Rohit Aggarwal
Assistant Professor
Department of Operations and Information Systems
Email: rohit.aggarwal@business.utah.edu
My Website: rohitaggarwal.wordpress.com
Degrees:
2008 Ph.D. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2002 M.B.A. Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India
2000 B.E. Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Teaching Areas:
e-Business, Emerging Web Technologies and Strategies, Web Applications
Research Statements:
His research interests include studying the avenues and challenges posed by electronic word of mouth (weblogs, online discussion forums, online posted reviews and twitter) on businesses. Specifically, he investigates the underlying process that leads to the successful generation of eWOM and its implications. His research will help firms and institutional investors in understanding the value of eWOM and the ways to better utilize eWOM. He also explores how healthcare information spreads in a network of healthcare weblogs and how individuals learn from each other. He is also interested in investigating reputation mechanism design for online services exchange, and online agent design that facilitates bidding in an online products exchange. His research has been mentioned in popular press outlets such as Conde Nast- Portfolio, and has won research grant.
Recent Awards:
2008 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award - University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Rohit Aggarwal
Assistant Professor
Department of Operations and Information Systems
Email
Phone numbers:
(office): (801) 581-8693
Office: 22 Bu C
Department of Operations and Information Systems
1645 East Campus Center Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9301
