Leila Hosseini

Assistant Professor

Leila Hosseini

Bio

Leila Hosseini is an Assistant Professor and Bauer Fellow in the Department of Decision and Information Sciences in C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, and an Affiliated Faculty of the Bauer Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute. Her research interests are to identify managerial and operational solutions to improve efficiency in technology markets. She focuses on timely and high-impact areas such as cloud-based AI marketplaces, antitrust concerns in the AI ecosystem, cloud computing, and real-time digital advertising. Her research aims to generate practical impact by addressing urgent and timely business challenges in rapidly evolving digital environments.

Research Interests

  • Economics of Cloud-Based AI Marketplaces, Antitrust Concerns in the AI Ecosystem, Cloud Computing, and Real-Time Digital Advertising

Publications

  • Leila Hosseini, Mehdi H. Farahani, Subodha Kumar. Is Multi-Cloud the Future? Desirability of Compatibility in the Multi-Cloud Market. Forthcoming in Management Science.​

  • Leila Hosseini, Vijay Mookerjee. Online Traffic Games: Should Firms Compete on Website Speed or Website Capacity? Forthcoming in Production and Operations Management.

  • Hyeonsik Shin(former PhD student), Leila Hosseini, Subodha Kumar. Regulating Data Use in Social Media: Strategic Implications for Platforms and Users. Forthcoming in Journal of Management Information Systems.

  • Leila Hosseini, Shaojie Tang, Vijay Mookerjee. 2024. Is More Always Merrier? A Cloud-based Architecture to Procure Impressions from Multiple Ad-exchanges. Information Systems Research, 35(1), pp.294-317.

  • Leila Hosseini, Shaojie Tang, Vijay Mookerjee, Chelliah Sriskandarajah. 2020. A Switch in Time Saves the Dime: A Model to Reduce Rental Cost in Cloud Computing. Information Systems Research, 31(3), pp.753-775. ​

Working Papers

  • Leila Hosseini, Yeongin Kim, Srinivasan Raghunathan. Who Benefits from Artificial Intelligence Platform-Owner Entry? Evidence from Amazon Web Services Marketplace. Under review at Management Science.

  • Dongwook Chun(current PhD student), Taha Havakhor, Leila Hosseini. Tokens vs. Equity: How Blockchain Financing Models Influence Startup Strategy, Innovation, and Success. Soon to be submitted to MIS Quarterly.

    • Contact Info

    Phone:
     713-743-4747 
    Email:
      lhosseini@uh.edu
    Room:
     MH 290C
    Website:
      Visit Web Site