James Christopher Westland
Professor
Department of Information and Decision Sciences
Pronouns: He/Him/His
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About
J. Christopher Westland is a Professor in the Department of Information & Decision Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago. He holds a BA in Statistics and an MBA in Accounting from Indiana University and received his Ph.D. in Computers and Information Systems from the University of Michigan. He has worked professionally in the US as a certified public accountant and as a consultant in technology in the US, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. He is the author of numerous academic papers and of nine books: Bayesian A/B Decision Models, Audit Analytics, Structural Equation Modeling; Global Electronic Commerce; Global Innovation Management; Red Wired: China’s Internet Revolution; Structural Equation Modeling; Financial Dynamics; Valuing Technology. Since 2013, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Commerce Research (Springer) and has served on editorial boards of other information technology journals, including Management Science, ISR, ECRA, IJEC, and others. He has served on the faculties at the University of Michigan, University of Southern California, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China, Harbin Institute of Technology, and other academic institutions. In 2012, he received High-Level Foreign Expert status in China under the 1000-Talents Plan and was named Overseas Chair Professor at Beihang University; in 2024 he was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Colombia. He regularly advises on patent, valuation, and technology strategy.
Selected Grants
U.S. Department of State, Fulbright Specialist Roster, Appointed
Selected Publications
Articles:
“Determinants of Liquidity in Cryptocurrency Markets”, Digital Finance” needs to be updated to include the full citation “Westland, J.C. Determinants of liquidity in cryptocurrency markets. Digit Finance 5, 261–293 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42521-022-00073-7
Books:
Audit Analytics: Data Science for the Accounting Profession (in R. Gentleman, et al. “Use R!” series), Springer 2021; 2nd edition 2024
Structural Equation Modeling: from paths to networks (book), Springer, 2nd edition (2019); reviewed in Sarstedt, Marko, and Christian M. Ringle. “Structural Equation Models” Psychometrika (2020): 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-020-09719-0
Global Innovation Management: A Strategic Approach (book) (2nd ed.) London: Palgrave / Macmillan 2018.
Papers:
Review Valence Impact on Jello Shot Sales. Digital Marketing & eCommerce Conference. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
A Stochastic Model of the Economics of Internet Search, Journal of Electronic Business & Digital Economics, Volume 3 Issue 3, 2024
Periodicity, Elliott Waves, and Fractals in the NFT Market, Nature: Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55011-x ; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-55011-x.pdf 2024
Predicting the cryptocurrency market using social media metrics and search trends during COVID-19, (with J Mou, W Liu, C Guan, J Kim) Electronic Commerce Research, 1-27
Data-and management-driven metaverse research (with Z Pan, J Yan, H Takeda, H Lu, S Liu, W Huang, J Mou), Data Science and Management, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2024, Pages 75-78
PLS Papers, Electronic Commerce Research 23 (3), 1361-1366, 2023
“Determinants of Liquidity in Cryptocurrency Markets”, Digital Finance, forthcoming
“Information loss and bias in Likert survey responses,” Plos one, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271949, July 2022
“A Comparative Study of Frequentist vs. Bayesian A/B Testing in the Detection of E-Commerce Fraud,” Journal of Electronic Business & Digital Economics, October 2022
“Trade informativeness and liquidity in Bitcoin markets,” Plos one, 16(8), e0255515. (2021)
“Assessing Privacy and Security of Information Systems from Audit Data,” Information Systems Frontiers, 1-18. (2021)
“20 years of Electronic Commerce Research,” Electronic Commerce Research, 21(1), 1-40. (2021) (w/ Kumar, S., Lim, W. M., Pandey, N.)
“When all Products are Digital: Complexity and Intangible Value in the Ecosystem of Digitizing Firms,” Information Systems Research (forthcoming 2021) (w/ Pouya Rahmati, Ali Tafti and Cesar Hidalgo)
“Understanding Characteristics of Popular Streamers on Live Streaming Platforms: Evidence from Twitch.tv,” Journal of the AIS, forthcoming 2020 (with K. Zhao, Y. Hu)
“Microlending on mobile social credit platforms: an exploratory study using Philippine loan contracts,” Electronic Commerce Research, 20(1), 173-196. (2020). (w/ Mou, J., Phan, T. Q., & Tan, T.)
“Predicting credit card fraud with Sarbanes-Oxley Assessments and Fama-French Risk Factors,” Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, 27(2), 95-107. (2020)
“The information content of Sarbanes-Oxley in predicting security breaches,” Computers & Security. 2020 Mar 1;90:101687
“Demand cycles and market segmentation in bicycle sharing,” Information Processing & Management 56.4 (2019): 1592-1604 (with Jian Mou, and Dafei Yin)
“A two-sided matching model in the context of B2B export cross-border e-commerce,” Electronic Commerce Research 19.4 (2019): 841-861 (with Miao, Yumeng, et al.)
“Microlending on mobile social credit platforms: an exploratory study using Philippine loan contracts,” Electronic Commerce Research (2019): 1-24 (with Mou, Jian, et al.)
“Convolutional Neural Network Deep-Learning Models for Prediction of Shared Bicycle Demand,” International Conference on Applications and Techniques in Cyber Security and Intelligence. Springer, Cham, 2018 (with Jian Mou, and Dafei Yin)
“Methods to assess the value of new technologies: The case of consumer sentiment towards digital wallet technology,” Data-Enabled Discovery and Applications 1.1 (2017): 2
“An empirical investigation of analytical procedures using mixture distributions,” J Christopher Westland – Intelligent Systems in Accounting and Auditing, 2017
“Substitutes, complements and network effects in instant messaging services,” (JC Westland, JX Hao, X Xiao, S Shan), Networks and Spatial Economics 16.2 (2016): 525-543
Professional Leadership
Editor-in-Chief, Electronic Commerce Research (2013-present), Impact factor: 3.9; acceptance rate: 14%; articles/yr: ~140; downloads: ~250K/yr
Notable Honors
2012 - 2015, High-Level Foreign Expert status in China, 1000-Talents Plan
Education
PhD, Computers & Information Systems, University of Michigan, 1987
MBA, Accounting, Indiana University, 1973
BA, Mathematics (Physics & Chemistry minors), Indiana University, 1971
Languages: English, Mandarin Chinese
Licensures and Certifications
- Appointment to the Fulbright Specialist Roster by the U.S. Department of State
- Certified Public Accountant (Illinois License 065.035982)
- Beta Gamma Sigma (Business Honorary Society)
- Mensa International; American Mensa
Professional Memberships
Certified Public Accountant (Illinois License 065.035982)