Best paper awards are selected from those submitted for presentation at the conference. The Conference Chair has the responsibility for making the selection and presents the award at the annual conference. All papers accepted for presentation at the conference are candidates.
Recipients of the Award - 2022
Best Research Paper Award
An assessment of small to medium-sized enterprises' security posture and preparedness to respond to a cybersecurity attack
Stephen Mujeye
Best Student Paper Award
Assessing SMEs cybersecurity organizational readiness. Findings from an Italian survey
Matjaž Drev, Student
BDalibor Stanimirović, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Boštjan Delak, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Implementation of privacy by design model on eHealth information system
Martina Neri, Student
Federico Niccolini, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Rosario Pugliese, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Best Research Idea Award
Human-Machine Collaboration in Selecting Features Affecting 30-Day Mortality Prediction of Chronically Ill Patients
Ofir Ben-Assuli
Tsipi Heart
Nan Yin
Robert Klempfner
Rema Padman
An exploration of the HIPAA compliance for federal and state telehealth regulations before and during COVID-19 pandemic
Michelle Ramim
Shonda Brown
A Preliminary Study on Voice-Assisted Interfaces in the German Public Administration
Oliver Jokisch
Kurt Brauner
Ingo Siegert
A methodology for creating user-generated educational materials via crowdsourced resource gathering
Rina Zviel-Girshin
Julia Ostanina-Olszewska
Best Research-in-Progress Paper Award
Determine the status and opportunities of Circular Economy activities in business processes
Roisin Mullins
Sandra Dettmer
Monika Eisenbardt
Ewa Ziemba
The fourth industrial revolution and learning analytics
Amir Winer
Nitza Geri
What is the Difference between Peer Assessment and an “Objective” External Assessment in an Academic Course?
Tamar Shamir Inbal
Orli Weiser
Ina Blau
Best Research-in-Progress Student Paper Award
UBI-NAO: A ubiquitous avatar tutoring on Talent Development Capability Model (TDC)
Dan Kohen-Vacs, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Gila Kurtz, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Aya Levy, Student
Maxim Lantsman, Student
Best Student Research Idea Award
Examining team dynamics for success in Littlefield simulation
Julita Haber, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Jeffrey Butkowski, Student
Jinhui Wu, Student
Alexander Leisenring, Student
Recipients of the Award - 2021
Best Research Paper Award
COVID-19 effect on the Healthcare sector's cybersecurity
Tal Pavel
Ruti Gafni
Best Student Paper Award
Artificial intelligence for last-mile logistics – Procedures and architecture
André Rosendorff
Alexander Hodes
Benjamin Fabian, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Best Research Idea Award
What are the characteristics of pedagogical change in integrating digital collaborative learning within and between schools?
Tamar Shamir-Inbal
Ina Blau
Exploratory and real-time data science on MITRE’s ATT&CK framework
Liam Watson
Bruce Watson
A cyber-robust architecture for decision-support systems
Nanette Saes
Bruce Watson
Considering time in prediction of congestive heart failure events
Ofir Ben-Assuli
Roni Ramon
Tsipi Heart
Arie Jacobi
Robert Klempfner
Academic and practitioner perceptions of salient knowledge-related risks
Christiaan Maasdorp
Boštjan Delak
SocialNAO – A personalized learning workshop for elderly guided by a humanoid robot
Gila Kurtz
Dan Kohen-Vacs
Virtual hybrid design for learning humanistic management
Julita Haber
Sophia Town
Christine Janssen
James Teague
Best Research-in-Progress Paper Award
Providing language interfaces with robotic process automation and text retrieval for automated integration of applications and unstructured data
Andreas Niekler
Mark Busse
Matthias Gulde
Lino Markfort
Felix Helfer
Best Research-in-Progress Student Paper Award
Towards a universal cybersecurity competency framework for organizational users
Patricia Baker
Yair Levy, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Ling Wang, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Martha Snyder, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Best Student Research Idea Award
A review of industry experts’ perceptions of knowledge security
