Publications

Dr. Nault has published numerous articles in prestigious academic journals such as Information Systems Research; IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking; Management Information Systems Quarterly; Management Science; Strategic Management Journal; Marketing Science; Journal of Monetary Economics, and Organization Science. He has also written reports for the National Research Council, and has been invited to speak at numerous academic conferences and university colloquia series. He has held grants from the National Science Foundation in the United States as well as NSERC and SSHRC in Canada. He is a recent Department Editor for Management Science – the most heavily cited academic journal in management. He also serves on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Production and Operations Management, among others.

Refereed Journal Articles & Book Chapters

2024

  • Li, W., & Nault, B. R. (2024). Trade-offs between optimal and robust scheduling in one-stage production. Manufacturing Letters. Forthcoming.
  • Zhang, J., & Nault, B. R. (2024). Upstream information sharing in platform-based e-commerce with retail plan adjustment. Decision Support Systems, 177. doi: 10.1016/j.dss.2023.114099

2023

  • Guo, H., Liu, Y., & Nault, B. R. (2023). Join Up or Stay Away? Coalition Formation for Critical IT Infrastructure. Information Systems Research. Published Online 23 Oct 2023. doi: 10.1287/isre.2021.0463
  • Li, X., Wang, X., & Nault, B. R. (2023). Is Personalized Pricing Profitable When Firms Can Differentiate?. Management Science, Published Online 18 Aug 2023. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2021.02740   PDF (last working paper) 
  • Ma, J., Nault, B. R., & Tu, Y. P. (2023). Customer segmentation, pricing, and lead time decisions: A stochastic-user-equilibrium perspective. International Journal of Production Economics, 264, 108985.  doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2023.108985  PDF (last working paper)
  • Zhang, D., Lyle, M., & Nault, B. R. (2023). Trading volume and open interest from options markets as measures of the effect of IT announcements. Information Technology and Management, 1-11.   doi: 10.1007/s10799-023-00413-y PDF (last working version) 
  • Li, W., & Nault, B. R. (2023). The robustness of scheduling for trade-off balancing in one-stage production. Manufacturing Letters, 35, 9-19.  doi: 10.1016/j.mfglet.2023.07.010
  • Zhang, J., & Nault, B. R. (2023). Information sharing in an MTO supply chain with upstream adjustments. European Journal of Operational Research, 308(1), 97-112. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2022.10.034

2022

  • Li, W., Nault, B. R., Mohsin, S. I., & Huang, Y. (2022). Stability of trade-off balancing in one-stage production scheduling. Manufacturing Letters, 33, 48-55. doi: 10.1016/j.mfglet.2022.07.014   PDF (last working paper)

2021

  • Gong, F., & Nault, B. R. (2021). The different effects of hardware and software on production interdependence in manufacturing. Decision Support Systems, 145, 113521. doi: 10.25300/misq/2020/14947 PDF (last working paper) 
  • Guo, H., Liu, Y., & B.R. Nault. (2021). Provisioning interoperable disaster management systems: integrated, unified, and federated approaches. MIS Quarterly, 45(1), 45-82.doi: 10.25300/misq/2020/14947    PDF (last working version) Appendix 

2020

  • Koh, B., Raghunathan, S., & Nault, B. R. (2020). An empirical examination of voluntary profiling: Privacy and quid pro quo. Decision Support Systems, 132, 113285. doi: 10.1016/j.dss.2020.113285   PDF (last working version) 
  • He, J., Wang, X., Vandenbosch, M. B., & Nault, B. R. (2020). Revealed preference in online reviews: Purchase verification in the tablet market. Decision Support Systems, 132, 113281. doi: 10.1016/j.dss.2020.113281   PDF (last working version) 

