Taha Havakhor
Title:
Associate Professor of Information Systems & Desautels Faculty Scholar
Degree(s):
- Ph.D. Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Concentration: Information Systems (2016)
- M.Sc. College of Business, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran; Major: Information Management Technology (2010)
- B.Sc. Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University, Tehran, Iran;聽Major: Industrial Engineering. Minor: Systems Planning and Analysis (2008)
Area(s):
Information Systems
Teaching areas:
Text and Social Media Analytics
Data Programming
Principles of Managerial Task Automation
Office:
BRONF 570
Biography:
Prior to joining Desautels Faculty of management, Taha Havakhor was the Research Director of the Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT) and Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems in the Fox School of Business at Temple University. His research focuses on how advanced technologies and AI influence organizational strategies and create value both in established and entrepreneurial firms. His scholarly work has been published, or forthcoming, in outlets such as Mangement Science, MIS Quarterly , Information Systems Research , Harvard Business Review , Journal of Marketing , Information Systems Journal and the Journal of Management Information Systems .
Group:
Faculty
Tenured & Tenure Track
Research areas:
Business Analytics & IT
Business Value of IT
Impact of AI & Analytics on Work
Labour Issues in IT
Productivity
Selected publications:
- T. Havakhor, Rahman, M., Zhang, TJ., Zhu C. 鈥淣ot Knowing What to Do with or without Machine Intelligence: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Retail Investors鈥� (Accepted) Management Science. [BSIDT]
- T. Havakhor, Golmohammadi, A., R. Sabherwal., D. Gauri, 鈥淒o Early Words from New Ventures Predict Fundraising? A Comparative View of Social Media Narratives,鈥� (2023) MIS Quarterly, 47(2): 611-638. [SM]
- T. Havakhor, S. Sabherwal, R. Sabherwal, and Z.R. Steelman. 鈥淓valuating Information Technology Investments: Does Following Executives鈥� Trades Help?鈥� (2022) MIS Quarterly, 46(2): 1165-1193. [BSIDT]
- Duke, J., Havakhor, T., Mui, R., and Parker, O. 鈥淗ow Starting Strategy and Network Structure Shape Problemistic Search: An Examination of Venture Capital Firms鈥� (2021) Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (listed in FT 50). 46(5): 1344-1373. [DE]
- A. Golmohammadi, T. Havakhor, D. Gauri, J. Comprix. 鈥淲hy You Shouldn't Engage with Customer Complaints on Twitter鈥� (2021) Harvard Business Review, Online Edition (HBR.org). [BSIDT- SM]
- A. Golmohammadi, T. Havakhor, D. Gauri, J. Comprix. 鈥淐omplaint Publicization in Social Media鈥� (2021) Journal of Marketing. 85(6): 1-23. [BSIDT- SM]
- T. Havakhor, R. Sabherwal, Z.R. Steelman, S. Sabherwal. 鈥�Relationships Between Information Technology and Other Investments: A Contingent Interaction Model,鈥� (2019) Information Systems Research, 30(1): 204-218. [BSIDT]
- Z.R. Steelman, T. Havakhor, R. Sabherwal, S. Sabherwal. 鈥淧erformance Consequences of Information Technology Investments: Implications of Emphasizing New or Current Information Technologies,鈥� (2019) Information Systems Research, 30(1): 291-305. [BSIDT]
- R. Sabherwal, S. Sabherwal, T. Havakhor, Z.R. Steelman. 鈥淗ow Does Strategic Alignment Affect Firm Performance? The Roles of Information Technology Investment and Environmental Uncertainty,鈥� (2019) MIS Quarterly, 43(2): 453-474. [BSIDT]
- T. Havakhor, R. Sabherwal. 鈥淭eam Processes in Virtual Knowledge Teams: The Effects of Reputation Signals and Network Density,鈥� (2018) Journal of MIS, 35(1): 266-318. [SM]
- T. Havakhor, A. A. Soror, R. Sabherwal. 鈥淒iffusion of Knowledge in Social Media Networks: Effects of Reputation Mechanisms and Distribution of Knowledge Roles,鈥� (2018) Information Systems Journal (in AIS Senior Scholars鈥� Basket of Journals), 28(1): 104-141. [SM]
*Business and Social Impacts of Digital Technologies (BSIDT) Social Media (SM) Digital Entrepreneurship (DE)
