Faculty and Staff

Robert Plant
Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems
(305) 284-1963
office:Jenkins 421C
rplant@miami.edu
Research Interests
- Electronic commerce
- Mass customization
- Knowledge management and knowledge-based systems
Selected Publications
- E-Commerce—Formulation of Strategy, Prentice Hall/Financial Times
“Land Rover Vehicles: The CB40 Project,” European Case Clearing House (coauthor with Feeny and Mughal) - “Getting to ‘Bricks and Clicks’: B2C Leadership Strategies,” Sloan Management Review (coauthor with Willcoks)
- “Software Cost Estimation Using Economic Production Models,” Journal of Management Information Systems (coauthor with Hu and Hertz)
- “Using Meta-Knowledge Within a Multi-Level Framework for KBS Development,” International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (coauthor with Gamble)
- “Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Organizations,” Communications of the ACM (coauthor with Kuokka and O’Leary)
Teaching & Professional Experience
- Fellow, British Computer Society
- Visiting Professor, Universidad Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile
- Research Associate, Oxford Institute Information Management
- Visiting Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- European Engineer, European Federation of National Engineering Associations
- Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Chartered Engineer, United Kingdom
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Professional + Internet
Degrees
- University of Liverpool (England), Ph.D., Computer Science, November 1987.
- Oxford University (England), M.Sc., Computation, November 1985.
- The Polytechnic, Wolverhampton (England), B.Sc(Hons) 1st Class, Computer Science, 1984.
Specialties
- Strategy and information technology
- E-commerce strategy
