Susan A. Sherer

Kenan Professor of IT Management

 

Research Interests

  • Information Systems Risk 
  • Information Systems Investment Management 
  • Inter-organizational Information Systems 
  • IT Payoff 
  • IT Role in Value Networks 

Office Information

 

Office: RBC 375
Phone:610-758-3424
Email:sas6@lehigh.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Administrative Responsibilities

 

Department of Management, Chair

 

Business Information Systems Program, Director 

Center for Value Chain Research, Co-Director

Selected Publications

 

·Sherer, Susan A.(2005). “From Supply Chain Management to Value Network Advocacy:Implications for e-Supply Chains”, Supply Chain Management 10, 2, (April 2005), 77-83, to be reprinted in Journal of Enterprise Resource Management, published by Advanced Manufacturing Center, Sydney, Australia.

·Alter, Steven and Sherer, Susan A. (2004). “A General, but Readily Adaptable Model of Information Systems Risk”, Communications of AIS 14, 1, (July 2004), 1-28.

·Sherer, Susan A. and Alter, Steven (2004). “Information Systems Risks and Risks Factors, are they Mostly about Information Systems? Communications of AIS 14, 1, (July 2004), 29-64.

·Sherer, Susan A. (2003). “Critical Success Factors for Manufacturing Networks as Perceived by Network Coordinators,” Journal of Small Business Management 41, 4, (October 2003), 325-345. 

·Sherer, Susan A; KohliRajiv; and Baron, Ayelet (2003).“IT Investment Payoff and Complementary Changes:A Case Study in Managing Organizational Change at Cisco Systems,” Information Systems Frontiers 5, 3, (July 2003), 321-333

·KohliRajivSherer, Susan A., and Baron, Ayelet (2003).IT Investment Payoff in eBusiness Environments:Research Issues, Information Systems Frontiers 5, 3, (July 2003), 239-247. 

·Serva, Mark; Sherer, Susan; and Sipior, Janice (2003).“When Do You ASP?The Software Life Cycle Control Model”, Information Systems Frontiers 5, 2, (April 2003), 219-232.

Graduate Courses 

  • Managing Information 
  • Managing Information Resources 
  • Strategic Information Systems
  • Operations Management

 

Undergraduate Courses 

  • eBusiness 
  • Managing Systems Development 
  • Introduction to Business 
  • Operations Management 

 Background

 

  • Academic Education

B.A. Mathematics, SUNY Albany

M.S. Industrial Engineering, SUNY Buffalo

M.S. Operations Research, University of Pennsylvania

Ph.D. Decision Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

  • Past Professional Experience

Manager, Material Forecasting, Leeds & Northrup Company

Systems Design Manager, Leeds & Northrup Company

Cost Engineer, Union Carbide

 

 Selected Awards

 

·        Fulbright Scholar, Universidade Catόlica Portuguesa, 2005

  • 2000 Beidelman Research Award
  • 1998 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching