Nik Dholakia

50 Gentian Drive, Wakefield, RI 02879

EMail: nik@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4172, (401) 789-6893
Fax: (603) 954-4673

PRIMARY TEACHING/RESEARCH INTEREST
1.Electronic Commerce

SPECIFIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Electronic Commerce
2. Global Information Technology
3. Telecommunications Policy

SPECIFIC TEACHING INTERESTS
1. Electronic Commerce
2. Global Information Technology

3. Telecommunications Policy

4. Internetworking

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Marketing/Decision Sciences),
Northwestern University – Kellogg School, Evanston, IL
Dissertation Title: New Product Screening Methods

For a current profile of interests, please click here and open RITIM Profile-Inst-Nik.doc.

Professional Training: Semesters 1&2, Cisco Certified Network Associate Curriculum

Master of Business Administration
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Bachelor of Technology (Chemical Engineering)
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

WORK EXPERIENCE

1984-Now, Professor of E-Commerce, Marketing, International Business; Associate Director (1991-now), Research Institute for Telecommunications and Information Marketing (RITIM), University of Rhode Island

1981-1984, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Rhode Island
1979-1981, Associate Professor of Marketing, Kansas State University

1975-1979, Assistant & Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management

1973-1975, Instructor in Marketing, University of Illinois at Chicago

For additional details on RITIM, please visit http://ritim.cba.uri.edu/

COURSES TAUGHT

· Theories of Business for the Information Age, Ph.D. Seminar; 2 Semesters

· Marketing & Implementation of High-Tech Products, Exec. Seminar; 2 Semesters

· Data Communications & Networking; Undergraduate, 1 Semester (2002)

· New Courses (prepared, not offered): E-Commerce/E-Business Strategy, Global Information Technology Strategy, Telecommunications Policy/Strategy

· Various courses on Marketing, Qualitative Research Methods, International Business; Multiple Semesters over several years

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

“Determinants of the Global Diffusion of B2B E-Commerce,” with N. Kshetri, EM – Electronic Markets -- The International Journal of Electronic Commerce and Business Media, 2001. http://www.electronicmarkets.org/ (forthcoming).

“Cultural Contradictions of the Anytime, Anywhere Economy,” COTIM-2001 Proceedings: From E-Commerce to M-Commerce, ed. by R .R. Dholakia, L. Kolbe, A. Venkatesh, & P. Zoche, Kingston, RI: RITIM, University of Rhode Island, 2001.

“Digitization of Music and Disruptive Competition: A Strategic Analysis,” with M. Renton, COTIM-2001 Proceedings: From E-Commerce to M-Commerce, ed. by R .R. Dholakia, L. Kolbe, A. Venkatesh, & P. Zoche, Kingston, RI: RITIM, University of Rhode Island, 2001.

“Electronic Architectures for Bridging the Global Digital Divide: A Comparative Assessment of E-Business Systems Designed to Reach the Global Poor,” with N. Kshetri, in Architectural Issues of Web-enabled Electronic Business, Shi Nansi (ed.), Hershey PA: Idea Group Publishing (forthcoming).

“Marketing and Interactive Devices: Does a Rose by Another Name Smell the Same?” with R. R. Dholakia, in Frontiers in Direct and Interactive Marketing Research, D. D. Schoenbachler (ed.), New York: John Wiley & Sons (forthcoming).

“Impact of Cultural and Political Factors on the Adoption of Digital Signatures in Asia,” with N. Kshetri, Amcis2001 Proceedings (forthcoming)

“eSouthAsia: Opportunities and Challenges,” with N. Kshetri, KUSOM Journal of Management, 2001 (forthcoming).

“Privacy and Consumer Agency in the Information Age: Between Prying Profilers and Preening Webcams”, with D. Zwick, Journal of Research for the Consumer, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2001. http://www.jrconsumers.com/

“WEB.DE: A Portal Strategy for Germany and the World”, with T. Lührig, Management Case Journal, October 2001 (forthcoming).

“Contrasting European and American Approaches to Privacy in Electronic Markets: A Philosophical Perspective,” with D. Zwick, EM – Electronic Markets -- The International Journal of Electronic Commerce and Business Media, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2001. http://www.electronicmarkets.org/

“Online Marketing in a Global Marketplace”, with R. R. Dholakia, D. Fortin, Guest Editorial, Special Section, Journal of Business Research, 2001 (forthcoming).

“Harnessing the Dynamics of Change in IT Markets”, with R. R. Dholakia, D. Fortin, Guest Editorial, Special Section, Telematics & Informatics, 2001 (forthcoming).

“New information and communication services: strategic reference framework,” with R.R. Dholakia and N. Mundorf, Ciencia Da Informacao, September-December, 1997 (in Portuguese).

“The Webs and the Web-nots: Access Issues in the Information Age”, Telematics and Informatics, Vol. 14, No. 2, May 1997, 197-207.

“The Telecommunications Balancing Act: Juggling Competitive and Developmental Concerns”, with R. R. Dholakia, Connect-World India, Inaugural Issue, Fourth Quarter, 1997, 21-23.

