Recent Publications

“Identity Managementand Tradable Reputation” (with Hong Xu and Jianqing Chen), MIS Quarterly, 2018.

Pricing Strategies under Behavioral Observational Learning in SocialNetworks” (with Liangfei Qiu), Production and Operations Management, 2018

Learning from Your Friends’ Check-Ins: AnEmpirical Study of Location-Based Social Networks,” (with Liangfei Qiu, Zhan Shi), Forthcoming in Information Systems Research, 2018

“Allocation and Pricing of SubstitutableGoods: Theory and Algorithm,” (with Huaxia Rui and De Li) Production and Operation Management, 2017.

OptimalReinsurance with Multiple Tranches” (with Semyon Malamud and Huaxia Rui), Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2016.

“Word-of-Mouth in SocialMedia Advertising: `Likes' on Facebook Ads” (with Ashish Agarwal and Shun-Yang Lee), Under revision at Management Science, 2016.

“A Friend Like Me: ModelingNetwork Formation in a Location-Based Social Network,” (With Gene Moo Lee and Liangfei Qiu), Journal of Management Information Systems, 33(4), 1008-1033, 2016.

Towards A Better Measure of BusinessProximity: Topic Modeling for Industry Intelligence” (with Gene Moo Lee and Zhan Shi), MIS Quarterly, 2016.

“How Would InformationDisclosure Influence Organizations' Outbound Spam Volume? Evidence from a FieldExperiment” (with Shu He, Gene Moo Lee and Sukjin Han),Journal of Cybersecurity, 2015.

“Two Formulas for Success inSocial Media: Learning and Network Effects” (with Liangfei Qiu and Qian Tang), Journal of Management Information Systems Forthcoming, 2015.

The Impact of SocialNetwork Structures on Prediction Market Accuracy in the Presence of InsiderInformation,” (with Liangfei Qiu and Huaxia Rui) Journal of Management Information Systems, 2014.

“Towards A Better Measure of Business Proximity: Topic Modeling for Analyzing M&As,” (with Gene Moo Lee and Zhan Shi), Journal of the ACM, 2014.

"Path to Purchase: A Mutually Exciting Point Process Model for Online Advertising and Conversion," (with Lizhen Xu and Jason Duan) forthcoming in Management Science, 2014.

“Effects of Social Networks on Prediction Markets: Examination in a Controlled Experiment,” (with Liangfei Qiu and Huaxia Rui) Forthcoming in Journal of Management Information Systems, 2014.

"Content Sharing in a Social Broadcasting Environment: Evidence from Twitter," (with Zhan Shi and Huaxia Rui), MIS Quarterly, 2014

"An Economic Mechanism To Manage Operational Security Risks for Inter-Organizational Information Systems," with" (with Fang Fang, Manoj Parameswaran, and Xia Zhao), Information Systems Frontiers, 2014

"Network Structure and Observational Learning: Evidence from a Location-Based Social Network," (with Zhan Shi), Journal of Management Information Systems, 2013

Managing Interdependent Information Security Risks: Cyberinsurance, Managed Security Services, and Risk Pooling Arrangements,” (with Xia Zhao and Ling Xue) Journal of Management Information Systems, Summer 2013.

“Outsourcing Contracts and Equity Prices,” (with Deepa Mani and Anitesh Barua), Information Systems Research, May 2013.

“A Twitter-Based Prediction Market: Social Network Approach,” (with Huaxia Rui and Liangfei Qiu), Decision Support Systems, 2013

"The Influence of Online Word-of-Mouth on Long Tail Formation,” (with Qian Tang and Bin Gu), Decision Support Systems, 2012.

“Content Contribution for Revenue Sharing and Reputation in Social Media: A Dynamic Structure Model,” (with Qian Tang and Bin Gu), Journal of Management Information Systems, Fall 2012.

An Empirical Analysis of the Contractual and Information Structures of Business Process Outsourcing Relationships” (with Deepa Mani and Anitesh Barua), Information Systems Research, September 2012.

Effects of the Presence of Organic Listingin Search Advertising” (with Lizhen Xu, Jianqing Chen), Information Systems Research, 2012

Vertical Differentiation and a Comparison ofOnline Advertising Models” (with Mei Lin, Xuqing Ke), Journal of Management Information Systems, 2012

Optimal Incentives and Securitization of Defaultable Assets,” (with Semyon Malamud, Huaxia Rui), Journal of Financial Economics, 2012

To Continue Sharing or Not to ContinueSharing? An Empirical Analysis of UserDecision in Peer-to-Peer Sharing Networks,” (with Mu Xia, Yun Huang, Wenjing Duan), Information Systems Research, March 2012

Designing a Social-Broadcasting-BasedBusiness Intelligence System” (with Huaxia Rui), ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, December 2011

Moderated Online Communities and Quality ofUser-Generated Content” (with Jianqing Chen, Hong Xu), Journal of Management Information Systems, Fall 2011

Innovation and Price Competition in aTwo-Sided Market” (with Mei Lin, Shaojin Li), Journal of Management Information Systems, Fall 2011

"Oligopolistic Pricing with OnlineSearch" (with Lizhen Xu, Jianqing Chen), Journal of Management Information Systems, Winter 2010-2011

"Price Competition and EndogenousBidding Incentive in Search Advertising," (with Lizhen Xu and Jianqing Chen) Journal of Marketing Research, August 2011

A Computational Analysis of Bundle TradingMarkets Design for Distributed Resource Allocation,” (with Zhilling Guo, Gary J. Koehler), Information Systems Research, June 2011

An Analysis of Incentives for NetworkInfrastructure Investment Under Different Pricing Strategies,” (with Alok Gupta, Boris Jukic, Dale O. Stahl), Information Systems Research, June 2011

The Interaction between KnowledgeCodification and Knowledge Sharing Networks,” (with De Liu and Gautam Ray), Information Systems Research, December 2010

Proper Scoring Rules with Arbitrary ValueFunctions” (with Maxwell Stinchcombe, Fang Fang), Journal of Mathematical Economics, November 2010

Keyword Auctions, Unit-Price Contracts, andthe Role of Commitment,” (with Jianqing Chen and Juan Feng), Production and Operations Management, 19(3), 305-321. May/June 2010

An Empirical Analysis of the Impact ofInformation Capabilities Design on Business Process Outsourcing Performance,” (with Deepa Mani and Anitesh Barua), MIS Quarterly, March 2010

"Managing Project Failure Risk throughContingent Contracts in Procurement Auctions," (with J. Chen and L. Xu), Decision Analysis, Vol. 7 No. 1, March 2010

Ex-Ante Information and the Design ofKeyword Auctions,” (with Liu, De, and Jianqing Chen), Information Systems Research, March 2010

New Concepts, Methodologies and Algorithmsfor Business Education and Research in the 21st Century,” (with Robert Dyson, Fred Glover, Yuji Ijiri, and Toshiyuki Sueyoshi), Decision Support Systems, February 2010.

The Interaction between KnowledgeCodification and Knowledge Sharing Networks,” (with De Liu and Gautam Ray), Information Systems Research, 2010.

See Vita for full publication list.