Dr Eusebio Scornavacca

BCA(Hons) Programme Director,
School of Information Management

Introduction

Eusebio is Senior Lecturer of Electronic Commerce at SIM. He has published and presented more than seventy papers in conferences and academic journals and is currently on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Mobile Communications, Industrial Management and Data Systems, the International Journal of Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing, and the International Journal of Electronic Finance. His research interests include mobile business, electronic business, e-surveys, and IS teaching methods.

In 2005, Eusebio was awarded at the MacDiarmid Young Scientists of the Year awards, and in 2006 he received a VUW Research Excellence Award as well as the Victoria’s Award for the best postgraduate supervisor (Faculty of Commerce) from the Postgraduate Student Association. In 2007, Eusebio received a Teaching Excellence Award from Victoria University of Wellington.

Qualifications

BBA, MSc in MIS, UFRGS (Brazil); PhD, Victoria

Administrative Responsibilities

• BCA(Hons) Programme Director
• SIM Seminar Series Coordinator
• Coordinator for MWnet (Mobility and Wireless Applications Research Network)

Current Research

Mobility and User Acceptance of Wireless Information Systems
This research attempts to understand the factors that influence acceptance of wireless information systems at the individual level. It is expected that this research will be of assistance for the development of the local industry and guide further applied research in the IS field.

Selected Publications

Scornavacca, E., Huff, S. & Marshall, S. (forthcoming). Mobile phones in the classroom: if you can't beat them, join them. Communications of the ACM.

Scornavacca, E., Barnes, S. (2008). The strategic value of enterprise mobility: Case study insights. Information, Knowledge and Systems Management, 7(1&2), 227-241.

Scornavacca, E. (2007). Wireless technologies at Agriculture ITO. Journal of Information Technology, 22, 451-455.

Scornavacca, E. and McKenzie, J. (2007). Unveiling managers' perceptions of the critical success factors for SMS based campaigns. International Journal of Mobile Communications, 5(4), 445-456.

Carroll, A., Barnes, S. J., Scornavacca, E. & Fletcher, K. (2007). Consumer perceptions and attitudes toward SMS advertising: Recent evidence from New Zealand. International Journal of Advertising, 26(1), 79-98.

Scornavacca, E., Barnes, S. J. and Huff, S. (2006). Mobile business research published in 2000-2004: Emergence, current status, and future opportunities. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 17, 635-646.

Scornavacca, E;. Prasad, M. and Lehmann, H. (2006). Exploring the organizational impact and perceived benefits of wireless personal digital assistants in restaurants. International Journal of Mobile Communications, 4(5), 558-567.

Scornavacca, E. and Barnes, S. J. (2006). Barcode enabled M-commerce: Strategic Iimplications and business models. International Journal of Mobile Communications, 4(2), 163-177.

Barnes, S. J. & Scornavacca, E. (Eds.) (2005). Unwired Business: Cases in Mobile Business. Idea Group Publishing, Hershey. 296 pp.

Shchiglik, C. and Scornavacca, E. (2004). Consumer perceptions towards WAP games. International Conference on Mobile entertainment: user centric perspectives. Manchester, England. (Best paper award).

Scornavacca, E., Becker, J. L and Barnes, S. J. (2003). Know to Grow: A study of Southern-Brazilian companies' information needs. 4th International We-B Conference. Perth Australia. November. (Best Paper Award).