• Phone: 617-353-2032
  • E-Mail:  dell@bu.edu
  • Website: http://www.dellarocas.com
  • Office: 651
    • Office Hours: By Appointment
  • Address: Boston University School of Management
    595 Commonwealth Avenue
    Boston, MA 02215

Profile Summary

Chrysanthos (Chris) Dellarocas is Professor and Chair of Information Systems at Boston University. He is one of the world’s most cited scholars in the fields of online reputation and Web 2.0. Other interests include collective intelligence, online advertising and the economics of media industries.

Dellarocas holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from MIT and a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Prior to Boston University he taught at MIT's Sloan School of Management and at the University of Maryland’s R. H. Smith School of Business. Before pursuing an academic career he was a management consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and McKinsey.

He serves on the editorial boards of Management Science and Information Systems Research, both considered top journals in the field of Information Systems, and on the advisory board of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA). He has served as chair of a number of international workshops and conferences, including the ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce and the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE). Dellarocas is a recipient of numerous teaching, funding and merit awards, including the National Science Foundation's CAREER award. He holds 9 patents and is co-founder and advisor of a number of companies in the technology space.

  • PublicationsOpen or Close

    Journal Articles:

      Aral, S., Dellarocas, C., Godes, D., (2013). Social Media and Business Transformation: A Framework for Research. Information Systems Research, 24(1), 3-13.

      Dellarocas, C., (2012). Double Marginalization in Performance-based Advertising: Implications and Solutions. Management Science, 58(6), 1178-1195.

      Dellarocas, C., Bakos, Y., (2011). Cooperation without Enforcement? A Comparative Analysis of Litigation and Online Reputation as Quality Assurance Mechanisms. Management Science, 57(11), 1944-1962.

      Dellarocas, C., Bapna, R., Rice, S., (2010). Vertically Differentiated Simultaneous Vickrey Auctions: Theory and Experimental Evidence. Management Science, 56(7), 1074-1092.

      Dellarocas, C., (2010). Online Reputation Systems: How to design one that does what you need?. Sloan Management Review, 51(3), 33-37.

      Dellarocas, C., Malone, T. W., Laubacher, R., (2010). Harnessing Crowds: Mapping the Genome of Collective Intelligence. Sloan Management Review, 51(3), 21-31. MIT, Massachusetts.

  • Research PresentationsOpen or Close

    Invited Lectures:

      Dellarocas, C., (Author Only), Attention Allocation in Information-Rich Environments: The Case of News Aggregators, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. (November 26, 2012).

      Dellarocas, C., (Author Only), Media, Aggregators and the “Link Economy”: Disruption and Innovation in Content Networks, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. (January 27, 2012).

      Dellarocas, C., (Author Only), Digital Marketing Conference, It's not about being on social, it's about Being Social, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India. (February 3, 2012).

      Dellarocas, C., (Author Only), Media, Aggregators and the “Link Economy”: Disruption and Innovation in Content Networks, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. (April 28, 2012).

      Dellarocas, C., (Author Only), Attention Allocation in Information-Rich Environments: The Case of News Aggregators, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA. (April 25, 2012).

      Dellarocas, C., (Author Only), Media, Aggregators and the “Link Economy”: Disruption and Innovation in Content Networks, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (April 12, 2012).

    Accepted Lectures:

      Dellarocas, C., (Author Only), Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR), Attention Allocation in Information-Rich Environments: The Case of News Aggregators, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (June 28, 2012).

      Dellarocas, C., (Author Only), Third Annual Conference on Internet Search and Innovation, Media, Aggregators and the “Link Economy”: Disruption and Innovation in Content Networks, Northwestern University, Chigaco, IL. (June 22, 2012).

  • General ServiceOpen or Close

    Service to the School:

      Local, Boston University, Management Information Systems Department, Department Chair, approximately 500 hours spent for the year. (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2015).

      Local, Boston University, Member, President's Council on Educational Technologies and Learning Innovation, approximately 100 hours spent for the year. (September 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013).

  • Conference ActivitiesOpen or Close

      2012 ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce, ACM, Committee Member. (June 4, 2012 - June 8, 2012).

  • Editorial And Review ActivitiesOpen or Close

    Dellarocas, C., Special issue on "Social Media and Business Transformation", Information Systems Research, Special Issue Editor, International, One-Time Editorship (Edited One Issue, Edition, Etc.), Appointed, Academic. (January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012).

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