Dr. Ashish Kumar Jha

Associate Professor, Trinity Business School

Biography

Ashish Kumar Jha is an Associate Professor in the field of Business Analytics at Trinity Business School. He is the founding director of M.Sc. Business Analytics (Ranked 1st in Ireland and 24th Globally). He is a co-director of Trinity Centre for Digital Business and Analytics. He is a funded Investigator at SFI Research Centre ADAPT. He is a member of EU Cost Action on Fintech and AI. Ashish holds a PhD in Information Systems and his research revolves around the areas of fake news and social media analysis. Ashish uses statistical and analytical techniques to understand how firms and consumers interact on social platforms and its effects for both firms and their consumers. Ashish teaches courses at all levels from undergrad (Quantitative methods), M.sc. (Social media Analysis, Data Visualization), MBA (Leading with Big Data) to PhD (Theories on IS Research). He has also conducted executive training sessions in field of digital transformation and data visualization. He was a member of numerous administrative and research committees throughout his career including recruitment committee, doctoral committee, and scientific committee at Rennes School of Business and Doctoral Committee at SP Jain Institute of Management and Research Ashish has lived and worked in multiple countries. He joined Trinity Business School in 2019. He was, earlier employed at Rennes School of Business in France wand in India (S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research in Mumbai). He received his PhD from Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta in India in field of Management Information Systems. Ashish holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Ashish is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of Information Systems Research. He is a distinguished member of Association of Information Systems and is a committee member for AIS early career awards. His work utilizes both secondary data based statistical analysis as well as controlled experiments. His papers have been published in many top journals of the field including Journal of MIS (listed in FT list of preferred journals), Information and Management, International Journal of Production Economics, Communications of AIS among others. He has also presented his work at numerous top conferences of field including International Conference on Information Systems, European Conference on Information Systems, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Informs Annual Meeting among others. Ashish serves as an Associate Editor for Information & Management and Information Systems Frontiers and also serves as ad-hoc reviewer and associate editor for various conferences and journals including International Conference on Information Systems, European Conference on Information Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Expert System with Applications, Decision Sciences, International Journal of Production Economics etc. Ashish has been a part of research groups working on robotic process automation in IT services industry and jointly holds multiple patents in the field of IT services management and optimization. He has also worked closely with businesses and advised them as well as written teaching cases on firms like Microsoft, Bosch, Wipro etc.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Md Rajibul Hasan, Ashish Kumar Jha, Yi Liu, Excessive use of online video streaming services: Impact of recommender system use, psychological factors, and motives, Computers in Human Behavior, 80, 2018, p220--228Journal Article, 2018
Ashish Kumar Jha, Indranil Bose, Innovation in IT firms: An investigation of intramural and extramural R&D activities and their impact, Information and Management, 53, (4), 2016, p409--421Journal Article, 2016
Ashish Kumar Jha, Indranil Bose, Innovation research in information systems: A commentary on contemporary trends and issues, Information and Management, 53, (3), 2016, p297--306Journal Article, 2016
Jha, Ashish Kumar; Bose, Indranil and Ngai, Eric, Platform based innovation: The case of Bosch India, International Journal of Production Economics, 2016Journal Article, 2016
Ashish Kumar Jha, Indranil Bose, A Framework for Addressing Data Privacy Issues in E-Governance Projects, Journal of Information Privacy and Security, 9, (3), 2013, p18--33Journal Article, 2013
Jha, Ashish Kumar and Bose, Indranil., Conflict and Development: A Headquarter Intervention View of IT Subsidiary Evolution, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 45, (1), 2019, p14-Journal Article, 2019
Jha, Ashish Kumar, and Snehal Shah, Social Influence on Future Review Sentiments: An Appraisal-Theoretic View , Journal of Management Information Systems, 36, (2), 2019, p610 - 638Journal Article, 2019
Puvvala, Abhinay., Ashish Kumar Jha and V.K. Rai, A Systemic and Relational Approach to Pricing Services, Service Science, 8, (1), 2016, p1 - 13Journal Article, 2016
R Hasan, Ashish K Jha, What's good for business growth: Implications of innovativeness and price sensitivity for firms in developing countries, Strategic Change, 27, (5), 2018, p469 - 476Journal Article, 2018
Jha, Ashish Kumar and Puvvala, Abhinay and Mehta, Sanjit and Rai, Veerendra Kumar and Vin, Harrick Mayank, An Agent Based Approach for Effort Estimation in Production Support, Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
Rai, Veerendra Kumar and Mehta, Sanjit and Chandak, Praveen and Jha, Ashish Kumar and Patil, Rutuja Maruti and Puvvala, Abhinary, 'Optimizing allocation of configuration elements', USPTO, 2019, 27 June 2024, Tata Consultancy ServicesPatent, 2019
