Biography
Sunil Wattal (PhD, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University) joined the MIS Department at Temple University as an Assistant Professor in Spring 2007. He also holds a Bachelors in Engineering from BITS Pilani (India), an MBA from IIM Calcutta (India), and an MS (Industrial Administration) from Carnegie Mellon University.
Sunil currently teaches management information systems at the undergraduate level and a capstone course at the masters level. His research interests include economics of information systems, technology adoption, privacy, software security, and internet marketing.
Research Interests
- peer to peer sharing economy
- online crowdfunding
- ride sharing
- online consumer behavior
- fake news
- privacy
- security
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
MIS 5801 | Managing Information in the Enterprise | Graduate |
MIS 9011 | Proseminar in Management Information Systems | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Bhattacharya, S., Gong, J., & Wattal, S. (2021). Competitive Poaching in Search Advertising: Two Randomized Field Experiments. 10.1287/isre.2021.1073
Wattal, S., Shan, G., & Bauman, K. Crowdfunding Project Uncertainty Prediction: An Attention based Multi-Label Text-CNN Approach.
Aaltonen, V.A. Rejecting and Retaining New Contributors in Open Knowledge Collaboration: A Natural Experiment in Stack Overflow Q&A Service. Association for Information Systems (AIS), 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS).
Kumar, S., Bhattacharya, S., Roy, A., & Wattal, S. (2020). Search Engine Advertising Strategies when Contracting with an Online Search Infomediary: A Game-Theoretic Model. 2020 AMA Winter Academic Conference.
Kumar, S., Bhattacharya, S., Roy, A., & Mudambi, R. (2019). Search Engine Advertising Strategies when Contracting with an Online Search Infomediary: A Game-Theoretic Model.
Kumar, S., Bhattacharya, S., Roy, A., & Wattal, S. (2019). Search Engine Advertising Strategies when Contracting with an Online Search Infomediary: A Game-Theoretic Model. Mumbai, India.
Kumar, S., Bhattacharya, S., Roy, A., & Wattal, S. Search Engine Advertising Strategies when Contracting with an Online Search Infomediary: A Game-Theoretic Model. Seattle, WA.
Zifla, E. & Wattal, S. (2019). Understanding it-enabled social features in online peer-to-peer businesses for cultural goods. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 20(5), 629-646. doi: 10.17705/1jais.00546.
Zifla, E. & Wattal, S. (2019). What doctors wish they knew: Treatment compliance in an online health community for chronic patients. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2019-January, 3888-3896.
Govindasamy, S. & Wattal, S. (2018). Linking Dynamic Capabilities and Healthcare Innovations: A Case Study Approach. 2018 Engaged Management Scholarship Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from http://ems2018temple.org/.
Wang, S. & Wattal, S. (2018). A poisoned chalice: Impact of introducing a store on social media fan pages on customer engagement and product sales. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2018-January, 5165-5173.
Bhattacharya, S., Gong, J., & Wattal, S. (2017). Competitive Poaching in Search Advertising: A Field Experiment. Seoul, South Korea.
Bhattacharya, S., Gong, J., & Wattal, S. (2017). Competitive Poaching in Search Advertising: A Field Experiment. MIT, Cambridge, MA.
Greenwood, B. & Wattal, S. (2017). Show me the way to go home: An empirical investigation of ride-sharing and alcohol related motor vehicle fatalities. MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems, 41(1), 163-187. doi: 10.25300/MISQ/2017/41.1.08.