About Our Authors
Sultana Lubna Alam (“Temporal Motivations of Volunteers to Participate in Cultural Crowdsourcing Work”) is an associate professor of information systems at Deakin University. Central to her research is a focus on the nature of emerging disruptive social information systems and their impact on individuals and organizations, such as social media, crowdsourcing, mobile apps, digital innovation, and transformation. Current research topics include social media in public sector, crowdsourcing motivation, relational governance, gamification, and social media in disaster management.
Michael Breward (“Understanding Consumers’ Attitudes Toward Controversial Information Technologies: A Contextualization Approach”) is an assistant professor in the Department of Business at the University of Winnipeg. His research interests include consumer acceptance of controversial technologies, human-computer interaction, and examining the effect of technology on pedagogy, as well as writing business cases. He has been published in several journals and is an award-winning case writer and has also been recognized for his contribution to teaching.
John Campbell (“Temporal Motivations of Volunteers to Participate in Cultural Crowdsourcing Work”) is a professor of business information systems at the Australian National University. A major theme throughout his research work is how users interact through information systems in the social world and, in particular, the ways in which organizational decision-making and community interaction are enacted through collaborative technologies. Current research topics include IT governance and business alignment, user security practices, evaluating IT investments, technology and work nexus, and virtual organizations, communities, and teams.
Prabuddha De (“Learning Effects of Domain, Technology, and Customer Knowledge in Information Systems Development: An Empirical Study”) is the Accenture University Professor of Information Technology at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management. He received his Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon University. He has published in Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Management Science, Operations Research, Review of Financial Studies, and other journals and served on the editorial boards of Information Systems Research and Management Science, among others. He is a distinguished fellow of the INFORMS Information Systems Society and a fellow of the Association for Information Systems.
Xiaomeng Du (“Bidding for Multiple Keywords in Sponsored Search Advertising: Keyword Categories and Match Types”) is the Chief Data Scientist of Beijing Baifendian Technology Inc. She is in charge of the data science department of Baifendian, a leading big data company in China. She received her Ph.D. from Peking University. Her research interests include marketing modeling, digital marketing, and consumer behavior analysis. Her papers have appeared in journals such as Psychology & Marketing, PKU Business Review, Journal of Marketing Science, Business Review, and Nankai Business Review.
Juan Feng (“When Online Reviews Meet Sales Volume Information: Is More or Accurate Information Always Better?”) is an associate professor in the Department of Information Systems, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. in business administration with a dual title in operations research from Pennsylvania State University. Her research focuses on economics of information systems. She has published in Management Science, Information Systems Research, Production and Operations Management, Marketing Science, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Journal of Management Information Systems, and other journals.
Shilun Ge (“Unraveling the Alignment Paradox: How Does Business—IT Alignment Shape Organizational Agility?”) is the Chair Professor of Management Information Systems in the School of Economics and Management at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in the School of Economics and Management at Nanjing University of Science and Technology. His research has focused on issues of enterprise modeling, enterprise data model, and IT project management. He has authored and co-authored three books and more than 100 papers.
Jungpil Hahn (“Learning Effects of Domain, Technology, and Customer Knowledge in Information Systems Development: An Empirical Study”) is an associate professor and Head of the Department of Information Systems at the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore. He received his Ph.D. from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. His current research focuses on organizational adaptation and learning in open innovation and software development. His research appears in leading journals such as Information Systems Research, Management Science, and Organization Science. He is currently an associate editor for Information Systems Research.
Shu Han (“Mitigating Diminishing Returns to R&D: The Role of Information Technology in Innovation”) is an assistant professor of information systems at the Syms School of Business, Yeshiva University. She earned her Ph.D. in management information systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her current research interests include the impact of service expansion on competition in the IT industry, and the role of IT in firm innovation and knowledge search. Her works have appeared in Information Systems Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Service Research, the Journal of Management Information Systems, and Small Business Economics.
