{"id":22,"date":"2022-05-31T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T17:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:43:17","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Welcome to the Data + AI Research Group!<\/h2>\n<p>We study how AI reshapes firms, labor, and institutions \u2014 and where its <strong>efficiency gains<\/strong> collide with <strong>integrity risks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Research published in <em>MIS Quarterly<\/em>, <em>Information Systems Research<\/em>, and <em>Journal of MIS<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Ph.D. graduates placed in tenure-track roles at CUHK and NTU<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Active research support from SSHRC<strong>, <\/strong>Samsung Electronics, and Hyundai Motor Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1426 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/files\/2025\/10\/CIST-2025-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/files\/2025\/10\/CIST-2025-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/files\/2025\/10\/CIST-2025-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/files\/2025\/10\/CIST-2025-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/files\/2025\/10\/CIST-2025-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/files\/2025\/10\/CIST-2025-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/files\/2025\/10\/CIST-2025-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Angela, Myunghwan, Gene, Jaecheol, Xiaoke<\/strong> (CIST 2025)<\/p>\n<p>Our group advances <strong>business analytics using AI<\/strong> \u2014 creating theoretical knowledge and business value from big data, especially unstructured data (text, images, video, audio). Across settings from auditing and journalism to clinical trials, restaurants, and firm strategy, we show that AI adoption is not monolithic: its impact depends on whether it is product- or process-oriented, partial or full, embodied or disembodied. Using causal inference, multimodal analysis, and field interviews, we find that AI can boost productivity, output, and firm value \u2014 but can also erode trust, displace workers, and compromise information quality without governance and human\u2013AI collaboration. Together, this work maps the <strong>efficiency\u2013integrity frontier of AI adoption<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The main contributions include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To examine the <strong>impacts of AI<\/strong> and IT in business and society:\n<ul>\n<li>firms&#8217; AI strategies: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2024\/04\/23\/unlocking-the-impact-of-machine-learning-on-organizational-learning-evidence-from-us-public-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MISQ R&amp;R (org. learning)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2024\/04\/16\/unpacking-the-ai-blackbox-the-impact-of-ai-strategies-on-firm-performance-with-a-dual-lens-on-product-and-process-orientation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIM 2025 (AI strategies)<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>AI and institutions:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2024\/04\/30\/from-enthusiasm-to-reality-evaluating-generative-ais-role-in-modern-journalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MISQ R&amp;R (LLM journalism)<\/a>; <a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2024\/06\/15\/the-new-industrial-revolution-ai-labor-unions-and-the-future-of-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WISE&#8217;24 (labor union)<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Generative AI and creativity: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2022\/07\/06\/how-does-ai-generated-voice-affect-online-content-creation-evidence-from-text-to-speech-adoption-in-tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MISQ R&amp;R (AI voice videos)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AI in drug development: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2025\/05\/14\/how-does-ai-change-drug-development-evidence-from-clinical-trial-phases-and-drug-types\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WISE&#8217;25 (clinical trials)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2026\/05\/13\/architectural-innovation-organizational-restructuring-and-the-role-of-ai-evidence-from-the-rise-of-antibody-drug-conjugates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KrAIS&#8217;26 (oncology)<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>AI in different sectors: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2026\/04\/21\/client-ai-adoption-and-auditing-evidence-from-process-and-product-oriented-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP&#8217;26 (audit)<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2020\/09\/24\/robots-serve-human-does-ai-robot-adoption-enhance-operational-efficiency-and-customer-experience-working-paper-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DS&#8217;22 (service robots)<\/a>;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>To develop novel <strong>AI methods<\/strong> and frameworks:\n<ul>\n<li>AI-based firm-level measures using text\/network analytics: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2016\/12\/01\/business-proximity-topic-modeling-misq-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MISQ&#8217;16 (LDA business proximity)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2019\/08\/06\/structural-hole-ipo-working-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JMIS&#8217;26 (structural hole)<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Multimodal data analytics in online platforms: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2019\/06\/19\/social-media-visual-data-analytics-deep-learning-misq-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MISQ&#8217;20 (social media images)<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>generative AI-based systems: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2026\/04\/22\/designing-for-designersa-multimodal-hypergraph-rag-system-to-enhance-automotive-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INFORMS&#8217;25 (car design)<\/a>;\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2021\/06\/21\/learning-faces-to-predict-matching-probability-in-an-online-dating-market\/https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2021\/06\/21\/learning-faces-to-predict-matching-probability-in-an-online-dating-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICIS&#8217;22 (online dating)<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>To study data-intensive <strong>online platforms<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Matching: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2017\/02\/10\/location-social-network-formation-jmis-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JMIS&#8217;16 (location apps)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2018\/12\/21\/matching-mobile-apps-for-cross-promotion-isr-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISR&#8217;20 (mobile apps)<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2021\/06\/21\/learning-faces-to-predict-matching-probability-in-an-online-dating-market\/https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2021\/06\/21\/learning-faces-to-predict-matching-probability-in-an-online-dating-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICIS&#8217;22 (online dating)<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>E-commerce: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2018\/05\/20\/on-the-spillover-effects-of-online-product-reviews-on-purchases-evidence-from-clickstream-data-rr-isr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISR 2021 (review spillover)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2021\/10\/01\/do-incentivized-reviews-poison-the-well-evidence-from-a-natural-experiment-at-amazon-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISR R&amp;R (incentivized reviews)<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Security analytics and policies: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2016\/12\/13\/security-information-disclosure-j-cybersecurity-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JC 2016 (security disclosure)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2019\/02\/22\/security-awareness-incentives-ict-development-jmis-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JMIS 2020 (security awareness)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2018\/07\/19\/misinformation-optimal-detect-time-working-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DSS 2022 (stealthy attacks)<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Fake news: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2017\/10\/26\/does-deceptive-marketing-pay-the-evolution-of-consumer-sentiment-surrounding-a-pseudo-product-harm-crisis-jbe-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JBE 2019 (fake news)<\/a>;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1103 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/files\/2024\/07\/research-program.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/files\/2024\/07\/research-program.png 526w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/files\/2024\/07\/research-program-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/genemoolee\/2017\/10\/01\/note-for-prospective-students-and-posdoc-researchers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Note for prospective students and postdoc researchers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Data + AI Research Group! We study how AI reshapes firms, labor, and institutions \u2014 and where its efficiency gains collide with integrity risks. Research published in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, and Journal of MIS Ph.D. graduates placed in tenure-track roles at CUHK and NTU Active research support from SSHRC, Samsung [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51140,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":122,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}