Christopher Shear
Bruce Watson, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Martin Van der Walt, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Relationships between foresight and knowledge management processes from the perspective of the theory of creation of organizational knowledge
Alan Rafael Boesing
Raquel Janissek-Muniz, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Recipients of the Award - 2020
Best Research Paper Award
Personal data protection and academia: GDPR issues and multi-modal data-collections "in the wild"
Ingo Siegert
Vered Silber Varod
Nehoray Carmi
Pawel Kamocki
Drivers of knowledge hiding in the university context
Kaiyu Yang
Vincent Ribiere
Best Student Paper Award
Digital influencers: An exploratory study of influencer marketing campaign process on Instagram
Joanna Krywalski Santiago
Inês Moreira Castelo
The effect of image resolution in the human presence detection: A case study on real-world image data
Alexander Leipnitz
Tilo Strutz, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Oliver Jokisch, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
The competencies needed for digital transformation
Patrick Fonseca
Winnie Picoto, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Best Research Idea Award
A balanced body of knowledge and skills (BBKS) approach to prepare the health care work force to manage pandemic data and information
Stephen Bronsburg
Arif Rana
How to train for making and tinkering in formal education? Professional development of code and robotics teachers through MOOC to promote self-regulated learning
Ina Blau
Tamar Shamir-Inbal
Eynat Leykin
A team-based training game guided by a humanoid robot
Gila Kurtz
Dan Kohen-Vacs
Fast and frugal knowledge risk assessment: Utilizing domain expertise and multiple reference organizations
Boštjan Delak
Christiaan Maasdorp
Student participation in virtual synchronous classes: What impact does the style of the professor have on student perception and participation?
Nathan White
Julie Bonner
Lori Braunstein
Laura Portolese
Best Research-in-Progress Student Paper Award
Subject matter experts’ feedback on a prototype development of an audio, visual, and haptic phishing email alert system
Molly Cooper
Yair Levy, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Ling Wang, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Laurie Dringus, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Recipients of the Award - 2019
Best Research Paper Award
Measurable approach for risk justification of explicit and tacit knowledge assessment
Boštjan Delak
Christiaan Maasdorp
Social media privacy concerns and risk beliefs
Johnathan Yerby
Alex Koohang
Joanna Paliszkiewicz
Revisiting automated project management in the digital age – A survey of AI approaches
Gunnar Auth
Oliver Jokisch
Christian Dürk
Value added knowledge by prosumers in Poland and the UK specifically for service process stages
Roisin Mullins
Monika Eisenbardt
Sandra Dettmer
Ewa Ziemba
The invisible hole of information on SMB's cybersecurity
Ruti Gafni
Tal Pavel
Best Student Paper Award
An exploratory study of patient portal adoption and use in multiple clinical specialty departments
Stephen E. Bronsburg, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Marcia Durity
Michelle M. Ramim, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Best Research Idea Award
Online self-regulated learning of ICT leaders in a professional development process
Tamar Shamir-Inbal
Ina Blau
Tomer Loubaton
Enriching audio databases with temporal information hidden in the acoustic signal
Nehoray Carmi
Anat Lerner
Vered Silber-Varod
Business leaders’ resistance to collaborate with law enforcement agencies in protecting their firms from cyber-attacks
Zadok Hakim
Yair Levy
Melissa Carlton
Measuring the performance of collaborative question-answering services
Benny Bornfeld
Sheizaf Rafaeli
Cyber security development as an enabler for economic development
Given Shingange
Bruce Watson
Recipients of the Award - 2018
Best Research Paper Award
Knowledge donation and knowledge collection patterns in a free software community
Andrea Raymundo Balle
Carla Curado
Mírian Oliveira
Some design aspects of a cognitive user interface
Markus Huber
Werner Meyer
Matthias Wolff
Oliver Jokisch
Kati Nowack
Security policy and data protection awareness of mobile devices in relation to employees' trusting beliefs
Alex Koohang
