Dan MA
Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Information Systems
School of Computing and Information Systems
SCIS
Qualification
- PhD, University of Rochester, 2006
Teaching Topics
- Computer as an Analysis Tool
- Advanced IS Management Seminar
- Information Systems and Management
Research Advisor/Co-Research Advisor to
- CHEN Xueqiang (xqchen.2022 [at] dba.smu.edu.sg), SMU-ZJU DBA (A&F)
- LIU Yang (yliu.2020 [at] sjdba.smu.edu.sg), SJTU-SMU DBA
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsDan Ma is a leading scholar in information systems, specializing in cloud computing, financial technology, and platform competition, with significant contributions to payment systems, software reliability, and IT-based pricing strategies.
Integrates rigorous economic modeling and empirical analysis to address real-world challenges in fintech, cloud computing, and platform ecosystems; recognized for bridging theory and practice in payment systems, software competition, and technology adoption; active in editorial and conference leadership, fostering global academic collaboration.
Focused research areas include Economic analysis and mechanism design for payment and settlement systems; competition and pricing in software-as-a-service and cloud computing; platform competition and creator incentives; innovations in financial IS and technology ecosystems; adoption and effectiveness of bug bounty programs for software reliability.
Integrates rigorous economic modeling and empirical analysis to address real-world challenges in fintech, cloud computing, and platform ecosystems; recognized for bridging theory and practice in payment systems, software competition, and technology adoption; active in editorial and conference leadership, fostering global academic collaboration.
Focused research areas include Economic analysis and mechanism design for payment and settlement systems; competition and pricing in software-as-a-service and cloud computing; platform competition and creator incentives; innovations in financial IS and technology ecosystems; adoption and effectiveness of bug bounty programs for software reliability.
Areas of Expertise
IT innovationsCloud computingDigital platformsEconomic analysis
Past Awarded Grant
- Near Real-Time Retail Payment and Settlement Systems Mechanism Design, The SWIFT Institute (SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication), PI (Project Level): Zhiling GUO, Co-PI (Project Level): Robert J. KAUFFMAN, LIN Mei, Dan MA, 2014, S$25,098
- The Analysis of On-demand Software: Understanding the Competition of Software-As-A-Service, Co-author: Professor Abraham Seidmann, Ph. D., Xerox Professor of Computers & Information Systems, Electronic Commerce, and Operations Management, W. E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester, SMU Internal Grant, Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1, PI (Project Level): Dan MA, 2008, S$7,487
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- R Hu, D Ma, N Feng
- Z Guo, D MaMIS Quarterly 47 (2), 669-704, 2023
- Z Tianlu, D Ma, F NAN
- An Economic Analysis of Third-Party Software Reliability Improvement using the Bug Bounty Program [2023]T Zhou, D Ma, N Feng
- T Zhou, MA Dan, N FengAIS, 2023
- T ZHOU, MA Dan, N FENG
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Qualification
- PhD, University of Rochester, 2006
Teaching Topics
- Computer as an Analysis Tool
- Advanced IS Management Seminar
- Information Systems and Management
Research Advisor/Co-Research Advisor to
- CHEN Xueqiang (xqchen.2022 [at] dba.smu.edu.sg), SMU-ZJU DBA (A&F)
- LIU Yang (yliu.2020 [at] sjdba.smu.edu.sg), SJTU-SMU DBA