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Frederick Kaefer

Frederick Kaefer
Title: Associate Professor
Office #: 372
Phone: 312- 915-7063
E-mail: fkaefer@luc.edu


Personal Information

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Management Information Systems, University of Iowa, 1995
  • MBA Finance and Management Information Systems, Loyola University Chicago, 1990
  • B.S. Mathematics and Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago, 1986

    Research Interests

  • The planning and use of communication systems
  • Wireless communication technologies
  • Network security
  • Neural networks
  • Decision support systems

    Professional Associations

  • Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • Institute for Management Science and Operations Research (INFORMS)
  • Chicago Industrial Communications Association (CICA)
  • Research and Education Group in Information Systems (REGIS)

    Professional Activities

    Referee for the following journals

  • INFORMS Journal on Computing
  • Telecommunications Systems
  • European Journal of Operational Research

    Awards

  • Loyola University Chicago Graduate School of Business "The Top Fifteen MBA Faculty"
  • Loyola University Chicago Water Tower Student Association (WTSA) faculty member of the year
  • Loyola University Chicago School of Business Administration Summer Research Grant award recipient

    Courses Taught

    Undergraduate

  • ISOM 247 Computer Concepts and Applications
  • ISOM 347 Systems Analysis and Design
  • ISOM 398 Telecommunications for Managers

    MBA/MSISM/EMBA

  • ISOM 496 Systems Analysis and Design
  • ISOM 498 Telecommunications for Managers
  • ISOM 590 Global Business Strategy and IT
  • ISOM 591 International Telecommunications
  • ISOM 691 Principles of Programming
  • ISOM 793 Network Management
  • INFS 600E Emerging Telecommunications Technologies

     

    Research Listings


    REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
    "A Neural Network Application to Consumer Classification to Improve the Timing of Direct Marketing Activities," Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 32, No. 10, pp. 2595-2615 2005 , Co-Authors: C.M. Heilman and S.D. Ramenofsky

    "Business Technology Complementarities: Impacts of the Presence and Strategic Timing of ERP on B2B e-Commerce Technology Efficiencies," Omega, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 395-405 2004 , Co-Authors: E. Bendoly

    "Measuring the Impact of Organizational Constraints on the Success of Business-to-Business e-Commerce Efforts: A Transactional Focus," Information & Management , Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 529-541 2004 , Co-Authors: E. Bendoly

    "Linking Technological Compatibility and Operational Capacity Constraints to Communication Technology Adoption," Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations , Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-13, 2003 , Co-Authors: E. Bendoly

    "Determining the Appropriate Amount of Data for Classifying Consumers for Direct Marketing Purposes," Journal of Interactive Marketing , Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 5-28, 2003 , Co-Authors: C.M. Heilman and S.D. Ramenofsky

    "A Note on Project Scheduling with Resource Constraints: A Branch and Bound Approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 125, No. 1, pp. 216-217, 2000

    "The Adoption of Electronic Data Interchange: A Model and Practical Tool for Managers," Decision Support Systems, Vol. 30, No. 1 pp. 23-32, 2000 , Co-Authors: E. Bendoly

    "Interconnecting LANs and a FDDI Backbone Using Transparent Bridges: A Model and Solution Algorithms," INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 25-39, 1998 , Co-Authors: J. S. Park


    PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
    "Designing Wireless Local Area Networks with Security Considerations," INFORMS Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington, November 5th 2007
    "Locating Access Points to Support Voice over Wireless Local Area Networks," INFORMS Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November 5th 2006

    "A neural network application to consumer classification to improve the timing of direct marketing activities," Poster session at School of Business Administration Research Showcase, April 6th 2006 , Co-presenting: Carrie M. Heilman and Samuel D. Ramenofsky

    "Luxury Good Expenditures of Husband and Wife Dyads Incorporating User Attitudes," Association for Consumer Research (ACR) Conference, September 29 2006 , Co-presenting: Carrie M. Heilman and Samuel D. Ramenofsky

    "Designing Wireless Local Area Networks Using Multiple Types of Access Points," INFORMS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 20 2003

    "Location of Access Points in Wireless Local Area Networking," Proceedings of the 2003 Americas Conference on Information Systems, Tampa, Florida, August 4-6 2003

    "Business Technology Complimentariness: Impacts of the Presence and Strategic Timing of ERP on B2B System Efficiencies," POMS General Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, April 4-7 2003 , Co-presenting: Elliot Bendoly

    "Implications of Global Asymmetries in Power Infrastructures," Athenian Policy Forum's International Conference on The Global Economy: Financial, Legal and Technological Asymmetries, Chicago, IL, August 17 2002 , Co-presenting: G. Nezlek

    "Conditions for Autonomous Power Capability in New Versus Old Economy Firms," Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Infrastructure for Electronic Business, Science, and Education on the Internet, L'Aquila, Italy, August 6-12 2001 , Co-presenting: G. S. Nezlek and S. L. Hamilton

    "The Impact of Enterprise Systems on Business-to-Business & Business-to-Commerce Transactional Efficiency," INFORMS, National Meeting, Miami, FL, November 4-7 2001 , Co-presenting: E. Bendoly

    "The Adoption of Electronic Data Interchange: A Model and Practical Tool for Managers," INFORMS National Meeting, Cincinnati, May 2-5 1999 , Co-presenting: E. Bendoly

    "A Model and Solution Procedures for Designing an ATM Campus Network that Interconnects Legacy LAN and Multimedia Users," Fourth INFORMS Telecommunications Conference, Boca Raton, FL, March 8-11 1998

    "Survey of Discrete Optimization Models Incorporating Environmental Issues," Decision Sciences Institute 28th Annual Meeting, San Diego, November 22-25 1997


    CONTRIBUTIONS OR CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
    "Linking Technological Compatibility and Operational Capacity Constraints to Communication Technology Adoption," M. Khosrow-Pour eds., The Social and Cognitive Impacts of e-Commerce on Modern Organizations, (Hershey: Idea Group Publishing), 2004 , Co-Authors: E. Bendoly, , Reprinted by Originally published in Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-13, 2003

    "Implications of Global Asymmetries in Power Infrastructures," M. Hayford, A.G. Malliaris and M.E. Malliaris eds., The Global Economy: Financial, Monetary, Trade and Knowledge Asymmetries, (APF Press. Toronto, Canada), pp. 225-235, Co-Authors: G. Nezlek 2003