Antonius Felix
JakartaSummary
Digital Business lecturer and researcher focused on AI Chatbots, Workflow Automation, Social Media, E-Commerce, Marketing, and strategic management. My research developed from social media, TikTok, micro-influencers, and trust toward AI-generated content, workflow automation, and AI Dynamic Capability. My dissertation focuses on the AI-Driven Competitive Excellence Model (ACEM), explaining how ACAP Owner activates AI Dynamic Capability, then drives Operational Efficiency and Innovation Capability as pathways to Competitive Advantage for tech-savvy Indonesian MSMEs. Recipient of the Emerald-MAG Scholar 2026 Most Provocative Research Award from Emerald Publishing for research on AI capabilities in MSMEs.
Experience
Asst. Professor in Digital Business
- Lecturer and researcher in Digital Business focused on AI Chatbots, Workflow Automation, Social Media, E-Commerce, Marketing, and strategic management.
- Public SINTA affiliation: Universitas Bunda Mulia, Undergraduate Digital Business Program.
- Developing research from social media, TikTok, micro-influencers, and trust toward AI-generated content, workflow automation, and AI Dynamic Capability.
Doctoral Researcher
- Dissertation direction: AI-Driven Competitive Excellence Model (ACEM) for tech-savvy Indonesian MSMEs.
- The research model explains how ACAP Owner activates AI Dynamic Capability, then drives Operational Efficiency and Innovation Capability toward Competitive Advantage.
- Methods: Mixed Methods Sequential Exploratory, PLS-SEM, MSME owner interviews, and confirmatory survey.
- Winner of the Emerald-MAG Scholar 2026 Most Provocative Research Award from Emerald Publishing for Paper 59 on AI-enabled SME competitive advantage.
Research Collaborator
- Collaborator researcher on AI as a creative partner in game production pipelines.
- The collaboration focuses on social and economic impacts of artificial intelligence implementation in Indonesia.
Academic Output Development
- Building a publication and academic-evidence portfolio through indexed articles, SINTA, HKI, methodology books, and research collaborations.
- Documented student outputs include 3 Scopus proceedings, 4 SINTA 4 papers, and 3 HKI records.
Academic Citizenship & Peer Review Services
- Managing Editor for Jurnal Digismantech (UBM) and Section Editor for Economics and Digital Business Review (EDBR, SINTA 4).
- Editorial Board Member for ITSDI (SINTA 3) and Advisory Editor for ATT (SINTA 2).
- Technical Program Committee and peer reviewer for IEEE 10th International Conference on I-SMAC 2026, ICCIT, and verified SINTA journals.
- Dedicated showcase and official verification proofs available at /citizenship.
Honors & Selected outputs
Emerald-MAG Scholar 2026 Most Provocative Research Award
- Awarded the Emerald-MAG Scholar 2026 Most Provocative Research Award by Emerald Publishing (East Asia Region) on 8 October 2026 at Universitas Brawijaya.
- Paper 59: "Measuring Competitive Advantage in AI-Enabled SMEs: A Systematic Review of Operationalisations and a Construct Specification for Resource-Constrained Firms".
- Jointly awarded with Universitas Brawijaya doctoral promoters: Prof. Ananda Sabil Hussein, Prof. Risna Wijayanti, and Ainur Rofiq, Ph.D.
AI-Driven Competitive Excellence Model
- Dissertation model testing the pathway from ACAP Owner and AI Dynamic Capability to Operational Efficiency, Innovation Capability, and Competitive Advantage in tech-savvy Indonesian MSMEs.
Digital Business Research Methods
- Digital business methodology book output covering quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches, plus development of the Replication Research Mindmap.
AI as a Creative Partner in Game Production Pipelines
- Research collaboration with BRIN on social and economic impacts of AI implementation in game production pipelines in Indonesia.
HKI Student Research Outputs
- Three HKI certificates are documented as part of the academic-output record and student-output mentoring.