My earlier publications relate mostly to my PhD research, which was about the economic and organisational impact of IS offshoring on large IT companies.  At the time I was working on a number of sizeable development projects which used combined offshore and onshore teams, so I had a first-hand view of some of the issues that such development faced.  My research spanned the disciplines of IS and International Business, so my early publications consider topics that relate to both areas.

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I’ve published a number of one-off papers on topics that interested me, again usually because I have had access to good research data. My paper on electronic medical records (EMR) came about as a result of my work with Tom Poulter, who was leading a project to deploy the Kainos Evolve EMR software at Clatterbridge Oncology Centre. 

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A paper on the history of IT came about because I have always been interested in history, and I believe the history of IT in the enterprise is not widely researched.   For that paper I was very lucky to get advice from Frank Land, one of the LEO team members.

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My current research interests focus on the law and IT.  I'm particularly interested in how the law will accommodate emerging technology, and how regulatory frameworks will adapt to deal with the challenges posed by the modern digital world.  There is much to study, and I hope to contribute to legal scholarship in this field.

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Papers and presentations

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Autonomous Machines and the Law, City Law Review, September 2020, Vol. 2, pp. 161 - 177 (Winner of the Award for Writer Excellence)

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Outsiders: an exploratory history of IS in corporations, Journal of Information Technology, May 2013, Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 50-62

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Investigating the Information Systems Heterarchy, Journal of Information Systems Management, November 2012 (Gannon, Wilson, Powell)

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​An analysis of electronic document management in oncology care, Health Informatics Journal, June 2012 (Poulter, Gannon, Bath)

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​The Emergence of a new form of IS Offshore Enterprise – The Modern Heterarchy, ECIS, Verona, June 2009 (Gannon, Wilson)

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​Assessing the impacts of IS Offshoring: Cultural considerations, ECIS, Galway, 2008 (Gannon, Wilson)

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​IS Offshoring: A Proposed Maturity Mode for Offshore IS Suppliers, ECIS, St. Gallen, 2007 (Gannon, Wilson)

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​Offshore IS organisations as MNEs: the Relevance of International Business Theory to Offshoring Multinationals, UKAIS, Manchester, 2007

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