• PhD, MS, Stanford University

• Doctoral Dissertation: Strategic Investment in Information Technologies: A Real-Options and Game-Theoretic Approach, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1999. [abstract].

• Biography

• Economics of information systems, and adoption of IT and associated standards.

• Information transparency in supply chains: IT and operations management

• Technology diffusion: Adoption, usage, and impact

• Standards: Network effects and switching costs

• Game theory in information and operations management

• Information Technology for Management, core course, MBA, EMBA.

• Doctoral Research Seminar on IT and Economics, PhD

• Teaching Honors: The Charles and Twyla Martin Excellence in Teaching Award, Dean's Honoree, 2001. Course was voted as the "most popular elective" in the school by MBA students, 2000 (reported by Business Week).

     Honors & Awards:
          NSF CAREER Award, $377,000, Faculty Early Career Development Award,
                                     U.S. National Science Foundation, 2005-2010 (announcement).
          Best Paper Award, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2002,
                                      Barcelona, Spain (out of 526 papers).
          Best Paper Award, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2003,
                                      Seattle, USA  (out of 600 papers).
          Best Paper Award, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2004,
                                      International Track, New York, USA.
          Single Investigator Innovation Grant, Academic Senate Council on Research
          (CORCLR), 2004-05
          Faculty Career Development Award, University of California, 2002-03.
          Research Award, UC Research Council, 2001-02.
          Charles and Twyla Martin Excellence in Teaching Award, Dean's Honoree, 2001.
          Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Stanford University, 1996.
          Teaching Recognition, Stanford University, 1995, 1996.
         
      Previous Experience:
          Research Associate, Stanford University, 1996-99.
          Teaching Assistant, Stanford University, 1994-96.
          Software Project Manager, Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA.

      Professional Associations:
          Association for Information Systems (AIS) (98-present)
          INFORMS, Vice President of Stanford Chapter (97-99).
          Cal-(IT)² : California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (news)
          CRITO: Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations

      Service to Profession:
          Co-Chair, Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE 2005).
          Associate Editor, Intl. Conf. of Information Systems (ICIS), 2002, 2005, 2006.
          Program Committee, Conf. on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), 2002, 2005.
          International Program Committee, Intl. Conf. of Electronic Business (ICEB), 2004, 2005.
          Track Chair, Pacific-Asia Conf. on Information Systems (PACIS), 2006.
          Program Committee, IEEE Intl. Conf. on E-Business Engineering, 2005.
          Associate Editor, 35th Hawaii Intl. Conf. on System Sciences (HICSS), 2002.
          Session Chair, INFORMS Annual Conference, Miami Beach, FL., 2001.
         
      Referee and Editorial Activities:
          Management Science
          Information Systems Research (ISR): Associate Editor
          MIS Quarterly (MISQ)
          Journal of the Association of Information Systems (JAIS): Editorial Board
          U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF): proposal review panel         

          * Silicon Valley Business Journal
          * Computer World
          * Wall Street Journal
          * Financial Times
          * e-Biz at Stanford

• "Information Transparency of Business-to-Business Electronic Markets: A Game-Theoretic Analysis," by Kevin Zhu, Management Science, 2004, Vol. 50, No. 5, p. 670-685. [abstract].

• "The Process of Innovation Assimilation by Firms in Different Countries: A Technology Diffusion Perspective," Management Science, 2006, Vol. 52, No. 10, p. 1557-1576.
  [abstract].

• "Migration to Open-Standard Inter-organizational Systems: Network Effects, Switching Costs, and Path Dependency," MIS Quarterly, 2006, special issue on Standards. [abstract].

• "Post-Adoption Variations in Usage and Value of E-Business by Organizations: Cross-Country Evidence from the Retail Industry," by Kevin Zhu and Ken Kraemer, Information Systems Research, 2005, Vol. 16, No. 1, p. 61-84. [abstract].

• "E-Commerce Metrics for Net-Enhanced Organizations: Assessing the Value of E-Commerce to Firm Performance in the Manufacturing Sector," by Kevin Zhu and Ken Kraemer, Information Systems Research, 2002, Vol. 13, No. 3, p. 275-295. [abstract].

• “Strategic Decisions of New Technology Adoption under Asymmetric Information,” by Kevin Zhu and John Weyant, Decision Sciences, 2003, Vol. 34, No. 4, p. 643-675. [abstract].

