Abraham (Avi) Seidmann

Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar Professor, Information Systems
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  • BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    Questrom School of Business
    Rafik B. Hariri Building
    595 Commonwealth Avenue
    Boston, MA 02215

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    Education
  • PhD, Texas Tech University, 1980
  • MSc, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1973
  • BSc, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1970
    Publications
  • Rajan, B., Tezcan, T., Seidmann, A. (In Press). "Service Model with Different Service Rates and Prices", SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Tzivian, L., Sokolovska, J., Grike, A., Kalcenaua, A., Seidmann, A., Benis, A., Mednis, M., Danovska, I., Berzins, U., Bogdanovs, A., Syundyukov, E. (2022). "Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the quality of life of Type 1 diabetes patients using insulin pumps and of those receiving multiple daily insulin injections.", Health Qual Life Outcomes, 20 (1), 120-
  • Vidula, H., Altintas, O., McNitt, S., DeVore, A., Birati, E., Genuardi, M., Sheikh, F., Polonsky, B., Alexis, J., Gosev, I., Bisognano, J., Kutyifa, V., Seidmann, A., Goldenberg, I. (2022). "Low Blood Pressure Threshold for Adverse Outcomes During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support", The American Journal of Cardiology
  • Gunarathne, P., Rui, H., Seidmann, A. (2022). "Racial Bias in Customer Service: Evidence from Twitter", Information Systems Research, 33 (1), 43-54
  • Lee, J., Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Kopycka-Kedzierawski, D., Mclaren, S. (2022). "Optimal Location of a Remote Dental Unit", Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Seidmann, A., Zhang, J., Jiang, Y. (2022). "Introduction to the Minitrack on Digital Transformations of Business Operations", Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Ravid, Y., Seidmann, A. (2022). "Estimating the Impact of Asymptomatic Carriers on the spread of Infectious Diseases: An interaction-based Model", Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Benis, A., Banker, M., Pinkasovich, D., Kirin, M., Yoshai, B., Benchoam-Ravid, R., Ashkenazi, S., Seidmann, A. (2021). "Reasons for Utilizing Telemedicine during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Internet-Based International Study.", J Clin Med, 10 (23)
  • Syundyukov, E., Mednis, M., Zaharenko, L., Pildegovica, E., Danovska, I., Kistkins, S., Seidmann, A., Benis, A., Pirags, V., Tzivian, L. (2021). "Data-Driven Decision Making and Proactive Citizen-Scientist Communication: A Cross-Sectional Study on COVID-19 Vaccination Adherence.", Vaccines (Basel), 9 (12)
  • Syundyukov, E., Mednis, M., Zaharenko, L., Pildegovica, E., Danovska, I., Kistkins, S., Seidmann, A., Bennis, A., Pirags, V., Tzivian, L. (2021). "COVID-19 vaccination readiness: use of digital technologies for data-driven decision making", European Journal of Public Health, 31 (Supplement_3)
  • Benis, A., Seidmann, A., Ashkenazi, S. (2021). "Reasons for Taking the COVID-19 Vaccine by US Social Media Users.", Vaccines (Basel), 9 (4)
  • Vidula, H., Altintas, O., McNitt, S., Polonsky, B., Alexis, J., Chen, L., Gosev, I., Bisognano, J., Seidmann, A., Goldenberg, I. (2020). "LOW BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE RISK OF DEATH AND STROKE IN CONTEMPORARY LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE RECIPIENTS", Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 75 (11), 861-861
  • Seidmann, A., Rajan, B., Friedman, D. (2019). "A Randomized Trial of Telemedicine for Migraine Management", Neurology Online 4.10-4.001
  • Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2019). "Introduction to the Minitrack on The Impact of Digitization on Business Operations", Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Wu, T., Seidmann, A. (2018). "Can irrelevant benchmark information help when making business decisions under uncertainty? An empirical investigation of the newsvendor game", Decision Support Systems, 107 40-51
  • Gunarathne, P., Rui, H., Seidmann, A. (2017). "Whose and What Social Media Complaints Have Happier Resolutions? Evidence from Twitter", Journal of Management Information Systems, 34 (2), 314-340
  • Gunarathne, P., Rui, H., Seidmann, A. (2017). "What Drives Successful Complaint Resolutions on Social Media?: Evidence from the Airline Industry", Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2017)
  • Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Friedman, D. (2017). "Managing Migraine via Telemedicine: Clinical Effectiveness and Process Implications", Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2017)
  • Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2017). "Introduction to Integrating Business Operations, Information Technologies, and Consumer Behavior Minitrack", Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2017)
  • Rajan, B., Seidmann, A. (2016). "Improving Open Access Policy for Scheduling Outpatient Appointments", 2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
  • Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2016). "Introduction to the Impacts of Information Technologies on Consumer Activities and on Business Operations Minitrack", 2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
  • Dobson, G., Seidmann, A., Tilson, V., Froix, A. (2015). "Configuring surgical instrument trays to reduce costs", IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 5 (4), 225-237
  • Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2015). "Introduction to the Special Issue on “Analyzing the impacts of advanced information technologies on business operations”", Decision Support Systems, 76 1-2
  • Ma, D., Seidmann, A. (2015). "Analyzing Software as a Service with Per-Transaction Charges", Information Systems Research, 26 (2), 360-378
  • Gunarathne, P., Rui, H., Seidmann, A. (2015). "Customer Service on Social Media: The Effect of Customer Popularity and Sentiment on Airline Response", 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Wu, T., Seidmann, A. (2015). "Are Groups Better Than Individuals at Making Decisions? An Experimental Study on Newsvendor Problem", 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2015). "Introduction to the Impacts of Advanced Information Technologies on Business Operations Minitrack", 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Mehra, A., Seidmann, A., Mojumder, P. (2014). "Product Life-Cycle Management of Packaged Software", Production and Operations Management, 23 (3), 366-378
  • Jiang, Y., Seidmann, A. (2014). "Capacity planning and performance contracting for service facilities", Decision Support Systems, 58 31-42
  • Jing, B., Seidmann, A. (2014). "Finance sourcing in a supply chain", Decision Support Systems, 58 15-20
  • Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2014). "Introduction to the Special Issue on “Integrating Information Systems and Operations Management”", Decision Support Systems, 58 1-2
  • Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Ramchandran, R. (2014). "Teleophthalmology for Diabetic Patients: Saving Vision through IT", 2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2014). "Introduction to Information Issues in Supply Chain and in Service System Design Minitrack", 2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Tong Wu, ., Seidmann, A. (2014). "Do Competitive Environments Have an Effect on Managerial Decision Making? An Empirical Investigation of the Newsvendor Problem", 2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Dorsey, E. (2013). "The Competitive Business Impact of Using Telemedicine for the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Conditions", Journal of Management Information Systems, 30 (2), 127-158
  • Dorsey, E., Venkataraman, V., Grana, M., Bull, M., George, B., Boyd, C., Beck, C., Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Biglan, K. (2013). "Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of “Virtual House Calls” for Parkinson Disease", JAMA Neurology, 70 (5), 565-565
  • Seidmann, A., Rajan, B., Dorsey, E. (2013). "Optimizing Physician Processing Rates with Priority Queues", 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2013). "Introduction to Information Issues in Supply Chain and in Service System Design Minitrack", 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Lahiri, A., Seidmann, A. (2012). "Information Hang-overs in Healthcare Service Systems", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 14 (4), 634-653
  • George, B., Scoglio, N., Reminick, J., Rajan, B., Beck, C., Seidmann, A., Biglan, K., Dorsey, E. (2012). "Telemedicine in Leading US Neurology Departments", The Neurohospitalist, 2 (4), 123-128
  • Golden, B., Seidmann, A. (2012). "Introduction to the Special Issue on Applications of Healthcare Operations Management", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 14 (4), 485-487
  • Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2012). "Introduction to the Special Issue on “Information Issues in Supply Chain and in Service System Design”", Decision Support Systems, 53 (2), 267-268
