PARAM VIR SINGH

 

Carnegie Bosch Junior Chair in Information Sciences

Assistant Professor of Information Systems
David A. Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-268-3585

Journal Papers

 

9. The Emergence of Opinion Leaders in a Networked Online Community: A Dyadic Model with Time Dynamics and a Heuristic for Fast Estimation, with Yingda Lu and Kinshuk Jerath. Forthcoming at Management Science.

 

8. Networks, Social Influence and the Choice Among Competing Innovations: Insights from Open Source Software Licenses, with Corey Phelps. Forthcoming at Information Systems Research.

 

7. A Hidden Markov Model of Collaborative Filtering, with Nachiketa Sahoo and Tridas Mukhopadhyay. Forthcoming at Management Information Systems Quarterly.

 

6. Blog, Blogger, and the Firm: Can Negative Posts by Employees Lead to Positive Outcomes, with Rohit Aggarwal, Ram Gorpal, and Ramesh Shankaranarayan, Forthcoming at Information Systems Research.

 

5. Network Effects: The Influence of Structural Social Capital on Open Source Project Success, with Yong Tan and Vijay Mookerjee, Management Information Systems Quarterly, 35(4), 2011, 813-829. (Appeared as a lead research article).

 

4. Learning Curves of Agents with Diverse Skills in Information Technology Enabled Physician Referral Systems, with Tridas Mukhopadhyay & Seung Hyun Kim, Information Systems Research, 22(3), 2011, 586-605.

 

3. A Hidden Markov Model of Developer Learning Dynamics in Open Source Software Projects, with Yong Tan and Nara Youn, Information Systems Research, 22(4), 2011.

 

2. Developer Heterogeneity and Formation of Communication Networks in Open Source Software Projects, with Yong Tan, Journal of Management Information Systems, 27(3), 2011, 179-210.

 

1. The Small World Effect: The Influence of Macro Level Properties of Developer Collaboration Networks on Open Source Project Success. ACM Transactions of Software Engineering and Methodology, 20(2), 2010, pp 6:1-6:27.

 

 

Papers Under Review

 

1. Seeking Variety: A Dynamic Model of Employee Blog Reading Behavior, with Tridas Mikhopadhyay and Nachiketa Sahoo.

 

2. A Structural Model of Employee Behavorial Dynamics in Enterprise Social Media, with Yan Huang and Anindya Ghose.

 

3. The Effect of Pre-release Movie Piracy on Box Office Revenue, with Liye Ma, Mike Smith, and Alan Montgomery.

 

4. Learning from Peers on Social Media Platforms, with Yingda Lu and Baohong Sun.

 

5. Incentivizing Enterprise Social Media Participation under Employee Heterogeneity, with Nachiketa Sahoo and Tridas Mukhopadhyay.

 

6. Crowdsourcing New Product Ideas under Consumer Learning, with Yan Huang and Kannan Srinivasan.

 

7. Learning to Cross Boundaries in Online Knowledge Communities: Fading of Surface-level and Rise of Deep-level Similarity with Experience, with Elina Hwang and  Linda Argote.

 

8. Community Costs? Analyzing the Contingent Association Between Internal Cohesion and Relationships with Outsiders, with Ray Reagans and Ramayya Krishnan .

 

 

Working Papers

 

1. Designing Optimal Crowdsourcing Contests, with Yan Huang and Tridas Mukhopadhyay.

 

2. Modeling Attribution, Interdependencies, and Optimal Marketing Mix in Multichannel Environments, with Anindya Ghose and Quan Wang.

 

 

Conference-Workshop Papers

 

27. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, & Kannan Srinivasan (2011) Crowdsourcing Blockbuster Ideas: A Dynamic Structural Model of Ideation, Conference of Information Systems and Technology, Charlotte 2011.

 

26. Yingda Lu, Param Vir Singh, & Kannan Srinivasan (2011) How to Retain Smart Customers in Crowdsourcing Efforts?  A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Crowdsourcing Customer Support and Ideation,Conference of Information Systems and Technology, Charlotte 2011.

 

25. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, & Kannan Srinivasan (2011) Crowdsourcing Blockbuster Ideas: A Dynamic Structural Model of Ideation, International Conference of Information Systems, Saint Louis 2011.

 

24. Yingda Lu, Param Vir Singh, & Baohong Sun (2011) Learning From Peers on Social Media Platforms, International Conference of Information Systems, Shanghai 2011.

 

23. Yingda Lu, Param Vir Singh, Kannan Srinivasan (2011) How to Retain Smart Customers in Crowdsourcing Efforts?  A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Crowdsourcing Customer Support and Ideation, Workshop on Information Systems and Technology, Shanghai 2011.

