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Gokul Bhandari CV

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Gokul Bhandari, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Management Science
Area Chair, Supply Chain Management & Business Data Analytics
gokul@uwindsor.ca
519-253-3000 ext. 3150
Office: OB 316A

Education 

  • Ph.D.  McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, MS/IS, 2005.
  • M.S.  McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Economics, 2006.
  • M.B.A.  University of Minnesota, Duluth, Business Administration, 1999.
  • B.A.  Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan, Electronics Engineering, 1992.

Employment Experience 

  • Associate Professor, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July, 2012 - Present)
  • Academic Program Director, MBA, MBA-MP (Managers and Professionals), Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July, 2017 - June, 2019)
  • Academic Program Director, Master of Engineering Management (MEM), Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July, 2017 - June, 2019)
  • Academic Program Director, MBA-PAS (Professional Accounting Stream) program, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July, 2017 - June, 2018)
  • Assistant Professor, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July, 2007 - June, 2012)
  • Assistant Professor, McMaster University (July, 2006 - August, 2007), Hamilton, Canada.
  • Computer Programmer, JonView Canada, Toronto (August, 2000 - August, 2001)
  • Computer Programmer, University of Minnesota (July, 1999 - June, 2000)
  • Telecommunications Engineer, Nepal Telecommunications Corporation (January, 1993 - August, 1997), Nepal.

Honours and Awards 

  • 2010:  Dean's Special Recognition Award, University of Windsor.
  • 2008:  Odette New Researcher Award, Odette School of Business.
  • 2005:  Canadian Securities Institute Research Foundation Award, Canadian Securities Institute.

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Chapters, Cases 

  • Serenko, A., & Bhandari, G. (2020). Information Technology Issues in Greece. The World IT Project 2020: Global Issues in Information Technology, Chapter 12, https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811208645_0012.
  • Bhandari, G., Pandey, R., & Kerr, G. (2012). Offshore Pricing with Onshore Management: a case study in innovation and technology management. In Mukhopadhyay, C.; Akhilesh, K.; Srinvasan, R.; Gurtoo, A., Ramachandran, P., Iyler, P., Mathirajan, M.; Bala Subrahmanya (Ed.), Driving the economy through innovation and entrepreneurship: emerging agenda for technology management (pp. 839-848). Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. 
  • Kobti, Z., Snowdon, A., Kent, R., Bhandari, G., Rahaman, S., Paul Preney, Carol Kolga, Barbara Tiessen, and Lichun Zhu. (2011). Towards a Just-in-Time Distributed Decision Support System in Health Care Research. In Burstein, Frada; Brezillon, Patrick, Zaslavsky, Arkady (Ed.), Supporting Real-Time Decision-Making (pp. 253-285). United States of America: Springer New York. 
  • Bhandari, G., Kobti, Z., Snowdon, A., Nakhwal, A., Rahaman, S., Carol Kolga. (2010). Agent-based Modeling and Simulation as a Tool for Decision Support for Managing Patient Falls Incident in a Dynamic Hospital Setting. In D. Schuff, D. Paradice, F. Burstein, D. Power, R. Sharda (Ed.), Decision Support: an examination of the DSS Discipline (pp. 149-162). New York: Springer NY. 
  • Bhandari, G., & Snowdon, A. (2010). Symbiotic Simulation Decision Support System for Injury Prevention. In Phillips-Wren, Gloria; Jain, Lakhmi C; Nakamatsu, Kazumi (Ed.), Advances in Intelligent Decision Technologies: special issue: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 4 (pp. 373-382). Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. 
  • Bhandari, G., & Snowdon, A. (2010). Adoption of Open Source Software in Healthcare. In Phillips-Wren, Gloria; Jain, Lakhmi C; Nakamatsu, Kazumi (Ed.), Advances in Intelligent Decision Technologies: special issue: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 4 (pp. 365-372). Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. 

