Journal Papers

PDFs are for personal, non-commercial use only. 

Research output ranking for unnamed full years (2014-15) in the top three MIS journals; decade long ranking (2005-2015); older ones for my associate professor years is available here (older version); since the inception of my field (1977-2014); and ranking in two fields outside my own – software engineering (here) and strategy (here). Google Scholar page.

Major Contributions

Year Author(s)            Title                                                                                                  Journal (Impact factor data)

2024 Tiwana-Safadi Atrophy in Aging Systems Information Systems Research

2023 Watson et al. Theory of Information Compression Information Systems Research

2019 Tiwana-Kim        Bricks to an Edifice: Strong Inference in Research (+appx)                  Information Systems Research

2018 Tiwana                Platform Synergy (ppt)                                                                      Information Systems Research

2015 Tiwana                Evolutionary Competition in Platform Ecosystems                           Information Systems Research

2015 Tiwana-Kim        Discriminating IT Governance                                                          Information Systems Research

2015 Agarwal-Tiwana  Evolvable Systems                                                                            Information Systems Research

2016 Kim-Tiwana        Sequential Complementarity…Control Mechanisms                          J. of Acad. Marketing Science

2015 Rai et. al              Plural Sourcing...in the US Electric Industry (+appendix)                 MIS Quarterly

2016 Tiwana                Platform Desertion by App Developers                                             Journal of Management Information Systems

2016 Tiwana-Kim        Concurrent IT Sourcing                                                                      Journal of Management Information Systems

2015 Boyle et al.          Impact of Deposit Insurance During a Crisis (+supplement)             J. of Financial Intermediation 

2014 Tiwana-Bush       Spotting Lemons in Platform Markets                                               IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

2014 Tiwana et al.        The IT Governance Cube (framework)                                             Journal of Management Information Systems

2012 Tiwana                A Theory of Design Convergence in Systems Development              Journal of Management Information Systems

2010    Tiwana-Konsynski  Org IT Architecture & IT Governance (PPTs)                                   Information Systems Research

2010    Tiwana et al.        Platform Evolution (♔top 1% cited paper) Information Systems Research                             

2010    Tiwana-Keil        Control in Internal & Outsourced Systems Projects                          Journal of Management Information Systems

2010 Keil et al.             A Theory of Whistleblowing                                                              Decision Sciences Journal

2010 Tiwana                Systems Development Ambidexterity                                               Journal of Management Information Systems

2009    Tiwana Knowledge-Governance Fit in Systems Development Information Systems Research

                                   Runner-up for ISR’s best paper award.                                             

2010 Bush et al.           Design Modularity in IT-enabled Supply Chains                               IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

2008 Tiwana                Does Interfirm Modularity Complement Ignorance?                         Strategic Management Journal

2008 Tiwana                Does Technological Modularity Substitute for Control?                    Strategic Management Journal

2008 Tiwana                Do Bridging Ties Complement Strong Ties?                                      Strategic Management Journal

2008 Tiwana                Coordination Tools in Software Development                                   ACM Trans on Software Engineering

2007    Tiwana-Bush       TCE, Agency, & KBV Predictors of IT Outsourcing                         Journal of Management Information Systems

2007   Tiwana et al.        Bounded Rationality Bias in Real Options                                         Decision Sciences Journal

2007 Tiwana-Keil        Does Peripheral Knowledge Complement Control?                           Strategic Management Journal

2007 Patnayakuni et al. Systems Development…Knowledge Integration…                            IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

2006    Tiwana et al.        IS Project Escalation: A Real Options Model Decision Sciences Journal

2006 Decision Sciences Journal Best Paper Award.

2006 Tiwana-Keil        Functionality Risk in Software Development                                     IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

2005 Tiwana-McLean  Expertise Integration in Systems Development                                 Journal of Management Information Systems

2005    Tiwana-Bush       Continuance in Expertise Networks  (Summary in Japanese) IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

2005    Bharadwaj-Tiwana  Managerial Assessments of Ebusiness Investment Opportunities     IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

2004    Fichman et. al      Real Options Thinking in IT Project Management California Management Review

                                   Harvard synopsis (case ID CMR304)                                               

Additional Journal Papers



2022 Boyle et al      Depositor responses to a banking crisis Journal of Empirical Finance

2022 Kim-Tiwana Untangling the Adaptive Value of Incomplete Contracts Journal of Business Research

2019              Tiwana                   The Curse of “Reference” Disciplines                                J. of Information Technology 

2017              Kim-Tiwana           Dual Control of Salesforce in Partially Integrated Channels        Journal of Retailing

2014              Tiwana                   Separating Signal from Noise in Emerging Technologies        MIS Quarterly Executive 

2013              Tiwana                   The Peripheral Knowledge ParadoxI                                 Service Science (INFORMS)  

2008              Tiwana et al.          Myths & Paradoxes in Japanese IT Outsourcing                       Communications of the ACM

                                                     Also available: Japanese translation                                                         

2008              Bush et al.              Drivers of Software Outsourcing in Japanese Organizations  Information & Software Technology

2007              Du et al.                  Attention-Shaping…in IT Project Risk Assessment            Decision Support Systems

2006              Keil-Tiwana            Evaluation Criteria for Enterprise Systems: A Conjoint Study Information Systems Journal

2006              Desouza et al.         Four Dynamics for Bringing Use Back into Software Reuse Communications of the ACM

2007              Tsuji et al.              オフショアソフトウェアのリスク分析 (in Japanese; image) Journal of the Information Processing Society of Japan

2005              Keil-Tiwana            Drivers of COTS Application Value                   IEEE Software

2005              Bush-Tiwana          Designing Sticky Knowledge Networks          Communications of the ACM

2004              Tiwana-Keil            The One Minute Risk Assessment Tool      Communications of the ACM

                                                     Front-page coverage on SlashDot with 500 responses.                             

2004              Tiwana                   Beyond the Black-Box: Knowledge Overlaps in Outsourcing IEEE Software

                                                     Japanese summary of the paper + Erratum.                                              

2004              Konsynski-Tiwana The Improvisation-Efficiency Paradox in Interfirm Networks Journal of Information Technology

2004              Tiwana                   Knowledge Integration on Software Development     Information & Software Technology

2003              Tiwana                   Knowledge Integration in Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Platforms Communications of the ACM

2003              Tiwana-McLean     Managing the Unexpected                               Communications of the ACM

2002              Alavi-Tiwana          Knowledge Integration in Virtual Teams                           J. of Am. Soc. for Information Science and Technology

2002              Keil et al.                Reconciling User & PM Perceptions of IT Project Risk   Information Systems Journal

2002              Tiwana                   Modes of Innovation & Structural Disruptions in…Knowledge Journal of Knowledge and Process Management

2001              Tiwana-Ramesh      A Design KMS…for…Collaborative…Product Evolution  Decision Support Systems

2001              Tiwana-Ramesh      Architectural Integration in Enterprise KM Networks    IEEE Internet Computing

2001              Tiwana-Bush          A Social Exchange Architecture for…Web Communities   Journal of Knowledge Management

2000              Tiwana                   Beyond ‘Word of Mouse’ (+ introduction by Ed Yourdon) Cutter IT Journal (formerly American Programmer)

1999              Ramesh-Tiwana      Collaborative…Knowledge Management in NPD Teams Decision Support Systems

1999              Tiwana                   Custom KM (+ introduction by Ed Yourdon)     Cutter IT Journal

1998              Tiwana                   World Wide Web as a Channel…Interactive Marketing   Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services