2019

  • Zhang, D., Nault, B. R., & Wei, X. (2019). The strategic value of information technology in setting productive capacity. Information Systems Research, 30(4), 1124-1144. doi: 10.1287/isre.2019.0855 PDF (open access paper) 
  • Ye, H., Li, W., & Nault, B. R. (2020). Trade-off balancing between maximum and total completion times for no-wait flow shop production. International Journal of Production Research, 58(11), 3235-3251. doi: 10.1080/00207543.2019.1630777 PDF (last working version) 
  • Zhang, D. D., & Nault, B. R. (2019). Measuring risk from IT initiatives using implied volatility. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 20(11), 5. doi: 10.17705/1jais.00578. PDF (last working version) 
  • Nault, B. R., & Zimmermann, S. (2019). Balancing openness and prioritization in a two-tier Internet. Information Systems Research, 30(3), 745-763. doi: 10.1287/isre.2018.0828 PDF and Appendix (open access paper) 
  • Nault, B. R., & Rahman, M. S. (2019). Proximity to a traditional physical store: The effects of mitigating online disutility costs. Production and Operations Management, 28(4), 1033-1051. doi: 10.1111/poms.12957 PDF and Appendix  (open access paper) 
  • Zhang, J., Nault, B. R., & Dimitrakopoulos, R. G. (2019). Optimizing a mineral value chain with market uncertainty using benders decomposition. European Journal of Operational Research, 274(1), 227-239. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.09.047 PDF (last version of working paper) 
  • Li, W., Nault, B. R., & Ye, H. (2019). Trade-off balancing in scheduling for flow shop production and perioperative processes. European Journal of Operational Research, 273(3), 817-830. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.08.048 PDF (last version of working paper) 

2018

  • Zimmermann, S., Herrmann, P., Kundisch, D., & Nault, B. R. (2018). Decomposing the variance of consumer ratings and the impact on price and demand. Information Systems Research, 29(4), 984-1002. doi: 10.1287/isre.2017.0764. PDF (open access paper) 
  • Zimmermann, S., Angerer, P., Provin, D., & Nault, B. R. (2018). Pricing in C2C sharing platforms. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 19(8), 4. doi: 10.17705/1jais.00505 PDF (last working version)

2017

  • Ye, H., Li, W., Abedini, A., & Nault, B. (2017). An effective and efficient heuristic for no-wait flow shop production to minimize total completion time. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 108, 57-69. doi: 10.1016/j.cie.2017.04.002. PDF (last version of working paper) 
  • Liu, Y., Guo, H., & Nault, B. R. (2017). Organization of public safety networks: spillovers, interoperability, and participation. Production and Operations Management, 26(4), 704-723. doi: 10.1111/poms.12644 PDF and Appendix (open access paper) 
  • Ba, S., & Nault, B. R. (2017). Emergent themes in the interface between economics of information systems and management of technology. Production and Operations Management, 26(4), 652-666. doi: 10.1111/poms.12644 PDF (open access paper) 
  • Koh, B., Raghunathan, S., & Nault, B. R. (2017). Is voluntary profiling welfare enhancing?. MIS Quarterly, 41(1), 23-42. doi: 10.25300/misq/2017/41.1.02 PDF (last version of working paper) 

2016

  • Gong, F., Nault, B. R., & Rahman, M. S. (2016). Research note—An internet-enabled move to the market in logistics. Information systems research, 27(2), 440-452. doi: 10.1287/isre.2016.0625 PDF  and Appendix (open access paper) 

2015

  • Zhang, D., Cheng, Z., Mohammad, H.Q., & Nault, B.R. (2015). Information technology substitution revisited. Information Systems Research, 26(3), 480-495. doi: 10.1287/isre.2015.0570 PDF (last version of working paper)
  • Zhang, J., Nault, B. R., & Tu, Y. (2015). A dynamic pricing strategy for a 3PL provider with heterogeneous customers. International Journal of Production Economics, 169, 31-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.07.017 PDF (last version of working paper) 
  • Li, W. M., Mitchell, V., Nault, B. R., & Brind, D. (2015). Operating room scheduling and adaptive control using a priority first fit decreasing heuristic. Engineering Management Research, 4(2), 46-53. doi: 10.5539/emr.v4n2p46 PDF (last version of working paper) 

