Statistical Challenges in E-CommerceMay 22-23, 2005 This interdisciplinary symposium will feature workshops which identify problems and research questions related to empirical research in electronic commerce by bringing together researchers from information systems, statistics and related fields to help better understand how these various lines of work connect to one another and how, together, they can contribute to the modernization and enhancement of empirical research methods for electronic commerce and our digital society at large.

G. Anandalingam, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science, chair of the decision and information technologies department and co-director of the Center for Electronic Markets and Enterprises, and Raghu Raghavan, assistant professor of management science, co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Management Science focused on electronic markets in March 2005.

The Robert H. Smith School of Business has established the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS), a research and development focusing on the use of advanced information technologies in the health care system’s business processes and management systems.

Research by Ken Smith AS THE PACE OF BUSINESS QUICKENS AND THE PLAYING FIELD BECOMES MORE LEVEL WITHIN INDUSTRIES, FIRMS INCREASINGLY LOOK TO THEIR HUMAN CAPITAL AND PROPRIETARY KNOWLEDGE AS PRIMARY SOURCES OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE. WHAT’S MORE, THE ABILITY TO KEEP AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION IN RAPIDLY CHANGING MARKETS INCREASINGLY REQUIRES FIRMS TO HAVE A KNOWLEDGE CREATION CAPABILITY.

Research by Brian T. Ratchford THE ABILITY TO RECONCILE SALES FORECASTS WITH SALES PERFORMANCE IS CRITICAL. WHEN IT COMES TO FORECASTING SALES VOLUME/DEMAND AND MAKING SOUND MARKETING DECISIONS, A MULTI-CHANNEL, MULTI-REGION SALES FORECASTING MODEL AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM GO A LONG WAY TOWARD MEETING THOSE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES.

Research by Kathryn Bartol

Management Pay raise satisfaction and pay level satisfaction influence voluntary turnover in very different ways. Marketing A new forecasting model allows companies to reconcile sales forecasting with sales performance more accurately than ever before. Human Resources Commitment-based human resource practices foster knowledge creation and exchange within companies. New Center Opens at Smith Faculty Kudos Conferences and Symposia