Best paper awards are selected from all papers submitted for presentation at the conference. The Conference Program Committee (PC) Chair has the responsibility for making the selection base on the scoring feedback provided by the peer reviewers and presents the awards at the annual conference. All papers accepted for presentation at the conference are candidates for the best paper award. Awards are provided for multiple papers within the following categories:
- Best Research Paper Award
- Best Student Research Paper Award
- Best Research-in-Progress Paper Award
- Best Student Research-in-Progress Paper Award
- Best Research Idea Award
- Best Student Research Idea Award

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Recipients of the Award - 2023

Best Research Paper Award

Cross-country comparison of sustainable e-commerce entrepreneurship impact on sustainable development goals implementation: the case study of Germany and India
Tomasz Waliczko

IT Support Services Conceptual Engagement Model
Tamer Fahmy
Roisin Mullins

An analysis of differences in behaviors and practices of security-conscious users and regular users on mobile devices
Stephen Mujeye

A systematic mapping study of standards and frameworks for information management in the digital era
Gunnar Auth
Oliver Jokisch

A quantifiable measure of SMBs’ cybersecurity posture: Initial feedback from experts on the cybersecurity footprint elements
Ruti Gafni
Yair Levy

A gap analysis of knowledge management performance using a state enterprise assessment model (SE-AM): A case study of a Thai airport operator
Kom Campiranon

Best Student Research Paper Award

Knowledge management phenomena and task conflict: mixed effects on hospital quality of care
Tiago Goncalves
Carla Curado, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author

Organizational cyber readiness in the ICT sector: a quanti-qualitative assessment
Martina Neri, Doctoral Student
Federico Niccolini, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Luigi Martino, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author

Best Research-in-Progress Paper Award

Visual analytics to augment medical decision-making
Tsipi Heart
Ofir Ben-Assuli
David Gefen
Robert Klempfner
Rema Padman

How can learning analytics augment meaningful experiences in the metaversity?
Amir Winer
Nitza Geri
Julita Haber

Measuring knowledge sharing: A critical review of the operationalization of knowledge sharing in KM research
Christiaan Maasdorp

Internet of things and smart technologies in oral health: A systematic mapping study
Susana Calderon
Stephen Mujeye

Best Student Research-in-Progress Paper Award

An innovative approach to knowledge management: How scaling Social emotional learning through technology led to systemic change
Beth Ferrigno, Doctoral Student

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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 Research Paper Award

Implementation of privacy by design model on eHealth information system
Matjaž Drev, Doctoral Student
BDalibor Stanimirović, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Boštjan Delak, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author


Assessing SMEs cybersecurity organizational readiness. Findings from an Italian survey
Martina Neri, Doctoral Student
Federico Niccolini, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Rosario Pugliese, Professor 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 Student Research-in-Progress Paper Award

UBI-NAO: A ubiquitous avatar tutoring on Talent Development Capability Model (TDC)
Dan Kohen-Vacs, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Gila Kurtz, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Aya Levy, Student
Maxim Lantsman, Student

Best Student Research Idea Award

Examining team dynamics for success in Littlefield simulation
Julita Haber, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Jeffrey Butkowski, Student
Jinhui Wu, Student
Alexander Leisenring, Student

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Recipients of the Award - 2021

Best Research Paper Award

COVID-19 effect on the Healthcare sector's cybersecurity
Tal Pavel
Ruti Gafni

Best Student Research Paper Award

Artificial intelligence for last-mile logistics – Procedures and architecture
André Rosendorff
Alexander Hodes
Benjamin Fabian, Professor 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 Student Research-in-Progress Paper Award

Towards a universal cybersecurity competency framework for organizational users
Patricia Baker
Yair Levy, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Ling Wang, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Martha Snyder, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author

Best Student Research Idea Award

A review of industry experts’ perceptions of knowledge security
Christopher Shear
Bruce Watson, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Martin Van der Walt, Professor 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, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author

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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 Research 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, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Oliver Jokisch, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author

The competencies needed for digital transformation
Patrick Fonseca
Winnie Picoto, Professor 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 Student Research-in-Progress Paper Award

Subject matter experts’ feedback on a prototype development of an audio, visual, and haptic phishing email alert system
Molly Cooper
Yair Levy, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Ling Wang, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Laurie Dringus, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author

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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 Research Paper Award

An exploratory study of patient portal adoption and use in multiple clinical specialty departments
Stephen E. Bronsburg, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Marcia Durity
Michelle M. Ramim, Professor 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

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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 Research Paper Award

The effects of gamification elements in e-learning platforms
Ruti Gafni, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Dafni Biran Achituv, Professor 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, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Anat Hovav, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
James Smith, Professor 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

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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 Research Paper Award

Strong Password? Not with Your Social Network Data!
Raz Margolin
Ben Weiss
Ruti Gafni, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author
Tal Pavel, Professor Sponsor & Co-Author

Best Student Research-in-Progress 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, Professor 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

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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 Research 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 Student Research-in-Progress 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

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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

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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 Research Paper Award

Developing an Effectiveness Ratio for Measuring the Contribution of Interorganizational Systems: A Financial Statement Analysis Perspective
Ronen Bar Lev

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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 12, 2023