2014

  • Kleis, L., Nault, B. R., & Dexter, A. S. (2014). Producing synergy: innovation, IT, and productivity. Decision Sciences, 45(5), 939-969. doi: 10.1111/deci.12093. PDF (last version of working paper) 
  •  Kundisch, D. O., Mittal, N., & Nault, B. R. (2014). Research commentary—Using income accounting as the theoretical basis for measuring IT productivity. Information Systems Research, 25(3), 449-467. (Nominated for European Research Paper of the Year 2015 Award) doi: 10.1287/isre.2014.0534 PDF 
  • Wei, X., & Nault, B. R. (2014). Monopoly versioning of information goods when consumers have group tastes. Production and Operations Management, 23(6), 1067-1081. doi: 10.1111/poms.12180 PDF (Author Posting. © Production and Operations Management Society2013. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Production and Operations Management Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Production and Operations Management, 23, 6,1067–1081.) DOI: 10.1111/poms.12180

2013

  • Wei, X. D., & Nault, B. R. (2013). Experience information goods:“Version-to-upgrade”. Decision Support Systems, 56, 494-501. doi: 10.1016/j.dss.2012.11.006 PDF (last version of working paper) 

2012

  • Osborn, B., & Nault, B. R. (2012). A classification of supply chain problems. Engineering Management Research, 1(2). doi: 10.5539/emr.v1n2p1 PDF  
  • Nault, B. R., Yang, W., & Tu, Y. (2012). Dynamic price quotation in a responsive supply chain for one-of-a-kind production. International Journal of Production Economics, 139(1), 275-287. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.05.011 PDF (last version of working paper) 
  • Cheng, Z., & Nault, B. R. (2012). Relative industry concentration and customer-driven IT spillovers. Information Systems Research, 23(2), 340-355. doi: 10.1287/isre.1100.0345 340-355. PDF 

2011

  • Han, K., Kauffman, R. J., & Nault, B. R. (2011). Research note—Returns to information technology outsourcing. Information Systems Research, 22(4), 824-840. doi: 10.1287/isre.1100.0290 PDF 
  • Han, K., Kauffman, R.J., Mann, A., & Nault, B. R. (2011). Are there contagion effects in IT outsourcing? Decision Support Systems, 51(4), 864-874. doi: 10.1016/j.dss.2011.02.005(last version of working paper) PDF  Appendix 
  • Jeffers, Jeffers, P. I., & Nault, B. R. (2011). Why competition from a multi‐channel e‐tailer does not always benefit consumers. Decision Sciences, 42(1), 69-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2010.00302.x PDF (last version of working paper) 
  • Li, W., Nault, B. R., Xue, D., & Tu, Y. (2011). An efficient heuristic for adaptive production scheduling and control in one-of-a-kind production. Computers & Operations Research, 38(1), 267-276. doi: 10.1016/j.cor.2010.05.002  PDF Figures (last version of working paper) 

2010

  • Ullah, M., Wei, X. D., Nault, B. R., & Ruhe, G. (2010). Balancing Business and Technical Objectives for Supporting Software Evolution. International Journal of Software Engineering and Computing, 2(2), 75-93. PDF (last version of working paper)

2009

  • Mittal, N., & Nault, B. R. (2009). Research note—Investments in information technology: Indirect effects and information technology intensity. Information systems research, 20(1), 140-154. doi: 10.1287/isre.1080.0186 PDF 

2008

  • Jeffers, P. I., Muhanna, W. A., & Nault, B. R. (2008). Information technology and process performance: an empirical investigation of the interaction between IT and non‐IT resources. Decision sciences, 39(4), 703-735. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2008.00209.x PDF (last version of working paper) 
  • Han, K., Kauffman, R. J., & Nault, B. R. (2008). Relative importance, specific investment and ownership in interorganizational systems. Information Technology and Management, 9, 181-200. doi: 10.1007/s10799-008-0039-9 PDF (last version of working paper) 

