Associate Professor of Management Information Systems

Management, CBA 276
P.O. Box 880491
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0491, USA
Phone: (402) 472-4459
Fax: (402) 472-5855
E-mail:

Joined the college in 2001.

Expertise:

• Electronic Commerce Management
• Information Systems
• Systems Analysis and Design
• Mobile and Wireless Commerce

Education:

Ph.D. - Management Information Systems, University of Nebraska -Lincoln, 2001. M.A. - Business Administration, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 1997. B.S. - Finance, University of Tirana, Albania, 1989

Research Interests:

• E-government, M-government • Technology convergence • Web 2.0 • Electronic Business, Privacy and Security Issues in E-business • Knowledge Management, e-Learning, Organizational Blogs • Organizational Innovation and E-Engineering • ERP and ASPs • Supply Chain and Demand Chain Management, Quality Management • Digital Divide, Developmental Economics

Teaching Interests:

•E-Business •M-Commerce •Global Perspective of Information Technology Management •Security Issues and Management •Business Data Communications •Information Systems Management

Published in the following:

•Communications of the ACM •Information and Management •Communications of the AIS •Industrial Management and Data Systems •International Journal of Public Administration •Journal of Knowledge Management •Electronic Government: An International Journal •International Journal of Information Technology and Management •International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business •Business Process Management Journal •International Journal of Electronic Business •International Journal of Services and Standards •Journal of Operations Management Society •Journal for East European Management Studies

1.Editorial Board Member •Electronic Government: An International Journal, 2007-present. •International Journal of Standard and Services (IJSS), 2007-present. •International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM), 2007-present. •International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC), 2008-present. •International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences (IJIDS), 2008-present.

2.Co-editor Special Issue on Organizational Blogs, International Journal of Information Technology and Management (IJITandM), 2006-2007.

3.Guest Editor, Special Issue on The Impact and Use of ICT in SMEs, Service Business: An International Journal.

4.Book Review Editor Service Business: An International Journal, 2006-2007.

Awards:

Research Grants •IREX Research Grant, “M-Government in Albania: Technological Feasibility, e-Democracy, and Social Impact,” 2008-2009. •Layman Grant, 2006-2007 and 2004-2005. •Ethics Curriculum Grant, The Program in Business, Ethics and Society, 2005-2006 and 2007-2008. •EPSCoR Grant, 2004.

Refereed Publications:

Published more than 25 articles in refereed journals and books. Participated and presented in over 20 national and international conferences.

Selected Articles:
•Trimi, S. and Sheng, H. “Emerging Trends of M-Government,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 51, No. 5, 2008, pp. 53-58.
•Faja, S. and Trimi, S. “Privacy Concerns in E-Commerce: An Empirical Investigation of Gender Differences,” International Journal of Electronic Business, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2008, pp. 386-404.
•Trimi, S. and Galanxhi, H. “Congruence between Organizational and Individual Goals in Blogging,” International Journal of Information Technology and Management, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2008, pp. 120-133.
•Kim, S. and Trimi, S “Information Technology for Knowledge Management in the Management Consulting Industry,” Journal of Knowledge Management, Volume 11, No. 3, 2007.
•Lee, S., Zuckweiler, K., and Trimi, S. “The Modernization of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award,” International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 44, No. 23, 2006.
•Lee, S., Kim, I., Rhee, S., and Trimi, S. “Role of Exogenous Factors in Technology Acceptance: The Case of Object-Oriented Technology,” Information and Management, Volume 43, Number 4, June 2006.
•Faja, S. and Trimi, S. “Influence of the Web Vendor's Interventions on Privacy-Related Behaviors in E-Commerce," Communications of the AIS, Volume 17, 2006.
•Lee, S., Tang, X., and Trimi, S. “Current Practices of Leading e-Government Countries,” Communications of the ACM , Vol. 48 No 10, 2005.
•Trimi, S., Lee, S., Olson, D., and Erickson, J., “Alternative Means to Implement ERP: Internal and ASP” Industrial Management and Data Systems, Vol. 105 No. 2, 2005.
•Lee, S. and Trimi, S. “Developing Business Education Infrastructure in Eastern Europe: Albanian Experience,” International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 27 No. 11 and 12, 2004.

For more information go to my website at: http://ait.unl.edu/strimi