“German and American Orientations to Information Technologies: Implications for Marketing and Public Policy”, with N. Mundorf, R. R. Dholakia, S. Westin, Journal of International Consumer Marketing, Vol. 8, No. 3/4, 1996, 125-143.

“L’electronique grand public et l’industrie de l’information: Concurrence et strategies emergentes”, with K. Laird, R.R. Dholakia, Decisions Marketing, No.5, May-August, 1995, 55-61.

“The Changing Information Business: Toward Content-Based and Service-Based Competition”, with R.R. Dholakia, Columbia Journal of World Business, Vol.30, No.2, Summer, 1995, 94-104.

“Putting a Byte in the Gender Gap”, with R.R.Dholakia, B. Pedersen, American Demographics, December, 1994, p.20.

For a complete listing of over 70 articles, please click here to view the full vita.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Cultural Contradictions of the Anytime, Anywhere Economy,” COTIM-2001: Fourth International Conference on Telecommunications and Information Markets, Karlsruhe, Germany, July 18-20, 2001 (forthcoming).

“Impact of Cultural and Political Factors on the Adoption of Digital Signatures in Asia,” with N. Kshetri, Amcis2001 - Americas Conference on Information Systems, Boston, August 3-5, 2001 (forthcoming)

“Next to the Customer’s Heart and Wallet: Frameworks for Exploring the Emerging M-commerce Arena,” with M. Rask, American Marketing Association Winter Educators’ Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 16-19, 2001.

“Interactivity and Revisits to Websites: A Theoretical Framework,” with R. R. Dholakia, M. Zhao, and D. R. Fortin, American Marketing Association Winter Educators’ Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, February16-19, 2001.

“Interactions between Telecommunications and Transportation: Project Briefing,” with R. R. Dholakia, N. Mundorf, J. Xiao, 13^th Annual Rhode Island Transportation Forum, University of Rhode Island, November, 2000.

“Behavioral Assumptions Underlying Business Models of Retail E-Commerce Ventures,” with R. R. Dholakia and K. P. Chiang, AMCIS2000 -Americas Conference on Information Systems, Long Beach, California, August 10-13, 2000.

“E-Business Models Implicit in Comparable American and German Corporate Websites,” with D. Zwick, AMCIS2000 -Americas Conference on Information Systems, Long Beach, California, August 10-13, 2000.

“Between the Superpanopticon and Ultraexhibitionism: The Privacy Pendulum in the Information Age,” Dean of Commerce Erskine Scholar Distinguished Lecture, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, August 9, 2000.

“The Global Digital Divide: How it will reshape Markets and Culture,” Invited Keynote Presentation, Seventh International Conference on Marketing and Development, Accra, Ghana, January 5-8, 2000.

“Internet, E-Commerce, and Development,” with R. R. Dholakia, Special Session Presentation, Seventh International Conference on Marketing and Development, Accra, Ghana, January 5-8, 2000.

“Gender, Technology, and the Household,” with R. R. Dholakia, Invited Presentation, The Transnational Politics of Gender & Consumption – A Beatrice Bain Research Group Conference, University of California, Berkeley, October, 1999.

For a complete listing of over 80 presentations, please click here to view the full vita.

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
“The Impact of Internet on Travel Decisions,” with J. J. Xiao, R. R. Dholakia, N. Mundorf, Transportation, being revised for resubmission.

“The Impact of Retail E-Commerce on Transportation: A Conceptual Framework,” with J. J. Xiao, R. R. Dholakia, N. Mundorf, EM – Electronic Markets -- The International Journal of Electronic Commerce and Business Media, being revised for resubmission.

SPECIAL AWARDS and HONORS

2001	Dissertation Advisor for “Globalization of Innovations: A Multilevel-Multimethod Framework to Explain Diffusion and Adoption of the Internet” by Nir Kshetri, Winner of Association for Consumer Research (ACR)-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Award
2000	Dissertation Advisor for “The Speed of Money: Investment as Consumption in the Age of Computer-Mediated Communication” by Detlev Zwick, Winner of Alden G. Clayton Competition for Dissertation Proposals, Marketing Science Institute
2000	Faculty Advisor, Second Prize (Nir Kshetri) and Third Prize (Maggie K. Cheung) winners, 2000 Essay Competition, Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC)
2000	Erskine Fellowship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
2000	Recognition for Outstanding Research, University of Rhode Island
2000	Invited Keynote Speaker, Seventh International Conference on Marketing and Development, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
1999-2000	Feinstein Service Learning Fellow, Feinstein Center for Service Learning, University of Rhode Island
1997-Now	Area Editor, CMC: Consumption, Markets & Culture, an interdisciplinary journal
1995-Now	Member of the Advisory Board, International Society for Marketing and Development
1996	Research Scholar Award, College of Business Administration, URI
1994	Paper co-authored with Dr. Ruby Roy Dholakia in Telecommunications Policy nominated for the McGannon Communications Policy Research Award

For a complete listing of Awards and Honors, please click here to view the full vita.

Additional information about Nik Dholakia is available at:
ftp://ftp.cba.uri.edu/Classes/N_Dholakia/Bio-Vita/

http://www.cba.uri.edu/faculty/Dholakia/

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