Kevin Floyd
Neil Rigole
Joanna Paliszkiewicz
Assessing the effectiveness of IPTEACES e-learning framework in higher education: Fundação Dom Cabral - a Brazilian perspective
Nuno Pena
Paula Simões
Lília Mascarenhas
Flávia Alvim
Differences in salaries and employment security between tertiary education graduates and their determinants: Evidence from Poland
Michal Pietrzak
Piotr Pietrzak
Is human-human spoken interaction manageable? The emergence of the concept: 'Conversation Intelligence'
Vered Silber-Varod
Prosumers knowledge sharing to develop and manage products
Ewa Ziemba
Monika Eisenbardt
Roisin Mullins
Dariusz Grabara
Best Student Paper Award
The effects of gamification elements in e-learning platforms
Ruti Gafni, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Dafni Biran Achituv, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Shimon Eidelman
Tomer Chatsky
Expert assessment of organizational cybersecurity programs and development of vignettes to measure cybersecurity countermeasures awareness
Jodi Goode
Yair Levy, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Anat Hovav, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
James Smith, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Best Research-in-Progress Paper Award
Process improvement in a graduate practicum to create a favorable learning environment for knowledge transfer
Stephen E. Bronsburg
Harold E. Wiggin
Arif M. Rana
Best Research Idea Award
To err is human - what can be learned from errors? Common errors among novices while modeling business processes
Dizza Beimel
Arava Tsoury
Shirly Bar-Lev
Teaching creative computing for developing computational thinking in elementary and secondary schools: Comparing instructivist and constructivist strategies of code teachers
Ina Blau
Tamar Shamir-Inbal
Avital Kesler
Women in technology challenges and call for action
Michelle M. Ramim
Modelling knowledge security: Knowledge security as a knowledge management problem
Christopher Shear
Bruce Watson
Martin Van der Walt
Recipients of the Award - 2017
Best Research Paper Award
Application of Semantic Network Visualization as a Managerial Support Instrument in Financial Analyses
Helena Dudycz
Mapping Strategic Groups in Higher Education - Evidence on the Polish Technical Faculties Example
Michal Pietlrzak
Piotr Pietrzak
Men Navigate to Mars, Women Navigate to Venus? Gender Differences in the Motives of Drivers Who Use Shared Navigation Via Waze Application
Vered Silber-Varod
Ina Blau
Ronit Lis Hacohen
Investigating Incentives that Encouraged and Can Encourage Polish and UK-Based Prosumers to Engage in Knowledge Sharing
Ewa Ziemba
Monika Eisenbardt
Roisin Mullins
Dariusz Grabara
Best Student Paper Award
Strong Password? Not with Your Social Network Data!
Raz Margolin
Ben Weiss
Ruti Gafni, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Tal Pavel, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Best Research-in-Progress Student Paper Award
Towards Empirical Exploration of Employee's Cybersecurity Countermeasures Awareness and Skills: Differences in Training Delivery Method and Program Type
Jodi Goode
Yair Levy, Faculty Sponsor & Co-Author
Best Research-in-Progress Paper Award
Balancing Industry Professional and Researcher: The Industry Professional Perspective
Shonda Brown
The Use of Fuzzy Logic to Assess the Knowledge Gap in Innovation Processes
Magdalena Jurczyk-Bunkowska
Przemyslaw Polak
Best Research Idea Award
Resource Creation Through Equity Crowdfunding of Knowledge-Intensive Smes: External Knowledge and Capabilities and Their Effects on Performance
Kalanit Efrat
Daphne Raban
Andreas Wald
Cybersecurity for Group-Decision Support Systems: Risk Taxonomization and Architectural Implications
Bruce Watson
Nanette Saes
Recipients of the Award - 2016
Best Research Paper Award
Knowledge Management in Brazilian, Portuguese and Polish Organizations: A Comparative Analysis
Florinda Matos
Válter Vairinhos
Fábio Ferreira Batista
Joanna Paliszkiewicz
Maria Do Rosário Cabrita
The Learning Officer Decision Matrix - A Structural Equation Modelling Approach for the Management of Asynchronous E-Learning Projects
Nuno Pena
Using Data Analytics to Further Understand the Role that Boredom, Loneliness, Social Anxiety, Social Gratification, and Social Relationships (BRAG) Play in a Driver's Decision to Text
Nathan White
Yair Levy
Steven Terrell
Steve Bronsburg
