The world is changing, and today’s businesses are heavily impacted by technology and data.
Researchers at the College of Business investigate how organizations use technology, data science, and business analytics. Their findings inform companies on how they can improve operations, gain strategic advantages, and spark innovation. Research in this area also explores the business applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, and digital platforms.
Scholarship published by URI College of Business faculty have appeared in many top peer-reviewed journals including: Marketing Science, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, Organizational Research Methods, Journal of Interactive Marketing, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Journal of Information Systems, Psychology & Marketing, International Journal of Production Economics, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Production Research, Decision Support Systems, Tourism Economics, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, and Journal of Computer Information Systems, among many others.
Featured Faculty Researchers
- Christy Ashley, Associate Professor of Marketing - Featured Research
Creative Strategies in Social Media Marketing: An Exploratory Study of Branded Social Content and Consumer Engagement 
Yuwen Chen, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management - Featured Research
Push or Pull? Design of Content Delivery Systems
Application developers’ product offering strategies in multi-platform markets
Emilija Djurdjevic, Assistant Professor of Management - Featured Research
Fuzzy Profiles: Comparing and Contrasting Latent Profile Analysis and Fuzzy Set Analysis for Person-Centered Research
Maling Ebrahimpour, Dean and Alfred J. Verrecchia–Hasbro Inc. Leadership Chair in Business - Featured Research
Forecasting Film-Induced Tourism? The Dolphin Tale Case
Lauren I. Labrecque, Assistant Professor of Marketing - Featured Research
Like, Comment, or Share? Self-presentation vs. Brand Relationships as Drivers of Social Media Engagement Choices
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Qi Liu, Assistant Professor of Accounting - Featured Research
A bibliometric analysis of accounting information systems journals and their emerging technologies contributions
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Dara Schniederjans, Assoc. Prof. of Supply Chain Management - Featured Research
Supply chain digitisation trends: An integration of knowledge management
Bullwhip effect reduction and improved business performance through guanxi: An empirical study
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Seung K. Shin, Associate Professor of Business Analytics - Featured Research
Can Knowledge Be More Accessible in a Virtual Network?: Collective Dynamics of Knowledge Transfer in a Virtual Knowledge Organizations Network
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Feihong (Jerry) Xia, Assistant Professor of Marketing - Featured Research
Using conditional restricted Boltzmann Machines to model complex consumer shopping patterns complex consumer shopping patterns- Mehmet G. Yalcin, Koray Ozpolat, Dara G. Schniederjans - Featured Research
Post-implementation analysis: Dependence and trust in VMI context 
Mehmet Yalcin, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management - Featured Research
Elements of paradoxes in supply chain management literature: A systematic literature review