Arakji, Reina, Ph.D.
  
   Assistant Professor
   AUB Start Date: September, 2009

 
Contact Information  
AUB Email: reina.arakji@aub.edu.lb
Other Email: reina.arakji@aub.edu.lb
Office Location: 451
Office Extension: 3774
   
   
   
  

 Research Interests

Technology and Innovation, Online Social Networks, Information Economics

 Teaching Interests

Technology and Innovation, Information Economics, Management of Information Systems

 Office Hours

Tuesday : 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Thursday : 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

 Education

September  2009
The City University of New York
New York, NY,  United States.
Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems

June  2005
The City University of New York
New York, NY,  United States.
MA in Economics
Completed the requirements for an MA in Economics

February  2002
American University of Beirut
Beirut,  Lebanon.
MBA in Finance

February  1999
American University of Beirut
Beirut,  Lebanon.
BA in Economics

 Recent Research/Intellectual Contributions
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Published Articles in Refereed Journals

1. Arakji, R, Benbunan-Fich, R and Koufaris, M  (2009)  'Exploring Contributions of Public Resources in Social Bookmarking Systems',  Decision Support Systems , 47:3, 245-253

2. Arakji, R and Lang, K  (2008)  'Avatar Chain Analysis: A method for the Evaluation of Business Value Creation Inside Virtual World Environments',  Journal of Electronic Commerce Research , 9:3, 207-218

3. Arakji, R and Lang, K  (2007)  'Digital Consumer Networks and Producer-Consumer Collaboration: Innovation and Product Development in the Video Game Industry',  Journal of Management Information Systems , 24:2, 195-219

4. Arakji, R and Lang, K  (2007)  'The Virtual Cathedral and the Virtual Bazaar',  DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems , 38:4, 33-39


Other Intellectual Contributions
Publications in Refereed Conference Proceedings

1.  (2008) Proceedings: WeB2008, the 7th Pre-ICIS Workshop on E-Business, edited by Arakji, R and Lang, K. Paris, France: AIS SIGeBIZ

2.  (2007) Proceedings: WeB2007, the 6th Pre-ICIS Workshop on E-Business, edited by Arakji, R and Lang, K. Montreal, Canada: AIS SIGeBIZ

3.  (2010) Proceedings: 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), edited by Arakji, R and Lang, K. Koloa, Kauai, HI, United States: IEEE Computer Society Press

4.  (2007) Proceedings: 40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), edited by Arakji, R and Lang, K. Waikoloa, HI, United States: IEEE Computer Society Press

Refereed Conference Presentations

5. Arakji, R and Lang, K  (2008)  'The Evolution of Virtual Worlds: Mutation, Natural Selection and Reuse of Novel Routines and Innovation Diffusion', paper presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting , 1 October, United States