2007

  • Cheng, Z., & Nault, B. R. (2007). Industry level supplier-driven IT spillovers. Management Science, 53(8), 1199-1216. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0657 PDF 
  • Cheng, Z., & Nault, B. R. (2007). Internet channel entry: retail coverage and entry cost advantage. Information Technology and Management, 8, 111-132. doi: 10.1007/s10799-007-0015-9  PDF (last version of working paper) 
  • Mitchell, V. L., & Nault, B. R. (2007). Cooperative planning, uncertainty, and managerial control in concurrent design. Management Science, 53(3), 375-389. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0641. PDF 

2006

  • Dexter, A. S., & Nault, B. R. (2006). Membership and incentives in network alliances. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 53(2), 250-262. doi: 10.1109/tem.2006.872246  PDF (last version of working paper) published version here and IEEE policy here 
  • Nault, B. R., & Dexter, A. S. (2006). Agent-intermediated electronic markets in international freight transportation. Decision Support Systems, 41(4), 787-802. doi: 10.1016/s0167-9236(04)00236-2  PDF 

2005

  •  Dexter, A. S., Levi, M. D., & Nault, B. R. (2005). International trade and the connection between excess demand and inflation. Review of International Economics, 13(4), 699-708. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2005.00532.x PDF This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Dexter, A.S., M. D. Levi and Nault, B.R., "International Trade and the Connection Between Excess Demand and Inflation", Review of International Economics, 13, 4 (September 2005), 699-708, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9396.2005.00532.x/abstract.  This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving 

2004

  • Han, K., Kauffman, R. J., & Nault, B. R. (2004). Information exploitation and interorganizational systems ownership. Journal of Management Information Systems, 21(2), 109-135. doi: 10.1080/07421222.2004.11045799  PDF DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2004.11045799
  • Cottrell, T., & Nault, B. R. (2004). Product variety and firm survival in the microcomputer software industry. Strategic Management Journal, 25(10), 1005-1025.doi: 10.1002/smj.408. PDF  (This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Cottrell, T., and Nault, B.R., "Product Variety and Firm Survival in the Microcomputer Software Industry," Strategic Management Journal 25, 10 (October 2004), 1005-1026., which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.408/abstract.)
  • Levi, M. D., & Nault, B. R. (2004). Converting technology to mitigate environmental damage. Management Science, 50(8), 1015-1030. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0238. PDF 

2002

  •  Dexter, A. S., Levi, M. D., & Nault, B. R. (2002). Sticky prices: The impact of regulation. Journal of monetary Economics, 49(4), 797-821. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3932(02)00119-8. PDF (last version of working paper) 

2001

  • Nault, B. R., & Tyagi, R. K. (2001). Implementable mechanisms to coordinate horizontal alliances. Management Science, 47(6), 787-799. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.47.6.787.9808. PDF Erratum PDF 

2000

  • Nault, B. R., & Vandenbosch, M. B. (2000). Disruptive technologies—Explaining entry in next generation information technology markets. Information Systems Research, 11(3), 304-319. doi: 10.1287/isre.11.3.304.12208 PDF 

1998

  • Nault, B. R. (1998). Information technology and organization design: Locating decisions and information. Management Science, 44(10), 1321-1335. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.44.10.1321 PDF 
  • Nault, B. R., & Storey, V. C. (1998). Using object concepts to match artificial intelligence techniques to problem types. Information & Management, 34(1), 19-31. doi: 10.1016/s0378-7206(98)00042-1 PDF (last version of working paper) 

