Government Contracting Research

Research

Center staff and affiliated faculty produce significant research ranging from commentary pieces in influential outlets, to white papers and essays on pressing government contracting issues, to peer-reviewed articles in premier journals. 

Center competencies and capabilities are making an impact in the government contracting industry: 

  • Unique and influential analysis, commentaries, reports, and webinars on the federal response to COVID. 
  • White Paper Series that shares cutting edge research on small business transition, intellectual property, DoD budget reform, acquisition reform, and industrial base resilience.  
  • Impactful op eds in The Hill, Business Insider, Defense One, Defense News, the National Interest, with additional coverage by national print and broadcast outlets. 
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Reports


 

White Paper Series

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The Baroni Center for Government Contracting White Paper Series is a central focus of our work. The purpose of the series is to inject ideas into the government contracting ecosystem and identify potential solutions for vexing challenges facing the community.  

In releasing these White Papers, the Center gratefully acknowledges the work of its senior fellows who wrote them. Through research, writing, and discussion, Center senior fellows champion matters of interest to the government contracting community. These fellows add a rich practitioner component for the Costello College of Business to better understand and support the GovCon industry.  

We welcome your feedback and ideas for future topics in this series. Contact Charles Dolgas at cdolgas@gmu.edu.


 

Commentaries

Center commentaries provide timely insights into pressing government contracting issues in government and business. Whether the commentary topic is “in the news” or deserves “future attention,” readers are provided short, to the point on the topic, why the topic is important, and what to consider for its resolution. 


 

Affiliated Faculty

 

The Center for Government Contracting offers access to both the GovCon network and funds for research and writing, to enrich the understanding of the unique business interests on both sides of this market—government and business.

Affiliated Faculty appointments will

  • Encourage academic research in GovCon;
  • Advance the research reputation of the faculty and the Center;
  • Offer grants and honoraria to support the effort faculty can bring to this discussion; and
  • Offer a new avenue to engage faculty who share our interest to create a more efficient and effective market for the public good.

Current Appointments

  • Ju-Yeon Lee

    Dean’s Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of Marketing, Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University

    Ju-Yeon Lee is Dean’s Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of Marketing at the Iowa State University. Her research focuses on customer centricity, business-to-government (B2G) and business-to-business (B2B) relationships, and digital/online channels.
  • Anant Mishra

    Associate Professor, Supply Chain and Operations, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

    Anant Mishra is an Associate Professor in the Supply Chain and Operations Department at the Carlson School of  Management, University of Minnesota. His current research interests derive from contemporary issues in the areas of project management, open innovation, public-sector operations, and global supply chain management.
  • Costello College of Business Partner | Brad Nathan

    Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick

    Brad Nathan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick. He teaches undergraduate and Honors Introduction to Financial Accounting. Prior to his current appointment, he was a Visiting Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York.
  • Sean O'Connor

    Professor of Law , Antonin Scalia Law School; Founding Director, Innovation Law Clinic; Executive Director, Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP)
    at George Mason University

    Professor O’Connor’s research and law practice focus on intellectual property and business law, especially the role of general counsel for start-ups and commercializing innovation in technology and arts.
  • Senior Lecturer, Cornell Engineering

    Erika K. Palmer is a transdisciplinary social/sociotechnical systems engineer who brings diverse disciplines into the systems engineering community through her research and teaching.
  • A photo of Bill Roeting

    Director, Rapid Prototyping Research Center
    College of Engineering and Computing

    Professor Roeting’s body of work encompasses battlefield networking and communications interoperability with a specific focus on Special Operation Forces (SOF) and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACS).