STAFF PROFILE
Professor Alemayehu Molla
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
College of Business and Law
School / Department:
COBL|Accounting, Info Sys & Supply Chain
Phone:
+61399255803
Email:
alemayehu.molla@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Professor Alemayehu Molla is the Director of the Doctoral Training Centre and leader of the Disruptive Technology and Smart Mobility research cluster.
Professor Molla specializes in Information Systems with concentration on E-commerce.
His main research areas are Sustainable Digital Business Transformation, Green Information Technology, E-Business, Enterprise Systems and Development Informatics. His publications appeared in top-tier information systems (Information Systems Journal, Journal of the Association for IS, European Journal of Information Systems, and Information & Management), e-business (The International Journal of E-commerce, Journal of E-commerce Research, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations) and development informatics (The information Society, Internet Research, IT and International Development, IT for Development) journals.
His works have been cited more than 6500 times - Google Scholar.
Current Research Projects
- Dynamics of Fintech Eco-systems
- Enterprise Artificial Intelligence
- Digital Transformation and Sustainability
- Smart mobility
- ISYS 2406 Information Technology Outsourcing Issues and Management
- INTE 1030 Information Technology Strategy
- ISYS 2396 Enterprise Systems
- PhD, Information Systems
- MSc, Information Science
- Diploma, Computer Science
- BA, Business Management
- Graduate Certificate, Tertiary Teaching and Learning
Professional Membership
- Member, Australian Computer Society
- Member, Association of Information Systems
Journal Editorial
- Information & Management
- Journal of Computer Information Systems
- IT and International Development
- International Journal of Green Computing
- Journal of Information Technology Management
- Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce
- International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development
- African Journal of Information Systems
- Int. J. of Sustainable Society (IJSSoc)
Examiner/Reviewer/Chair
- Reviewed research manuscripts for:
- International Journal of Electronic Commerce
- Journal of Electronic Markets
- Journal of Computer Mediated Communications
- Journal of IT and International Development
- Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce
- Journal of Information Technology Management
- South African Journal of Computers and Information Systems
- External Assessor for South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) scientis ranking
- PhD external examiner, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, 2003.
- External examiner for a Masters of Business dissertation, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2004.
- External research grant assessor for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2005.
- Reviewed manuscripts for:
- International Conference on Information Systems
- Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences
- European Conference on Information Systems
- American Conference on Information Systems
- Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems
- Australasian Conference for Information Systems
- Annual Global Information Technology Management World
- ICT Africa Conference
- Working for E-business
- South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists
- South African Computer Lecturers Association (SACLA)
- Annual Conference on Management in Ethiopia (ACME) conferences
- Molla, A.,Biru, A. (2023). The evolution of the Fintech entrepreneurial ecosystem in Africa: An exploratory study and model for future development In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 186, 1 - 17
- Yew, M.,Molla, A.,Cooper, V. (2022). Behavioural and environmental sustainability determinants of residential energy management information systems use In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 356, 1 - 10
- Duan, S.,Molla, A.,Deng, H.,Tay, R. (2022). Enhancing digital adaptability of Australian small retail businesses In: Australian Communications Consumer Action Network Sydney, Australia
- Duan, S.,Tay, R.,Molla, A.,Deng, H. (2022). Predicting Mobility as a Service (MaaS) use for different trip categories: An artificial neural network analysis In: Transportation Research Part A, 166, 135 - 149
- Molla, A.,Duan, S.,Deng, H.,Tay, R. (2022). The effects of digital platform expectations, information schema congruity and behavioural factors on mobility as a service (MaaS) adoption In: Information Technology and People, , 1 - 29
- Biru, A.,Molla, A. (2021). What Do We Know About the Impact of Financial Inclusion Initiatives? - A systematic review and meta-analysis study In: KDI School of Public Policy and Management Sejong City, South Korea
- Li, M.,Molla, A.,Duan, S. (2021). AI Affordances Perception for the Transformation of Mobility Ecosystems In: Proceedings of the 32nd Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2021), Sydney, Australia, 6-10 December 2021
- Gekara, V.,Snell, D.,Molla, A. (2020). International approaches to supporting the existing workforce meet the challenges of digital transformation In: Australian Industry Standards Melbourne, Australia
- Gekara, V.,Snell, D.,Molla, A. (2020). Australia’s local and national approaches to supporting the existing workforce meet the challenges of digital transformation In: Australian Industry Standards Melbourne, Australia
- Nurye, S.,Molla, A.,Desta, T. (2019). Factors Influencing Knowledge Transfer in Onshore Information Systems Outsourcing in Ethiopia In: he African Journal of Information Systems, 11, 1 - 21
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
14 PhD Completions and 4 Masters by Research Completions4 PhD Current Supervisions
Green IT and IS; enterprise systems; digital business; development informatics.
- Enhancing the digital adaptability of Australian retail small businesses. Funded by: Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) Grants Scheme 2016 onwards from (2021 to 2022)
- Policy Initiatives and Financial Inclusion of the Poor in Ethiopia. Funded by: KDI School of Public Policy and Management - Competitive from (2019 to 2021)
- Developing Appropriate Workforce Skills for Australia's Emerging Digital Economy. Funded by: National Vocational Education and Training Research (NVETR) Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2018)
- Personal Cloud Use in Australia: Consumers expectations, experience and impact on communications consumption. Funded by: Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) Grants Scheme 2014 from (2014 to 2015)
- Green IT Organisational Learning: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. Funded by: RMIT Emerging Researcher Grants from (2010 to 2011)