• "Innovation diffusion in global contexts: determinants of post-adoption digital transformation of European companies." European Journal of Information Systems, 2006, Vol. 15, No. 6, p.601-616. [abstract].

• "Economics of Digital Bundling: The Impacts of Digitization on the Music Industry," by Kevin Zhu and Bryan MacQuarrie, Communications of the ACM (CACM), 2003, Vol. 46, No. 9, p. 264-270. [cite], [abstract].

• "E-Business Adoption by European Firms: A Cross-Country Assessment of the Facilitators and Inhibitors," by Kevin Zhu, Ken Kraemer, and Sean Xu, European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), 2003, Vol. 12, No. 4, p. 251-268. [abstract].

• "Strategic Exercise of Real Options: Investment Decisions in Technological Systems," by Kevin Zhu and John Weyant, Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, 2003, Vol. 12, No. 3, p.257-278. [abstract].

• "Using Real Options Analysis for Evaluating Uncertain Investments in Information Technology," by Robert Kauffman, Henry Lucas, Paul Tallon, Andrew Whinston, and Kevin Zhu, Communications of the Association of Information Systems (CAIS), 2002, Vol. 8, p. 136-167.

• "Information Transparency in Electronic Marketplaces: Why Data Transparency May Hinder the Adoption of B2B Exchanges," by Kevin Zhu, Electronic Markets, 2002, Vol. 12, No. 2, p. 92-99. [abstract].

• “Internet-based Distribution of Digital Videos: The Economic Impacts of Digitization on the Motion Picture Industry,” by Kevin Zhu, Electronic Markets, 2001, Vol. 11, No. 4, p. 273-280. [abstract].

Books and Book Chapters

Conference Presentations & Proceedings

• "Assessing Drivers of E-Business Value: Results of a Cross-Country Study," (with Sean Xu and Jason Dedrick), 24th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Seattle, Washington, December 14-17, 2003. (Winner of the Best Theme Paper Award).

• "A Cross-Country Study of E-Business Adoption Using the Technology-Organization-Environment Framework," (with Ken Kraemer and Sean Xu), In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Barcelona, Spain, December 15-18, 2002. (Winner of the Best Paper Award, Conference Theme).

• "Factors Affecting E-Business Diffusion in Organizations: Differences between Developed and Developing Countries," (with Sean Xu and Ken Kraemer), Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), New York, USA, August 6-8, 2004. (Winner of the Best Paper Award, International Track).

• “Value of Information Technology in E-Business Environments: The Missing Links in the Renewed IT Value Debate,” 25th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Washington DC, 2004.

• “Internet Technology Diffusion at the Firm Level: Empirical Evidence from Asia-Pacific Region, Europe, and North America,” with S. Xu and K.L. Kraemer, International Conference on Information Systems: International Symposium on Asia-Pacific, Washington DC, 2004.

• "Economic Implications of B2B Electronic Markets: The Private and Social Desirability of Information Transparency," The 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-37), Hawaii, January 5-8, 2004.

• "The economic impact of B2B exchanges on supplier-manufacturer relationships: the interaction of industry structure and exchange design," (with R. Plice and V. Gurbaxani), The 14th Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Barcelona, Spain, December 14-15, 2002.

• "E-Business Initiatives and IT Infrastructure: An Empirical Study of the U.S. Manufacturing Industry," (with Ken Kraemer), International Conference on E-Business, May 23-26, 2002.

• "The Informational Effects of B2B Online Exchanges: Is Data Transparency a Benefit or Threat?" The 13th Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), New Orleans, LA., Dec. 15-16, 2001.

• "Equilibrium Conditions Characterizing B2B-Exchange Participation in a Seller-Concentrated and Buyer-Unconcentrated Industry Setting," (with V. Gurbaxani and R. Plice), The 13th Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), New Orleans, LA., Dec. 15-16, 2001.

• "Real Options Analysis for Evaluating Uncertain Information Technology Investments," by Robert Kauffman, Henry Lucas, Andrew Whinston and Kevin Zhu, moderated by Paul Tallon, 22nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Proceedings p. 637-640, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 16-19, 2001.

• "The Informational Role of Business-to-Business Exchanges," INFORMS Annual Conference (e-commerce session chair), Miami Beach, FL., Nov. 4-7, 2001.

• "Evaluating Information Technology Investment: Cash Flows or Growth Options?" 11th Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Charlotte, NC, Dec. 11-12, 1999.