Khaled Hassanein (“Understanding Consumers’ Attitudes Toward Controversial Information Technologies: A Contextualization Approach”) is a professor of information systems at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. His main research interests lie in the areas of technology adoption, human-computer interaction, decision support systems, data analytics, and neuro-IS. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in academic journals and conference proceedings. He is a joint holder of several U.S. patents, a senior member of the IEEE and a designated professional engineer in Ontario.
Milena Head (“Understanding Consumers’ Attitudes Toward Controversial Information Technologies: A Contextualization Approach”) is a professor of information systems and the Wayne C. Fox Chair in Business Innovation at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. Her research focuses on human-computer interaction, technology use, and misuse. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and has been the recipient of several research and teaching awards.
Joanna Ho (“Seeking Value Through Deviation? Economic Impacts of IT Overinvestment and Underinvestment”) is a professor at the Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on corporate governance (ownership structure, board independence) and performance-based contracts at both the employee and executive levels. Her work has been published in journals such as Accounting Horizons, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of International Accounting Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Strategic Management Journal, and others.
Keumseok Kang (“Learning Effects of Domain, Technology, and Customer Knowledge in Information Systems Development: An Empirical Study”) is an assistant professor at the Chapman Graduate School of Business, Florida International University. He received his Ph.D. in management from Purdue University. His research interests include organizational learning and operations management in service organizations. His research has appeared in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and Information Systems Research.
HuigangLiang (“Unraveling the Alignment Paradox: How Does Business—IT Alignment Shape Organizational Agility?”) is a professor of management information systems and the Teer Endowed Chair in the College of Business, East Carolina University. His research focuses on IT issues at both individual and organizational levels in a variety of contexts. His work has appeared in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Journal, and Journal of Strategic Information Systems, among others. He is serving on the editorial board of MIS Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and Information and Management.
Xiuwu Liao (“When Online Reviews Meet Sales Volume Information: Is More or Accurate Information Always Better?”) is a professor in the Department of Information Management and E-commerce, School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University. He received his Ph.D. in management science and engineering from the Dalian University of Technology. His research interests cover decision analysis, IT outsourcing services, online review, open-source software, social computing, etc. His papers have appeared in Annals of Operations Research, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, Omega, and other venues.
Yang Liu (“When Online Reviews Meet Sales Volume Information: Is More or Accurate Information Always Better?”) is a Ph.D. candidate from the joint program scheme between the School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University and the College of Business, City University of Hong Kong. He received a B.A. in management science and engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology. His research interests include economics of information systems, online review, pricing strategy, and signaling.
Likoebe Maruping (“Technical Systems Development Risk Factors: The Role of Empowering Leadership in Lowering Developers’ Stress”) is an associate professor at Georgia State University. His research focuses on collaboration in software teams, digitally-enabled collaboration, and collaboration technology. His research has been published in journals including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. MIS Quarterly named him Reviewer of the Year in 2009 and Outstanding Associate Editor in 2014.
Sunil Mithas (“Mitigating Diminishing Returns to R&D: The Role of Information Technology in Innovation”) is a professor in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, where he is Co-Director of the Center for Excellence in Service and Co-Director of the Center for Digital Innovation, Technology and Strategy. He is the author of the books Digital Intelligence: What Every Smart Manager Must Have for Success in an Information Age and Dancing Elephants and Leaping Jaguars: How to Excel, Innovate, and Transform Your Organization the Tata Way. He earned his Ph.D. from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and an engineering degree from IIT, Roorkee. Identified as an MSI Young Scholar by the Marketing Science Institute, he is a frequent speaker at industry events for senior leaders; he has worked on research or consulting assignments with organizations such as Johnson & Johnson, Lear, A.T. Kearney, the Tata Group, the Social Security Administration, and the U.S. Census Bureau. His papers have won best paper awards, have received best paper nominations, and have been featured in practice-oriented publications such as MIT Sloan Management Review, Bloomberg, CIO.com, Computerworld, and InformationWeek.
