Ali R. Tafti

University of Illinois at Chicago

Associate Professor

601 S Morgan St, 2403 University Hall, MC 294

Chicago, IL 60607

United States

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Information Technology and Firm Profitability: Mechanisms and Empirical Evidence

MIS Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 205-224, 2012
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2014
Sunil Mithas, Ali R. Tafti, Indranil Bardhan and Jie Mein Goh
University of South Florida, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Texas at Dallas and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business
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Information Technology, Profitability, Advertising, R&D, Revenue Growth, Cost Reduction, Profitability Paradox

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When All Products Are Digital: Complexity and Intangible Value in the Ecosystem of Digitizing Firms

Forthcoming, MIS Quarterly
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 07 May 2020
Pouya Rahmati, Ali R. Tafti, J. Christopher Westland and César Hidalgo
University of Georgia, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Information and Decision Sciences and University of Toulouse
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complexity, intangible value, Tobin’s q, digitization, software industry, pervasive computing, social networks

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Platform Sponsor's Investments and User Contributions in Knowledge Communities: The Role of Knowledge Seeding

Forthcoming in MIS Quarterly, Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2913581
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Feb 2017
Peng Huang, Ali R. Tafti and Sunil Mithas
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of South Florida
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knowledge community, knowledge contribution, sponsor investment, network of practice, enterprise software, IT value

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Beyond Overall Treatment Effects: Leveraging Covariates in Randomized Experiments Guided by Causal Structure

Tafti, Ali, and Galit Shmueli. "Beyond Overall Treatment Effects: Leveraging Covariates in Randomized Experiments Guided by Causal Structure." Information Systems Research 31.4 (2020): 1183-1199.
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2021
Ali R. Tafti and Galit Shmueli
University of Illinois at Chicago and Institute of Service Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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randomized experiments, causal inference, randomized clinical trials, causal diagrams

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Transporting Causal Effects Across Populations Using Structural Causal Modeling: The Example of Work-From-Home Productivity

Forthcoming at Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2023
Sujin Park, Ali R. Tafti and Galit Shmueli
University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Information and Decision Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago and Institute of Service Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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transportability, causal inference, causal diagrams, work-from-home productivity

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Information Technology and Integration Effects on Merger Value in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Feb 2013
Ali R. Tafti
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Information Technology, Integration, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Banks, Firm Performance, Cumulative Abnormal Returns

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How Does the Positioning of Information Technology Firms in Strategic Alliances Influence Returns to R&D Investments?

Forthcoming, Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Jun 2020
Pouya Rahmati, Ali R. Tafti, Sunil Mithas and Vishal Sachdev
University of Georgia, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of South Florida and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Information technology firms, Software, Alliances, Innovation, Software, Network, Returns on Research & Development, R&D investments

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Real-Time Diffusion of Information on Twitter and the Financial Markets

Tafti A, Zotti R, Jank W (2016) Real-Time Diffusion of Information on Twitter and the Financial Markets. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0159226, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159226
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2016
Ali R. Tafti, Ryan Zotti and Wolfgang Jank
University of Illinois at Chicago, Capital One Financial Corporation and University of Maryland - Decision and Information Technologies Department
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Search Benefits of General Resources: Recombination Premiums of AI

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2024
Moh Hosseinioun and Ali R. Tafti
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Business Administration and University of Illinois at Chicago
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Artificial Intelligence (AI), Innovation, Search, General-purpose Technologies (GPTs), Firm

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The Impact of YouTube's Hiding Dislike Count on Viewer and Creator Engagement

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Oct 2024
Ahreum Kim, Yingda Lu, Tengteng Ma and Ali R. Tafti
University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of South Florida and University of Illinois at Chicago
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Negative Rating, Viewer and Creator Engagement, Social Media Platforms

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How SCM Causal Diagrams Differ from PLS-PM and CB-SEM Path Diagrams

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 11 Oct 2022
Ali R. Tafti and Galit Shmueli
University of Illinois at Chicago and Institute of Service Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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Structural causal models, PLS-PM, CB-SEM, causal diagrams

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Information Technology, Revenues and Profits: Exploring the Role of Foreign and Domestic Operations

Mithas, S., J. Whitaker, and A. Tafti. ‘Information Technology, Revenues and Profits : Exploring the Role of Foreign and Domestic Operations,’ Information Systems Research (28:2) 2017, 430-444, DOI:10.1287/isre.2017.0689.
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Jul 2019
Sunil Mithas, Jonathan Whitaker and Ali R. Tafti
University of South Florida, University of Richmond, Robins School of Business and University of Illinois at Chicago
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globalization, multinational corporations, foreign revenues, foreign profits, IT expenditures, business value of IT

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Unpacking the Impact of Ride-Hailing Platforms on Urban Congestion: The Mediating Role of City Bus Services and Moderated Mediation by Urban Factors

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Apr 2025
Ecem Basak, Ali R. Tafti, Mary Beth Watson-Manheim and Çağatay Iris
City University of NY, Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS)
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Ride-hailing platforms, Public transit, Urban congestion

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The Effect of Information Technology-Enabled Flexibility on Formation and Market Value of Alliances

Tafti, Ali, Sunil Mithas, and M.S. Krishnan, “The Effect of Information Technology-Enabled Flexibility on Formation and Market Value of Alliances,” Management Science (59:1) 2013
Posted: 06 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2014
Ali R. Tafti, Sunil Mithas and Mayuram S. Krishnan
University of Illinois at Chicago, University of South Florida and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Information Technology, Service-Oriented Architecture, Alliances, Tobin’s Q, Business Value of IT