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 Contact:
Email: alnapier@rice.edu
Office
Rm. 234
Mailstop: MS-531
Phone: 713-348-5389 |
Teaching Areas:
Entrepreneurship, Business Plan Development, Business Planning, E-Business, E-business, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, E-commerce, Information Technology in Business Scholarly Areas:
E-Business - General, Strategy, Business Planning, E-business, Entrepreneurship - General, Technology Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Technology - General Affiliations:
Courtesy appointment
Department of Psychology
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| Education:
| B.A. (1966) The University of Texas at Austin | | M.B.A. (1968) The University of Texas at Austin | | Ph.D. (1971) The University of Texas at Austin |
Website:
Publications:
Journal Articles
| Napier, H. Albert, D. M. Lane, S. C. Peres, and A. Sandor. 2003. "The Hidden Cost of Graphical View Interfaces: The Failure to Make the Transition from Menu and Icon Tool Bars to Keyboard Shortcuts." International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
| Napier, H. Albert, J. C. Panero and D. M. Lane. 1997. "The Computer Use Scale: Four Dimensions of How People Use Computers." Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 16, No. 4
| Napier, H. Albert, with F.D. Tuggle. 1994. "Modeling the development and use of strategic information systems.." Information Resources Management Journal 7(4) 5-18
| Napier, H. Albert and R. R. Batsell (with D. M. Lane, and J. L. Naman). 1993. "Predicting the skilled use of hierarchical menus with the keystroke-level model." Human-Computer Interaction 8(2) 185-192
| Napier, H. Albert and R. R. Batsell (with D. M. Lane and N. S. Guadagno). 1992. "Knowledge of command usage in a spreadsheet program: Impact on user interface design and training." DATA BASE 23 (1) 13-21
| Napier, H. Albert and R. R. Batsell (with D. M. Lane and N. S. Guadagno). 1990. "The predictability of command use in a spreadsheet program." Interacting with Computers 2(1) 75-82
| Napier, H. Albert and R. R. Batsell (with D. M. Lane and N. S. Guadagno). 1989. "The impact of a restricted natural language interface on ease of learning and productivity: A comparison of Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus HAL.." Communications of the ACM 32 (10) 1190-1198
| Napier, H. Albert, David Ikenberry, James Thompson, and Edward E. Williams. 2001. "Venture Capital Funded Companies, Incubation and Post IPO Market Performance: Recent Experience." 2001 Babson College/Kaufman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference
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Books
| Napier, H. Albert, E. E. Williams and J. R. Thompson. 1999. Business Planning. New York Lebhar-Friedman Books
| Williams, E. E. and Napier, H. Albert. 2004. Preparing an Entrepreneurial Business Plan. Chicago T&NO Book Company
| Shelly, G., T. Cashman, H. A. Napier and P. J. Judd. 2003. Discovering the Internet: Complete Concepts and Techniques. 590
| Napier, H. Albert, P. J. Judd, O. Rivers, and A. Adams. 2002. E-Business Technologies. 480
| Napier, H. Albert, P. J. Judd, O. Rivers, and S. Wagner. 2001. Creating a Winning Business. Boston Course Technology
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Research in Progress:
Lane, D. M., H. Albert Napier and S. C. Peres."Improving the Effectiveness of Using Computer Software."
| Lane, D. M., S. C. Peres, A. Sandor and H. Albert Napier."A Process for Anticipating and Executing Icon Selection in Graphical User Interfaces (Accepted with minor revisions. The university has initiated the process to obtain a patent related to material in the article.)."
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Recognition and Relationships:
Associated Press, Interview 1/1/2004.
| Houston Chronicle, Interview 4/8/2003.
| Texas Society of CPAs and local chapters of the TSCPA Made several presentations.
| New York Times, Compaq Shareholders Approve Sale to Hewlett-Packard 3/21/2002.
| British Press for Business magazine., Interview 3/23/2002.
| Texas Monthly, Interview 4/10/2002.
| KTRH radio, Interview 5/6/2002.
| Houston Chronicle, Interview 5/9/2002.
| www.win2tv.com, TV interview 7/25/2002.
| Texas Society of CPAs and local chapters of the TSCPA Made several presentations..
| Houston Chronicle, How Small Companies Can Compete Against Mega-Chain Stores 12/17/2002.
| Wall Street Journal, The merger of Compaq and Hewlett Packard 9/5/2001.
| Houston Chronicle, Possible merger of Compaq and Hewlett Packard 9/5/2001.
| Houston Chronicle, "Turning to Plan B" 9/30/2001.
| Channel 39, Channel 39 News 1/4/2001.
| Channel 11, Channel 11 News 1/17/2001.
| WSJ.com, Making Presentations to Investors 3/7/2001.
| Houston Chronicle, Stakes and Succession 2/4/2001.
| office.com, "Lessons from Losers" 1/8/2001.
| Entrepreneurship Magazine, "Easy Dot Com, Easy Dot Go" 2/7/2001.
| Bankrate.com, "What Type of Business to Consider During Bad Times" 3/7/2001.
| Emerging Business Magazine, "Family Financing" 6/7/2001.
| Channel 11, Channel 11 News 6/25/2001.
| Channel 11, Channel 11 News 7/10/2001.
| E-Commerce Times, Advice for E-Commerce Startups 10/7/2001.
| Board of Directors of ETD Member, Board of Directors .
| foodlocker.com. Member, Board of Directors.
| Texas Society of CPAs and local chapters of the Texas Society of CPA Made several presentations.
| Instruction Conferences for Course Technology Made several presentations.
| TV News Program for Channel 26, e-commerce 3/1/2000.
| Houston Chronicle, Salaries for Entrepreneurs 6/4/2000.
| Bankrate.com , Where to Get Business Planning Help 7/17/2000.
| Bankrate.com , Brainstorming for Business: How to Come Up with a Winning Idea 7/27/2000.
| Bankrate.com , Is It a Great Idea? Not If You Can't Fund It, Enjoy It and Profit from It 7/28/2000.
| Business Asset Fall, MIS for Entrepreneurs 9/1/2000.
| Bankrate.com, Even Good Companies Can Go Awry 12/11/2000.
| KTRH-AM 740 (ABC) Local Radio in Houston , Radio interview 12/20/2000.
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Services to Profession:
Houston Chapter of the Society for Information Management, January 1 to December 31, 2002Houston Chapter of the Society for Information Management
| Houston Chapter of the Society for Information Management, January 1 to December 31, 2000 Houston Chapter of the Society for Information Management
| Using IT and the Internet for Strategic Advantage, 2/27/04. Young President's Organization
| EMBA/MBA Information Session, 1/21/04. EMBA/MBA Information Session
| Case presentation, 4/30/04. EMBA Admit Day
| Houston Chapter of the Society for Information Management, January 1 - December 31, 2004Houston Chapter of the Society for Information Management
| Associate Editor, Cycle Time Research from January 1 to December 31, 2002 .
| Associate Editor, Cycle Time Research from January 1 to December 31, 2000 .
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