  • Bondareva, M., Seidmann, A. (2012). "Peaker Outsourcing for Service Systems with Time-Varying Arrival Rates", 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2012). "Introduction to the Information Issues in Supply Chain and in Service System Design Minitrack", 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Çakici, Ö., Groenevelt, H., Seidmann, A. (2011). "Using RFID for the management of pharmaceutical inventory — system optimization and shrinkage control", Decision Support Systems, 51 (4), 842-852
  • Marom, O., Seidmann, A. (2011). "Using “last-minute” sales for vertical differentiation on the Internet", Decision Support Systems, 51 (4), 894-903
  • Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2011). "Introduction to the special issue on “information issues in supply chain and in service system design”", Decision Support Systems, 51 (4), 831-832
  • Jiang, Y., Seidmann, A. (2011). "Integrated capacity and marketing incentive contracting for capital-intensive service systems", Decision Support Systems, 51 (3), 627-637
  • Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Dorsey, E., Biglan, K., Reminick, J. (2011). "Analyzing the Clinical and Competitive Impact of Telemedicine -Experience with Treating Parkinson Disease Patients via Telemedicine", 2011 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Saha, R., Seidmann, A., Tilson, V. (2011). "Unexpected Motivations behind Joining Group Purchasing Organization (GPO)", 2011 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • (2011). "Call for Papers—M&SOM Special Issue: Applications of Health-Care Operations Management", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 13 (1), 144-144
  • Zhang, J., Seidmann, A. (2010). "Perpetual Versus Subscription Licensing Under Quality Uncertainty and Network Externality Effects", Journal of Management Information Systems, 27 (1), 39-68
  • Pinker, E., Seidmann, A., Vakrat, Y. (2010). "Using bid data for the management of sequential, multi-unit, online auctions with uniformly distributed bidder valuations", European Journal of Operational Research, 202 (2), 574-583
  • Cakici, O., Groenevelt, H., Seidmann, A. (2010). "Efficient Inventory Management by Leveraging RFID in Service Organizations", 2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Zhang, J., Seidmann, A. (2010). "Selling or Subscribing Software under Quality Uncertainty and Network Externality Effect", 2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Saha, R., Seidmann, A., Tilson, V. (2010). "A Research Agenda for Emerging Roles of Healthcare GPOs and Their Evolution from Group Purchasing to Information Sharing to Strategic Consulting", 2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Jiang, Y., Seidmann, A. (2010). "Managing Information Intensive Service Facilities: Executive Contracts, Market Information, and Capacity Planning", 2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Lahiri, A., Seidmann, A. (2010). "The Hang-Over Effect in Information-Intensive Service Systems", 2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Marom, O., Seidmann, A. (2010). "Using "Last-Minute" Sales for Vertical Differentiation on the Internet", 2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Lahiri, A., Seidmann, A. (2009). "Analyzing the Differential Impact of Radiology Information Systems Across Radiology Modalities", Journal of the American College of Radiology, 6 (10), 705-714
  • Ma, D., Seidmann, A. (2008). "The Pricing Strategy Analysis for the “Software-as-a-Service” Business Model", Springer Berlin Heidelberg 103-112
  • Huang, M., Wang, E., Seidmann, A. (2007). "Price Mechanism for Knowledge Transfer: An Integrative Theory", Journal of Management Information Systems, 24 (3), 79-108
  • Etzion, H., Pinker, E., Seidmann, A. (2006). "Analyzing the Simultaneous Use of Auctions and Posted Prices for Online Selling", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 8 (1), 68-91
  • Lexa, F., Mehta, T., Seidmann, A. (2005). "Managerial accounting applications in radiology", Journal of the American College of Radiology, 2 (3), 262-270
  • Seidmann, A., Mehta, T. (2005). "Financial accounting for radiology executives", Journal of the American College of Radiology, 2 (3), 232-240
  • Rummel, J., Walter, Z., Dewan, R., Seidmann, A. (2005). "Activity consolidation to improve responsiveness", European Journal of Operational Research, 161 (3), 683-703
  • DEWAN, R., FREIMER, M., SEIDMANN, A., ZHANG, J. (2004). "Web Portals: Evidence and Analysis of Media Concentration", Journal of Management Information Systems, 21 (2), 181-199
