Research Interests
Primary Focus
Business Value of IT, IT-Enabled Business Process Innovation, Firm and Process Risks, and IT-Enabled Internal Controls Capabilities, Enterprise Systems, Blockchain Technology
Other Areas
Accounting Information Systems, IT-Enabled Supply Chain and Operations, B2B E-Commerce

Published Papers in Journals
  1. Sambhara, C., Rai, A., Keil, M., Kasi, V., “Risks and Controls in Internet-Enabled Reverse Auctions: Perspectives from Buyers and Suppliers," Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), (34:4), 2017, 1113-1142
  2. Carvalho, A., Sambhara, C.,  Young, P., “What the History of Linux Says About the Future of Cryptocurrencies?” In press at the Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS)
​Papers Under Review at Journals
  1. Sambhara, C., Rai, A., Xu, X., “Configuring Enterprise System Resources: Role of Information Risk and Contingencies” Under second round review at Information Systems Research (ISR)
    1. Early version of the paper was the best track paper award winner and nominee for the best conference paper award at ICIS 2016, Dublin, Ireland
  2. ​​Sambhara, C.,  “Information Management Challenges and the Resulting Adverse Consequences When Using Internet Enabled-Reverse Auctions", Under second round review at Information & Management Journal (I&M)
  3. Patnayakuni, R., Sambhara, C., "Impact of IT-Enabled Social Capital and Supply Chain Integration on Firm Performance", Under review at Information Systems Frontiers​ (ISF)
  4. ​Carvalho, A., Sambhara, C., Venkatesh, V., “Bringing Transparency and Trustworthiness to Loot Boxes with Blockchains and Smart Contracts” , Under review at the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)
Working Papers
  1. ​​Sambhara, C., Rai, A., Xu, X., “Uncovering the Business Value Creation Mechanisms of Enterprise Systems in the Internal Controls Context”, Status: Draft refinement, Journal: MISQ/ISR/JMIS/Management Science
    1. ​Early version of the paper was the best track paper award winner and nominee for the best conference paper award at ICIS 2018, San Francisco
Conference Publications
  1. Sambhara C., Rai, A., Xu, Sean., Why Increased Use of IT can be Beneficial or Damaging? Insights from the Puzzle of IT Use and Managerial Expertise for Internal Controls , International Conference on Information Systems, San Francisco, California, December 13-16, 2018
    • Finalist for the best conference paper award at ICIS 2018, San Francisco, USA
    • Winner of the best paper award in the track "IT Implementation, Adoption, and Use"
  2. Sambhara C., Rai, A., Xu, Sean., Enterprise System Implementations: Role of Information Risk, Internal Controls and Environmental Uncertainty, International Conference on Information Systems, Dublin, Ireland, December 11-14, 2016
    •     Finalist for the best conference paper award at ICIS 2016, Dublin, Ireland
    •     Winner of the best paper award in the track "IT Implementation, Adoption, and Use"
  3. Sambhara, C., Rai, A., Xu, X., “Uncovering the Business Value Creation Mechanisms of Enterprise Systems in the Internal Controls Context”, 27th Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 6-9, 2016 
  4. Gregory, T., Mathiassen, L., Sambhara, C., Chains of Control in Agile Software Development, 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Chicago, IL, August 15-17, 2013
  5. ​Sambhara, C., Rai A., Keil, M., Kasi, V., Risks And Controls In Electronic Reverse Auctions: Comparing Buyer And Supplier Perspectives, Atlanta-Athens Conference on Research in Information Systems, Atlanta, GA, March 31, 2012
  6. Sambhara, C., Keil, M., Rai A., Kasi, V., Buyers’ Perceptions of the Risks of Internet Enabled Reverse Auctions, 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Detroit, MI, August 4-7, 2011
  7. Sambhara, C., Internet Enabled Reverse Auctions: A Literature Synthesis, 14th Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems, Atlanta, GA, March 25-26, 2011
Data Sources: Computer Intelligence Database, Audit Analytics, Compustat, First Call Historic Database, Risk Metrics, Fortune, Institute for Supply Management
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Dissertation Title: Risks, Controls and Business Value of IT-Enabled Interfirm and Intrafirm Processes
Dissertation Committee: ​Dr. Arun Rai (Chair), Dr. Bala Ramesh, Dr. Mark Keil, Dr. Abhay Mishra, Dr. Sean Xu
Center for Process Innovation
Department of Computer Information Systems 
J. Mack Robinson College of Business 
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Other Prior Research Work (Computer Science)
Thesis Title: P-Percent Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks
Thesis Chair: Dr. Yingshu Li
Thesis Committee Members: Dr. Raj Sunderraman, Dr. Anu Bourgeois