Chih-Yuan Chou
(周致遠 / Ben / Benito)
Welcome to my personal website!
My name is Chih-Yuan (Ben) Chou. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Information Systems at College of Commerce, National Chengchi University in Taiwan.
My research interests include but not limited to IT innovation and entrepreneurship, digital society and communication, e-commerce and social media, and technology adoption issues. My work has been published in Information Systems Journal, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Journal of Computer Information Systems, and Management Review, as well as in the proceedings of the top conferences on information systems. I also actively contribute to the academic community as a reviewer and editor and have been recognized with teaching awards, Best AE Awards, and as a Distinguished Member of the Association for Information Systems.
Prior to joining the MIS program at NCCU, I received my PhD degree in Technology from Department of Technology, Leadership, and Innovation (TLI) at Purdue University, working with Dr. Linda L. Naimi. I got two MS degrees before starting my doctoral studies, one in Economics from Krannert School of Management at Purdue and one in Management Information Systems from National Chengchi University in Taiwan. I received my bachelor degree in Information Management from National Central University also in Taiwan.
You will find many interesting information in my website. If you have questions to ask, you're always welcome to contact me.
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News & Announcements
[Awards] Our paper, accepted at ICIS 2024—the premier conference in the IS field—has been selected as one of the 19 nominees for the Best Short Paper award. This is our first time being recognized in this category, and we are thrilled about the opportunity. Here's hoping we can bring home the prize—fingers crossed! [Our Paper] [List of Nominees] (Nov-22-2024)
[Recruitment] Recruitment for Master's students for Fall 2025 (114) is now open. If you're interested in conducting research with me, feel free to reach out via email and include your resume and transcripts as attachments. You are also encouraged to connect with my current students for additional information. [Students] (Nov-15-2024)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our startup project team members, WT Liu (劉威廷), YT Li (李彥廷), PJ Huang (黃沛婕), TY Tu (杜宗義), & YH Su (蘇胤翔), have received the award for 'Potential Innovative Intelligence Project' (潛力創智項目) in the 2024 Athena Cup Cross-strait Youth Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition (2024雅典娜杯兩岸青年創新創業大賽). [Link] (Oct-24-2024)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our graduation project team (Class of 2025, 110級) has been selected as a finalist in the 29th International ICT Innovative Services Awards (InnoServe Awards 2024). The team has also been selected as a member of the Taiwan delegation in the 2024 APICTA Awards. We are committed to working hard as we compete against twelve other teams in Taipei on November 2 and in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei on December 5 or 6 to secure a spot in the awards. [Link] (Oct-21-2024)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our startup project team, (anonymous), has received 3rd place in the 2024 Digital Intelligence Competition (2024數智創新大賽). The team has also been selected as the finalist in the 2024 Athena Cup Cross-strait Youth Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition (2024雅典娜杯兩岸青年創新創業大賽). We are committed to working hard as we compete against other teams in Shaoxing, China on October 24 to secure a spot in the finals. (Oct-17-2024)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our graduation project team (Class of 2025, 110級) has been selected as a semifinalist in the International Exchange Category (IC) of the 29th International ICT Innovative Services Awards (InnoServe Awards 2024). We are committed to working hard as we compete against seven other teams on October 19 to secure a spot in the finals. [Link] (Oct-15-2024)
[Research/Conference] Two papers I am co-working with Cheuk Hang Au and Kevin K. W. Ho have been accepted by the 29th Pre-ICIS DIGIT Workshop (DIGIT 2024) as research-in-progress papers. We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the workshop. (Oct-14-2024)
[Research/Journal] The paper I collaborated on with our graduate alumnus, Jun Huang (黃珺), titled "Transparency and Social Media Affordance," has been officially published by Management Review. Management Review is a leading TSSCI journal in the field of business. [Link] (Oct-08-2024)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations to our graduate student, Meng Mei Chen (陳孟湄), for receiving the Spring 2024 NCCU Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award! Both Meng Mei and I will be presented with the certificate of merit in mid-October, just before the Academic Affairs Meeting. [Link] (Oct-01-2024)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our graduate students, Harvey Tung (童晧庭), Mavis Tsai (蔡欣妤), Meng Mei Chen (陳孟湄), & Pei Han Hao (郝珮涵), received the Fall 2024 NCCU MIS Master's Student Scholarship! [Link] (Oct-01-2024)
