA: Digital Government Reseach Center.
  • Scholl, H. J., Fidel, R., Mai, J.-E., & Unsworth, K. (2006). Seattle’s mobile city project. In I. Kushchu, C. Borucki & G. Fitzpatrick (Eds.), Proceedings of Euro mGov 2006: The Second European Conference on Mobile Government (pp. 144-153). Brighton, UK: Mobile Government Consortium International LLC. 
  • Scholl, H. J. (2005). The mobility paradigm in electronic government theory and practice: A strategic framework. In I. Kushchu (Ed.), Euro Mobile Government (Euro mGov) Conference (pp. 377-386). Brighton, UK: ICMG. 
  • Scholl, H. J. (2005). Employing the mobility paradigm: The next big leap in digital government? dg.o2005, The International Conference on Digital Government Research (Vol. 89, pp. 237-238). Atlanta, GA: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.

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Comparative Analysis of e-Commerce and e-Government

  • Barzilai-Nahon, K., & Scholl, H. J. (2007). Similarities and differences of e-Commerce and e-Government: Insights from a pilot study. In R. Sprague (Ed.), 40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS40) (pp. 92c(1-10)). Waikoloa/Big Island, HI: IEEE.
  • Scholl, H.J., What can e-Commerce and e-Government learn from each other? in dgo.2006 The 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Govrerment Research, (San Diego, CA, 2006), Digital Government Reseach Center, 454-455.
  • Scholl, H. J., & Belardo, S. (2001). Reporting on e-business: What's so new? Where is it going? In R. Berndt (Ed.), E-business management (Vol. 8, pp. 3-29). Berlin: Springer Verlag. 

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Shaping the Global Digital/Electronic Government Research Agenda

  • Scholl, H. J. (2007). Discipline or interdisciplinary study domain? Challenges and promises in electronic government research. In H. Chen (Ed.), Digital government (pp. 19-40). New York: Springer.
  • Scholl, H. J. (2007). E-Government Aufbruch zu neuen wissenschaftlichen Ufern oder nur eine Modeerscheinung? (in German/ E-Government: Departure to new scientific horizons or just a fad?). Verwaltung und Management, 13(1), 35-43. 
  • Scholl, H. J. (2007). Central research questions in E-Government, or which trajectory should the study domain take? Transforming Government: Process, People, Policy, 1(1), 67-88. 
  • Scholl, H. J. (2006). Is E-Government research a flash in the pan or here for the long shot? In M. Wimmer, H. J. Scholl, A. Groenlund & K. V. Anndersen (Eds.), Electronic government: Fifth international conference, egov 2006 (Vol. 4084, pp. 13-24). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. 
  • Scholl, H. J. (2005). Organizational transformation through e-Government: Myth or reality? In M. A. Wimmer, R. Traunmüller, A. Groenlund & K. V. Andersen (Eds.), 4th international conference egov05 (3591 ed., pp. 1-11). Copenhagen, Denmark: Springer-Verlag. 

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