Research Interests:

• Data Science for amplifying value creation potential of organizations and individuals.
• Open Innovation.
  
• Cognitive computing era and its applications in business and society.
• Innovation and Technology entrepreneurship.

Papers Under Review:

• Sharma Ajit, Yan P. Huang and M.S. Krishnan; Who hath the crystal ball? Antecedents of Predictive Analytics Usage Within Firms: An Empirical Analysis. (MIS Quarterly).

Papers Under Preparation For Submission:

• Sharma Ajit, Yan Huang, M.S. Krishnan, Novel or Feasible? Betting on technological innovation in an open innovation funnel: An empirical analysis of idea selection. (Management Science).
• Sharma Ajit, M.S. Krishnan and Yan Huang; Interpretive Model of IT: Towards a theoretical framework for the cognitive computing era. (MIS Quarterly).

Working Papers:

• Business value of mobile IT: Mobile sales force applications in banking. An empirical study of business value in an emerging markets context.
• A Second chance? Impact of Advanced Analytics for improving educational outcomes in urban K-12 school districts.
• First, do no harm: Advanced analytics for reducing value destroying decisions in firms. An empirical study.
• Technology against corruption: Theory and empirical evidence.
  

Long Term Research Interest:

• Data science applications in business, government and society.