Journal Articles 

  • Zhang, W., Wang, O., Li, J., Ma, Z., Bhandari, G., & Peng, R (2023).  What makes deceptive online reviews? A linguistic analysis perspective.   Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.  [November], https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02295-5.
  • Bhandari, G. (2018).  A tale of two cloud analytics platforms for education.   International Journal of Cloud Computing, 7 (3/4), 237-247, http://doi.org/10.1504/IJCC.2018.095394.
  • Voyer, P., Bussiere, D., & Bhandari, G. (2017).  The power of the click: A consumer-centric approach using online journey mapping to develop customer personas and predict future clicks.   Advances in Consumer Research (Edited Proceedings of the Association for Consumer Research), 4, 124-129.
  • Maggio, S., Bhandari, G., & Sawilowsky, A. (2017).  JMASM 50: A web-based Shiny application for conducting a two dependent samples maximum test (R).   Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 16 (2), 576-579, http://doi.org/10.22237/jmasm/1509496260.
  • Yadav, A.; Bhandari, G., Ergu, D., Ali, M. & Anis, M. (2015). Supplier selection by AHP in KMC Pharmaceutical: Use of GMIBM method for inconsistency adjustment.  Journal of Management Research, 7 (5), http://doi.org/10.5296/jmr.v7i5.8044.
  • Bhandari, G., & Siam, J. (2015).  Examining technology enactment in the fixed income market.   Journal of Computer Information Systems, 51 (3), 47-57, http:// doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2011.11645485.
  • Bhandari, G., & Hassanein, K. (2012).  An agent-based debiasing framework for investment decision-support systems.   Behaviour and Information Technology: an international journal on the human aspects of computing, 31 (5), 495-507, http://doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2010.499477.
  • Bhandari, G., & Snowdon, A. (2012).  Design of a patient-centric, service-oriented health care navigation system for a local health integration network.   Behaviour and Information Technology: an international journal on the human aspects of computing, 31 (3), 275-285, http://doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2011.563798.
  • Bhandari, G., Tiessen, B., & Snowdon, A. (2011).  Meeting community needs through leadership and innovation: A case of virtual psychiatric Emergency Department (ED).   Behaviour and Information Technology: an international journal on the human aspects of computing, 30 (4), 517-523, http://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2011.553745.
  • Bhandari, G., Deaves, R., & Hassanein, K. (2008).  Debiasing investors with decision support systems: An experimental investigation.   Decision Support Systems (DSS), 46 (1), 399-410, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2008.07.010.
  • Bhandari, G., & Deaves, R. (2008).  Misinformed and informed asset allocation decisions of self-directed retirement plan members.   Journal of Economic Psychology, 29, 473-490.
  • Deaves, R., Viet, T., Bhandari, G., & Cheney, J. (2007).  The savings and investment decisions of planners: A cross sectional study of college employees.   Financial Services Review, 16, 117-133.
  • Bhandari, G., & Deaves, R. (2006).  The demographics of overconfidence.   Journal of Behavioral Finance, The, 7 (1), 5-11.
  • Bhandari, G., Bliemel, M., Harold, A., & Hassanein, K. (2004).  Flexibility in e-business strategies: a requirement for success.   Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 5 (2/3), 11-22.

Conference Proceedings 

  • Bhandari, G., Bussiere, D., & Voyer, P. (2018).  How loud is the scream of a clickstream? Insights from Big Data Analysis.   24th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) conference, New Orleans.
  • Voyer, P., Bhandari, G., & Bussiere, D. (2017).  The power of the click: A consumer-centric approach using online journey mapping to develop consumer personas and predict future clicks.  In Enrique P. Becerra, Ravindra Chitturi, Maria Cecilia Henriquez Daza & Juan Carlos Londono Roldan (Eds.)   Latin American Advances in Consumer Research, 4, Association for Consumer Research:, 124-129.
  • Bhandari, G., Bliemel, M., Cairns, H., & Ramirez, A. (2016).  Whither Business Analytics: Its role in the IS curriculum.   Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual conference, Edmonton.
  • Bhandari, G., & Sterling, M. (2016).  A Framework for Open Assurance of Learning.   OpenSym Conference, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Berlin.
  • Bhandari, G. (2014).  Assessing Web 2.0 Readiness of Primary Health Care Providers in Canada: an empirical study.   Academic Business World International conference, Nashville.
  • Bhandari, G., & Pathak, J. (2011).  Impact of ERP announcement on firms' diversification, growth and returns.   International Conference on Information Technology, Systems and Management; Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
  • Bhandari, G., & Siam, J. (2011).  Does embeddedness have a role in technology adoption?   Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual conference, Montreal.
  • Bhandari, G. (2011).  Building healthcare service navigation system for a local health integration network: A requirements elicitation model.   20th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2011), August 24-26, Edinburgh.
  • Bhandari, G., & Snowdon, A. (2010).  Symbiotic simulation decision support system for injury prevention.   International Symposium on Intelligent Decision Technologies: IDT-2010, 2nd annual, Baltimore.
  • Bhandari, G., & Snowdon, A. (2010).  Adoption of open source software in healthcare.   International Symposium on Intelligent Decision Technologies: IDT-2010, 2nd annual, Baltimore.
  • Bhandari, G., & Maheshwari, B. (2009).  Toward an integrated health information system for collaborative decision making and resource sharing: Findings from a Canadian study.   15th Americas Conference on Information Systems, San Francisco.
  • Bhandari, G. (2009).  Design and development of an integrated regional healthcare decision support system.   15th Americas Conference on Information Systems - DSS Special Interest Group, San Francisco.
  • Bhandari, G. (2009).  Adoption and diffusion of ICT in real estate industry: An empirical study.   Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual conference, Niagara Falls, Canada.
  • Bhandari, G., & Siam, J. (2008).  The impact of structural embeddedness on perceived trust on alternative trading systems, trading cost, and access to information in the fixed-income market.   14th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Toronto.
  • Bhandari, G., Deaves, R., & Hassanein, K. (2006).  Can decision support systems debias investors?   Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual conference, Banff.

