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Department
Département
Information systems and Supply Chain Management
Teaching areas
Domaine d’enseignement
Information Systems Management
Artificial Intelligence
Business Intelligence & analytics
Data science
Digital service management
Digital transformation
Systems analysis and design
Agile project management
Big data management
Digital technology infrastructure
Digital Business Platform Implementation
Auditing digital business platforms
Digital business platform risk management
Digital platform security
Digital sobriety and ethics
Research areas
Domaine de recherche
Business value of AI
AI adoption
AI use
AI acceptance
Biography
Biographie
Ransome Bawack holds a PhD in management science (information systems), an MBA (marketing and operations management), a master’s in management & information systems, and a Bachelor of Technology in computer engineering (computer networks & systems maintenance).
His research currently focuses on the business value of artificial intelligence (AI)-based information systems. This research has been published in top-tier academic journals like Information Technology & People, Information Systems Frontiers, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Production Planning & Control, Business Process Management Journal, Electronic Markets, International Journal of Information Management, and Journal of Enterprise Information Management. He has also presented his research at leading information systems conferences like ICIS, AMCIS, PACIS, HICSS, AIM, and ICTO, some of which he has been nominated for and obtained best paper awards. He has also secured about 600,000€ of funding within the last five years through a doctoral contract from the French government and a European grant (Horizon Europe).
Ransome Bawack creates and teaches courses mostly related to artificial intelligence, business intelligence & analytics, and data science in business schools. He teaches these courses in both English and French, mainly at the graduate and post-graduate levels. He is also currently supervising a DBA student. Ransome Bawack is presently contributing to the scientific community as the Central African chapter of the Association for Information Systems (CACAIS) president.
Section CV
Formation
Master of Business Administration, Marketing and Operations Management
Assam Don Bosco University, Assam
(2022)
Doctorate, Information Systems Management
Toulouse 1 Capitole University, Toulouse
(2021)
Master of Science, Management and Information Systems
Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé
(2017)
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering
University of Buea, Buea
(2013)
Experience
Assistant Professor
Audencia Business School, Nantes, France
Since 2022
Assistant Professor
ICN Business School, France
2021 - 2022
Doctoral student
Toulouse 1 Capitole University, Toulouse, France
2018 - 2021
Researcher
Artificial Intelligence and Management Sciences Research Group (GRIAGES), Cameroon
2017 - 2018
Other experiences
Information Systems Intern
Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for HIV/AIDS (CIRCB), Cameroon 2016 - 2016Digital Communication Consultant
Education Information Services International (EISERVI), Cameroon 2015 - 2016Information Systems Consultant
Soft Elite, Cameroon 2015 - 2016Portfolio Management Intern
Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH), Cameroon 2014 - 2014IT Hardware & Network Engineering Intern
Cameroon Telecommunications (CAMTEL), Cameroon 2012 - 2012IT Hardware & Network Engineering Intern
Cameroon Telecommunications (CAMTEL), Cameroon 2011 - 2011Visiting out
2023 - 2023
Swansea University, : SmartPLS workshop
2023 - 2024
Catholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon : Visiting professor
Publications
Published
BAWACK, R., Bonhoure, E., Mallek, S. (2024). Why would consumers risk taking purchase recommendations from voice assistants?. Information Technology and People
Tchokoté, I. D., BAWACK, R. (2024). Linking Business Games to Business and Entrepreneurship Education: Insights from a Bibliometric and Literature Review. Theoretical Economics Letters, 14 (02), 436-467.
BAWACK, R. (2024). Electronic commerce for development: a conceptual analysis and future research agenda for Africa. Information Technology for Development, 1-29.
BONHOURE, E., BAWACK, R. (2024). Review of the Coverage of Financial Inclusion Research Since the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: What Has Changed?. Review of Development Finance, 14 (2), 21-54.
BAWACK, R., Bonhoure, E. (2023). Influencer is the New Recommender: insights for Theorising Social Recommender Systems. Information Systems Frontiers, 25 (1), 183-197.
BAWACK, R., Kamdjoug, J. R. K., Dennehy, D. (2023). Digital Platform Continuance During the Great Resignation: Evidence from Knowledge Workers in Europe and Africa. Information Systems Frontiers
Bonhoure, E., BAWACK, R. (2023). Measuring network-driven citations: An adjusted citation count metric. COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management, 17 (2), 247-268.
BAWACK, R., Bonhoure, E., Kamdjoug, J.-R. K., GIANNAKIS, M. (2023). How social media live streams affect online buyers: A uses and gratifications perspective. International Journal of Information Management, 70, 102621.
