Harsh Parekh

Education

Ph.D., Information Systems, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge United States

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, University of Mumbai Mumbai India

Journal Articles

(2026). Digital Discourse, Secondary Victimization, and Psychological Harm: Mixed-Methods Analysis of System Justification in the# MeToo Movement. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 28. e75533.

(2024). A Conjoint Approach to Understanding Software as a Service (SaaS) Adoption Decisions: A Replication Study. AIS Transactions on Replication Research, 10(1). 7.

(2023). Understanding the Developments in the Business Perspective of Cloud Computing: A Multidimensional Scaling Analysis. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, 35(1). 1.

(2022). Digital twin for sustainable manufacturing supply chains: Current trends, future perspectives, and an implementation framework. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 176. 121448.

(2019). Modeling the internet of things adoption barriers in food retail supply chains. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 48. 154.

Parekh, H., & Burns, A. Cyber Incident Disclosure Framing Strategies and Stakeholder Reactions: Computationally Intensive Theory Building with Prospect Theory (2/3 studies completed; Experiment underway for submission based on editorial feedback from MISQ and JAIS workshops). Target: MISQ, In Progress.

Schwarz, A., Parekh, H., & Maier, C. Curiosity with Information Technology: A multi-study perspective on causes and consequences (4/5 studies done, writeup underway; submission by August 2026). Target: MISQ, In Progress.

Posey, C., Burns, A., Parekh, H., & Ward, R. Employees’ use of agentic artificial intelligence: Current trends and future research directions. Journal of Computer Information Systems,

Parekh, H., Burns, A., Posey, C., & Li, Y. Title redacted for the integrity of the review process. Decision Sciences,

Parekh, H., & Burns, A. Title redacted for the integrity of the review process. European Journal of Information Systems,

Parekh, H., & Burns, A. Cyber Incident Disclosure Policies: Understanding the uncertainty communicationstrategies in cyber incident disclosures (Analysis complete; Writeup underway). Target: ISR, In Progress.

Conference Proceedings

Zarfsazi, A., & Parekh, H. (2026). When Complexity Becomes Exposure: Software Complexity, Hardware Structure, and Data Breaches.. Proceedings of the Thirty-second Americas Conference on Information Systems.

Parekh, H., Thakkar, S., & Bhatt, P. (2024). Social media as a social system justifier in the wake of #MeToo campaign: Examining nuances and challenges in the entertainment industry.. Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2024.

Parekh, H., & Schwarz, A. (2023). Impact of Cyber Hygiene Behavior on Target Suitability using Dual Systems embedded Dual Attitudes model. . Proceedings of 2023 IFIP 8.11/11.13 Dewald Roode Information Security Research Workshop.

Parekh, H., & Bhatt, P. (2023). Escaping the Echo: Understanding the Impact of Social Media on Overconcentration of Emerging Technology Security Threats. . Proceedings of the 18th Pre-ICIS Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (Best Paper).

Wang, Y., Sivanathan, S., Parekh, H., & Vollenberg, C. (2023). From Hand-On to Hand-Off: Upskilling Care Work in the Case of Virtual Nursing.. Proceedings of the Forty-Fourth International Conference on Information Systems.

Presentations

Parekh, H., & Burns, A. Cyber Incident Disclosure Framing Strategies and Stakeholder Reactions: Computationally Intensive Theory Building with Prospect Theory . MISQ Virtual Author Development Workshop 2025.

Parekh, H., Burns, A., Posey, C., & Li, Y. (2026, December 31). Computationally intensive theory construction of users’ engagement with mobile privacy-enhancing technologies: An affordance-constraint perspective. . 23rd JAIS Theory Development Workshop, ICIS 2025.

Parekh, H., & Burns, A. (2026, August 31). Cyber Incident Disclosure Framing Strategies and Stakeholder Reactions: Computationally Intensive Theory Building with Prospect Theory . 22nd JAIS Theory Development Workshop, ICIS 2024. Bangkok, Thailand: AIS.

Parekh, H. Understanding the role of cyber hygiene in target suitability. 2022 NSF Cybersecurity Summit. Bloomington, IN

Parekh, H. A Study of the “Bright Side” of Technology Use. 2023 Appalachian Research in Business Symposium.

Schwarz, A., Fulk, K., & Parekh, H. Exploring the “Bright Side” of Technology Use. ICIS 2021 TREO talks. Austin, TX

Parekh, H. Understanding Attitudinal Shift of Donors’ Altruism Due to Information Transparency Policy. An experimental study to understand supply-side effects of blood wastage. ICIS 2021 TREO talks.

Parekh, H. What Does IT Outsourcing Literature Tell Us about Crowdsourcing Future?. 2021 MIS Quarterly Virtual Author Development Workshop.

Parekh, H. Simulation Modeling and Analysis of Inbound Blood Supply Chain : Indian Case Study. Ministry of Healthcare and Family Welfare, Government of India.

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