Vinod Kumar

Vinod Kumar is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management of the Sprott School of Business (Director of School, 1995–2005), Carleton University. He received his graduate education from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Manitoba. He has published over 150 papers in refereed journals and proceedings. He has won several Best Paper Awards in prestigious conferences, Scholarly Achievement Award of Carleton University for the academic years 1985–1986 and 1987–1988, and Research Achievement Award for the year 1993 and 2001. Vinod is a well known expert in the field of technology and operations management. He has consulted DND, CIDA, Canada Post, Industry Canada, CHEO, Federal Partners of Technology Transfer and Canadian Association of Business Incubator to name a few. Before joining academia in the early 80s, Vinod worked for five electronics and manufacturing firms for over 15 years in Canada, India, and the U.S. in various line and staff management positions. Vinod has given invited lectures to professional and academic organizations in Australia, Brazil, China, Iran, and India among others. He has taught in Executive MBA programs in Canada and Hong Kong and in Sprott MBA in Ottawa, Iran, and China where he enjoys connecting his industry and research experience with management theories.

Publications

Path Analysis Model for Supply Chain Risk Management
Path Analysis Model for Supply Chain Risk Management
Satyendra Kumar Sharma, Anil Bhat, Vinod Kumar, Aayushi Agarwal. © 2018. 24 pages.
The purpose of this paper is to develop a model to understand the relationship of supply chain risk sources, risk drivers, and risk mitigation strategies to the overall risk...
Effect of Mobile Phone SMS on M-Health: An Analysis of Consumer Perceptions
Effect of Mobile Phone SMS on M-Health: An Analysis of Consumer Perceptions
Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Jashim Uddin Ahmed, Vinod Kumar, Uma Kumar. © 2018. 14 pages.
This chapter is engaged in identifying consumer perceptions regarding short message service (SMS) of the mobile phone as an alternative service delivery channel for Mobile-health...
Path Analysis Model for Supply Chain Risk Management
Path Analysis Model for Supply Chain Risk Management
Satyendra Kumar Sharma, Anil Bhat, Vinod Kumar, Aayushi Agarwal. © 2018. 23 pages.
The purpose of this paper is to develop a model to understand the relationship of supply chain risk sources, risk drivers, and risk mitigation strategies to the overall risk...
Control Mechanism of Identity Theft and Its Integrative Impact on Consumers' Purchase Intention in E-Commerce
Control Mechanism of Identity Theft and Its Integrative Impact on Consumers' Purchase Intention in E-Commerce
Mahmud A. Shareef, Vinod Kumar, Uma Kumar. © 2016. 34 pages.
There are many collection and application sources of identity theft. The Internet is one of the vulnerable medias for identity theft and is used, especially, as an application...
Effect of Mobile Phone SMS on M-Health: An Analysis of Consumer Perceptions
Effect of Mobile Phone SMS on M-Health: An Analysis of Consumer Perceptions
Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Jashim Uddin Ahmed, Vinod Kumar, Uma Kumar. © 2015. 13 pages.
This chapter is engaged in identifying consumer perceptions regarding short message service (SMS) of the mobile phone as an alternative service delivery channel for Mobile-health...
From Integration to Social Media: Understanding Electronic Marketplace
From Integration to Social Media: Understanding Electronic Marketplace
Kayvan Miri Lavassani, Bahar Movahedi, Vinod Kumar. © 2014. 19 pages.
EMs as trade tools have been the subject of several disruptive changes during the past few decades. The chapter discusses the importance of EM integration and market knowledge...
Control Mechanism of Identity Theft and Its Integrative Impact on Consumers' Purchase Intention in E-Commerce
Control Mechanism of Identity Theft and Its Integrative Impact on Consumers' Purchase Intention in E-Commerce
Mahmud A. Shareef, Vinod Kumar, Uma Kumar. © 2014. 41 pages.
There are many collection and application sources of identity theft. The Internet is one of the vulnerable medias for identity theft and is used, especially, as an application...
Electronic-Government Vision: Case Studies for Objectives, Strategies, and Initiatives
Electronic-Government Vision: Case Studies for Objectives, Strategies, and Initiatives
Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Uma Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Morteza Niktash. © 2012. 25 pages.
Different countries adopt Electronic-government (EG) from different perspectives, although they align their mission to develop efficient government sectors that can satisfy...
E-Government Implementation Perspective: Setting Objective and Strategy
E-Government Implementation Perspective: Setting Objective and Strategy
Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Vinod Kumar, Uma Kumar, Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Subhas C. Misra. © 2012. 20 pages.
Though many countries are still just beginning to grasp the potential uses and impacts of Electronic-government (EG), advances in technologies and their applications continue....
Prevent/Control Identity Theft: Impact on Trust and Consumers’ Purchase Intention in B2C EC
Prevent/Control Identity Theft: Impact on Trust and Consumers’ Purchase Intention in B2C EC
Mahmud A. Shareef, Vinod Kumar. © 2012. 31 pages.
This study provides an application framework toward measures to prevent/control identity theft in conjunction with sources. It also identifies the impact of overall protection of...
E-Marketplace Emergence: Evolution, Developments and Classification
E-Marketplace Emergence: Evolution, Developments and Classification
Bahar Miri Movahedi, Kayvan Miri Lavassani, Vinod Kumar. © 2012. 19 pages.
The present paper provides a comprehensive multi-dimensional classification of Electronic Marketplaces (EM). The paper opens the discussion by investigating the early...
Stakeholder Adoption of E-Government Services: Driving and Resisting Factors
Stakeholder Adoption of E-Government Services: Driving and Resisting Factors
Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Vinod Kumar, Uma Kumar, Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi. © 2011. 322 pages.
The success of e-government – whether it is at the local, regional, or central level – largely depends on user acceptance of e-government, which requires a thorough understanding...
Introduction to Electronic Government: Development and Adoption
Introduction to Electronic Government: Development and Adoption
Ahsan Akhter Hasin, Vinod Kumar, Uma Kumar, Mahmud Akhter Shareef. © 2011. 13 pages.
This chapter is a general introduction to the development and adoption of Electronic-Government or e-government (EG). It addresses the background of EG, its origin and...
An Empirical Effort to Validate Electronic-Government Adoption Model
An Empirical Effort to Validate Electronic-Government Adoption Model
Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Vinod Kumar, Uma Kumar. © 2011. 33 pages.
This chapter then organizes results obtained from statistical analysis and interprets the findings. Finally, the chapter presents EG adoption models for different levels of...
E-Marketplaces: Taxonomy of the New Collaborative Information Platform
E-Marketplaces: Taxonomy of the New Collaborative Information Platform
Kayvan Miri Lavassani, Bahar Miri Movahedi, Vinod Kumar. © 2011. 18 pages.
This chapter provides a review of the historical evolution and development in the field of Electronic Marketplaces (EMs) and explores the classifications of EMs. The authors...
E-Government Implementation Perspective: Setting Objective and Strategy
E-Government Implementation Perspective: Setting Objective and Strategy
Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Vinod Kumar, Uma Kumar, Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Subhas C. Misra. © 2010. 19 pages.
Though many countries are still just beginning to grasp the potential uses and impacts of Electronic-government (EG), advances in technologies and their applications continue....