Dr Denise Gengatharen

BEcon (Hons) M’sia, GradDipSc(CompSt), MSc(InfoSc), PhD ECowan
Senior Lecturer

Contact Information

Tel:

+61 (0)8 6304 5255

Fax:

+61 (0)8 6304 5988

E-mail:

d.gengatharen@ecu.edu.au

Campus:

Joondalup

Room:

2.460

Current Teaching:

Business Systems Design, E-Business, Web Usability, Project Communications Management

Background

Employment History:

Denise has been teaching at ECU since 2000, first as a sessional staff with the School of Computer and Information Science and then with the School of Management Information Systems. She has previously worked in the banking industry for a number of years in various management positions. She has published in international journals and presented papers at international and national conferences. She is currently on the editorial board of Electronic Markets, The International Journal.

Specialisation:

E-Business, SMEs & Information Systems. Electronic markets

Passions/Life Outside University:

My family, reading crime novels & watching crime shows on television

Research and Publications

Current Research Area:

Knowledge Management, e-Business

Research Interest:

Knowledge Management, Project Management, e-Business, e-Marketplaces

Research Grants:

Project: “Identifying Successful Knowledge Management Strategies in an Organisational Climate of Uncertainty and Change: A Higher Education Institution Perspective”. Value: $19,500. Edith Cowan University. Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme, 2008

Monographs:

GENGATHAREN, D. (2008). Government Sponsored Online Platforms for SMEs: Assessing Success and Evaluating Benefits. Sarrbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr Müeller ISBN: 978-3639058666

Refereed Journal Articles:

GENGATHAREN, D. (2008). Interpreting the Success and Failure of Regional Internet Community Portals in Promoting e-Commerce adoption by SMEs: a Cultural Perspective. Journal of Systems and Information Technology, 10(1), 56-71
Standing, C.; Love, P.E.D.; Stockdale, R. & GENGATHAREN, D. (2006). Examining the Relationship between Electronic Marketplace Strategy and Structure. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 53(2), 297-311.
GENGATHAREN, D. E., Standing, C., & Burn, J. (2005). Government-supported Community Portal Regional eMarketplaces for SMEs:  Evidence to support a Staged Approach [Electronic Version]. Electronic Markets, 15(4), 405-417.
GENGATHAREN, D. E., & Standing, C. (2005). A Framework to Assess the Factors Affecting Success or Failure of the Implementation of Government-Supported Regional eMarketplaces for SMEs. European Journal of Information Systems, 14(4), 417-433.
Standing, C., Sims, I., Stockdale, R., GENGATHAREN, D. E., Standing, S., & Wassenaar, A. (2004). Can E-Marketplaces Bridge the Digital Divide? An Analysis of Two Western Australian Cases. The Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, 20(3), 1-14.

GENGATHAREN, D. E., & Standing, C. (2004). Evaluating the Benefits of Regional Electronic Marketplaces: Assessing the Quality of the REM Success Model. Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, 7(1), 11-20.

Conference Papers in Proceeding (selected):

GENGATHAREN, D.E. & Standing C. (2007). Using a Cultural Lens to Interpret the Success and Failure of Regional Internet Community Portals in Promoting e-Commerce adoption by SMEs. Proceedings of the Conference on Information Management and Internet Research 2007. Joondalup: WeB Centre, Edith Cowan University.
GENGATHAREN, D. E., & Standing, C. (2005). Promoting E-Commerce among SMEs through Community-Based Portals: An Analysis of Three West Australian Cases. Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2005) (CD-ROM). Sydney: Australasian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems.
GENGATHAREN, D. E., & Standing, C. (2005). Bridging the Digital Divide with Community Portal Regional E-Marketplaces: the Need for an Integrated Approach. Proceedings of the International Telecommunications Society Africa-Asia-Australasia Regional Conference (CD-ROM) Perth: Communication Economics and Electronic Markets Research Centre, Curtin University of Technology.
Burn, J., GENGATHAREN, D. E., & Standing, C. (2005). Virtual Communities for SMEs: Implementing a Regional Electronic Marketplace. Proceedings of the 2005 Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) International Conference (pp. 667-670). San Diego: Idea Group Publishing.
GENGATHAREN, D. E., & Standing, C. (2004). Regional E-marketplaces: Towards a Unified Theoretical Framework for Assessing Facilitators and Inhibitors of Success. Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Information Systems. (The European IS Profession in the Global Networking Environment) (CD-ROM). Turku, Finland: Turku School of Economics and Business Administration.
GENGATHAREN, D. E., Standing, C., & Burn, J. (2004). Regional E-Marketplaces and B2B Portals for SMEs: Are Some of Them Failing Because of a Mismatch Between Motivation and Ability? Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) (CD-ROM). Tasmania: University of Tasmania.