Dr William "Stewart" Thomas

  • Associate Dean, Associate Professor, School of Business
  • Accounting and Information Technology , UNCP
  • william.thomas@uncp.edu
  • 910-522-6859
  • Business Administration, Room 111
  • Pembroke NC 28372

Dr. William Stewart Thomas is the Associate Dean of the School of Business, University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP). Dr. Thomas earned his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, his masters at Campbell University, and his doctorate at Capella University. He joined UNCP in 2001 following an 18 year career in industry, working the majority of that period for Eaton Corporation as Core Business Controller over North American and European operations. He also served as Chief Financial Officer at ZF Mentor, LLC. Dr. Thomas is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of North Carolina. His areas of research include Enterprise Resource Planning, Information Systems, and Financial Accounting Pedagogy.

There are 2 included publications by Dr William "Stewart" Thomas :

TitleDateViewsBrief Description
Are businesses Becoming More Efficient through Time? Testing the Change in Working Capital Requirements across Economic Sectors 2013 1087 The study examines the efficiency of businesses through time. It tests the change in working capital requirements across economic sectors. The last two decades were earmarked with many changes. With no doubt technological innovations were among the m...
The Impact of a Focus on Change in Technology in Successful Implementation of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in North and South America 2012 929 Organizations find the adoption of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as a necessity to enhance success of focus on multiple competitive priorities. With the adoption of ERP comes the potential for success as well as failure. While studies have been ...