Xiaotong Li, Ph.D.
Education
- Ph.D. in Management Information Systems, School of Business Administration, The University of Mississippi, August 2001
- Minors: Quantitative Analysis and Financial Economics
- B.A. in Economics and International Business, School of Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, August 1997
Academic Experience
- Assistant Professor of MIS, Department of Accounting and MIS, College of Business Administration, University of Alabama in Huntsville, August 2001 - present
- Founding Research Assistant, Robert M. Hearin Research Center for Applied Enterprise Science, University of Mississippi, 1999 - 2001
- Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, School of Business Administration, University of Mississippi, 1998 - 1999
Research Interests
- Strategic Information Transmission in Supply Chain (or Channel) Coordination
- Behavioral and Bayesian Game-theoretic Modeling of IT diffusion and adoption
- Incomplete Contract and Dynamic Bargaining in Technology Investment
- Information Economics Modeling of Information, Incentives and Technology
- Economics of Information Externalities and Network Externalities
- Real Options Modeling of Technology Competition
Teaching Interests
- Database Management
- High-Tech Diffusion and Marketing
- Computer Programming Languages
- Economics of IT and Applied Game Theory
- Supply Chain and Information Technology
- Computer Networking and Security
- MIS Principles
- System Analysis and Design
Publications
Journals
- Xiaotong Li, "Cheap Talk and Bogus Network Externalities in the Emerging Technology Market ," forthcoming in Marketing Science , 2005.
- Robert J. Kauffman and Xiaotong Li, "Technology Competition and Optimal Investment Timing-A Real Options Model ", forthcoming in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management , 2005.
- Xiaotong Li, " Informational Cascades in IT Adoption ", Communications of the ACM , 47(4), 93-97, 2004.
- Na, Kwan-Sik, Xiaotong Li, James Simpson, and Ki-Yoon Kim, "Uncertainty Profile and Software Project Performance: A Cross-National Comparison," Journal of Systems and Software , Vol. 70, 155-163, 2004.
- Xiaotong Li and John D. Johnson, "Evaluate IT Investment Opportunities Using Real Options Theory," Information Resource Management Journal , July-September, 15(3), 32-47, 2002.
- Xiaotong Li, "Concurrency Control in the Domain of Multidatabase: A Semi-semantic Approach," International Journal of Information and Management Sciences , 10(3), 25-40, 1999.
Working Papers
- Xiaotong Li, "Strategic Information Technology Entrenchment," Under Review.
- Robert J. Kauffman and Xiaotong Li, "Understanding Informational Cascades and Payoff Externalities: Strategic Implications for Firm and Market-Level Information Technology Adoption", (University of Minnesota MIS Research Center Working Paper No. 03-36, another version appeared in the 2003 INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology Proceedings.), Under Review.
- Xiaotong Li, Jeet D. Gupta and James Koch, "Effect of Technological Breakthroughs on Electronic Markets", Revised and Resubmitted to Electronic Commerce Research.
- Xiaotong Li, "Cheap Talk, Simple Coordination Contracts and Dynamic Renegotiations," In Progress.
Presentations
- February 2004: "Strategic Information Technology Entrenchment," University of Minnesota, MIS Research Center.
- March 2004: "The Dark Side of IT Adoption: Management Entrenchment in the Knowledge-Driven Economy," The University of Mississippi, Hearin Research Center for Enterprise Science.
- May 2004: "Strategic Information Technology Entrenchment," Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Logistics.
Professional Memberships
Professional Activities
Referee for
- Information System Research
- HICSS 2004 (Competitive Strategy, Economics & IS Track)
- HICSS 2005 (Competitive Strategy, Economics & IS Track)
- Electronic Commerce Research Journal
- Journal of E-Commerce in Organization
Research Grants
- 2003 UAH Faculty Research Seed Grant of $10,000 for "Understanding Informational Cascades and Payoff Externalities: Strategic Implications for Firm and Market-Level Information Technology Adoption" with Robert J. Kauffman.
- 2003 UAH Business School Summer Research Grant of $5,000 for "Managerial Incentives and Reputational Herding in Information Technology Adoption."
- 2002 UAH Business School Summer Research Grant of $5,000 for "Path Dependent Supply Chain Coordination under Asymmetric Information."