主题：Strategic Directions for AI: The Role of CIOs and Boards of Directors

主讲：李晶钰助理教授 香港中文大学

时间：2021年5月18日14:30

地点：腾讯会议958154914

摘要：This paper applies upper echelons theory to investigate whether chief information officers (CIOs) and boards of directors affect the development of AIorientation, which represents firms’ overall strategic direction and goals regarding the introduction and application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. We tested our model using a dataset drawn from 1,454 publicly listed firms in China. Our findings show that the presence of a CIO positively influences AI orientation and that board educational diversity, R&D experience, and AI experience positively moderate the CIO's effect on AI orientation. Our post hoc analysis further demonstrates that these board characteristics represent contingencies that impact AI orientation but not conventional IT orientation. This paper contributes to the upper echelons literature and IT management research by offering contextualized arguments that explain new business and IT strategies such as AI orientation. Further, our findings suggest important implications about how to build top management teams and boards capable of effectively developing AI orientations.

讲座人简介：李晶钰，香港中文大学商学院助理教授，博士毕业于德克萨斯州农工大学主修战略管理。李晶钰教授在管理学的顶级期刊发表多篇文章，包括Academy of Management Journal，MIS Quarterly等。