[Research/Conference] The paper that I am co-working with Cheuk Hang Au and Kevin K. W. Ho has been officially accepted by ICIS 2024 as a short paper. We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the conference. (Oct-01-2024)
[Awards] I received a NCCU MIS Outstanding Teaching Award for the course "Database Management Systems" instructed in spring 2024. (Sep-16-2024)
[Awards] I received NCCU Excellent Undergraduate English Taught Courses Subsidy award for the course "Management Information Systems" instructed in Fall 2024. [List] (Aug-21-2024)
[Research/Journal] The paper I collaborated on with our graduate alumnus, Yi-Ting Chang (張宜庭), titled "Exploring Boundary Violations among Remote Workers with ICTs," has been officially published by Journal of Computer Information Systems (JCIS). JCIS is a SCI-indexed journal in the field of information systems. [Link] (Jul-08-2024)
[Awards] I have recently been awarded a Best Associate Editor Award at the 28th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2024). [Link] (Jul-04-2024)
[Research/Grant] I have received a two-year research grant from the 113 NSTC Research Project for Junior Researcher. (Jun-28-2024)
[Research/Grant] Congratulations! Our undergraduate student for graduation projects, SY Chiang (江尚芸), received the 113 NSTC Research Grant for University Students. (Jun-24-2024)
[Awards] I have recently been recognized as an AIS Distinguished Member with the June 2024 membership cohort. [Link] (Jun-15-2024)
[Services] I have recently been appointed as a Purdue International Alumni Ambassador. If you’re a fellow Boilermaker or interested in becoming one, feel free to reach out to me. [Link] (May-18-2024)
Past News
[Research/Conference] The paper that I am co-working with Cheuk Hang Au and Kevin K. W. Ho has been conditionally accepted by ICIS 2024 as a short paper. We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the conference. (Jul-30-2024)
[Research/Journal] The paper I collaborated on with our graduate alumnus, Yi-Ting Chang (張宜庭), titled "Exploring Boundary Violations among Remote Workers with ICTs," has been accepted by Journal of Computer Information Systems (JCIS). JCIS is a SCI-indexed journal in the field of information systems. We will share additional details once the paper is officially published. (Jun-15-2024)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our startup project team, (anonymous), has been selected as the finalist in the 2024 National Taiwan Normal University Sixth Annual Startup Arena Competition (2024國立臺灣師範大學「第六屆Startup創業競技場」). We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the oral presentation on Jun 28, 2024. [Link] (Jun-11-2024)
[Recruitment] Undergraduate students for graduation projects recruitment for Class of 2026 (111級, Project Period: Summer 2024- Fall 2025) has been finalized. We look forward to meeting our new members! Recruitment for Class of 2027 will be available during Spring 2025. Please wait for the official announcement from our department. (May-18-2024)
[Research/Conference] Congratulations! The paper that I co-worked with our undergraduate students for graduation projects, JM Huang (黃若玫), SY Chiang (江尚芸), YC Sung (宋宜潔), JT Chen (陳建廷), YH Wu (吳映萱), & TL Liu (劉東霖), has been conditionally accepted by PACIS 2024 as short paper. Another paper that I collaborated with Cheuk Hang Au and Kevin K. W. Ho has been conditionally accepted as well. We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the conference. (May-03-2024)
[Recruitment] Master student recruitment for Fall 2024 (113級) has been finalized. We look forward to meeting our new members! (Apr-29-2024)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our undergraduate mentoring student, YC Liu, received the permission for starting courses in the NCCU MIS Five-Year BS/MS Program. [Link] (Apr-26-2024)
[Research/Journal] The paper I collaborated on with Cheuk Hang Au and Kevin K. W. Ho, titled "From A Role-Playing Game (RPG) to A Brand: Strategic Implications from An Over-Two-Decade Case," has been officially published in the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (JOCEC). JOCEC is a SCI-indexed journal in the field of information systems. [Link] (Apr-19-2024)
[Research/Journal] The paper I wrote, titled "Foreigners’ Alipay Usage in Mainland China: An Exploratory Study," has been officially published in the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (JOCEC). JOCEC is a SCI-indexed journal in the field of information systems. [Link] (Apr-09-2024)