1997

  • Nault, B. R., Dexter, A. S., & Wolfe, R. (1997). Electronic communication innovations: Overcoming adoption resistance. Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2, 114-120. PDF,  German Abstract  (last version of working paper)
  • Bakos, J. Y., & Nault, B. R. (1997). Ownership and investment in electronic networks. Information Systems Research, 8(4), 321-341. doi: 10.1287/isre.8.4.321 PDF  
  • Nault, B. R., Wolfe, R. A., & Dexter, A. S. (1997). Support strategies to foster adoption of interorganizational innovations. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 44(4), 378-389. doi: 10.1109/17.649868  PDF (last version of working paper) published version here and IEEE policy here  © ©1997 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. 
  • Nault, B. R. (1997). Quality differentiation and adoption costs: The case for interorganizational information system pricing. Annals of Operations Research, 71(0), 115-142. doi: 10.1023/A:1018959212847 PDF (last version of working paper) (The final publication is available at Springer via dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018959212847)
  • Nault, B. R. (1997). Information technology and investment incentives in distributed operations. Information Systems Research, 8(2), 196-202. doi: 10.1287/isre.8.2.196 PDF  
  • Nault, B. R. (1997). Mitigating underinvestment through an IT-enabled organization form. Organization Science, 8(3), 223-234. (Citation of Excellence: ANBAR Electronic Intelligence) doi: 10.1287/orsc.8.3.223 PDF 

1996

  • Nault, B. R., & Vandenbosch, M. B. (1996). Eating your own lunch: Protection through preemption. Organization Science, 7(3), 342-358. (Reprinted as Chapter 8 in Managing in Times of Disorder, A. Ilinitch, A. Lewin, and R. D'Aveni, eds., SAGE Publications: Thousand Oaks, 1998, 171-206.) doi: 10.1287/orsc.7.3.342  PDF (last version of working paper) 
  • Nault, B. R. (1996). Equivalence of taxes and subsidies in the control of production externalities. Management Science, 42(3), 307-320. (Citation of Excellence: ANBAR Electronic Intelligence) doi: 10.1287/mnsc.42.3.307 PDF 

1995

  • Nault, B. R., & Dexter, A. S. (1995). Added value and pricing with information technology. MIS Quarterly, 449-464. doi: 10.2307/249628  PDF , Also available in Full Text on ABI/Inform. MIS Quarterly retains copyright. Published version available here 

1994

  • Nault, B. R., & Dexter, A. S. (1994). Adoption, transfers, and incentives in a franchise network with positive externalities. Marketing Science, 13(4), 412-423. doi: 10.1287/mksc.13.4.412. PDF 

1993

  • Dexter, A. S., Levi, M. D., & Nault, B. R. (1993). Freely determined versus regulated prices: implications for the measured link between money and inflation. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 25(2), 222-230. doi: 10.2307/2077838 PDF  (This is the accepted version of the following article: Dexter, A. S., Levi, M. D., & Nault, B. R. (1993), Freely Determined Versus Regulated Prices: Implications for the Link Between Money and Inflation,"Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 25(2), 222-231, which has been published in final form at http://www.jstor.org/stable/2077838) 

1992

  • Nault, B. R., & Dexter, A. S. (1992). Interorganizational information systems in industrial markets. In R. Banker, RJ Kauffman and M. Mahmood (Eds), Strategic information technology management: Perspectives on organizational growth and competitive advantage (pp. 297-316). Harrisburg, PA: Idea Group Publishing. PDF (last version of working paper)

1990

  • Benbasat, I., & Nault, B. R. (1990). An evaluation of empirical research in managerial support systems. Decision Support Systems, 6(3), 203-226. doi: 10.1016/0167-9236(90)90015-j PDF ABSTRACT (last version of working paper) 

Conference proceedings

2023

  • Zhang, J., & Nault, B. R. (2023). The impact of ai platform with plugins for third-party application developers. Proceedings of the Workshop on Information Technology Systems, Hyderabad, India. (refereed)

2021

  • Fereidouni, M., & Nault, B. R. (2021). Digital piracy: Detection, imposition, and restitution. Proceedings of the Fall 2021 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Austin, TX. (refereed)
  • Li, W., Nault, B.R., You, J., & Bilderback, B. (2021). Balancing trade-offs in one-stage production with processing time uncertainty. Procedia Manufacturing, 53, 8-15. (refereed) 
  • Li, W., Nault, B.R., You, J., & Bilderback, B. (2021.) Balancing trade-offs in one-stage production with processing time uncertainty. Proceedings of the North American Manufacturing Research Conference, NAMRC 49, Cincinnati, OH. (refereed)

