Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • PhD, Business Administration (concentration in Information Systems), Louisiana State University, August 2019
  • MS, Master in International Business and Economics, University of Pavia, April 2014
  • BS, Economics of International Markets, University of Pavia, October 2011

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Operations Management & Information Systems, Northern Illinois University, August 2019 - Present
  • Graduate Assistant/Instructor, SDEIS department, E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University, January 2015 - Spring 2019

Teaching

Courses Taught (In person):

  • Introduction to Management Information Systems
  • Business System Analysis, Design and Development
  • Predictive Business Analytics
  • Big Data Analytics for Business
  • Big Data Analytics for Business [MBA Students]
  • Advanced Predicting Modeling

Courses Taught (Online):

  • Introduction to Management Information Systems

  • Introduction to Management Information Systems for Business Majors

  • Predictive Business Analytics

  • Big Data Analytics for Business

Three years Teaching Evaluation average: 4.81/5

Three years Student Evaluation average: 4.57/5

Scholarship

Journal Publications

  1. Grego, M., Bartosiak, M., Palese, B., Piccoli, G. & Denicolai, S. (2024) “Disentangling the ‘digital’: A critical review of information technology capabilities, information technology–enabled capabilities and digital capabilities in business research,” International Journal of Management Reviews, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12389.

  2. Palese, B., Piccoli, G. & Lui, T. W. (2021) “Effective Use of Online Review Systems: Congruent Managerial Responses and Firm Competitive Performance,” International Journal of Hospitality Management, Vol. 96, 102976, ISSN 0278-4319, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2021.102976.

  3. Palese, B., & Piccoli, G. (2020). “Evaluating Topic Modeling Interpretability Using Topic Labeled Gold-standard Sets,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 47, pp. 433-451.https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04720.

  4. Palese, B., & Piccoli, G. (2020). “Open Data: Evaluating Topic Modeling Interpretability Using Topic Labeled Gold Standard Sets,” AIS Transactions on Replication Research, 6, (9). DOI: 10.17705/1atrr.00052. Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/trr/vol6/iss1/.

  5. Piccoli, G., Bartosiak, M., Palese, B., & Rodriguez, J. (2020) “Designing Scalability in Required In-Class Introductory College Courses,” Information & Management, 57 (8), 103263, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2019.103263.

  6. Piccoli, G., Rodriguez, J., Palese, B., & Bartosiak, M. (2019). “Feedback at Scale: Designing for Accurate and Timely Practical Digital Skills Evaluation,” European Journal of Information Systems, 29 (2), pp. 114–133. DOI: 10.1080/0960085X.2019.1701955

  7. Palese, B., & Usai, A. (2018) “The relative importance of service quality dimensions in E- commerce experiences,” International Journal of Information Management, 40, pp. 132-140. ISSN 0268-4012, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.02.001.

  8. Ives, B., Palese, B., & Rodriguez, J.A. (2016). “Digital Data Streams for Customer Service Enhancement: Harnessing the Internet of Things,” MISQ Executive, 15 (4), pp. 279-297. Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/misqe/vol15/iss4/5

Service

Department Level

  • Creator and Co-host of the Gateway podcast, Fall 2021 - Present
  • Creator and Coordinator of the OM&IS Department Data Visualizations Competition, Spring 2023 - Present
  • MIS Colloquium Committee Chair, Fall 2022 – Present

College Level

  • Business Olympics Judge & Keynote Speaker, Spring 2021.
  • Business Olympics Task Force, OM&IS department champion, Fall 2021 – Present.
  • COB Admitted Student Postcard Initiative, Fall 2023.
  • COB New Students Initiative, Fall 2020.
  • Faculty for Ethics Committee, OM&IS department representative, Fall 2022 – Present.
  • Recruitment activities for Business Olympics- WDKB Radio Airtime appearance, Spring 2023.
  • Speaker at the COB High School Leadership Academy event. Invited talk on Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, Spring 2023.

University Level

  • Faculty Senate - OM&IS department representative, Fall 2020- Present.
  • Faculty Senate - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Sub- Committee, Fall, 2020 – Present.
  • Faculty Senate - Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee, Fall, 2020 – Spring 2023.
  • Faculty Senate - Social Justice Committee, Fall, 2020 – Present.
  • Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Search Committee, all NIU faculties representative, Fall 2023.

Editorial Roles

  • Associate Editor: International Conference on Information Systems, Practice-Oriented Research track; ICIS 2023, Hyderabad, India.
  • Associate Editor: International Conference on Information Systems, Practice-Oriented Research track; ICIS 2024, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Special Issue Editor: European Journal of Innovation Management – “The Next Wave of Innovation Management: Human, Enterprise, and AI united for Impactful Change”.
  • Track Chair: European Academy of Management Conference, T01_09 – “From AI to Digital Transformation in the Human+ Era: What are the Effects on Business and Society?, EURAM 2024, Bath, UK.

Reviewer

Conferences: - Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) - International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) - European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM) - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) - International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)

Journals: - Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE) - Decision Support Systems (DSS) - European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS) - Information & Management (I&M) - Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ) - MIS Quarterly Executive (MISQE)

Volunteering

  • Faculty Mentor for the 2022 Food Systems Challenge Hackathon at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA, November 2022.
  • Conference Volunteer for the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), New Orleans, USA, August 2018.

Grants

  • Co-Principal Investigator, “The Adoption and Use of Artificial Intelligence technologies in Business Schools: Problems and Prospects”, COB Summer Research Grant, NIU College of Business, $30,000, Summer 2021
  • Recipient of the NIU 2023 Curricular Innovation Grant, $5,500, Summer 2023

Honors and Awards

  • 2024 Best AE Award at The International Conference on Information Systems 2024 (Practitioner Track), Bangkok, Thailand

  • 2024 Outstanding Reviewer Award at The Americas Conference on Information Systems (Social Computing Track), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

  • 2024 Best Paper (top 10%) Award at The Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, USA.

  • 2022 Outstanding Faculty Service Award – OM&IS Department, NIU College of Business

  • AOM 2022 Junior Faculty Consortium, Seattle, USA

  • RStudio Certified Trainer, RStudio Education, tidyverse package, Spring 2022

  • 2021 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award – OM&IS Department, NIU College of Business

  • AIS Award for Innovation in Teaching, Association for Information Systems, ICIS 2020

  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant 2019, E. J. Ourso College of Business, LSU

  • ICIS 2018 Doctoral Consortium, San Francisco, USA

  • AMCIS 2018 Doctoral Consortium, New Orleans, USA

Professional Affiliations

  • Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • Academy of Management (AOM)