Rai, Veerendra Kumar and Mehta, Sanjit and Chandak, Praveen and Jha, Ashish Kumar and Puvvala, Abhinay, 'Obtaining optimal pricing strategy in a service engagement', USPTO, 2015Patent, 2015
Rai, Veerendra Kumar and Jha, Ashish Kumar and Puvvala, Abhinay, IT Service Management: A Typological Classification of Policies for Governance, 2015 IEEE 17th Conference on Business Informatics, 1, 2015, pp224--231Conference Paper, 2015
Rai, Veerendra Kumar and Mehta, Sanjit and Chandak, Praveen and Jha, Ashish Kumar and Puvvala, Abhinay, 'System and method for multi-layered monitoring and control for dynamic situation handling for production support', USPTO, 2018Patent, 2018
Puvvala, Abhinay and Jha, Ashish Kumar and Rai, Veerendra Kumar and Vin, Harrick Mayank, Inefficiencies in IT Production Support Operations: Detection and Impact Analysis, European Conference on Information Systems, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
Jha, Ashish Kumar and Bose, Indranil, Empirical Investigation of Partnership and Mediating Effect of Mode of Partnership on Innovation Outcome of IT Firms, Workshop on E-Business, 2015, pp186--190Conference Paper, 2015
Ashish K Jha and Snehal Shah, Influencing the Influencers: Analyzing Impact of Prior Review Sentiments on Product Reviews, Information Systems Development: Advances in Methods, Tools and Management , Larnaca, Cyprus, edited by Paspallis, N., Raspopoulos, M. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider , 2017Conference Paper, 2017
Managing Social Knowledge Management: Balancing the Gatekeeping vs. Crowdsourcing Requirements in, Crowdsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, IGI Global, 2019, pp1224--1244 , [Jha, Ashish Kumar and Jain, Varun]Book Chapter, 2019
Innovation styles, processes, and their drivers: an organizational perspective in, Technology, innovation, and enterprise transformation, IGI-Global, 2015, pp143--163 , [Jha, Ashish Kumar and Bose, Indranil]Book Chapter, 2015
Jha, Ashish Kumar and Bose, Indranil, Supplying Innovation?: Investigating Impact of Suppliers on Innovation in IT Firms, Proceedings of Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2018, Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Sydney, 2018, pp1--10Conference Paper, 2018
Jha, Ashish Kumar, Bose, Indranil, Cooperate to Dominate: An Empirical Analysis of Cooperation Decisions on Technological Innovation, Informs Annual Meeting 2015,, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
Jha, Ashish Kumar, and Indranil Bose, Empirical Investigation of Partnership and Mediating Effect of Mode of Partnership on Innovation Outcome of IT Firms, Workshop on E-Business, Texas, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
Jha,Ashish Kumar., Jain, Varun, Marketing "Catch Up TV": Success Drivers of Internet Entertainment Channels, International Marketing Conference (MARCON), Kolkata, India, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
Jha,Ashish Kumar and Bose, Indranil, Evolution of Offshore IT subsidiaries: A case study on Microsoft IT India, Second Pan IIM World Management Conference, Khozikode, India, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
Jha,Ashish Kumar, and Rahul Roy, Self-Professed Doom: A System Dynamic Investigation in Indian Auto Industry Slowdown, Asia pacific Systems Dynamic Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
Verma, Nishant Kumar, Jha, Ashish Kumar, Bose, Indranil, Investigating the Value of Performance: How much are Supplier Awards Worth?, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference 2015, Toronto, Canada, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
Jha, Ashish Kumar., Jain, Varun, A Case Study Based Investigation of Social Knowledge Management Practices in India, Indian Subcontinent Region Decision Science Institute Annual Conference, Goa, India, 2016Conference Paper, 2016
Verma, Nishant Kumar., Jha, Ashish Kumar., Bose, Indranil., Revisiting Supplier Awards Phenomenon: Empirical Investigation of Award Impact, Indian Subcontinent Region Decision Science Institute Annual Conference, Goa, India, 2016Conference Paper, 2016
Verma, Nishant Kumar., Jha, Ashish Kumar., Bose, Indranil, Giving the Right Signals : Empirical Investigation of the Efficacy of Supplier Awards as Market Signal Mechanism, XIX Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management, Kolkata, India, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
Jha, Ashish Kumar., Jain, Varun, Social Knowledge Management: Enabling the Giant Leap to Future, Pan IIM World Management Conference 2015, Indore, India, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
Jha, Ashish Kumar, Bose, Indranil, An Investigation into the Impact of Partnerships on Product and Process Innovation in IT firms, IFIP Wg8.2 Organizations and Society in Information Systems (OASIS), Texas, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
Jha,Ashish Kumar and Shah, Snehal, Influencing The Influencers: Impact Of Past Reviews On Online Product Review Sentiments, 39th Annual ISMS Marketing Science Conference, 2017Conference Paper, 2017
R Hasan, Ashish K Jha, Ben Lowe, Consumers' Review Text Characteristics in Ride sharing Platforms and the Role of Personality Traits, AMS WORLD MARKETING CONGRESS, 2020Conference Paper, 2020
Jha, Ashish Kumar, Bose, Indranil, Linking Drivers and Outcomes of Innovation in IT Firms: The Role of Partnerships, Information Systems Frontiers, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
