Alina M. Chircu     .alina.chircu@mccombs.utexas.edu.

Assistant Professor
Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management (IROM)
McCombs School of Business
University of Texas at Austin
CBA 5.202  B6500
Austin, TX 78712
Phone: (512) 232-9162
Web: http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/faculty/alina.chircu/ 

• PHD, University of Minnesota
• MS, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
• BS, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania

Current Research Areas:
B-2-B,  Clicks and Mortars,  E-Commerce,  E-Business, E-Government, E-Tailers, Instant Messaging, IT business value, Mobile Technologies, Travel

Associated Keywords:
corporate travel; procurement systems; business value; intermediation;

Recent and Representative Publications and Conference Presentations:

• Chircu, A. M., and Mahajan, V. "Revisiting the Digital Divide: An Analysis of Mobile Technology Depth and Service Breadth in the BRIC Countries," Marketing Science Institute, Working Paper 07-204, 2007.
• Chircu, A. M., Kauffman, R. J., and Wang, B. “Beyond the “eBay of Blank”: Next Stage Digital Intermediation in Electronic Commerce," in Barnes, S. J. and Hunt, B. (eds.), E-Commerce and V-Business (2nd edition), London, England: Butterworth-Heinemann Publishers, 2007, pp. 43-78.
• Chircu, A. M., and Mahajan, V. “Managing Electronic Commerce Transaction Costs for Customer Value,” Decision Support Systems, 42, 2, November 2006, pp. 898-914 (available at http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0167923605001107).
• Chircu, A. M., and Lee, H. D. “E-Government Key Success Factors: Assessing and Realizing Value,” Electronic Government, 2, 1, 2005, pp. 11-25.
• Chircu, A.M. “E-commerce Overview,” in Davis, G. B., Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management (2nd Edition), Management Information Systems, Oxford, U. K: Blackwell Publishing, 2005, pp. 96-102.
• Chircu, A. M., Kauffman, R. J, and Keskey, D. "Maximizing the Value of Internet-based Corporate Travel Reservation Systems," Communications of the ACM, 44, 11, November 2001, pp. 57-63.
• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J. "New Perspectives On E-business Systems Solutions In Corporate Travel Distribution," in Werthner, H., and Bichler, M. (eds.), Lectures in E-Commerce, New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 2001, pp. 47-76.
• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J. "Limits to Value in Electronic Commerce-Related Information Technology Investments," Journal of Management Information Systems, 17, 2, Fall 2000, pp. 61-82.
• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J. "Reintermediation Strategies in Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce," International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 4, 4, Summer 2000, pp. 7-42.
• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J. “Digital Intermediation In Electronic Commerce: The eBay Model," in Barnes, S. J. and Hunt, B. (eds.), E-Commerce and V-Business, London, England: Butterworth-Heinemann Publishers, 2000, pp. 45-66.
• Chircu, A. M. "Thinking About the Future," Electronic Markets, 9, 4, 1999, pp. 284-286 (book review)
• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J. "Strategies for Internet Middlemen in the Intermediation / Disintermediation / Reintermediation Cycle," Electronic Markets, 9, 2, 1999, pp. 109-117.

Awards:

• Best Paper Award, 2003 Americas Conference on Information Systems, Tampa, Florida, 
  August 4-6, 2003

• Best Research Presentation, 4th Annual University of Minnesota Conference on E-Commerce, 
  Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, March 2001.