Shahriar Akter

Shahriar Akter (born 1979) is an Australian-based academic and business data scientist who specializes in AI-driven business analytics and innovation. He is a Professor of digital marketing, analytics, and innovation at the University of Wollongong's School of Business. Akter is also a member of the Editorial Boards of Electronic Markets and International Journal of Information Management, as well as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Strategic Marketing.
Akter’s research has contributed to big data analytics, marketing analytics, algorithmic bias, and scale development and validation research. The Australian Newspaper's 2021 & 2022 Research Magazine named him as the Top Australian Researcher in both Marketing and Strategic Management. He is recognised as one of the top 2% scholars worldwide by Stanford University and Elsevier BV’s study in 2020 and 2021.
==Early life and education==
Akter graduated from the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing. In 2007, he received the Japan Development Scholarship (JDS) to pursue his Master of E-Business Management at the International University of Japan (IUJ). He received his Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Business School in Australia (2009-2012) under the supervision of Professor Pradeep Ray and Professor John D'Ambra. In 2011, the University of Oxford awarded him a Doctoral Fellowship in Research Methods.
==Career==
Akter began his career in 2004 as a Lecturer of Business Administration at the East West University, Bangladesh. After his Ph.D. in 2012, Akter took up a full-time teaching/research academic position as a Lecturer in the School of Business at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He has received over AUD$500K in funding from various sources till 2021. He is also a visiting professor of the Toulouse Business School (France) and the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) in China. 
Akter’s research spans across data privacy and security of digital platforms and social business. His research work has been published over a hundred peer-reviewed journal papers and they have been featured in various media outlets, such as ABC and the Illawarra Mercury Newspaper.
==Awards and recognition==
* 2014- Outstanding Contribution To Teaching And Learning award, University of Wollongong, 
* 2017- The best paper award for his research on big data analytics, Electronic Markets Journal
* 2020- His papers on big data analytics have been ranked as #5 & #14 respectively on the Shugan's listing (University of Florida) in 2020 of the Best Most Cited Marketing Articles
* 2021-Recognised as the top researcher in Marketing and Strategic Management by the Australian newspaper's 2021 Research Magazine.
* 2022- Recognized as one of the top 1% of scholars in the world, according to the Clarivate 2022 list.
* 2022-Featured as the top academic data leader in the CDO magazine (Led by MIT Sloan School of Management).
==Selected works==
* Akter, S., Wamba , S.F., Mariani, M. and Hani, U., 2021. How to Build an AI Climate-Driven Service Analytics Capability for Innovation and Performance in Industrial Markets.	Industrial Marketing Management, 97, pp.258-273.
* Rana, N.P., Chatterjee, S., Dwivedi, Y.K. and Akter, S., (2021). Understanding the dark side of artificial intelligence (AI) integrated business analytics: assessing firm’s operational inefficiency and competitiveness. European Journal of Information Systems, pp.1-24.
* Akter, S., McCarthy, G., Sajib, S., Michael, K., Dwivedi, Y.K., D’Ambra, J. and Shen, K.N., (2021). Algorithmic bias in data-driven innovation in the age of AI. International Journal of Information Management 60: 102387. 
* Hossain, T. M. T., Akter, S. (2020). Reconceptualizing Integration Quality Dynamics for Omnichannel Marketing. Industrial Marketing Management 87: 225-241.
* Bandara, R., Fernando, M. and Akter, S. (2021). Managing consumer privacy concerns and defensive behaviours in the digital marketplace, European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 55 No. 1, pp. 219-246.
* Wamba, S.F., Akter, S., Edwards, A., Chopin, G., Gnanzou, D., (2015). How ‘big data’ can make big impact: Findings from a systematic review and a longitudinal case study. International Journal of Production Economics, 165, 234-246.
* Akter, S., Wamba, S.F., Gunasekaran, A., Dubey, R. and Childe, S.J., (2016). How to improve firm performance using big data analytics capability and business strategy alignment? International Journal of Production Economics, 182, pp.113-131.
* Akter, S., Wamba S.F. and D’Ambra, J., 2019. Enabling a transformative service system by 	modeling quality dynamics. International Journal of Production Economics, 207, pp.210-226.
* Motamarri, S., Akter, S. and Yanamandram, V., (2020). Frontline employee empowerment: Scale development and validation using Confirmatory Composite Analysis. International Journal of Information Management, 54, p.102177.
* Akter, S., Bandara, R., Hani, U., Wamba, S.F., Foropon, C. and Papadopoulos, T., (2019). Analytics-based decision-making for service systems: A qualitative study and agenda for future research. International Journal of Information Management, 48, pp.85-95.
==Research Featured in Media==
# Shahriar Akter | Optus data breach was bound to happen. We need better a better Privacy Act, The Canberra Times (September 30, 2022).
# Wollongong fashion retailer Frolic Girls' used lounge-wear to save their business during the Covid-19 pandemic. Illawarra Mercury (July 20, 2020).
# Research from UOW and UNSW shows what people are reading, Illawarra Mercury (August 20, 2018).
# UOW’s Associate Professor Shahriar Akter explains our media habits after new Roy Morgan Research, Illawarra Mercury (April 05, 2018).
# Experts from UOW and UNSW explain internet users often give away more than they realise, Illawarra Mercury (May 01, 2018).
==Personal life==
Akter currently resides in Wollongong, NSW, Australia. He is married and has three children.
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
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* Shahriar Akter on Google Scholar
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