Publications

Journal articles

• Erdmann, H., …, Akbari, K., …, Abicht, A. (2026). Repeat-associated ataxias in a German patient cohort analysed by targeted parallel long-read sequencing. Brain, 149(3), 993–1006. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaf318
• Wagner, U., & Akbari, K. (2024). Refining the Freeloading and No Purchase Behavior in Pay as You Wish Pricing. Review of Managerial Science, 18(6), 1769–1799. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-023-00678-1
• Akbari, K., Fürstenau, D., & Winkler, T. J. (2024). Governance and Longevity of Architecturally Embedded Applications. Journal of Management Information Systems, 41(1), 266–296. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2023.2301169
• Akbari, K., Eigruber, M., & Vetschera, R. (2024). Risk attitudes: The central tendency bias. EURO Journal on Decision Processes, 12, Article 100042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejdp.2023.100042
• Akbari, K. (2023). Innovation in Pricing Mechanisms: An Analysis of the Emergence of Fixed and Dynamic Pricing in Five Countries. Interface - Journal of European Languages and Literatures, 20, 37–87. https://doi.org/10.6667/interface.20.2023.193
• Akbari, K., & Wagner, U. (2022). Erratum on the Pay-as-You-Wish Model by Chen et al. (2017). Marketing Science, 41(3), 657. https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.2021.1319
• Akbari, K., & Wagner, U. (2021). Playing When Paying and What Happens Next: Customer Satisfaction and Word-of-Mouth Intention in Gambled Price Promotions. Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, 73(2), 243–271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41471-021-00110-y

Conference papers

• Friedrich, T., Akbari, K., & Fürstenau, D. (2026). Data Governance Practices for Generative AI Powered Organizational Knowledge Management Systems Using Retrieval Augmented Generation. Proceedings of the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 5729–5738), Maui, HI, USA. https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2026.681
• Akbari, K., Fürstenau, D., & Nowak, A. (2026). Bootlegging, AI Readiness, and Value Creation in Academic Healthcare Organizations. ECIS 2026 Paper Development Workshop, EJIS Special Issue “The Future of Creating and Distributing Value in Digital Health Ecosystems”, Milan, Italy. Extended abstract.
• Akbari, K., Nowak, A., & Fürstenau, D. (2026). Infrastructural Bootlegging: The Integration and Governance of Artificial Intelligence in a University Hospital. 8th Innovation in Information Infrastructures (III) Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark. Abstract, accepted.
• Schulte-Althoff, M., Akbari, K., Lee, G. M., Rothe, H., & Fürstenau, D. (2026). How Is AI Re-shaping Venture Scaling? AIS SIG DITE Paper Development Workshop, Heilbronn, Germany. Abstract, accepted.
• Akbari, K., Baiyere, A., Winkler, T. J., & Fürstenau, D. (2025). Matthew Effects, Criticality Traps, and Redundancy Slips in Digital Infrastructures: Evidence from Two Cases. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 5973–5982), Waikoloa, HI, USA. https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2025.715
• Akbari, K., Fürstenau, D., & Nowak, A. (2025). Digital Transformation of Enterprise Information System Landscapes: Patterns of AI Adoption in Organizations. Digital Health Paper Development Workshop (DH-PDW) at WI 2025, Münster, Germany. Workshop paper.
• Vetschera, R., Akbari, K., & Eigruber, M. (2024). Is lottery-based measurement of risk attitudes subject to a central tendency bias? EURO Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Akbari, K. (2023). Consumers Reaction to Collusion in AI Pricing. 112 Annual Conference on the Presentation of Research Project Results of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division II, National Science Council, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• Akbari, K. (2022). Price Fairness Perceptions of AI Pricing Mechanisms. ANZMAC 2022, Perth, Australia.
• Akbari, K., & Wagner, U. (2018). Multitier Pay What You Want: Combining Endogenous and Second degree Price Discrimination. Proceedings of the Global Marketing Conference 2018 (p. 716). https://doi.org/10.15444/GMC2018.07.02.02
• Akbari, K., & Wagner, U. (2018). Pay-what-you-want-pricing: If it is of little use to me, I do not want to hurt you. Proceedings of the 9th EMAC CEE Regional Conference.
• Akbari, K., & Wagner, U. (2018). Pay-what-you-want pricing for multiple goods. Conference Proceedings – 47th EMAC Conference.
• Akbari, K., Wolfsteiner, E., & Wagner, U. (2017). I am excited; thus, I pay more! Emotions and Pay What You Want. Conference Proceedings – 46th EMAC Conference.
• Akbari, K., & Wagner, U. (2017). Consequences of Probabilistic Price Promotions in Retailing. 2017 Annual Conference of Emerging Markets Conference Board, Noida, India.
• Akbari, K., & Wagner, U. (2016). Probabilistic price promotions and customer satisfaction. Proceedings of the 7th EMAC CEE Regional Conference.
• Akbari, K. (2016). Multi-Tier Pay What You Want. 1st EMAC Junior Faculty & Doctoral Student Research Camp, Vienna, Austria.

Case studies and edited volume

• Wagner, U., Reisinger, H., & Akbari, K. (Eds.). (2018). Fallstudien aus der österreichischen Marketingpraxis 8. Facultas.
• Akbari, K. (2018). Bründl Sports. Über die Magie beim Verkauf von Sportartikeln. In U. Wagner, H. Reisinger, & K. Akbari (Eds.), Fallstudien aus der österreichischen Marketingpraxis 8 (pp. 1–14). Facultas.
• Akbari, K. (Ed.). (2018). Musterlösungen zu den Problemstellungen aus „Fallstudien aus der österreichischen Marketingpraxis 8“ [Lecture notes].
• Akbari, K. (2016). Die ÖBB AG – FIT 2015. Kundenorientiert zum Erfolg. In U. Wagner, H. Reisinger, & C. Schwand (Eds.), Fallstudien aus der österreichischen Marketingpraxis 7 (pp. 1–11). Facultas.

Doctoral dissertation

• Akbari, K. (2020). Essays on consumer participation in pricing [Doctoral dissertation, University of Vienna]. https://doi.org/10.25365/thesis.65578