[Research/Journal] The paper I wrote, titled "Foreigners’ Alipay Usage in Mainland China: An Exploratory Study," has been accepted by Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (JOCEC). JOCEC is a SCI-indexed journal in the field of information systems. We will share additional details once the paper is officially published. (Apr-03-2024)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our master's students, Sandy Lee (李芷瑄), John Jiang (江仲偉), Harvey Tung (童晧庭), Mavis Tsai (蔡欣妤), & Meng Mei Chen (陳孟湄), received the Spring 2024 NCCU MIS Master's Student Scholarship! [Link] (Apr-02-2024)
[Research/Journal] The paper I collaborate on with Cheuk Hang Au and Kevin K. W. Ho, titled "From A Role-Playing Game (RPG) to A Brand: Strategic Implications from An Over-Two-Decade Case," has been accepted by Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (JOCEC). JOCEC is a SCI-indexed journal in the field of information systems. We will share additional details once the paper is officially published. (Apr-01-2024)
[Research/Journal] The paper I collaborated on with our graduate alumnus, Jun Huang (黃珺), titled "Transparency and Social Media Affordance," has been accepted by Management Review. Management Review is a leading TSSCI journal in the field of business. We will share additional details once the paper is officially published. (Mar-19-2024)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our undergraduate student, An Lu (呂安), cooperating with my past undergraduate students YJ Jheng (鄭宇傑), PY Chiu (邱品硯), & GY Lai (賴冠瑜), has been awarded the Golden Prize (1st place) of the Application Group for Andes Awards 2023 (第二屆晶心盃RISC-V創意大賽應用組金牌獎). [Media] (Dec-23-2023)
[Research/Conference] Congratulations! The paper I am co-working with our master's student, Kaiser Zheng (鄭安佑), have been conditionally accepted by UKAIS 2024 as a research-in-progress paper. We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the conference. (Dec-19-2023)
[Recruitment] Master's student recruitment for Fall 2024 (113) will start soon. If you're interested in doing research with me, please feel free to contact me via email with your resume and transcripts attached. You're also highly welcome to contact my current students for further details. [Students] (Nov-18-2023)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! My student co-author, Vladimir Nurbaev, has been awarded the ICIS 2023 Registration Scholarship, covering the registration fee in recognition of the excellent quality of our co-worked paper accepted at ICIS 2023. Vladimir is advised by my another co-author Cheuk Hang Au from National Chung Cheng Univeristy and is now a master student at National Cheng Kung University. (Nov-18-2023)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our master's students, Sandy Lee (李芷瑄) & Wen Jing Chen (陳玟靜), have been selected as the recipients of the AIS SIG-ADIT DIGIT 2023 Scholarship, covering the workshop registration fee (student fee) in recognition of the excellent quality of our papers! (Oct-24-2023)
[Research/Conference] Congratulations! The three papers I am co-working with our master's students, Sandy Lee (李芷瑄), Wen-Jing Chen (陳玟靜), & Andy Lee (李振維), have been accepted by the 28th Pre-ICIS DIGIT Workshop (DIGIT 2023) as research-in-progress papers. We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the workshop. (Oct-16-2023)
[Research/Conference] The paper I am co-working with Vladimir Nurbaev and Cheuk Hang Au has been conditionally accepted by ACIS 2023 as a short paper. We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the conference. (Oct-11-2023)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our master's students, Sandy Lee (李芷瑄), Wen Jing Chen (陳玟靜), Andy Lee (李振維) & Mavis Tsai (蔡欣妤), received the Fall 2023 NCCU MIS Master's Student Scholarship! [Link] (Oct-04-2023)
[Research/Conference] Three papers, one I am working independently, one I am co-working with Vladimir Nurbaev and Cheuk Hang Au, and another one I am co-working with Cheuk Hang Au and Kevin Ho, have been all officially accepted by ICIS 2023 as short papers. We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the conference. (Oct-03-2023)
[Research/Journal] The paper I collaborated on with Joyce Yi-Hui Lee, Hsin-Lu Chang, and Carol Hsu, entitled "Building Digital Resilience Against Crises: The Case of Taiwan’s COVID-19 Pandemic Management," has been officially published in the Information Systems Journal. ISJ is one of the eleven journals in the AIS Senior Scholars' List of Premier Journals. [Link] (Sep-26-2023)
[Teaching/Grant] Our two courses, "Management Information Systems" and "Information Management", have received the approval of partial support from the 112-1 NCCU Teaching Innovation Program. (Sep-23-2023)
[Awards] I received a NCCU MIS Outstanding Teaching Award for the course "Database Management Systems" instructed in spring 2023. (Sep-18-2023)
