Ron Weber

Ron Weber is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed to research primarily across economics, management, and information systems. Their work spans several interdisciplinary areas, focusing on microfinance, digital finance, and the theoretical foundations of information systems.

Their recent publications address diverse topics such as financial inclusion, disaster risk finance, and accounting information systems. A selection of notable papers includes:

• "Farmers' willingness to pay for digital and conventional credit: Insight from a discrete choice experiment in Madagascar" (2021, PLoS ONE)
• "Taking the ontological and materialist turns: Agential realism, representation theory, and accounting information systems" (2020, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems)
• "Farmers' awareness of digital credit: Does financial literacy matter?" (2023, Journal of International Development)
• "Risk-contingent credit for sovereign disaster risk finance" (2021, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction)
• "Constructs and Indicators: An Ontological Analysis" (2021, MIS Quarterly)

Their collaboration network includes several frequent co-authors with whom they have published multiple works. Among them are:

• Oliver Mußhoff
• Yaw Sarfo
• Michael Danne
• Jana Uher
• Jan Ketil Arnulf

Publication venues reflect a focus on information systems and development-oriented journals. The most common journals where their research appears include:

• International Journal of Accounting Information Systems
• Communications of the Association for Information Systems
• PLoS ONE
• Journal of International Development
• International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Their research covers several subfields, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their work. These subfields include:

• Economics and Econometrics
• Strategy and Management
• Management Information Systems
• Artificial Intelligence
• Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Key thematic areas of their research focus on:

• Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
• FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
• Economic and Environmental Valuation
• Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
• Business Strategy and Innovation
• Information Systems Theories and Implementation
• Auction Theory and Applications