Research

Research Interest

My research interests lie at the intersection between business and social values of information systems and technology (IS/IT), primarily in three research areas in keeping with the triple bottom line of corporate sustainability (Planet, People, and Profit): (i) Green IS/IT (including green technological innovation), (ii) Societal Impacts of IS/IT (including the future of work), and (iii) IT Value.

Methodologically, my research employs econometric methodologies for causal inference as well as computational social science approaches to a range of business and social data.

Publications

1. Green IS/IT
   1. Park, J., Han, K., and Lee, B., 2023. “Green Cloud? An Empirical Analysis of Cloud Computing and Energy Efficiency,” Management Science, (69:3), pp.1639-1664. [PAPER][SSRN]
      • Featured by the UNCG Bryan School’s Magazine (Article)
2. Societal Impacts of IS/IT
   1. Park, J. and Kim, J., 2022. “A Data-Driven Exploration of the Race between Human Labor and Machines in the 21st Century,” Communications of the ACM (65:5), pp.79-87. [PAPER][SSRN]
      • Non-technical summary (Video in CACM)
      • Website for Job Automation Index
      • Featured by the UNCG Bryan School’s Blog (Blog)
   2. Park, J., Pang, M.S., Kim, J., and Lee, B., 2021. “The Deterrent Effect of Ride-Sharing on Sexual Assault and Investigation of Situational Contingencies,” Information Systems Research (32:2), pp.497-516. [PAPER][SSRN]
      • Non-technical summary (Article in TechCrunch)
      • Featured by INFORMS (Press Release) (INFORMS Podcast)
   3. Park, J., Cho, D., Lee, J.K. and Lee, B., 2019. “The Economics of Cybercrime: The Role of Broadband and Socioeconomic Status,” ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (10:4), pp.1-23. [PAPER]
3. IT Value
   1. Park, J., Son, Y., and Angst, C., 2023. “The Value of Centralized IT in Building Resilience During Crises: Evidence from U.S. Higher Education’s Transition to Emergency Remote Teaching,” MIS Quarterly, (47:1), pp.451-482. [PAPER]
      • Special Issue on “Digital Resilience”
      • Non-technical summary published in LSE Business Review [Article] and in Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame [Article]
   2. Gong, F., Park, J., and Cao, Y., 2022. “The Impact of IT Spillovers on Technical Efficiency: The Role of IT Intensity and Supply Chain Relationships,” Information & Management (59:2), pp.103589. [PAPER]

