Research Interests

• Fintech
• Adoption of Information Technologies
• Personalization and HCI

Academic qualification

• PhD Purdue University, Management Information Systems
• M.S. Purdue University, Computer Science 
• B.S. University of Illinois, Mathematics and Computer Science 

Academic And Professional Experience 

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• Dean, School of Business and Management, 2016 - present
• Associate Provost and Founding Dean of Students, 2011 - 2016
• Founding Dean of Undergraduate Education, 2007 - 2011
• Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, 2005 - 2007

HKUST Business School

• Associate Dean, 1999 - 2006
• Chair Professor of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

University of Texas, Austin

• Assistant Professor, 1987 - 1992

Selected Publications

• Feng, Y., Claggett, J., Karahanna, E., and Tam, K.Y., “A Randomized Field Experiment to Explore the Impact of Herding Cues as Catalysts for Adoption”, to appear in MIS Quarterly.
• Li, G., So, Mike K.P., and Tam, K.Y., “Identifying the Big Shots – Addressing the Deflated P-Value Problem in Big Data Research,” to appear in ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems.
• Ng, K.C., Thong, Y.L., Zhang, X., and Tam. K.Y., “Protecting against Threats to Computer Security: An Attitudinal Ambivalence Perspective,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 38, 3, 2021, 732-764.
• Ng, K.C., So, K.P., and Tam, K.Y., “A Latent Space Modeling Approach to Interfirm Relationship Analysis,” ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, 12, 2, 2021, article 10, 1-44.
• Tam, K.Y., Feng, Y., and Lai, C.L., “Effective Use of Policing System: A Two-Stage Study over the Shakedown Period of System Implementation”, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, September 2019, 1-16.
• Tam, K.Y., Feng Y., and Kwan, S., “The Role of Morality in Digital Piracy: Understanding the Deterrent and Motivational Effects of Moral Reasoning in Different Piracy Contexts,” Journal of Association of Information Systems, 20, 5, 2019, 604-628.
• Xu, X., Thong, J.Y.L., and Tam, K.Y., “Winning Back Technology Disadopters: Testing a Technology Re-adoption Model in the Context of Mobile Internet Services,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 34, 1, 2017, 102-140.

Public Services

• Chairman, Curriculum Development Council of the Education Bureau
• Chairman, Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation
• Member, Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• Member, Board of EFMD
• Member, AACSB Board of Directors
• Member, Council of Metropolitan University of Hong Kong
• Member, THEi Board of Governors
• Member, Banking Review Tribunal of the HKSAR
• Member, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Review Tribunal of the HKSAR

Consultations And Executive Education

Consultant, IBM China/Hong Kong; Merrill Lynch(Asia Pacific); Hongkong Telecom; Tele Danmark; Hong Kong Industrial Technology Centre Corporation; Open University of Hong Kong; HSBC; Sun Microsystems; Symantec, PCCW eBusiness Solutions, and OFTA.