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Associate Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics

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Present	Associate Professor, Iowa State University ‐ Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics
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Management Information Systems and Business Analytics

Journal Articles (26)

The amorphous nature of agile: no one size fits all

Journal of Systems and Information Technology (2018)

Joey F. George, Kevin Scheibe, Anthony M. Townsend and Brian Mennecke

Purpose: This paper investigates the extent to which newly agile organizations followed 2001’s Agile Manifesto, especially in terms of the ...

Selecting a Research Topic: A Framework for Doctoral Students

International Journal of Doctoral Studies (2012)

Andy Luse, Brian E. Mennecke and Anthony M. Townsend

This article provides an explanation of the process for selecting a research topic. The article uses Kuhn’s classic work on ...

U.S. Consumers’ Valuation of Quality Attributes in Beef Products

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (2011)

Babatunde O. Abidoye, Harun Bulut, John Lawrence, Brian Mennecke, et al.

A sample of U.S. consumers were surveyed in a choice based experiment in the Fall of 2005 and Spring 2006 ...

Improving Direction-Giving Through Utilization of an RFID-Enabled Kiosk

International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (2010)

Andy Luse, Brian E. Mennecke and Anthony M. Townsend

This paper presents an RFID-enabled module for an electronic kiosk physical user interface which provides personalized information retrieval. The system ...

Electronic Forms-Based Computing for Evidentiary Analysis

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (2009)

Andy Luse, Brian Mennecke and Anthony M. Townsend

The paperwork associated with evidentiary collection and analysis is a highly repetitive and time-consuming process which often involves duplication of ...

Second Life and Other Virtual Worlds: A Roadmap for Research

Communications of the Association for Information Systems (2008)

Brian E. Mennecke, David McNeill, Matthew Ganis, Edward M. Roche, et al.

Virtual worlds like Second Life are becoming important tools for, among other activities, socialization, social networking, entertainment, collaboration, and business ...

A Location-based Approach for Distributed Kiosk Design

AMCIS 2008 Proceedings (2008)

Andy Luse, Susana Berenice Vidrio-Baron, Brian E. Mennecke and Anthony M. Townsend

Electronic kiosk interface design and implementation metrics have been well established. The problem arises when more than one kiosk is ...

Software Implementation using Hardware-Based Verification for Secure Content Delivery

Journal of Information Warfare (2008)

Andy Luse, Anthony M. Townsend and Kevin P Scheibe

This paper presents a novel method for secure message transmission – the Software Implementation using Hardware-Based Verification for Secure Content ...

A study of the factors that influence consumer attitudes toward ...

Journal of Animal Science (2007)

Brian E. Mennecke, Anthony M. Townsend, Dermot J. Hayes and Steven M. Lonergan

This study utilizes an analysis technique commonly used in marketing, the conjoint analysis method, to examine the relative utilities of ...

Radio Frequency Identification Tagging as a Mechanism of Creating a ...

MATRIC Research Papers (2005)

Brian E. Mennecke and Anthony M. Townsend

This manuscript reports on a project to examine the feasibility of extensive radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging to determine product ...

Employer Liability Under the Communications Decency Act: Developing an Effective ...

Faculty and Research Publications (2000)

Anthony M. Townsend, Robert J. Aalberts and Michael E. Whitman

Contrary to many published reports, a significant portion of the CDA was left intact after the Reno v. ACLU decision, ...

Technology at the Top: Developing Strategic Planning Support Systems

Faculty and Research Publications (2000)

Anthony M. Townsend, Samual M. DeMarie, Anthony R. Hendrickson and Michael E. Whitman

Among all the areas of business that have benefited from the application of new technologies, strategic planning and decision-making functions ...

Academic Rewards for Teaching, Research, and Service: Data and Discourse

Faculty and Research Publications (1999)

Michael E. Whitman, Anthony R. Hendrickson and Anthony M. Townsend

In most institutions faculty members are expected to teach, research, and perform community service. The emphasis placed on each activity ...

Considerations for an Effective Telecommunications-Use Policy

Communications of the ACM (1999)

Michael E. Whitman, Anthony M. Townsend and Robert J. Aalberts

Recent changes in federal telecommunications legislation have underscored the importance of an up-to-date and effective telecommunications-use policy in business organizations. ...

Cybersquatting: A Case of First Come/First Served or Piracy ...

Faculty and Research Publications (1999)

Michael E. Whitman, Anthony M. Townsend and Robert J. Aalberts

Investigates registration of domain names of, or similar to, the names and trademarks of large corporations, with the purpose of ...

Cross-national Differences in Computer-Use Ethics: A Nine-country Study

Faculty and Research Publications (1999)

Michael E. Whitman, Anthony M. Townsend and Anthony R. Hendrickson

This study examines computer-use ethics among nine countries (Singapore, Hong Kong, United States, Great Britain, Australia, Sweden, Wales, and the ...

The Communications Decency Act Is Not as Dead as You ...

Communications of the ACM (1999)

Michael E. Whitman, Anthony M. Townsend and Robert J. Aalberts

The Communications Decency Act: An Update for IS Management

Faculty and Research Publications (1999)

Michael E. Whitman, Anthony M. Townsend and Robert J. Aalberts

Although a key section of the Communications Decency Act was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1997, this ...

The Threat of Long-Arm Jurisdiction to Electronic Commerce

Communications of the ACM (1998)

Robert J. Aalberts, Anthony M. Townsend and Michael E. Whitman

Unfortunately for those whose businesses rely on the Internet, an increasing amount of legal conflict is also arising in reaction ...

Virtual Teams: Technology and the Workplace of the Future

The Academy of Management Executive (1998)

Anthony M. Townsend, Samuel M. DeMarie and Anthony R. Hendrickson

Managers are challenged to develop strategically flexible organizations in response to increasingly competitive marketplaces. Fortunately, a new generation of information ...

What's Left of the Communications Decency Act?: Why You ...

Faculty and Research Publications (1998)

Anthony M. Townsend, Michael E. Whitman and Robert J. Aalberts

Discusses provisions of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) that impact on telecommunication policies for employers in the United ...

An examination of computer-use ethics in Hong Kong and the ...

Journal of International Information Management (1998)

Anthony M. Townsend, Michael E. Whitman, Anthony R. Hendrickson and Dail Fields

This study examines differences in individual ethical evaluations of computer-use scenarios between subjects in Hong Kong and the United States ...

Computer Aversion and Computer-Use Ethics in US and Asian Cultures

Faculty and Research Publications (1998)

Michael E. Whitman, Anthony M. Townsend, Anthony R. Hendrickson and Roger B. Rensvold

This study examined computer ethical perceptions and computer use attitudes (operationalized as computer aversion) among subjects from the United States, ...

The Academic Telecommunications-Use Policy

Faculty and Research Publications (1998)

Michael E. Whitman, Anthony M. Townsend and Robert J. Aalberts

Discussion of the use of telecommunications systems in academic institutions focuses on the need for a policy to prevent inappropriate ...

Dispositional Factors in Internet Use: Personality Versus Cognitive Style

Management Information Systems Quarterly

James C. McElroy, Anthony R. Hendrickson, Anthony M. Townsend and Samuel M. DeMarie

This study directly tests the effect of personality and cognitive style on three measures of Internet use. The results support ...