Conference/Workshop Presentations

1. Alghamdi, M., Aghakhani, N., Park, J., and Oh, O., 2023. “A Study for Sustainable IT Management: Effects of On-Premises and On-Demand IT on Carbon Intensity,” International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Hyderabad, India
2. Park, J. and Sim, J., 2023. “Mind the Energy-Efficiency Gap: Disproportionate Gains from Industrial Robots between Developed and Developing Economies,” Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3. Park, J., 2022. “Hiding Carbon Footprint in the Cloud: Cloud Migration, Corporate Carbon Disclosure, and Environmental Performance,” Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Copenhagen, Denmark
4. Kim, D. and Park, J., 2022. “Is the Repeal of Net Neutrality a Necessary Evil? An Empirical Analysis of Net Neutrality and Cybercrime,” International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen, Denmark
5. Dedrick, J., Kim, J., Park, J., 2022. “Information Technology Investment and Carbon Intensity in the Era of Cloud Computing: A Cross-National Study,” Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA [Best AMCIS 2022 Top 25% ERF Papers]
6. Park, J., Chung, S., and Han, K., 2021. “Toward Green Data Centers: Environmental Regulation, Green Data Center Innovation, and Firm Value,” International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Austin, Texas, USA
7. Park, J., 2021. “Optimal Curriculum Design of Online Business Education: A Learning Analytics Approach,” International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Austin, Texas, USA [Best Short Paper Award Nominee]
8. Kim, D., Park, J., Lee, C., and Zo, H., 2021. “Who Guards the Home? An Empirical Analysis of an Online Freelance Platform for Home Services and Burglary,” Post-ICIS KrAIS Research Workshop, Austin, Texas, USA [Best Student Paper Award Runner-up]
9. Park, J. and Han, K., 2020. “Returns to Cloud Computing Investments: The Role of Environmental Uncertainty,” Korea Society of Management Information Systems (KMIS) Fall Conference, Seoul, Korea (virtual) [Best Paper Award]
10. Park, J. and Han, K., 2020. “Returns to Cloud Computing Investments: The Role of Environmental Uncertainty,” Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (virtual)
11. Park, J., 2020. “How the Sharing Economy Changes the Tourism Landscape: The Complementary Impacts of Airbnb and Uber/Lyft,” Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), Dubai, UAE (virtual)
12. Park, J., 2020. “How the Sharing Economy Changes the Tourism Landscape: The Complementary Impacts of Airbnb and Uber/Lyft,” Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR), Madrid, Spain (virtual)
13. Park, J. and Kim, J., 2019. “Evolution of Task Automation in the 21st Century: A Data-Driven Exploration of the Race between Man and Machine,” International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Munich, Germany
14. Kyung, N., Kwon, J., Park, J. and Lee, B., 2019. “How does a data Breach Impact Online Consumer Behavior,” Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Seattle, Washington, USA
15. Park, J. and Kim, J., 2018. “Fixing Racial Discrimination through Analytics on Online Platforms: A Neural Machine Translation Approach,” International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), San Francisco, California, USA
16. Eun, S., Park, J. and Lee, B., 2018. “The End of Job Polarization? Information Technology, Industrial Robot, and Employment in US Manufacturing,” Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), San Francisco, California, USA
17. Park, J. and Kim, J., 2018. “Leveraging Machine Learning to Reduce Racial Bias on Online Platforms: A Neural Machine Translation Approach,” Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
18. Lee, Y., Park, J. and Lee, B., 2018. “Battle of Sharing Economy: The Contingent Effects of Ride-Sharing on Taxi Industry,” Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, USA
19. Park, J., Kim, J. and Lee, B., 2017. “Are All Faces Created Equal? An Empirical Analysis of Face Disclosure and Facial Expression in Crowdfunding,” Post-ICIS KrAIS Research Workshop, Seoul, Korea [Best Student Paper Award]
20. Park, J., Kim, J. and Lee, B., 2017. “Face Premium or Discount? The Contingent Effects of Face Disclosure and Facial Expression in Crowdfunding,” Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Seoul, Korea
21. Park, J., Han, K. and Lee, B., 2017. “Energy Efficiency in the Cloud: An Empirical Analysis of Information Technology Outsourcing, Cloud Computing, and Energy Efficiency,” International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Seoul, Korea
22. Kim, J. and Park, J., 2017. “Does Facial Expression Matter Even Online? An Empirical Analysis of Facial Expression of Emotion and Crowdfunding Success,” International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Seoul, Korea
23. Park, J., Han, K. and Lee, B., 2017. “Is Cloud Computing Green? An Empirical Analysis of Information Technology Outsourcing and Energy Efficiency,” Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Huston, Texas, USA [Best Student Paper Award Runner-up]
24. Park, J., Han, K. and Lee, B., 2016. “Reconciling Economic and Environmental Goals: An Empirical Investigation of Information Technology and Energy Productivity,” Post-ICIS KrAIS Research Workshop, Dublin, Ireland [Best Student Paper Award]
25. Lee, Y., Park, J. and Lee, B., 2016. “Battle of Sharing Economy: The Impact of Ride-Sharing on Taxi Industry,” Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Dublin, Ireland
26. Park, J., Kim, J. and Lee, B., 2016. “Which Tasks Will Technology Take? A New Systematic Methodology to Measure Task Automation,” International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Dublin, Ireland
27. Suh, C., Park, J., Kim, J. and Lee, B., 2016. “What is Local Seldom Remains Local: Foreign Chatter and Stock Performance of Multinational Firms,” International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Dublin, Ireland
28. Park, J., Han, K. and Lee, B., 2016. “Impact of Information Technology on Energy Productivity: An Empirical Investigation,” Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
29. Park, J., Cho, D., Lee, J. and Lee, B., 2016. “The Internet is not Always Malicious: An Empirical Investigation of Socioeconomic Status, Social Capital, and Internet Crime,” Korea Society of Management Information Systems (KMIS) Fall Conference, Seoul, Korea [Best Paper Award]
30. Park, J., Kim, J. and Lee, B., 2016. “Are Uber Really to Blame for Sexual Assault? Evidence from New York City,” International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC), Suwon, Korea [Best Paper Award]
31. Park, J. and Lee, B., 2015. “The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Inequality: An Empirical Investigation,” Post-ICIS KrAIS Research Workshop, Fort Worth, Texas, USA [Best Student Paper Award]
32. Park, J. and Lee, B., 2015. “The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Inequality: An Empirical Analysis from the Knowledge Hierarchy Perspective,” Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Dallas, Texas, USA
33. Park, J. and Lee, B., 2015. “Has Information and Communication Technology Changed the Dynamics of Inequality? An Empirical Study from the Knowledge Hierarchy Perspective,” International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Fort Worth, Texas, USA