BAWACK, R., Kala Kamdjoug, J. R. (2022). Managing client–consultant relationships to derive benefits from ERP projects. Information Technology and People
BAWACK, R., Wamba, S. F., Carillo, K. D. A., Akter, S. (2022). Artificial intelligence in E-Commerce: a bibliometric study and literature review. Electronic Markets, 32 (1), 297-338.
Bracarense, N., BAWACK, R., Wamba, S. F., Carillo, K. D. A. (2022). Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability: A Bibliometric Analysis and Future Research Directions. Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 14, 136-159.
BAWACK, R., Ahmad, M. O. (2021). Understanding business analytics continuance in agile information system development projects: an expectation-confirmation perspective. Information Technology and People, 34 (6), 1551-1569.
BAWACK, R., Fosso Wamba, S., Carillo, K. D. A. (2021). A framework for understanding artificial intelligence research: insights from practice. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 34 (2), 645-678.
Fosso Wamba, S., BAWACK, R., Guthrie, C., Queiroz, M. M., Carillo, K. D. A. (2021). Are we preparing for a good AI society? A bibliometric review and research agenda. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 164, 120482.
BAWACK, R., Wamba, S. F., Carillo, K. D. A. (2021). Exploring the role of personality, trust, and privacy in customer experience performance during voice shopping: Evidence from SEM and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis. International Journal of Information Management, 58, 102309.
Fosso Wamba, S., Kala Kamdjoug, J. R., BAWACK, R., Keogh, J. G. (2020). Bitcoin, Blockchain and Fintech: a systematic review and case studies in the supply chain. Production Planning and Control, 31 (2-3), 115-142.
Kala Kamdjoug, J. R., BAWACK, R., Tayou, A. E. T. (2020). An ERP success model based on agency theory and IS success model. Business Process Management Journal, 26 (6), 1577-1597.
BAWACK, R., Kala Kamdjoug, J. R. (2020). The role of digital information use on student performance and collaboration in marginal universities. International Journal of Information Management, 54, 102179.
Ndifon, N. M., BAWACK, R., Kamdjoug, J. R. K. (2020). Adoption of Mobile health Insurance Systems in Africa: evidence from Cameroon. Health and Technology, 10 (5), 1095-1106.
BAWACK, R., Kala Kamdjoug, J. R. (2018). Adequacy of UTAUT in clinician adoption of health information systems in developing countries: The case of Cameroon. International Journal Of Medical Informatics, 109, 15-22.
BAWACK, R., Kamdjoug, J. R. K., Wamba, S. F., Noutsa, A. F. (2022) E-Participation in Developing Countries IGI Global, , 826-847
BAWACK, R., Wamba, S. F., Carillo, K. D. A. (2021) Adoption of Smart Speakers for Voice Shopping Springer International Publishing, , 21-35
Wamba, S. F., BAWACK, R., Carillo, K. D. A. (2019) The State of Artificial Intelligence Research in the Context of National Security: Bibliometric Analysis and Research Agenda Springer International Publishing, , 255-266
BAWACK, R., Kamdjoug, J. R. K., Wamba, S. F., Noutsa, A. F. (2018) E-Participation in Developing Countries IGI Global, , 126-154
LIU, C., BAWACK, R. (2024). Artificial Intelligence for Eco-Design Optimisation, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), AIS eLibrary.
Scientific activities
Member of the editorial board of an academic journal
Information Technology & People,
2024
Editorial Board Member for special issue on Digital Innovation for Social Development and Environmental Action,
2022
International Editorial Review Board Member of IJIM-Data Insights,
2021
President of an academic association
President of the Central African Chapter of the Association for Information Systems (CACAIS),
2023
Guest Editor of an academic journal
Special Issue on Indigenous knowledge and Information Technology for Sustainable DevelopmentSpecial Issue on Indigenous knowledge and Information Technology for Sustainable Development,
2023
Reviewer for an academic journal
Expert systems with applications,
2023
Electronic markets,
2022
European Journal of Information Systems,
2022
Information Systems Frontiers,
2021
SN Business & Economics,
2021
Information Technology & People,
2020
Journal of Enterprise Information Management,
2020
International Journal of Information Management,
2019
Associate Editor of an academic journal
Associate Editor,
2022
Awards and honors
Paper of the Year 2023 - Electronic Markets: The International Journal on Networked Business, 2024
REED - Redesigning Education for Ethical Digitalization, 2023
Best Paper Award, 2023
AGORA - trAining younG researchers On shaping Metaverse for business and social vAlue, 2023
Doctoral supervision
Since 2022, E. COORENS : A practice-based approach for businesses and their CEOs to become regenerative, Audencia Business School, France