RESEARCH

Refereed Publications

Bao, Jiayi. 2025. Do Makerspaces Affect Entrepreneurship? If So, Who, How, and When? Strategic Management Journal, 46(2): 502–533 | Research Highlights

Bao, Jiayi, Andy Wu, and Miaomiao Zhang. 2025. Organizational-Performance Pay and Compensation Dispersion. Journal of Organization Design, 14: 61–82

Yang, Tiantian, Jiayi Bao, and Ming Leung. 2025. Approaching or Avoiding? Gender Asymmetry in Reactions to Prior Job Search Outcomes by Gig Workers in Female- versus Male-Typed Job Domains. Social Forces, 103(4): 1350–1373

Bao, Jiayi. 2024. Gender Gap in STEM Entrepreneurship: Effects of the Affordable Care Act Reform. Strategic Management Journal, 45(8): 1567–1596 | Research Highlights | Podcast

Bao, Jiayi. 2022. Social Safety Net and New Venture Performance: The Role of Employee Access to Paid Family Leave Benefits. Strategic Management Journal, 43(12): 2545-2576

Yang, Tiantian, Jiayi Bao, and Howard Aldrich. 2020. The Paradox of Resource Provision in Entrepreneurial Teams: Between Self-Interest and the Collective Enterprise. Organization Science, 31(6): 1313-1620

Bao, Jiayi, and Benjamin Ho. 2015. Heterogeneous Effects of Informational Nudges on Pro-Social Behavior. BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 15(4): 1619-1655

Working Papers

Bao, Jiayi, Bowen Lou, and Hongshen Sun. Generative AI and Entrepreneurial Entry. Revise and Resubmit at Organization Science

Yang, Tiantian, Jiayi Bao, Ming Leung, and Tianna Barnes. Looking the Part? Differential Effects of Appearance for Black versus White Job Applicants on Hiring in a Low-Wage Labor Market. Revise and Resubmit at Administrative Science Quarterly

Bao, Jiayi, Joonho Oh, and Bowen Lou. Makerspaces, Venture Social Focus, and Resource Acquisition. Under Review

Lou, Bowen, Jiayi Bao, and Hongshen Sun. GenAI for All? Unequal Impacts on Women in STEM Entrepreneurship. Under Review

Bao, Jiayi, and Miaomiao Zhang. Regulatory Uncertainty, Entrepreneurial Entry, and Market Identity Specificity: Evidence from the U.S. Autonomous Vehicle Industry. Working Paper

Oh, Joonho, and Jiayi Bao. Debt Easing and Entrepreneurial Participation: Evidence from Student Loan Relief. Working Paper

Wang, Kate, and Jiayi Bao. From Protest to Capital: Ideology-Centered Social Movements and Governance Uncertainty for Venture Investment. Working Paper

Work in Progress 

Bao, Jiayi, Srikanth Paruchuri, and Kevin Pyun. AI and Startup Human Capital. Manuscript writing

Bao, Jiayi, and Srikanth Paruchuri. Accelerators Interacting with Makerspaces: The Beacon vs. Sunlight Effect. Data analysis in progress

Contigiani, Andrea, Gavin Wang, and Jiayi Bao. Experimentation in the Age of Generative AI. Data analysis in progress

Bao, Jiayi. Community Biolabs and Entrepreneurial Innovation. Data analysis in progress