Jha, Ashish Kumar; Agi, MAN; Ngai, Eric W.T., A note on big data analytics capability development in supply chain, Decision Support Systems, 138, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
Arunima Haldar, Mehul Raithatha, Ashish Kumar Jha, Firm's Societal Commitment and Firm Value: A Match Made in Hell?, International Communication-Management Conference (ICMC 2021), India, January 7-8, 2021, 2021Conference Paper, 2021
Arnab Adhikari, Megha Sharma, Sumanta Basu, Ashish Kumar Jha, Designing Pricing Strategies for Information goods under Competition, Spatial Differentiation, and Simultaneous and Sequential Decision-making, Indian Subcontinent Region Decision Science Institute Annual Conference, India, December 2020, 2020Conference Paper, 2020
Ashish KumarJha and SnehalShah, Disconfirmation effect on online review credibility: An experimental analysis, Decision Support Systems, 145, (113519), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
A Sinha, A Adhikari, AK Jha, Innovational duality and sustainable development: finding optima amidst socio-ecological policy trade-off in post-COVID-19 era, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
Arnab Adhikari, Megha Sharma, Sumanta Basu, Ashish Kumar Jha, Uniform or spatially differentiated? Pricing Strategies for Information Goods under simultaneous and sequential decision-making in multi-market context, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 64, 2022Journal Article, 2022
Alka Aggarwal, Ashish Kumar Jha, Mobile Apps as Digital Emancipators of Women in Emerging Economies, Indian Subcontinent Region Decision Science Institute Annual Conference, India, December 27-29, 2021, 2021Conference Paper, 2021
Caulfield, J., & Jha, A. K., Stadiums and Digitalization: An Exploratory Study of Digitalization in Sports Stadiums, Journal of Decision Systems, 31, (1), 2022, p331 - 340Journal Article, 2022, TARA - Full Text
Eachempati, P., Muzellec, L., & Jha, A., An Investigation of the Relationship Between Privacy Crisis, Public Discourse on Privacy, and Key Performance Indicators at Facebook (2004-2021), Personal Data Protection and Privacy Law, London, 2022Conference Paper, 2022, TARA - Full Text
Eachempati, P., Muzellec, L., & Jha, A. , An Investigation of the Relationship Between Privacy Crisis, Public Discourse on Privacy, and Key Performance Indicators at Facebook (2004-2021). , Central and Eastern European e|Dem and e|Gov Days 2022, 2022Conference Paper, 2022, TARA - Full Text
Eachempati, P., Muzellec, L., & Jha, A., The Relationship Between data privacy discourses and company performance at Facebook (2004-2021). , ADAPT Scientific Conference. , Dublin, 2022Conference Paper, 2022, TARA - Full Text
Agi, M. A., & Jha, A. K. , Blockchain technology in the supply chain: An integrated theoretical perspective of organizational adoption, International Journal of Production Economics, 247, 2022Journal Article, 2022, TARA - Full Text
Jha, A. K., & Verma, N. K. , Social Media Sustainability Communication: An Analysis of Firm Behaviour and Stakeholder Responses, Information Systems Frontiers, 2022Journal Article, 2022, TARA - Full Text
Dmitry Romanov, Valentin Molokanov, Nikolai Kazantsev, Ashish Kumar Jha, Removing order effects from human-classified datasets: A machine learning method to improve decision making systems, Decision Support Systems, 2022Journal Article, 2022, TARA - Full Text
Measuring and managing digital supply chain performance in, editor(s)Bart L. MacCarthy and Dmitry Ivanov , The Digital Supply Chain, 2022, [Ashish Kumar Jha, Nishant Kumar Verma, Indranil Bose]Book Chapter, 2022
Jha, A. K., & Verma, N. K., Social Media Platforms and User Engagement: A Multi-Platform Study on One-way Firm Sustainability Communication., Information Systems Frontiers, 26, (1), 2024, p177 - 194Journal Article, 2024, TARA - Full Text
Wan, X., Jha, A. K., Kazantsev, N., & Boh, W. F., Online-to-Offline Platforms: Examining the Effects of Demand-Side Usage on Supply-Side Decisions., Information & Management, 60, (2), 2023, p103757.Journal Article, 2023, TARA - Full Text
Verma, N. K., Jha, A. K., Bose, I., & Ngai, E. W., A Market Value Analysis of Buyer"Supplier Relationship Building Awards., IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 2024, p4848 - 4861Journal Article, 2024
Adhikari, A., Kundu, T., & Jha, A. K., Collaboration Strategies for Private COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain Under Demand Uncertainty: An Indian Perspective, Global Business Review, 2023Journal Article, 2023
Alka Agarwal, Jyoti Jagasia, Ashish Kumar Jha, MARGINALISED WOMEN AND TIME SCARCITY: A MIXED METHOD STUDY ON `ON DEMAND WORK APPS, ITAIS and MCIS 2022, Catanzaro, 2022Conference Paper, 2022
Venu Bhaskar Puthineedi , Ashish Kumar Jha, Prajwal Eachempati, Riding the bitcoin wave: a firm-centric strategy to elevate financial performance, Irish Academy of Management, Dublin, 2022Conference Paper, 2022
Venu Puthineedi, Ashish Kumar Jha, Prajwal Eachempati, Bitcoin vs Blockchain: An Event Study Approach to Analyze the Confounding of Bitcoin on Blockchain Disclosures, 12th European Decision Science Institute Annual Meeting, Dublin, 2022Conference Paper, 2022
Jha, Ashish Kumar and Nishant, Rohit, Judging a Book by its Cover: Understanding the Phenomenon of Fake News Propagation from an Evolutionary Psychology Perspective, Journal of the Association of Information Systems, 2024Journal Article, 2024
R Srinivasan, AK Jha, NK Verma, To talk or not?: An analysis of firm"initiated social media communication's impact on firm value preservation during a massive disruption across multiple firms and industries, Decision Sciences, 54, (4), 2023, p410 - 434Journal Article, 2023