Sungjune Park (“Software Diversity for Improved Network Security: Optimal Distribution of Software-Based Shared Vulnerabilities”) is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He received his Ph.D. in management systems from the State University of New York at Buffalo and B.S. and M.S. degrees in management science from KAIST. His current research interests include business analytics, information security, digital economy, and supply chain management. His research has appeared in Computers & Operations Research, Data & Knowledge Engineering, Decision Support Systems, Information and Management, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, and Omega.
T. Ravichandran (“Mitigating Diminishing Returns to R&D: The Role of Information Technology in Innovation”) is the Associate Dean for Research and the Irene and Robert Bozzone ’55 Distinguished Professor of Management and Technology in the Lally School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; he is the Director of the Center for Supply Networks and Analytics. He earned his Ph.D. from the College of Business Administration, Southern Illinois University. He works closely with large companies and startups on digital strategy, innovation, and supply chain management and is a frequent speaker in many industry and academic forums around the world. His research has been published or forthcoming in journals such as the Communications of the ACM, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Information Systems, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Information Systems Research, Information Technology and Management, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Service Research, MIS Quarterly, and Organization Science. His papers have won several best paper awards.
Cem Saydam (“Software Diversity for Improved Network Security: Optimal Distribution of Software-Based Shared Vulnerabilities”) is a professor of operations management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He received his Ph.D. in engineering management with a concentration in systems engineering from Clemson University. His research interests include mathematical modeling of emergency medical services and operations research applied to information systems. He has published in Decision Sciences, Computers & Operations Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Journal of Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, Health Systems, Journal of Operations Research Society, and other archival journals.
Meng Su (“Bidding for Multiple Keywords in Sponsored Search Advertising: Keyword Categories and Match Types”) is a research professor in the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University. He is also the founder of Baifendian, a leading big data company in China. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University. His research interests include quantitative marketing modeling, big data modeling and applications, recommendation systems, and digital marketing. His papers have appeared in journals such as Journal of Retailing, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Marketing Letters, and Review of Marketing Research.
Chuan-Hoo Tan (“Direct and Indirect Information System Use: A Multimethod Exploration of Social Power Antecedents in Healthcare”) is an associate professor of information systems in the Department of Information Systems, School of Computing, National University of Singapore. His current research interests include two streams: IT design and evaluation (including human-computer interaction, digital commerce, and business analytics) and IT implementation and management (including open innovation, IT design, adoption, and usage). His articles have appeared in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Long Range Planning, and others.
Orcun Temizkan (“Software Diversity for Improved Network Security: Optimal Distribution of Software-Based Shared Vulnerabilities”) is an assistant professor of management information systems at Özyeğin University. He received his Ph.D. in computing and information systems with a concentration in business information systems and operations management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research interests include open innovation, social networks, organization and team structures, information security, and business analytics. His research has appeared in a leading journal and conferences such as Journal of Management Information Systems, INFORMS, and Workshop on e-Business.
Hock-Hai Teo (“Direct and Indirect Information System Use: A Multimethod Exploration of Social Power Antecedents in Healthcare”) is the Provost’s Chair Professor of Information Systems in the Department of Information Systems, School of Computing, National University of Singapore. He holds a Ph.D. in information systems from the National University of Singapore. He is also a fellow of the Association for Information Systems. He contributes mainly to two streams of research, namely IT innovation assimilation and IT-enabled information processing and decision making.
Feng Tian (“Seeking Value Through Deviation? Economic Impacts of IT Overinvestment and Underinvestment”) is an assistant professor in the School of Accounting and Finance, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. His current research interests include information technology, internal controls, earnings management, corporate governance, and auditing. His papers have been published in The Accounting Review, MIS Quarterly, Accounting Horizons, and Journal of Management Accounting Research.
Yu Tong (“Direct and Indirect Information System Use: A Multimethod Exploration of Social Power Antecedents in Healthcare”) is an associate professor in the Department of Data Science and Engineering Management, School of Management, Zhejiang University. She holds a Ph.D. in information systems from the National University of Singapore. Her research interests include health information technology and managing IT-enabled emerging behaviors. Her work has been published in journals such as Information Systems Research, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and Information & Management.