Presentations 

  • Bhandari, G. & Ma, Z. (2024, June). Innovation in analytics through outsourcing and digitization.  International Conference of Management Science (ICMSE2024), Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China.
  • Bhandari, G. (2023, August). Strategy and development route of digital transformation of real economy. Invited presentation at International Conference on Data Reality: Integration and Digital Transformation of Enterprises, Nanjing Audit University, China.
  • Bhandari, G. & Ma, Z. (2023, July). Demographics of cyber security incidents and reporting behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.  International Association for Applied Management (IAAM) 29th Annual Conference, Clearwater, Florida.
  • Bhandari, G. (2021). Econometric analysis of textual data underlying customer sentiments, INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting: Data Mining and Data Analytics Cluster, Anaheim, California.
  • Bhandari, G. (2020).  Future of university education after COVID-19.  Forum of Canadian Professors of Nepalese Origin (virtual).
  • Bhandari, G. (2019, June). Towards a decision theoretic framework for entropy-based online sentiment analysis system.  International Conference on Intelligent Decision-making and Big Data Application (IDBDA 2019), Beijing, China.
  • Bhandari, G. (2019, October). Towards a decision theoretic framework for sentiment analysis system.  Odette School of Business Brown Bag Research Series presentation.
  • Bhandari, G. (2016). SAP Workshop for Management Students. Odette School of Business, University of Windsor.
  • Bhandari, G. (2016, July). Statistical analysis using R. Deerwalk Institute of Technology, July 23-30, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Bhandari, G. (2016, June). Achieving pedagogical innovations through IBM Watson Analytics: Experiences from teaching a business analytics class.  IBM Cloud Academy Conference, 4th International, Edmonton, Canada-Alberta.
  • Bhandari, G. & Bussiere, D. (2016, June). Overcoming Cookie Gaps in the Travel & Tourism Industry. Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative, Annalect Research Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Bhandari, G. (2016, May). Using threshold concepts as a means for transformative teaching: Experiences from an undergraduate IS course. Oakland University/University of Windsor Annual International Conference on Teaching and Learning, 10th Annual, Oakland, Michigan.
  • Bhandari, G. (2015). SAP Workshop for Management Students. Odette School of Business, University of Windsor.
  • Bhandari, G. (2015, July). Implementing the DCOVA framework for teaching business analytics in MIS courses.  Lilly International Conference on College and University Teaching, Bethesda, Maryland.
  • Bhandari, G. (2015, July). Who is afraid of R? Strategies for overcoming faculty resistance in using R in business circumstances.  useR 2015 Conference, Aalborg, Denmark.
  • Bhandari, G. (2015, May). Linking Scholarly Teaching and SoTL through Wittgensteinian Pedagogy.  Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) 6th Annual Conference, University of Findlay, Ohio.
  • Bhandari, G. (2015, May). Shining with Shiny: Introducing a Web Application Framework for R. Campus Technology Day, University of Windsor.
  • Bhandari, G. (2015, May). Who is not afraid of tacit teaching? Conference on Teaching and Learning, 9th Annual, Windsor.
  • Bhandari, G. (2014). Incorporating R in Undergraduate MIS Courses: Opportunities and challenges.  ISSOTL 14, Quebec City.
  • Bhandari, G. & Kao, D. (2014). A Dynamic Model of Social Networking Use.  Academic Business World International Conference, Nashville.
  • Bhandari, G. (2014). SAP Workshop for Management Students. Odette School of Business, University of Windsor.
  • Bhandari, G. (2014). Statistical Computing with R. Odette School of Business, University of Windsor.
  • Bhandari, G. (2013). Fostering Collaborative Learning in Health Informatics. Annual Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Academy, Grand Rapids, MI.
  • Bhandari, G. (2013). A Structural Model for Identifying Determinants of Online Investing Intention.  Society of Business Research International Conference, Phoenix.
  • Bhandari, G. (2013). SAP Workshop for Management Students. Odette School of Business, University of Windsor.
  • Bhandari, G. (2013, May). The Knower's Ark: A modern story of information deluge. Oakland University/University of Windsor 7th Annual International Conference on Teaching and Learning, Windsor.
  • Bhandari, G. (2012, August). Automating domain and application engineering processes in a healthcare information systems development initiative.  21st International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2012), Prato, Italy.
  • Bhandari, G. (2012, July). Implications of software product line engineering approach for developing countries.  Information Technology for Development conference, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Bhandari, G., Pandey, R., & Kerr, G. (2012, July). Offshore Pricing with Onshore Management: A case study in Innovation and Technology Management.  International Conference on Technology Management, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
  • Bhandari, G. (2011, September). How can small businesses use open source technologies effectively?  Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) conference, University of Windsor.
  • Bhandari, G. (2011, August). Measuring student performance in the online environment. 3rd Planning Workshop for the Open University of Nepal; Athabasca University and the Canadian Foundation for Nepal, Ottawa.
  • Bhandari, G. (2011, July). Determinants of individuals' intention for online investing.  9th Annual International Conference on Finance, Athens, Greece.
  • Bhandari, G., Kent, R. D., Preney, P. D., Snowdon, A. W., Sajjad, F., Jason McCarrell, Tom McDonald & Ziad Kobti. (2011, July). Design and implementation of a primary healthcare services navigational system architecture.  3rd International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies, Piraeus, Greece.
  • Bhandari, G. (2011, July). Towards service-oriented architecture for a local health integration network in Canada.  SOA in healthcare conference, Herndon, Virginia.
  • Bhandari, G. (2011, May). Social Networking Sites: Boon or Bane for Learning? Oakland University/University of Windsor Second Annual International Conference on Teaching and Learning, 5th annual, University of Windsor.
  • Bhandari, G., Dilts, D., Snowdon, A., Chiurcu, C., & Kolga, C. (2010, August). Emerging thoughts on innovation, efficiency and quality in healthcare.  Academy of Management, Montreal.
  • Bhandari, G. (2010, May). Academic development, content, and delivery. Open and Distance Education in Nepal, Houston, Texas.
  • Bhandari, G., Kao, D., & Maheshwari, B. (2008, June). Design and implementation of a learning outcome-driven MIS curriculum: An adaptation of Blooms taxonomy of learning.  The 6th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA, Orlando, Florida.
  • Bhandari, G., Bastedo, L., & Suleman, A. (2008, May). Re-engineering WebCT Course Creation Process: a simulation-based study.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual conference, Halifax.
  • Bhandari, G., Kao, D., & Maheshwari, B. (2008, May). Design and implementation of a learning outcome-driven MIS curriculum: An integrated framework. Oakland University/University of Windsor Second Annual International Conference on Teaching and Learning, Oakland, MI.
  • Bhandari, G. (2004, May). Cognitive Support in Retirement Investment DDS.  9th Great Lakes Information Studies conference.
  • Bhandari, G. & Hassanein, K. (2003, January). eFinance: A consumer-centric overview.  4th World Congress on the Management of Electronic Commerce.

