|  | Dean's Professor Chair, Dept. of Logistics, Operations, and Management Information Systems Professor qinghu@iastate.edu (515) 294-8925 Gerdin Business Building Ames, IA 50011-1350 | |
Academic History PhD., University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1994 M.S., University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1991 M.S., Chinese Academy of Machinery Science, Beijing, China, 1985 B.S., Lanzhou University of Science & Technology, Lanzhou, China, 1982 Expertise Information Technology Strategy IT Investment Evaluation Information Security Management Cultural Issues in Information Systems Professional Activities Professor Qing Hu teaches information technology strategy, electronic commerce, and business applications development at undergraduate and graduate levels. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Solution Developer (MCSD) and a Charter Member of the MCSD Program. His research interests include strategic IT management, IT value, information security, and cross culture issues in information technology. He has published over ninety research papers in refereed journals, academics conferences, and scholarly books. His work has appeared in some of the top journals in the information systems discipline such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, California Management Review, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, and Communications of the ACM. He has been invited to speak at research seminars and conferences at some of the leading universities in the world, including the University of Oulu, Helsinki School of Economics, Fudan University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, and Nanjing University. He was the Scott Adams Professor of Interne Technology from 2003-2006 at Florida Atlantic University, and a leading researcher for a Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) funded research project on secure communications network from 2005 to 2007. He currently serves as an associate editor of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems and the Journal of Information System Security. Selected Publications Dinev, T., Goo, J., Hu, Q., and Nam, K. (2009) "User Behavior towards Protective Technologies -The Role of National Cultural Differences," Information Systems Journal. 19, 391-412. Dinev, T., Hu, Q., and Yayla, A. (2008) "Is There an Online Advertisers' Dilemma? A Study of Click Fraud in the Pay-Per-Click Model," International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 13(2), 29-59. Huang, C. D., Hu, Q., and Behara, R. (2008) "An Economic Analysis of the Optimal Information Security Investment in the Case of a Risk-Averse Firm," International Journal of Production Economics, 114(2), 793-804. Dinev, T. and Hu, Q. (2007) "The Centrality of Awareness in the Formation of User Behavioral Intentions towards Preventive Technologies in the Context of Voluntary Use," Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 8(7), 386-408. Hu, Q., Hart, P., and Cooke, D. (2007) "The Role of External Influences on Organizational Information Security Practices: An Institutional Perspective," Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 16(2), 153-172. Liang, H., Saraf, H., Hu, Q., and Xue, Y. (2007) "Assimilation of Enterprise Systems: The Effect of Institutional Pressures and the Mediating Role of Top Management," MIS Quarterly, 31(1), 59-87. Hu, Q. and Dinev, T. (2005) "Is Spyware an Internet-Age Nuisance or Public Menace?" Communications of the ACM, 48(8), 61-66. Quan, J, Hu, Q. and Hart, P. (2003) "IT Investments and Firms' Performance - A Duopoly Perspective," Journal of Management Information Systems, 20(3), 121-158. Hu, Q., Plant, R. T., and Hertz, D. (1998) "Software Cost Estimation Using Economic Production Models," Journal of Management Information Systems, 15(2), 143-163. Hu, Q., Saunders, C. S., and Gebelt, M. (1997) "Information Systems Outsourcing: A Reevaluation of Influence Sources," Information Systems Research, 8(3), 288-301. Hu, Q. (1997) "Evaluating Alternative Software Production Functions," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 23(6), 379-387. Saunders, C. S., Gebelt, M., and Hu, Q. (1997) "Achieving Success in Information Systems Outsourcing," California Management Review, 39(2), 63-79. | |||