Identifying More about Customers: The Phenomenon of the Switch to the Knowledge Exchange
Ewa Ziemba
Roisin Mullins
Best Student Paper Award
An Empirical Assessment of Employee Cyberslacking in the Public Sector: The Social Engineering Threat
Wilnelia Hernandez
Yair Levy
Michelle Ramim
A Study on the Success of Group Formation and Cohesiveness in Virtual Teams Using Computer-Mediated Communications
Eliel Melon
Yair Levy
Laurie Dringus
Best Idea Research Award
Innovation: Culturally Determined Definition, Application, and Inclusion in Manufacturing
Justin Fruehauf
Robert Joseph Skovira
Frederick Kohun
Ambidexterity in the Context of Social Customer Relationship Management
Paulo Almeida Gonçalves
Carla Curado
Narrating and Sharing Audio Books: A Call for a Multicultural Perspective of Knowledge Production and Management
Ina Blau
Vered Silber-Varod
Best Research-in-Progress Student Paper Award
Knowledge Creation, Turbulence, and Manufacturing Flexibility Roles in Business Performance and Operations Performance
Jose Manuel Pinheiro
Miguel Torres Preto
Luís Filipe Lages
Graça Miranda Silva
Recipients of the Award - 2015
The role of semantics in searching for information on the Web
Ilona Paweloszek
Jedrzej Wieczorkowski
Trust in software agent societies
Mariusz Zytniewski
Mateusz Klement
Prosumers' participation in business processes
Ewa Ziemba
Monika Eisenbardt
Women's empowerment: Social technologies in Slovenia, Romania, and Georgia
Jeretta Horn Nord
Joanna Paliszkiewicz
Tanja Grublješic
Cezar Scarlat
Salome Svanadze
Modeling organizational intelligence: Nothing googles like Google
Bob Travica
Pharmaceutical companies' documented and online privacy practices: Development of an index measure and initial test
Shonda D. Brown
Yair Levy
Michelle M. Ramim
James L. Parrish
Key Factors in a Successful Knowledge Management Model
Scott Spangler
Rober Joseph Skovira
Frederick Kohun
Recipients of the Award - 2014
Best Research Paper Award
Customer Oriented Management Practices Leading to BIS Embeddedness
Tanja Grublješic
Jurij Jaklic
Management Trust, Organizational Trust, and Organizational Performance: Empirical Validation of an Instrument
Joanna Paliszkiewicz
Jeretta Horn Nord
Prosumers' eagerness for knowledge sharing with enterprises - a Polish study
Ewa Ziemba
Monika Eisenbardt
Improving the Interestingness of Web Usage Association Rules Containing Common Web Site Menu Items
Maja Dimitrijevic
Natasa Subic
Zita Bosnjak
The Use of Experiential Learning Styles to Predict Attrition from a Limited-Residency Information Systems Graduate Program
Steven Terrell
Using the Strategy Map as a Strategic Communication Tool in High Education - A Case Study of Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW
Michal Pietrzak
Confrontational Pattern Design Method - new method of website design
Witold Chmielarz
Best Student Paper Award
Developing an Effectiveness Ratio for Measuring the Contribution of Interorganizational Systems: A Financial Statement Analysis Perspective
Ronen Bar Lev
Recipients of the Award - 2013
Best Paper
DAILY DEALS WEBSITES: MOSTLY BUT NOT ALL ABOUT LOCATION
Ruti Gafni
Nitza Geri
Yoav Aziz
THE MARKET VALUE OF INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS) SECURITY FOR E-BANKING
Linda Brock
Yair Levy
CONCEPTUALIZING KNOWLEDGE CULTURE
Bob Travica
WHY KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT?
Zoran Lovrekovic
CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT IN A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION IN SERBIA
Božo Nikolic
Jelena Dakic
Ljiljana Ružic-Dimitrijevic
Best Student Paper (Undergraduate Research)
INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION USING MODERN TECHNOLOGIES OF THE OPEN WEB TO BUILD USER INTERFACES FOR MOBILE DEVICES
Bogdan Karolic
APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN FIRE PROTECTION EDUCATION
Ivica Kolenkaš
Miloš Ljatkovic
Verica Milanko
Tanja Krunic
Best Research Paper in Progress
TOWARDS A DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDEX TO MEASURE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES' ONLINE PRIVACY PRACTICES
Shonda D. Brown
Yair Levy
EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN SHORT VS. LONG TERM SD PROJECTS
Michelle M. Ramim
Bernard T. Lichvar
Best Idea Paper
MULTIPLE DISCOURSES: FRAMING THE MAGICAL WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Robert Joseph Skovira
Updated: July 8, 2022