Faculty

Education

PhD Texas Tech, 1979
Masters Northern Illinois University, 1973
Bachelors Knox College, 1969

Academic Areas

Accounting and Information Systems

Interests

• Emerging Information Technologies
• MIS Strategic Planning
  Information Resource Management
• Systems Analysis and Design
• Management Information Systems

Current Activities

Professor Fuerst served as Dean of the School of Business 2000 – 2011. As Dean, he was involved with every aspect of the school and its future - development, curriculum, alumni, the Advisory Board – and how the school can better serve students, businesses and faculty.

Selected Publications
"Information Technology and Sustained Competitive Advantage: A Resource-Based Analysis,. MIS Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 4, December 1995, pp. 487-506. With Francisco Mata and Jay Barney.

"An Empirical Analysis of MIS Ethics in Public Organizations,. Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 15, No. 6, June 1996. With David B. Paradice and Ken Udas.

"Information Systems Management Issues in Central America,. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Vol. 6, 1997, pp. 173-202. With Francisco J. Mata.

"Managing Information Technology for One-to-One Customer Interaction,. Information and Management, Vol. 35, No. 1, January 1999, pp. 53-62. With John D. Wells and Joobin Choobineh.