# MeRC research projects

> MeRC research areas and projects from 2008 to 2010: identity theft, mobile commerce, supply chains, online trust, portals, interface design, eHealth and eLearning.

Page URL: https://merc-mcmaster.ca/research/

## Research areas

- Identity Theft: Identity theft was becoming a major worldwide problem for business, government and citizens.
- Mobile commerce: Flexible, ubiquitous access to business applications.
- Supply Chain Management: Cutting excess inventory and lead times, raising sales and service.
- Online Trust: Trust as an essential part of every transaction.
- Portals: Customized Web portals for sharing corporate information.
- Interface Design: To the user, the interface is the system.
- eHealth: Healthcare technologies, including wireless.
- Online Negotiation: Electronic contracts and dispute resolution.
- eLearning: Technology for learning and training.
- Knowledge Management: People, processes and systems in network organizations.
- Change Management: Managing the transition to the networked economy.

ORNEC and corporate partners built a large identity theft research agenda.

## Project pages

- [Interfaces of Mobile Devices](https://merc-mcmaster.ca/research/research-projects-interfaces/): Milena Head and Khaled Hassanein.
- [Interfaces for Online Social Networks](https://merc-mcmaster.ca/research/interfaces-for-online-social-networks/): Principal investigator Milena Head.
- [Web and Mobile Interfaces for Older Adults](https://merc-mcmaster.ca/research/mobile-interfaces-for-older-adults/): Khaled Hassanein with Milena Head.
- [Healthcare](https://merc-mcmaster.ca/research/research-projects-healthcare/): Khaled Hassanein.
- [Enterprise Portals](https://merc-mcmaster.ca/research/research-projects-portals/): Brian Detlor.
- [Online Courses](https://merc-mcmaster.ca/research/online-courses/): Norm Archer and Milena Head.
- [Online Trust](https://merc-mcmaster.ca/research/research-projects-trust/): Khaled Hassanein and Milena Head.
- [eLearning](https://merc-mcmaster.ca/research/elearning/): Ali R. Montazemi.
- [Decision-Making](https://merc-mcmaster.ca/research/decision-making/): Gokul Bhandari and Khaled Hassanein.