Theses

A thesis makes a significant contribution to the research literature in technology innovation managment. Key themes currently explored by our faculty and students include value appropriation in flat and open markets, disruption and value propositions, commercialization ecosystems, infrastructures for user innovation, and IP strategy and business models.

Featured Thesis

Stephen Lombardi's thesis on "Interaction between Eclipse Foundation Members and Eclipse projects" makes a significant contribution to our understanding how open source foundations work.

Abstract: This research uses a data mining technique and information on company websites to classify the interactions between a sample of 163 Eclipse Foundation member organizations and Eclipse projects. The results suggest that Eclipse members: (i) use multiple Eclipse technologies to create offerings; (ii) use Eclipse as a platform for new application development or for offering complementary services; (iii) use open source business models to create offerings with Eclipse; and (iv) develop plug-ins for existing Eclipse applications. This research is relevant to the Eclipse Foundation and to researchers interested in: (i) processes for harvesting data on company websites and (ii) motivations for companies to be involved in open source projects.

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TIM theses completed

• Allen, Michael (2005) A political perspective on product development schedules : evidence from software
• Ahmad, Irfan (2005) Commercialization Strategy and Performance of Technology Startups
• Ahmed, Owais (2005) Migrating from Proprietary to Open Source Learning Content Management Systems
• Ahmed, Syed (2003) Ontologies of Electronic Devices in DAML+OIL for Automated Product Design Services in the Semantic Web
• Alam, Richard (2006) Open Source Projects, Market Offers and Competitive Advantage
• Ali, Syed (2005) Adoption of Voice Over Internet Protocol by North American Service Operators
• Allen, Michael (2004) A Political Perspective on Product Development Schedules: Evidence from Software
• Ashraf, Muhammad (2005) Using Theoretical Perspectives to Examine the Adoption of Mobile Internet and Wireless Payments Services
• Chafe, Kevin (2000) A Practical Solution to Interoperable Secure e-mail over the Internet
• Chen, Feng (2002) Policies as Design and Implementation Artifacts for Non Functional Requirements
• Davidson, Alexander (2005) Early Stage Resource Allocation in Specialized Supplier Firms
• Dhillon, Samrat (2008) Managing license incompatibilities distributing eclipse application stacks
• Dumitrescu, Razvan-Tudor (2004) Changes in Product Line Due to Product Market Repositioning
• Fang, Yijian (2004) The Relationship Between Trust, Commitment and Schedule Overrun
• Fouda, Hany (2007) The relationship between enterprenurial orientation dimensions and performance in small Canadian ICT firms
• Frosst, Douglas (2009) Liquidbriefing: augmenting briefing and decision-making in small groups
• Garcia Lozano, René (2007) Adoption of embedded open source software: the case of Linux in mobile devices
• Ghobros, Michael (2006) The Relationship Between Capability Platform and Performance for Software Start-Ups
• Hao, Yanxia (2004) Competition During Market Meltdowns: The Performance of Telecommunications Equipment Suppliers During 2001-2003
• Hassin, Kamal (2008) Model to ensure clean intellectual property in software development projects
• Hoddinott, Peter (2005) Commercial Alignment of Firms and Government Agencies Advancing Climate Change Technologies
• Isabelle, Diane (2007) National innovation systems, social capital, and country image: a multi-country study of international scientific collaborations
• Izsak, Trevor (2001) Product news releases for time to market competitive intelligence
• Khan, Azmat (2006) How companies use open source software in the voice over Internet Protocol market
• Li, Feng (2006) Examining open source investment aggressiveness of large computer and telecommunication firms
• Li, Zhibin (2004) Involvement in Standards Development and Product Effectiveness
• Liu, Haijun (2007) Examining open source telecommunications companies
• Liu, Ying (2004) Launch Aggressiveness and Product Performance: The Case of New Telecommunications Products
• Lombardi, Stephen (2008) Interactions between eclipse foundation members and eclipse projects
• Loudiadis, Josee (2003) Comparing Early Sales of New Technology Products Closed by Start-Ups and Large Suppliers
• Lu, Tian (2001) A CORBA-based Interface-centric Approach to Signaling for IP-based Telephony Services
• Malik, Ishfaq (2005) Differences in Competitive Aggressiveness Between Growth and Meltdown Periods
• Maheshwari, Bharat (2007) ERP systems institutionalization: the effect of organizational and perceived technological characteristics
• Mora, Monica (2008) Open educational resources: motivations, governance, and content protection
• Martel, Sophie (2002) A New Model for Computer Network Security Risk Analysis
• McInnes, Glenn (2008) Competitive actions of companies whose revenue relies on open source software
• Miller, Scott (2006) Software Product Architectural Integrity During Organizational Distress
• Mohan, Dinesh (2005) Standards Creation Involvement in a Large Telecom Product Development Company: A Grounded Theory
• Muegge, Steven (2004) Corporate Ventured Technology Spin-offs: A Grounded Theory of Decision and Resource Environments
• Munoz, Jairo (2008) Success factors in telecom service development: a grounded theory, case studies research in the Latin American telecommunication sector
• Muttulingam, Jeevithan (2008) Development of open carrier grade-based platforms
• Napoles, Rodolfo (2004) Evolution and Adoption of UML-Based Development Tools
• Noori, Nadia (2009) Managing External Innovation: The Case of Platform Extensions
• Ochoa-Roset, Jorge (2003) Coordinating Hardware and Software Development: Evidence of Success Factors
• Pellerin, Karine (2003) Multimode Biometric Verification System Using Fingerprint and Voice Information
• Peng, Zheshi (2004) Linux Adoption by Firms
• Pinzon, Piedad (2006) The Relationship Between Structure and Performance of Open Source Projects: Case of Learning Content Management Systems
• Qin, Hua (2004) Determinants of Successful Acquisitions: The Case of Cisco
• Rehman, Rizwan (2006) Factors that Contribute to Open Source Software Project Success
• Roy, Isabelle (2004) Medical Technology Assessment Model for Developing Countries
• Siddam, Kalyan (2008) Network effects in the enterprise wireless PDA market
• Sajjad, Aamer (2004) Commercialization Strategy and Competitive Aggressiveness for Technology Startups in Ottawa
• Sun, Hong (2002) Investigating the Use of Analysis Contracts to Improve the Testability of Object Oriented Code
• Sun, Zheng (2004) Key Knowledge Delivery Factors Affecting Software Development Productivity
• Tanev, Stoyan (2004) Competitive Intelligence Information and Innovation Performance of IRAP Funded Companies
• Treif, Mohammed (2008) Open source course management system adoption in Canadian universities and colleges
• Usman, Arshad (1999) The Effect of Product Price and Product Category on Online Payment Methods and on the Decision to Own Secure Server
• Wang, Peiyao (2005) Distributed New Product Development Structures and Schedule Overrun
• Wu, Di (2007) An empirical study of the effects of open source adoption on software development economics
• Wu, Jian (2004) Motive, Form and Function of International R&D Alliances in the Information Technology Industry in China
• Xie, Zhensheng (2008) Open source software foundation: company involvement, governance, and effectiveness
• Xu, Yijun (2007) Examining the constructs and component dimensions of the openaccess project
• Yang, Jihong (2005) Sales Generated Using Open Source Projects
• Ye, Hua (2008) Classifying venture capital backed open source software startups using publicly available information
• Yepez, Carlos (2004) Venture Capital Investment Dynamics: Modeling the Ottawa Boom-And-Bust
• Yuan, Jiang (2007) Company interactions with open platforms: case of Carrier Grade Linux
• Zhang, Terence (2005) How Customer Attributes Affect Retention, Loyalty Intention and Satisfaction for Continuously Provided Services
• Zhang, Yong (2005) Capturing Value from Early Stage Technology in Open Standard Environments: The Case of Wi-Fi
• Zhen, Wei (2004) Using Christensen's Models to Make Sense of Changes in the Chinese Telecommunications Equipment Supplier Industry