Nisar Ahmad received his Bachelor’s degree in Information and Operations Management from the University of the Punjab, MS in Information Resource Management from Wuhan University, and PhD in Business Administration from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), where he is currently a Post-doctoral Fellow at the School of Management. His research focuses on Public Innovation, Digital Transformation, Co-Creation in Healthcare Platforms, Information System, Leadership in Technology & Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Environmental Sustainability. He has held managerial positions in operations and management within public sector organizations and served as an International Marketing Manager in China for BAMA Tea Co. He has published multiple research articles in top-tier journals and presented his work at prestigious academic conferences, including the Academy of Management (AOM), INFORMS, and the IEEE International Conference.

Publications

• Cloud Computing in Bridging the Digital Divide: Transforming Hospital Information System in the Yangtze Delta Region. [2025], Taylor & Francis, Behaviour & Information Technology

• Exploring real estate blockchain adoption: an empirical study based on an integrated tasktechnology fit and technology acceptance model, [2025], PLOS ONE

• Motivation by Role Models: Do They Inspire or Discourage Us? Investigating the Link between Role Models and Entrepreneurial Career Intention, [2024], ELSEVIER, The International Journal of Management Education

• Water resource management and flood mitigation: hybrid decomposition EMD-ANN model study under climate change, [2024], Springer, Sustainable Water Resources Management

• Healthcare Professionals Satisfaction and AI-based Clinical Decision Support System in Public Sector Hospitals during Health crises: A Cross-sectional Study, [2023], Springer, Information Technology & Management

• The nexus between corporate social responsibility of airports and passenger satisfaction: A cross‐country study, [2023], Willey, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

• Examining the Employees Behavior Control in Cloud Computing Performance Through the Moderating Lenses of Transformational Leadership, [2023], Springer, Wuhan International Conference on E-business, Digital Empowerment for an Intelligent Future

• Family Assets Influence over Children's Academic Achievement an Empirical Study Based on China's Micro-data [2023], Taylor & Francis, Education 3-13, International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education

• The Role of Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Patriotism in Sustaining Public Health Employees’ Performance [2023], Frontiers in Psychology

• Supportive Leadership and Post-Adoption Use of MOOCs: The Mediating Role of Innovative Work Behavior [2022], Journal of Organizational and End User Computing

• Public Sector Employee Perspective towards Adoption of E-Government in Pakistan: A Proposed Research Agenda [2020], Elsevier, Data and Information Management

Conference Presentations

• Radical vs. Incremental Green Innovation: Differential Effects on Environmental Misconduct, [October 2025], INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

• A Comparative Analysis of Multivariate-GARCH Models for Forecasting Agricultural Price Volatility. [October 2025], INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

• The Mitigating Role of Strategic and Substantive Green Innovations on Financial Performance After Environmental Violations. [July 2025], Society for Business Ethics, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Motivation by Role Models: Do They Inspire or Discourage Us? [August 2024], Presented at AOM Annual Meeting, Academy of Management Proceedings, Chicago, IL, USA

• Agrochemical Risk & Soil Health: Integrated Study. [April 2024], Presented at International Conference on Soil, Plant, and Environmental Health, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

•  Impact of Developmental Leadership on HCP Satisfaction and Hospital Management Information Systems, Digital Ecosystems for Sustainable Society. [October 2023], Volunteer & Presented at ICTE Conference, IEEE & Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas