Sam Ghawe

Education

• Ph.D. in Management: Digital Technology
  • Smith School of Business, Queen's University
• M.Sc. in Engineering
  • University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• B.Sc. in Computer Science
  • Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Research Interests

• Cybersecurity
• Digital Innovation, Transformation and Disruption
• Strategic Alignment and Technology Implementation
• Decision, Choice, and Risk Management
• Leadership and Governance: General, Digital and Information Systems Leadership

Publications

Ghawe, A. S., and Chan, Y. E. 2022. "Implementing Disruptive Technologies: What Have We Learned?" Communications of the Association for Information Systems (Accepted @ CAIS: the Communications of the Association for Information Systems Journal).

Chan, Y. E., Krishnamurthy, R., and Ghawe, A. S. 2022. "Review of Information Technology Strategic Alignment and Innovation: 30 Years of Intersecting Research," Foundations and Trends® in Information Systems, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 231-352.

Ghawe, A. S. 2020. "Challenges to Implementing Disruptive and Digital Technologies," in Proceedings of the 26th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 2020.

Ghawe, A. S., and Brohman, K. 2019. "Technology Implementation 2.0," in Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Munich, Germany. (TREO).

Ghawe, A. S., and Gonzalez, P. 2019. "Context in Information Systems Leadership," in Proceedings of the 25th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Cancun, Mexico.

Ghawe, A. S., and Brohman, K. 2018. "Conceptual Foundations of Information Systems Leadership," in Proceedings of the 24th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), New Orleans, Louisiana.

Ghawe, A. S., and Brohman, K. 2016. "CIO Leadership Characteristics and Styles," in Proceedings of the 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), San Diego, California.

Awards

• Best paper award in Foundations and Trends in Information Systems (2022).
• Best Reviewer Award— AOM 2019 Annual Meeting Paper Review Process
• Academy of Management—Technology and Innovation Management Division
• Dean's Honor List—Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Sam Ghawe is an Assistant Professor at the College of Business, Ohio University. He holds a Ph.D. in Digital Technology from the Smith School of Business, Queen's University. His research focuses on digital transformation, digital innovation, and strategic alignment. Dr. Ghawe also holds a master's degree in engineering from the University of Toronto and a bachelor's degree in computer science from Western University. Before joining the doctoral program at the Smith School of Business, he worked in several industries as an engineer, project manager, and VP of operations. Dr. Ghawe has published at several leading information systems conferences. He has also co-authored articles published in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems and the Foundations and Trends® in Information Systems journals. He teaches courses in cybersecurity and strategic use of information systems at the undergraduate and MBA levels.