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Dr. Christine Bernadas

Assistant Professor
Office: Shaw-Smyser 235
Phone: 509-963-1225
Email: bernadac@cwu.edu


Education

  • Ph.D. - International Business Administration, Texas A&M International University - Laredo - TX - USA
  • Master - Business Administration, University Laval - Quebec - Canada
  • Master of "Data Processing Methods Applied to Enterprises' Management", University of Aix-Marseille III - Aix-en-Provence - France
  • B.Sc. Mathematics and Physics, University of Aix-Marseille III - Marseille - France

Teaching

  • IT 362 Wireless Communications
  • ADMG/IT 374 Project Management
  • IT 457 Network Security
  • IT 461 Systems Analysis
  • IT 462 Systems Design

Recent Publications/Projects

Book:

  • "L'apprentissage autonome: une compétence incontournable" under the direction of S. Talbot; Les Éditions DÉPUL, 2001, in collaboration with M. Blais, R. Boudreau, D. Boulanger, A. Chartier, H. Hamel, R. Lavoie, C. Lepine, G. Marcotte, L. Robichaud, S. Talbot, A. Tessier, and P. Valois.

Journal publications (peer reviewed):

  • "Isolating the key variables for Regression Models in Enterprise Software Acquisition Decisions: A Blocking Technique", Journal of Business & Economics Research, 2007, Vol. 5, No. 8, pp. 57-66, with R. Sanchez-Pena and J. Verville.
  • "An International Perspective about E-commerce and SME: Some Preliminary Results", E-Business Review, 2007, Vol. 7, pp. 37-40.
  • "ERP Acquisition Planning: A Critical Dimension for Making the Right Choice", Long Range Planning, 2007, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 45-63, with J. Verville, R. Palanisamy, and A. Halingten.
  • "So You're Thinking of Buying an ERP: Ten Critical Factors for Successful Acquisitions", Journal of Enterprise Information Management (JEIM), 2005, Vol. 18, No.6, pp. 665-677, with J. Verville and A. Halingten.
  • "Disparity of the Infusion of E-Business within SMEs: A Global Perspective", International Journal on Technology Management (IJTM), 2005, Vol. 31, No. 1/2, pp. 39-46, with J. Verville.
  • "A Three Dimensional Approach in Evaluating ERP Software Within the Acquisition Process", International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems (IJEIS), 2005, Vol. 1, No. 2/3, pp. 1-16, with J. Verville and A. Halingten.

Conference Proceedings (peer reviewed):

  • "Landscape of Mobile CRM: some preliminary findings", Proceedings of the conference of the International Academy of e-business (IAEB), 2008.
  • "An International Perspective about E-commerce and SME: Some Preliminary Results", Proceedings of the conference of the International Academy of e-business (IAEB), 2007.
  • "Isolating the Key Variables for Regression Models in Enterprise Software Acquisition Decisions: A Blocking Technique", Proceedings of the 2007 Applied Business Research (ABR) Conference, 2007, with R. Sanchez and J. Verville (Best paper Award).
  • "Acquisition Planning: A Critical Factor in ERP Buying Decisions", Proceedings of ISOneWorld Conference, 2006, with J. Verville and A. Halingten.
  • "Evolution of FDI Agents and Strategies in Latin America Countries: ECLAC Perspective", Proceedings of AIB (U.S. SouthWestern chapter) Conference, 2006, vol. 17, No.1, pp. 251-256, with A. Cavazos-Garza.
  • "Critical Factors for Successful ERP Acquisitions", Proceedings of European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS), 2004, with J. Verville and A. Halingten.
  • "Critical Factors Affecting the Selection Process of Enterprise Software: A Study of IS Managers' Perceptions in the Mexican Service and Manufacturing Industries", Proceedings of the 21st Annual Association of Management (AoM) Conference, 2004, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp 255-56, with J. Verville and O. Flores.
  • "SMEs and E-business: A Global Perspective", Proceedings of the ISOneWorld Conference, April 2003, with J. Verville.
  • "The contribution of professional literature in the knowledge growth: the case of electronic commerce", Proceedings of ACFAS Conference, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, May 2000, with A. Chartier.
  • "Emergence of Organizational and Social dimensions (OSD) in IS field", Proceedings of ACFAS Conference, Montreal, May 1996, with C. Banville.
  • "L'essence des méthodes de conception de systémes d'information informatisés", Proceedings of INFORSID Conference, France, May 1993, with D. Pascot.

Papers under peer review:

  • "A Comparison Study of the Influencing Factors on the Decision Process for Acquiring Enterprise Software: Mexico and United States", Journal of Information Technology, with J. Verville and R. Palanisamy.
  • "Factors Influencing the Decision Process for the Acquisition of Enterprise Software: A Tale of Two Countries - Mexico and United States", Industrial Marketing Management, with J. Verville and R. Palanisamy.
  • "Adquisición de Software Empresarial: Un Estudio Comparativo Mexico-USA", Innovaciones de Negocios, with O. Flores and J. Verville.
  • "A Myriad of Digital Divides", ISOneWorld Conference, with J. Verville.

Papers in progress:

  • "Nonparametric Bootstrapping: Example of its utilization to a research about USA-South Border Enterprise Software Acquisition contracts", in preparation to be submitted to Information Systems Research (ISR), with J. Verville and R. Sanchez-Pena.
  • "Developing a New Scale for Measuring Stakeholders' Influences in Acquiring Enterprise Software: One General Factor of Buying Center Participation and Technical Expertise", in preparation to be submitted to Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ), with J. Verville.
  • "Influencing Factors on the Decision Process for Enterprise Software: A North American Perspective", in preparation to be submitted to International Conference on Enterprise Systems and Accounting (ICESAcc), with J. Verville.

Others:

  • "Internationalization of IS field: Some preliminary results", TAMIU Ph.D. Consortium - 2007.
  • "Enterprise Software Maintainability: Perceptions of IT professionals in U.S. And Mexican firms", ISOneWorld Ph.D. Symposium - 2006.
  • "Les dimensions socials et organisationnelles (DSO) des systémes d'information informatisés", Document de travail (working Paper), Faculté des Sciences de l'administration, Université Laval, Québec, 1995.
  • "L'étude de la dispersion et de la concentration comme facteurs d'allocation des resources", Rapport de recherche (research report) pour le Ministere de la santé et des services sociaux (MSSS), Québec, 1993, with C. Begin and C. Banville.

Research Interests

  • Enterprise Software (Acquisition to Maintenance)
  • SMEs and technology (especially e-commerce)
  • Global Impacts of Information Technologies (IT) and cross-cultural studies
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