Alexander Y. Yap

Alexander Y. Yap is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at Elon University, North Carolina. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Information Systems from Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), an MBA in International Management from Exeter University (UK), and a Masters in Development Economics from Williams College (USA). He won the prestigious ‘ICIS Best Paper Award’ in Helsinki, Finland. His research papers have been published in the Journal of Global Information Management, the Journal of E-Commerce Research, Journal of Electronic Markets, and the Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, among others. He has also published in prestigious IS conferences, which include the ICIS, ECIS, and ACM.

Publications

Information Systems for Global Financial Markets: Emerging Developments and Effects
Information Systems for Global Financial Markets: Emerging Developments and Effects
Alexander Y. Yap. © 2012. 436 pages.
Financial markets around the world can affect each other in a matter of seconds as financial information systems are programmed to buy or sell stocks and financial derivatives...
A Composite-Model for E-Commerce Diffusion: Integrating Cultural and Socio-Economic Dimensions to the Dynamics of Diffusion
A Composite-Model for E-Commerce Diffusion: Integrating Cultural and Socio-Economic Dimensions to the Dynamics of Diffusion
Alexander Y. Yap, Jayoti Das, John Burbridge, Kathryn Cort. © 2006. 22 pages.
Why are some countries successful with e-commerce while others flounder? The purpose of this article is to study the impact of technology, cultural, and socio-economic factors on...