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/

Recent and Representative Publications

Journals

• Chircu, A. M., and Mahajan, V. “Managing Electronic Commerce Transaction Costs for Customer Value,” Decision Support Systems, 42, 2, November 2006, pp. 898-914 (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., 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. "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. "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. (Top 10 Most Requested Articles from the Electronic Markets website in 2001 - checked 12/10/01, 1/11/02)

Under review:

• Chircu, A. M., and Mahajan, V. "Revisiting the Digital Divide: An Analysis of Mobile Technology Depth and Service Breadth in the BRIC Countries," (a previous version published as Marketing Science Institute, Working Paper 07-204, 2007).
• Chircu, A. M. and Jarvenpaa, S. “User Value Of Instant Messaging In Heterogeneous Personal Social Networks”

Book CHAPTERS

• 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, 2^nd edition, London, England: Butterworth-Heinemann Publishers, 2007, pp. 43-78.
• 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., 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. “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.

SELECTED Conference PAPERS

• Chircu, A.M. “E-government Valuation,” The First SIG eGov workshop, Washington D.C., December 12, 2004.
• Chircu, A.M. “Varieties of E-government Outsourcing: An International Perspective,” SIM Academic Workshop, Washington D.C., December 11, 2004.
• Chircu, A. M. “Best Practices in E-government Outsourcing,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 24-27, 2004.
• Chircu, A. M., and Lee, D. H. “Understanding IT Investments in the Public Sector: The Case of E-Government,” in Proceedings of the 2003 Americas Conference on Information Systems, Tampa, Florida, August 4-6, 2003 (Winner of the Best Paper Award).
• Chircu, A. M., and Jarvenpaa, S. “The Adoption of Communication Technologies Among Heterogeneous Network Users: The Case of Instant Messaging,” 2003 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 1-6, 2003.

• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J. “Direct Versus Intermediated Electronic Markets: Market Participation, Price and Welfare Implications,” 12^th Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), New Orleans, LA, December 2001.

• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J.  “Impacts of Electronic Commerce on Optimal Market Structure,” Infonomics/Merit Workshop on Digitization of Commerce: e-Intermediation, Maastricht, The Netherlands, November 2001.
• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J. "Comparing the Business Value of Traditional and Electronic B2B Procurement Systems," 11^th Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Brisbane, Australia, December 2000.
• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J. "A Marketing Science Perspective on IT Usage Patterns in Electronic Commerce," in Proceedings of the 5th INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, San Antonio, TX, November 2000.
• Chircu, A. M., Davis, G. B., and Kauffman, R. J. "Trust, Expertise and E-Commerce Intermediary Adoption," in Proceedings of the 2000 Americas Conference on Information Systems, Long Beach, CA, August 2000.
• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J. "Analyzing Alternative Market Structures in B2B E-Commerce," INFORMS Spring 2000 Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2000.
• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J. "Limits to Value in Electronic Commerce-Related IT Investments," in Sprague, R. (ed.), Proceedings of the 33rd Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 2000.
• Chircu, A. M., and Kauffman, R. J. "Analyzing Firm-Level Strategy for Internet-Focused Reintermediation," in R. H. Sprague (ed.), Proceedings of the 32nd Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science, Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1999.
• Wanninger, L. A., Chircu, A. M., and O’Keefe, B. “Measuring the Effectiveness of Business to Consumer Electronic Commerce Applications,” the 11^th International Bled Electronic Commerce Conference, Bled, Slovenia, June 1998.
• Park, J. S., LeBlanc, L. J., Chircu, A. M., Lim, B. “LAN/SMDS Interconnection Network Design,” INFORMS, Dallas, TX, October 1997.

Honors, Awards and Grants:

• Undergraduate Research Assistant Grant (with V. Mahajan), McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2007.
• Undergraduate Research Assistant Grant (with S. Jarvenpaa), McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2006.
• Undergraduate Research Assistant Grant (with V. Mahajan), McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, 2005-2006.
• FIRS (Faculty International Research Support) Grant, The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, June-August 2004.
• Best Paper Award, The 2003 Americas Conference on Information Systems, Tampa, Florida, August 4-6, 2003.
• Outstanding Dissertation Research in E-business, Information Industry Initiative and MIS Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, March 2001.
• Best Research Presentation, 4th Annual University of Minnesota Conference on E-Commerce, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, March 2001.