Bose, Indranil and JOSHI, HAVOVI and JHA, ASHISH K, MICROSOFT ITINDIA: A JOURNEY IN BUSINESS MODEL TRANSFORMATION, 2015Case Study
Bose, Indranil., Saranga, Haritha., Santhanam, Ravi., Lahiri, Saikat., Jha, Ashish Kumar, Bosch: platform based product Innovation, 2014Case Study
Jha, Ashish Kumar, Jain, Varun., Chowdhry, Vridhi., and Bose., Indranil, Transforming the Traditional Indian Retailer, Asian Management Insights, 2016, p3 - 2Journal Article
Snehal Shah and Ashish Kumar Jha, Team of rivals: Co-opetition as a Framework for Technology Startups, Asian Management Insights, 4, (2), 2017Journal Article

I am a researcher in the broad field of information systems and business analytics. I like to work on new challenges based on emerging technologies and its impact on businesses. My preferred mode of research is based on statistical analysis of quantitative data, but every now and then I do take up case study based projects. My primary areas of research interest are: . Social Media and Impact on Firms . Web Content Analysis and Consumer Insights . Technology innovation and Digital Transformation . Business Analytics . Big Data and Network Analytics

Economics and Business Administration, Information systems, Artificial intelligence and machine learning,

Recognition

Awards and Honours
Memberships

Performance Excellence Award 2021
Satish K Sehgal Doctoral Student Award for excellence in scholarship and Organizational citizenship April 2016
Teaching Excellence Award 2023
Outstanding Reviewer Award 2022
Distinguished Member Association of Information Systems 2021
Research Excellence Award 2019

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Association of Information Systems
EurOMA- European Operations Management Association
Decision Sciences Institute