    Research Presentations
  • Seidmann, A. , Soltanieh-ha, M. , Xu, L. Pick the Right Tactics When Online Sales Go Live: An Empirical Analysis of Livestreaming for Amazon Sellers, Proceedings of the 56th Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, HI, 2023
  • Seidmann, A. , Wan, F. , Xu, H. Does Health Information Exchange Improve Long-Term Care Service Quality?, Proceedings of the 56th Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, HI, 2023
  • Seidmann, A. , Soltanieh Ha, M. , Xu, L. Pick the Right Tactics When Online Sales Go Live: An Empirical Analysis of Livestreaming for Amazon Sellers, 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, HI, 2023
  • Altintas, O. , Gu, B. , Seidmann, A. The Effect of Interpretable AI on Repeated Managerial Decision-Making under Uncertainty, Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 2022
  • Seidmann, A. How to Develop Insightful Understanding of (AI) Recommendation Systems, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, 2022
  • Lee, J. , Rajan, B. , Seidmann, A. Optimal Location of a Remote Dental Service Unit, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, 2022
  • Altintas, O. , Gu, B. , Seidmann, A. The Effect of Artificial Intelligence Interpretability on Managerial Decision Making Under Uncertainty, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, 2022
  • Barron, O. , Chen, F. , Seidmann, A. Analyzing and Managing Telemedicine Care Delivery, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, 2022
  • Seidmann, A. , Wan, F. AI Patenting in Healthcare IT Industry: Implications for Innovation Management, INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Indianapolis, 2022
  • Altintas, O. , Gu, B. , Seidmann, A. The Effect of Interpretable Artificial Intelligence on Managerial Decision Making under Uncertainty, INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Indianapolis, 2022
  • Seidmann, A. Our Healthcare Digital Health Tech: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Health Sector Management Students Club, 2022
  • Seidmann, A. Our Digital Health Journey, The Informs/ISS National Conference on IT/AI Teaching, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2022
  • Bennis, A. , Seidmann, A. Exploring the Public Response to COVID’s Technology Challenges in the first year of the Pandemic: Addressing the deployment of mRNA vaccinations and Care delivery through Telemedicine, Rotman Business School, University of Toronto, 5th Annual Research Roundtable: Data Analytics in Healthcare, 2022
  • Seidmann, A. Racial Bias in Customer Service: Evidence from Twitter, Digital Business Institute, Data Blitz Talk, 2022
  • Ravid, Y. , Seidmann, A. Interaction Based Model for Identifying Asymptomatic Carriers of an Infectious Disease, Proceedings of the 55th Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Virtual Meeting, 2022
  • Kopycka-Kedzierawski, D. , Lee, J. , McLaren, S. , Rajan, B. , Seidmann, A. Optimal Location of a Remote Dental Unit, Proceedings of the 55th Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Virtual Meeting, 2022
  • Benis, A. , Berzins, U. , Danovska, I. , Grike, A. , Kalcenaua, A. , Mednis, M. , Okolovska, J. , Seidmann, A. , Syundyukov, E. , Tzivian, L. Impact of the Mode of Insulin Delivery on the Quality of life of type 1 Diabetes Patients, The European Congress of Endocrinology Conference, 2022, Mila, Italy, 2022
  • Seidmann, A. Advances in Home Care Technologies, 15th EAI International Conference on pervasive computing Technologies for Healthcare, Holon, Israel, 2021
  • Seidmann, A. , Wan, F. , Xu, H. Does Health Information Exchange Improve Long-Term Care Service Quality? Evidence from the Panel Data Analysis of the U.S. Long-term Care Facilities, CIST: Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Newport Beach, CA, 2021
  • Ravid, Y. , Seidmann, A. Smart Contact Tracing: Using Statistical ML to Identify Asymptomatic Carriers, INFORMS National Healthcare Meeting Conference, Virtual, 2021
  • Seidmann, A. , Wan, F. Does Health Information Exchange Improve Long-term Care Service Quality? Evidence from the Panel Data Analysis of the U.S. Long-term Care Facilities, INFORMS National Healthcare Meeting Conference, Healthcare 2021, Virtual, 2021
  • Seidmann, A. How to Develop Insightful Understanding of (AI) Recommendation Systems?, IT & Business Analytics Teaching Conference, Georgia Tech, Scheller College of Business, 2021
    Awards and Honors
  • 2022, Stanford University - Top 2% of Scientists
  • 2021, Haim Mendelson Information Systems Teaching Innovation Award