2019

  •  Vijairaghavan, V., & Nault, B. R. (2019). Smart grids: Incentivizing growth and investment in demand response. Proceedings of the Fall 2019 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Seattle, WA. (refereed)

  • Zhang, J., & Nault, B. R. (2019). The competition between edge providers and the impact of analytics technology. Proceedings of the Fall 2019 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Seattle, WA. (refereed)

     

2018

  • Wang, X., He, J., Vandenbosch, M.B., & Nault, B. R. (2018). Revealed preference in online reviews: purchase verification in the tablet market. Proceedings of the Fall 2018 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Phoenix, AZ. (refereed)

2017

  • Zhang, J., & Nault, B. R. (2017). Upstream information sharing in a make-to-order supply chain. Proceedings of the Fall 2017 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Houston, TX. (refereed)
  • Li, W., Nault, B.R., Abedini, A., Pan, X., Ye, H., Jawahir, I.S., Rouch, K., & Saito, K. (2017). Balancing trade-offs between utilization and work-in-process inventory levels in flow shop production. Proceedings of Eighth International Symposium on Scale Modeling (ISSM-8), Portland, OR.

2016

  • Gong, F., Nault, B.R., & Cheng, Z. (2016). The impact of IT in production interdependence. Proceedings of the Fall 2016 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Nashville, TN. (refereed)

  • Zhang, D., & Nault, B. R. (2016). Do IT investments impact ex-ante firm risk? – New evidence from the option market. Proceedings of the 10th China Summer Workshop on Information Management, Dalian, China. (refereed)

     

2015

  • Herrmann, P., Kundisch, D., Zimmermann, S., & Nault, B. R. (2015). How do different sources of the variance of consumer ratings matter? Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, Fort Worth, TX. (refereed)
  • Herrmann, P., Kundisch, D., Zimmermann, S., & Nault, B. R. (2015). Different sources of the variance of online consumer ratings and their impact on price and demand. Proceedings of the Fall 2015 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Philadelphia, PA. (refereed)
  • Gong, F., Nault, B.R., & Cheng, Z (2015). The impact of IT on production interdependence. Proceedings of the 9th China Summer Workshop on Information Management, Hefei, China. (refereed)

2014 

  • Li, W., Mitchell, V.L., & Nault, B. R. (2014). Inconsistent objectives in operating room scheduling. In Y. Guan & H. Liao (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Montreal, QC. (refereed) PDF

 

2013

  • Guo, H., Liu, Y., & Nault, B. R. (2013). Technology, interoperability, and provision of public safety networks. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, Milano, Italy. (refereed)
  • Nault, B.R., & Zimmermann, S. (2013). Policy, pricing and investment in a two-tier internet. Proceedings of the Fall 2013 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Minneapolis, MN. (refereed). PDF

2012

  • Zhang, D., Lyle, M., & Nault, B. R. (2012). Who reacts to IT investment announcements? Proceedings of the Fall 2012 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Phoenix, AZ. (refereed).

