Research

Publications and Accepted Papers

1. Fangchen Song, Ashish Agarwal, Wen Wen. The Impact of Generative AI on Collaborative Open-Source Software Development: Evidence from GitHub Copilot. Forthcoming at Information Systems Research

• Research collaboration with Microsoft GitHub

2. Ashish Agarwal*, Anitesh Barua*, Anu Puvvada*, Fangchen Song*, Wen Wen*. Research: Why Some Junior Employees Work Well with AI—and Others Don’t. Harvard Business Review, 2026

(*All authors contributed equally. Authors are listed alphabetically)

• Research collaboration with KPMG

Working Papers

1. Remote Work: Driver or Deterrent of Digital Product Innovation (with Yixuan Liu and Ashish Agarwal). Under review

2. Better AI, Less Human Value Added? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment with Early-Career Knowledge Workers (with Ashish Agarwal, Anitesh Barua, and Wen Wen)

• Research collaboration with KPMG

3. Artificial Intelligence and Bullwhip Effect (with Ashish Agarwal and Guoming Lai)

4. Generative AI for Emotional Support: The Differential Effects of Therapeutic Perspectives on Emotional Outcomes (with Yifan Yu and Ashish Agarwal)

Work In Progress

1. Creating Value Beyond AI: Incentive Design for Human–AI Collaboration (with Ashish Agarwal and Wen Wen)

2. News Deserts and Disease Outbreaks (with Jason Chan and Avinash Collis)