Viswanath Venkatesh (“Technical Systems Development Risk Factors: The Role of Empowering Leadership in Lowering Developers’ Stress”) is a Distinguished Professor and Billingsley Chair in Information Systems at the Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on understanding the diffusion of technologies in organizations and society. His work has appeared in leading journals in human-computer interaction, information systems, organizational behavior, psychology, marketing, medical informatics, and operations management. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential scholars in business and economics, with over 60,000 citations and over 14,000 citations per Google Scholar and Web of Science, respectively; he has received several recognitions, including the AIS Fellow award, for his contributions.
Nianxin Wang (“Unraveling the Alignment Paradox: How Does Business—IT Alignment Shape Organizational Agility?”) is an associate professor of management information systems in the College of Economics and Management, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in management information systems from Southeast University. His research interests include the business value of IT, IT capability, business-IT alignment, and strategic management of information technology. His research has been published in journals such as Journal of Management Science, Decision Support Systems, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, and others.
Jaime B. Windeler (“Technical Systems Development Risk Factors: The Role of Empowering Leadership in Lowering Developers’ Stress”) is an assistant professor of operations, business analytics, and information systems in the Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on the management of distributed collaboration, particularly in software development teams, and the attraction, motivation, and retention of IT professionals. His research has been published or is forthcoming in premier outlets such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and Information Systems Journal.
Anne Wu (“Seeking Value Through Deviation? Economic Impacts of IT Overinvestment and Underinvestment”) is a chair professor in the College of Commerce, National Chengchi University. She received her Ph.D. from George Washington University. Her research interests include balanced scorecard, activity based costing, information technology, and innovation. Her papers have been published in Accounting, Organizations and Society, Strategic Management Journal, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Management Accounting Research, and Behavioral Research in Accounting.
Sean Xin Xu (“Seeking Value Through Deviation? Economic Impacts of IT Overinvestment and Underinvestment”) is a professor in the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. His current research interests include information systems and firm information environment, social media, firm innovation, and business analytics. His papers have been published in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Management Science, and Strategic Management Journal, among others. He is serving on the editorial board of MIS Quarterly as a senior editor.
Yajiong Xue (“Unraveling the Alignment Paradox: How Does Business—IT Alignment Shape Organizational Agility?”) is a professor of management information systems at East Carolina University. She received her Ph.D. from Auburn University. Her research interests include IT governance, strategic management of information technology, and healthcare information systems. Her research has appeared in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Communications of the ACM, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Medical Informatics, and others.
Xiaoquan (Michael) Zhang (“Bidding for Multiple Keywords in Sponsored Search Advertising: Keyword Categories and Match Types”) is a professor of decision sciences and managerial economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his B.A., B.Eng., and M.Eng. from Tsinghua University and his Ph.D. from the MIT Sloan School. His research interests are on issues related to creation, dissemination, and processing of information in business and management contexts; his works study pricing of information goods, online word-of-mouth, online advertising, incentives of creation in open source and open content projects, and use of information in financial markets. His research has appeared in American Economic Review, Management Science, Journal of Marketing, MIS Quarterly, and Information Systems Research, among others. He serves as a senior editor for Information Systems Research, an associate editor for Management Science, and a guest associate editor for MIS Quarterly.
Xiaona Zheng (“Bidding for Multiple Keywords in Sponsored Search Advertising: Keyword Categories and Match Types”) is an associate professor of management science and information systems at Peking University. She received her B.A. and M.Eng. from Tsinghua University and her Ph.D. from Duke University. Her research interests include operations management (OM), supply chain management, OM-marketing interface, and OM-information systems interface. Her papers have appeared in journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Naval Research Logistics, Journal of Retailing, and the International Journal of Management Science. She is a recipient of the Natural Science Foundation of China.