2011

  • Zhang, D., Wei, X., & Nault, B. R. (2011). The impact of IT on productive capacity. Proceedings of the Fall 2011 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Charlotte, NC. (refereed)
  • Li, W., & Nault, B. R. (2011). Variation in processing time in one-of-a-kind production: Case studies using the state space heuristic. Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, University of Southern California. (refereed)
  • Han, K., Kauffman, R.J., Mann, A., & Nault, B. R. (2009). Are there contagion effects in IT outsourcing? Proceedings of the Fall 2009 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, San Diego, CA. (refereed)PDF 
  • Li, W., Nault, B.R., Tu, Y.L., & Xue, D. (2009). A state-space heuristic for adaptive production control in one-of-a-kind production. Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME 37, Greenville, SC. (refereed).
  • Han, K., Kauffman, R.J., Mann, A., & Nault, B. R. (2009). Are there contagion effects in the diffusion of IT outsourcing? Proceedings of the 42th Hawaii International Conference On Systems Sciences (HICSS-42), Waikoloa, HI. (refereed).
  • Li, W., Nault, B.R., Tu, Y.L., & Xue, D. (2008). A heuristic, state space, for hybrid flow shop production scheduling and control. Proceedings of the Fall 2008 INFORMS Conference on Manufacturing Systems, Washington, D.C. (refereed) PDF
  • Cheng, Z., & Nault, B. R. (2007). Customer-driven IT spillovers and industry competition. Proceedings of the Fall 2007 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Seattle, WA. (refereed)
  • Wei, X., Weiss, C., & Nault, B. R. (2007). Experience information goods: Versioning and upgrading. Proceedings of the Fall 2007 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Seattle, WA.(refereed)
  • Wei, X., & Nault, B. R. (2006). Vertically differentiated information goods: Entry deterrence, rivalry clear-out or coexistence. Proceedings of the Fall 2006 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Pittsburgh, PA. (refereed) (Received Best Paper Award) PDF 
  • Han, K., Kauffman, R.J., & Nault, B. R. (2005). Does IT outsourcing pay off? Evidence from industry-level data. Proceedings of the Fall 2005 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, San Francisco, CA. (refereed) (Received Best Paper Award) PDF
  • Cheng, Z., & Nault, B. R. (2004). Retail coverage and incentives for electronic direct market entry. Proceedings of the Fall 2004 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Myrtle Beach, SC. (refereed)
  • Han, K., Kauffman, R.J., & Nault, B. R. (2004). Innovator or owner? Information sharing, incomplete contracts and governance in financial risk management systems. In R. Sprague (Ed.), Proceedings of the 37th Hawaii International Conference On Systems Sciences (HICSS-37), Big Island HI, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos CA, 2004. (refereed) PDF
  • Forster, P.W., J.L. King, B.R. Nault & Regan, A. (200). Information technology adoption and use in u.s. Scheduled air cargo forwarders and airlines. Cargo Network Services (CNS) Report.. PDF
  • Nault, B.R., "Information Technology for Freight Transportation Coordination," in Policy Options for Intermodal Freight Transportation, Special Report 252 of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy Press: Washington D.C. (1998), 234-257.PDF 
  • Sandbiller, K., A. Will, H.U. Buhl and Nault, B.R., "IT-Enabled Incentive Schemes in Telephone Banking," in J.F. Nunamaker and R.H. Sprague eds., Proceedings of the 30th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Band III. Computer Society Press of the IEEE (1997), 249-257.  ABSTRACT 
  • Sandbiller, K., A. Will, H.U. Buhl and Nault, B.R., "Improving Competitiveness of Direct Banking via IT-Enabled Incentive Schemes," in H. Krallmann eds., Wirtschaftsinformatik 97 - Internationale Gesch,ftst,tigkeit auf der Basis flexibler Organisationsstrukturen und leistungsf,higer Informationssysteme (Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Informatics), Heidelberg (1997), 496-511.  
  • Nault, B.R. and A.S. Dexter, "IT-Enabled Affiliations as Organizational Forms," Proceedings of the IEEE International Engineering Management Conference '96, 1996.  PDF
  • Benbasat, I. G. DeSanctis and Nault, B.R., "Empirical Research in Managerial Support Systems: A Review and Assessment," Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Decision Support Systems, A.B. Whinston and C. Halsapple eds., Springer-Verlag (1991), 383-437.ABSTRACT 
  • Benbasat, I. and Nault, B.R., "Empirical Research in Decision Support and Expert Systems: an Examination of Research To Date and Emerging Topics," Proceedings of the Arthur Young Roundtable (1987), 255-303. ABSTRACT