 

22. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, & Anindya Ghose (2010) An Empirical Analyses of Competitive Dynamics in Enterprise Social Media, Workshop on Information Systems Economics, Saint Louis 2010.

 

21. Param Vir Singh, Nachiketa Sahoo, & Tridas Mukhopadhyay (2010) Seeking Variety: A Dynamic Model of Employee Blog Reading Behavior, Workshop on Information Systems Economics, Saint Louis 2010.

 

20. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, & Anindya Ghose (2010) Show Me the Incentives: A Dynamic Structural Model of Employee Blogging Behavior, International Conference of Information Systems, Saint Louis 2010.

 

19. Yingda Lu, Param Vir Singh, Baohong Sun (2010) Blind Men Can Judge No Color: A Dynamic Structural Model of Enterprise Expertise Sharing, Workshop on Information Systems and Technology, Saint Louis 2010.

 

18. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, & Anindya Ghose (2010) Show Me the Incentives: A Dynamic Structural Model of Employee Blogging Behavior, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Austin 2010.

 

17. Yingda Lu, Param Vir Singh, Baohong Sun (2010) Blind Men Can Judge No Color: A Dynamic Structural Model of Enterprise Expertise Sharing, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Austin 2010.

 

16. Param Vir Singh, Nachiketa Sahoo, & Tridas Mukhopadhyay (2010) Modeling Blog Reading Dynamics, Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research, Austin 2010.

 

15. Yingda Lu, Kinshuk Jerath & Param Vir Singh (2010) Emergence of opinion Leaders in Online Review Communities.Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research, Austin 2010.

 

14. Param Vir Singh, Nachiketa Sahoo, & Tridas Mukhopadhyay (2010) Modeling Blog Reading Dynamics, Utah Winter IS Conference 2010.

 

13. Param Vir Singh, Ray Reagans, & Ramayya Krishnan (2009) From Forbidden Triad to Simmelian Ties: Dynamics of Online Expertise Sharing Communities. Workshop on Information in Networks.

 

12.Liye Ma, Param Vir Singh, & Mike Smith (2009) No Meaningful Impact: The Effect of Pre-release Piracy on Movie Box Office Sales. The Twenty FirstAnnual Workshop on Information Systems Economics WISE, Phoenix, Arizona, December 2009.

 

11. Robert Schonlau & Param Vir Singh (2009) Board Networks and Merger Performance. Financial Management Asssociation's Annual Meeting, 2009.

 

10. Yingda Lu, Kinshuk Jerath & Param Vir Singh (2009) Emergence of opinion Leaders in Online Review Communities. CORS Informs, Toronto, Canada 2009.

 

9. Yingda Lu, Kinshuk Jerath & Param Vir Singh (2009) Emergence of opinion Leaders in Online Review Communities. Informs Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2009.

 

8. Param Vir Singh (2007) Open Source Software and the Small World Phenomenon: An empirical Investigation of Macro Level Network Properties on Project Success. Proceedings of the Twenty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems ICIS, Montreal.

 

7. Param Vir Singh, Yong Tan & Vijay Mookerjee (2007) Social Capital, Structural Holes, and Team Composition: Collaborative Networks of the Open Source Software Community. Proceedings of the Twenty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems ICIS, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, December 2007.

 

6. Param Vir Singh, Corey Phelps, Ming Fan & Yong Tan (2007) Determinants of Open Source Software Development License Choice: A Social Influence Perspective. The Nineteenth Annual Workshop on Information Systems Economics WISE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, December 2007

 

5. Param Vir Singh (2007) Collaboration Software Development and the Small World Phenomenon. Invited for presentation at Informs Annual Meeting, Seattle November 2007.

 

4. Param Vir Singh & Yong Tan (2006) Planning to First Release: A Conditional Hazard Function Approach for Investigating Open Source Software Development Time. Proceedings of the Sixteenth annual Workshop on Information Technology and Systems WITS, Milwaukee, December 2006.

 

3. Param Vir Singh & Yong Tan (2005) Stability and efficiency of communications networks in open source software development. Proceedings of the Fifteenth annual Workshop on Information Technology and Systems WITS, Las Vegas, December 2005.

 

2. Param Vir Singh & Ted Klastorin (2005) New Product Planning in a Monopoly IT Market. Invited for presentation at Informs Annual Meeting, San Francisco November 2005.

 

1. Param Vir Singh & Subodha Kumar(2004) Optimal Policies for E-commerce Sites with Hybrid Revenue Streams: Differentiated Quality Approach. Proceedings of the Fourteenth annual Workshop on Information Technology and Systems WITS, Washington D.C., December 2004.