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Evgeny Kaganer
Ph.D. in Business Administration (Information Systems), Louisiana State University Master of Business Administration, Syracuse University Medical Doctor, Ural State Medical Academy, Yekaterinburg Evgeny Kaganer is an assistant professor in the department of information systems. His research interests focus on institutional and social aspects of information technology (IT) diffusion and use within and beyond organizations. Evgeny has also done extensive research and consulting in the area of healthcare information systems. In particular, he was involved as a research associate in a three-year grant funded by the National Science Foundation looking into implementation and impact of hospital-wide clinical IT applications in healthcare provider organizations in the U.S. His work has been published in the European Journal of Information Systems and Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. Areas of interest * Diffusion of Strategic IT innovations * Technology Entrepreneurship * Healthcare Information Systems * Social and Organizational Cognition
Posts by Evgeny Kaganer
A Few Thoughts on the Freemium Model
September 29, 2009 - 10:14 am
Posted in Web/Tech | 2 comments
This week I wanted to continue the theme of online revenue models started by Nick in his micropayments post. Rather than looking at emerging trends, however, I’d like to talk about a model that has become a mainstay of online business – the freemium model. The term “freemium” was coined by Fred Wilson back in [...]
Using Twitter for Business
August 11, 2009 - 7:10 pm
Tags: Twitter
Posted in Web/Tech | 4 comments
A few months ago I did a short post on this blog about the research study on the enterprise use of social media for external collaboration that we are currently running. While the study in still in progress and I cannot report any of the detailed findings, one thing is pretty clear – the number [...]
Microsoft’s New Search Engine
June 1, 2009 - 1:41 pm
Tags: Bing, Microsoft
Posted in Current Affairs | No comments
Microsoft has come out with a new search engine. It’s called BING. Check the demo video here. Forrester thinks it’s promising. In fact, they go as far as to state that BING will change the face of search. Techcrunch likes it too. CIO magazine, however, is less impressed. …I’m definitely giving it a try.
The Natural Act of Telepresence
May 22, 2009 - 2:23 pm
Tags: Cisco, Telepresence
Posted in Web/Tech | 1 comment
A few days ago I participated in an online workshop using Cisco Telepresence technology. While of course I had done videoconferencing many times before, this was my first experience with TP. So, here are a few reflections.
First off, a few details on the event itself. The workshop was organized by the Henley Center for Customer [...]
Social Media for “Real Business”
April 25, 2009 - 1:37 am
Posted in Web/Tech | 2 comments
I will start with an anecdote. It was the last session of my IS MBA course and I was talking about all the new and exciting developments surrounding the rise of Web 2.0. The class was going well till one of the students, in fact a really good student, raised his hand and fired a [...]