[Research/Journal] The paper I collaborated on with Joyce Yi-Hui Lee, Hsin-Lu Chang, and Carol Hsu, entitled "Building Digital Resilience Against Crises: The Case of Taiwan’s COVID-19 Pandemic Management," has been accepted by the Information Systems Journal. ISJ is one of the eleven journals in the AIS Senior Scholars' List of Premier Journals. We will share additional details once the paper is officially published. (Sep-05-2023)
[Research/Conference] Three papers, one I am working independently, one I am co-working with Vladimir Nurbaev and Cheuk Hang Au, and another one I am co-working with Cheuk Hang Au and Kevin Ho, have been all conditionally accepted by ICIS 2023 as short papers. We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the conference. (Aug-01-2023)
[Academic Services] I will serve as a session chair for the sessions on Mobile Application (July 10, Session 1) and IT Governance II (July 11, Session 6) during PACIS 2023 at Nanchang. I look forward to chairing both sessions and listening to great presentations. (Jun-26-2023)
[Research/Grant] Congratulations! Our undergraduate student for other projects, An Lu (呂安), received the 112 NSTC Research Grant for University Students. (Jun-19-2023)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our master's students, John Jiang (江仲偉), Andy Lee (李振維), & Wen Jing Chen (陳玟靜), received the Spring 2023 NCCU College of Commerce EMI Course Scholarship! [Link] (May-25-2023)
[Recruitment] Undergraduate students for graduation projects recruitment for Class of 2025 (110級, Project Period: Summer 2023- Fall 2024) has been finalized. We look forward to meeting our new members! Recruitment for Class of 2026 will be available during Spring 2024. Please wait for the official announcement from our department. (May-20-2023)
[Research/Conference] Congratulations! The two papers that I co-worked with our master's students, Susan Su (蘇瑜婷) & Yi-Ting Chang (張宜庭), have been both accepted by PACIS 2023 as short papers. We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the conference. (May-02-2023)
[Research/Conference] The paper that I am working independently has been accepted by AMCIS 2023 as Emergent Research Forum (ERF) paper. I will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the conference. (Apr-18-2023)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our undergraduate mentoring student, CH Chien, received the permission for starting courses in the NCCU MIS Five-Year BS/MS Program. (Apr-17-2023)
[Recruitment] Master student recruitment for Fall 2023 (112級) has been finalized. We look forward to meeting our new members! (Mar-24-2023)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our undergraduate students with their project "租迪 Zudii", A Lu (呂安) & TY Chiu (邱德晏), have been awarded the Golden Prize (1st place) for 2023 Coding 101 Competition. [Media] (Mar-18-2023)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our undergraduate student, Rui-Ting Chang (張瑞庭), received admissions for master programs. Rui-Ting, who is one of our undergraduate students for graduation project, received admissions from Carnegie Mellon University (MET) and Purdue University (MS CGT). (Mar-09-2023)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our undergraduate students for other projects, (names temporarily not available), have been selected in the finalist for 2023 Coding 101 Competition. We look forward to receiving comments and suggestions during the final event! (Feb-06-2023)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our undergraduate students for graduation project in Class of 2023 (108級), TC Chen (陳子佳), CJ Chen (陳芊榕), YF Lo (羅永富), RT Chang (張瑞庭), and IH Liu (劉奕瑄), received 3rd place and the most popular award for NCCU MIS Class of 2023 (108級) Graduation Project Competition. (Dec-12-2022)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our undergraduate students, Yung-Fu Lo (羅永富), Tzu-Chia Chen (陳子佳), & GT Wu, received admissions for master programs. Yung-Fu, who is both our undergraduate students for graduation project and mentoring student, received admissions from National Chengchi University (MS MIS, direct admission without oral exam). Tzu-Chia, who is the team leader of our undergraduate students for graduation project, received admissions from National Chengchi University (MS MIS). GT, who is my mentoring student, received admissions from National Taiwan University (MS IM) & National Chengchi University (MS MIS). (Nov-30-2022)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our undergraduate students for graduation project in Class of 2023 (108級), TC Chen (陳子佳), CJ Chen (陳芊榕), YF Lo (羅永富), RT Chang (張瑞庭), and IH Liu (劉奕瑄), have been selected in the finalist for the International ICT Innovative Services Awards (InnoServe) 2022. We look forward to receiving comments and suggestions during the event! (Oct-24-2022)
