Vipin Arora

541-737-6649

vipin.arora@oregonstate.edu

Faculty

Vipin Arora

Overview

Background

Publications

Overview

Credentials

PhD in I.T. Candidate - ABD

Career Interests

Design of Virtual Environments for Online Learning and Collaboration

Background

Professional Affiliations

Association of Information Systems - Member since 2008

Service

Ad hoc reviewer for several conferences and journals:

International Journal of Project Management
The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
European Journal of Information Systems
International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
European conference of Information Systems (ECIS)

Proceedings and Conference Presentations

Hoke, K., O’Connell, K., Semken, S., & Arora, V. (2020). Promoting a Sense of Place Virtually. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 101(4), 1-5. 2.
Arora, Vipin and Deepak Khazanchi. "Sense of Virtual Place (SOVP): Conceptual Exploration and Initial Empirical Validation" (2017). Twenty-third Americas Conference on Information Systems, Boston.
Khazanchi, D., Arora, V. “Evaluating IT Integration Risk Prior to Mergers and Acquisitions” (2016). ISACA Journal, 1.
Arora, Vipin and Khazanchi, Deepak, "Towards Developing a Measure for Sense of Virtual Place” (2014). Twentieth Americas Conference on Information Systems, Savannah.
Arora, Vipin and Khazanchi, Deepak, "Sense of Place in Virtual Learning Environments“, (2014). MWAIS 2014 Proceedings. Paper 16.
Arora, Vipin; Khazanchi, Deepak; Munkvold, Bjørn Erik; Owens, Dawn; Stendal, Karen; Tarrell, Alvin; Wale-Kolade, Adeola; Westin, Soffi; and Zigurs, Ilze, "Discontinuities and Best Practices in Virtual Research Collaboration" (2012). MWAIS 2012 Proceedings. Paper 26.
Arora, Vipin; Ward, Kerry; and Petter, Stacie, "The Role of Information Systems to Support Improvisation during Emergencies" (2010). MWAIS 2010 Proceedings. Paper 11.
Arora, Vipin and Khazanchi, Deepak, "Sense of Place in Virtual World Learning Environments: A Conceptual Exploration" (2010). MWAIS 2010 Proceedings. Paper 13.
Prakash, N., Srivastav, M., Gupta, C., and Arora, V. An Intention Driven Method Engineering Approach. in Proceedings of RCIS 2007, pp.281-288.

Publications

Academic Journal

BIS

“Promoting a Sense of Place Virtually: A Review of the ESA Weekly Water Cooler Chat Focused on Virtual Sense of Place”

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Conference

BIS

“Sense of Virtual Place (SOVP): Conceptual Exploration and Initial Empirical Validation”

In this article, we introduce the notion of “Sense of Virtual Place” (SOVP) and explore the factors affecting it. We argue that SOVP can act as a surrogate for user engagement in virtual environments. We develop and validate a SOVP measure, adapting from a widely used measure of Sense of Place (SOP) in the academic disciplines of environmental and social psychology.

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Academic Journal

BIS

“Evaluating IT Integration Risk Prior to Mergers and Acquisitions”

Integration of IT systems and IT management processes is one of the major challenges in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) process that affects all aspects of the merged business and is, therefore, crucial to the overall success of the M&A process. The purpose of this article is to highlight various types of IT integration risks and the associated costs that must be considered and factored in with the predeal negotiations in each and every M&A. This is important, especially because of the huge costs involved in integrating incompatible systems and meeting the mandatory regulatory compliance requirements. The article suggests looking closely at technical, managerial and user/application level risk factors as part of the M&A pre-merger due diligence. This effort would also evaluate the potential real costs of IT integration post-merger and contribute to the overall M&A valuation. Some of this approach is already widely recommended by M&A advisors and major consulting firms. The article recommends going even further by creating a national M&A IT integration database that provides anonymous inventory of IT integration risk factors and costs before and after an M&A to better understand how IT integration risk impacts the valuation and success or failure of M&As.

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