Brian Lee, Ph.D.

I have always been fascinated by how new technologies transform the way people work, create, and solve problems. This interest led me to pursue a Ph.D. and become a professor in management information systems. My recent research focuses on information strategy for digital innovation and governance. Specifically, I am particularly interested in 

1. Technology-Enabled Innovation and Problem Solving: how information technologies and systems (e.g., AI and digital platforms) enable innovations and problem-solving, and 

2. Information Governance, Risk, and Responsibility: information strategies for governance, particularly those related to risk and responsibility. 

My work has been published in top journals, including Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, MIS Quarterly, Management Science, and Production and Operations Management. I also serve as an Associate Editor for the Decision Sciences Journal.

Publications

1. "How Costs Influence Preferences for Control in Generative AI: Human-Guided vs. GenAI-Based Delegated Search" (With Lei Wang) Information Systems Research. Forthcoming.† 

2. "Curse of Experience in Crowdsourcing Contests and Contest Searches as Remedies." (With Yuan Jin and Xinxin Li) MIS Quarterly. 50(1). 2026. pp. 351-378.† 

3. "Venture Capital, Gender, and Deregulation in IT Startup Performance" (With Jocelyn Evans, Kangkang Qi, Vallabh Sambamurthy, and Yen-yao Wang) Journal of Management Information Systems. 43(1). 2026. pp. 109-141.† 

4. "Lost Time in Crowdsourcing Contests." (With Anant Mishra) Information Systems Research. 36(3). 2025. pp. 1269-1947. †

5. "The Role of Monitoring Effect in Risk Classification for Personalization Strategies: Evidence from Telematics Adoption." (With Xinxin Li and Siyuan Liu) Management Science. 71(12). 2025. pp. 9869-10753.†

6. "The Role of Commitment in Online Reputation Systems: An Empirical Study of Express Delivery Promise in an E-Commerce Platform." (With Ali Ahmed, Nichalin Summerfield, and Amit Deokar) Decision Support Systems. 176 (2024): 114061.†

7. "Winning by Learning? Effect and Design of Knowledge Sharing in Crowdsourcing Contests." (With Sulin Ba, Yuan Jin, and Jan Stallaert) Information Systems Research.  32(3). 2021. pp. 836-859.  

8. "Vulnerability disclosure mechanisms: A synthesis and framework for market-based and non-market-based disclosures." (With Ali Ahmed and Amit Deokar) Decision Support Systems. 148 (2021): 113586.

9. "Anomalies in Probability Estimates for Event Forecasting on Prediction Markets." (With Ming Fan and Jan Stallaert) Production and Operations Management. 29(9). 2020. pp. 2077-2095.†

10. "Salience Bias in Crowdsourcing Contests." (With Sulin Ba, Xinxin Li, and Jan Stallaert) Information Systems Research. 29(2). 2018. pp. 253-523.†

    • Best Paper Award 2018, School of Business, University of Connecticut

11. "The Impact of Online Word of Mouth on Channel Disintermediation for Information Goods." (With Xinxin Li) Journal of Management Information Systems. 35(3). 2018. pp. 964-993. †

12. "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Issues in Supply Chain Competition: Should Greenwashing be Regulated?" (With Jose Cruz and Ramesh Shankar) Decision Sciences. 49(6). 2018. pp. 1088-1115.†

† Shared First Authorship (Equal Contribution) / First Author

Selected Working Papers

Technology-Enabled Innovation and Problem Solving

13. "Not by Bread Alone: The Role of Crowdfunding Donation in Open Source Software Development." (With Jingchuan Pu and Daniel Sokol)

14. "Turning Shortfalls Into Progress: How Performance Feedback Drives Innovation in Collaborative Expert Crowdsourcing" (With Yuan Jin and Hui Zhou)

15. "Do Newcomers Drive or Stall Innovation for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)?" (With Jingchuan Pu and Jing Tian)

Information Governance, Risk, and Responsibility

16. "Vulnerability Disclosure as a Signal: Effects on Submission Volume and Validity in Bug Bounty Programs" (With Ali Ahmed and Amit Deokar)

17. "Are Open-Source Software Contributions Resilient? Evidence from the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Projects" (With Jingchuan Pu)

18. "Distant Mines, Local Risks: The Impact of Deregulation on Fissured Workforce Risk Management Systems" (With Kevin Linderman and Jennifer Nowicki)