Grants (Competitive; Funded only) 

  • 2015: Bhandari, G. Implementing the DCOVA framework for teaching business analytics in MIS courses ($2,000), Odette School of Business Research and Teaching Innovation Fund (RTIF).
  • 2015-2016: Bhandari, G. Developing Data Visualization Resources for Information Systems Courses in Business ($5,000), University of Windsor CLIF Grant. .
  • 2010: Bhandari, G. How do Canadians Make Investment Decisions? ($10,500), SSHRC.
  • 2010: Bhandari, G. Challenges and Opportunities in the Adoption of Open Source Software by Healthcare Organizations in Ontario ($3,000), Odette School of Business Research and Teaching Innovation Fund (RTIF).
  • 2009: Pathak, J., Bhandari, G., & Maheshwari, B., Corporate Regulatory Disclosure Initiatives ($1,000), Odette School of Business Research and Teaching Innovation Fund (RTIF).
  • 2009: Bhandari, G. & Pathak, J., Examining key determinants of ERP enabled firms' performance ($1,000), Odette School of Business Research and Teaching Innovation Fund (RTIF).
  • 2009: Bhandari, G., Pathak, J., & Maheshwari, B., ERP Investment Impact ($1,667), 4A University Grant.
  • 2008: Bhandari, G. The Development and Deployment of Self-sustainable e-Library Network in Public (Government) Schools of Nepal ($1,500), IDRET - International and Development Research, Education and Training grant, University of Windsor.
  • 2008: Bhandari, G. The State of Information and Communication Technologies in the Real Estate Industry ($1,500), Odette School of Business, University of Windsor.
  • 2007: Bhandari, G. & Kao, D., Design and Implementation of a Learning Outcome-driven MIS Curriculum ($5,000), Centred on Learning Innovation Fund, University of Windsor.

Research Reports 

  • 2009: Bhandari, G., Hassanein, K., Head, M., & Sproule, S., Impacts of Mass Marketing Fraud: a trust-based economic assessment, submitted to Competition Bureau Canada, 50 Victoria Street, Gatineau, QC.