[Research/Conference] The paper I am co-working with Vladimir Nurbaev and Cheuk Hang Au has been accepted by the 27th Pre-ICIS DIGIT Workshop (DIGIT 2022). We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the workshop. (Oct-22-2022)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our master's students, Susan Su (蘇瑜婷), Yi-Ting Chang (張宜庭), & Kaiser Zheng (鄭安佑), received the Fall 2022 NCCU MIS Master's Student Scholarship! (Oct-03-2022)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our master's students, Susan Su (蘇瑜婷), Yi-Ting Chang (張宜庭), & Kaiser Zheng (鄭安佑), received the Spring 2022 NCCU College of Commerce EMI Course Scholarship! Susan Su (蘇瑜婷) also received the Spring 2022 NCCU College of Commerce EMI English Exam Scholarship! (Aug-30-2022)
[Recruitment] Master's student recruitment for Fall 2023 will start in November. If you're interested in doing research with me, please feel free to contact me via email. You're also highly welcome to contact my current students for further details. (Aug-30-2022)
[Research/Grant] Congratulations! Our undergraduate student for graduation project, Yung-Fu Lo (羅永富), received the 111 MOST Research Grant for University Students. (Jun-20-2022)
[Research/Conference] Congratulations! The two papers that I co-worked with our master's students, Tan Yu Xi (陳玉璽) & Joy Huang (黃珺), have been both accepted by PACIS 2022 as Emergent Research Forum (ERF) papers. We will be glad to receive comments and suggestions during the conference. (May-29-2022)
[Recruitment] Undergraduate students for graduation projects recruitment for Class of 2024 (109級, Project Period: Summer 2022- Fall 2023) has been finalized. We look forward to meeting our new members! Recruitment for Class of 2025 will be available during Spring 2023. Please wait for the official announcement from our department. (May-21-2022)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our undergraduate students for graduation project, TC Chen & YF Lo, received the permission for starting courses in the NCCU MIS Five-Year BS/MS Program. (May-05-2022)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our master's students, Tan Yu Xi (陳玉璽), Susan Su (蘇瑜婷), Yi-Ting Chang (張宜庭), & Kai-Hsuan Liu (劉鎧瑄), received the Spring 2022 NCCU MIS Master's Student Scholarship! (Apr-26-2022)
[Recruitment] Master's student recruitment for Fall 2022 has been finalized. We look forward to meeting our new members! Master student recruitment for Fall 2023 will start in November. If you're interested in doing research with me, please feel free to contact me via email. You're also highly welcome to contact my current students for further details. (Apr-23-2022)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our mentoring students, TC Lan & MR Yeh, received admissions from National Chengchi University (MS DCT) & (MBA) separately. (Mar-25-2022)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our mentoring students, WT Huang & TH Chang, received admissions for master programs. WT received admissions from National Cheng Kung University (MS IM), National Tsing Hua University (MS ISA), National Chengchi University (MS MIS), & National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (MS IM). TH received admission from National Chengchi University (MS DCT). (Dec-10-2021)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our master's student, Tan Yu Xi (陳玉璽), received the Fall 2021 NCCU MIS Master's Student Scholarship! (Oct-26-2021)
[Recruitment] Undergraduate students for graduation projects recruitment for Class of 2023 (108級, Project Period: Summer 2021- Fall 2022) has been finalized. We look forward to meeting our new members! Recruitment for Class of 2024 will be available during Spring 2022. Please wait for the official announcement from our department. (May-28-2021)
[Recruitment] Master's student recruitment for Fall 2021 has been finalized. We look forward to meeting our new members! Master student recruitment for Fall 2022 will start in November. If you're interested in doing research with me, please feel free to contact me via email. You're also highly welcome to contact my current students for further details. (Apr-19-2021)
[General] We will soon join the IT Innovation Lab (at College of Commerce Building 5th floor 260526) which is currently run by Prof. Woo-Tsong Lin & Prof. Rua-Huan Tsaih. Close partnership will still be maintained with E-Business Lab. (Apr-16-2021)
[Students' Achievements] Congratulations! Our mentoring students, YC Tsai & KW Wu, received admissions from National Chengchi University (MS TIIPM) & National Tsing Hua University (MS ISA) separately. (Mar-23-2021)
[Recruitment] Graduate student recruitment for Fall 2021! If you're interested in doing research with me, please feel free to contact me via email. You're also highly welcome to contact my current students for further details. (Nov-10-2020)
[General] I started the appointment of Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Information Systems at College of Commerce, National Chengchi University in Taiwan. (Aug-01-2020)