报告时间：2022年4月23日（星期六）下午2：30-4：00

报告地点：线上报告（腾讯会议：485-779-5687）

报告人：Mengxiang Li

工作单位：香港浸会大学

举办单位：威廉希尔

报告简介：

This paper applies upper echelons theory to investigate whether chief information officers (CIOs) and boards of directors affect the development of AI orientation, which represents firms’ overall strategic direction and goals regarding the introduction and application of artificial intelligence (AI)technology. We tested our model using a dataset drawn from 1,454 publicly listed firms in China. Our findings show that the presence of a CIO positively influences AI orientation and that board educational diversity, R&D experience, and AI experience positively moderate the CIO’s effect on AI orientation. Our post hoc analysis further demonstrates that these board characteristics represent contingencies that impact AI orientation but not conventional IT orientation. This paper contributes to the upper echelons literature and IT management research by offering contextualized arguments that explain new business and IT strategies such as AI orientation. Further, our findings suggest important implications about how to build top management teams and boards capable of effectively developing AI orientations.

报告人简介：

Mengxiang Li is an associate professor of Information Systems at Department of Finance and Decision Sciences, School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University. His work appears in MIS Quarterly, Journal of MIS, Information & Management, Decision Support Systems. Mengxiang’s current research examines innovative technology use, user-centered technology design, digital resilience, and remote everything. He has served as an associate editor for Internet Research, Journal of Global Information Management, and Journal of Electronic Commerce Research. Mengxiang received a Ph.D. in Information Systems from College of Business, City University of Hong Kong in October 2013. Prior to joining HKBU, he worked as a faculty member at School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wollongong, Australia.