{"id":9849,"date":"2024-08-06T16:32:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/bin-gu\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:06:07","slug":"bin-gu","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/bin-gu\/","title":{"rendered":"Bin Gu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1487\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/GuBin-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/GuBin-2.jpg 1487w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/GuBin-2-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/GuBin-2-610x700.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1487px) 100vw, 1487px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n          <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--phone\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Phone\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"telephone\">\n        617-353-5409      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:bgu@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          bgu@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/IS_Gu_Bin_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profile\/bin-gu\/\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          647A        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Bin Gu<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tEverett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tProfessor, Information Systems\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tDepartment Chair, Information Systems\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>Professor Bin Gu is Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Professor and Department Chair of Information Systems at the Questrom School of Business, Boston University. <\/p>\n<p>Professor Gu\u2019s research interests are in using information technologies and artificial intelligence to address information asymmetry and social inequity in business and society.  He examines more specifically information asymmetry and social inequity in fintech, digital platforms, the future of work, online social media and social network, and online retailing. His work has appeared in leading business academic journals including Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems and others and has received over 16000 citations.  Professor Gu was awarded the INFORMS Information Systems Society Distinguished Fellow Award in 2022 for his outstanding intellectual contributions to the information systems discipline.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Gu obtained his PhD and MA degrees from the Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania and his BEng degrees in International Business and Computer Science from Shanghai Jiaotong University.  Before joining Boston University, Professor Gu was the Gladys Davis Distinguished Professor and associate dean of China Programs at the W P Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.  He also previously served on the faculty of Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (sabbatical) and the University of Texas at Austin.  Before coming to academia, Professor Gu worked for Arthur Andersen as a consultant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\"><div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2002<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">MA, University of Pennsylvania, 2001<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">BEng, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 1995<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Zhang, X., Xie, K., Gu, B., Guo, X. (In Press). &#8220;Engaging Physicians with Introductory Incentives: The Role of Online and Offline References&#8221;, <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Du, Z., Li, M., Wang, K., Gu, B. (2026). &#8220;Investigating the impacts of fundraisers\u2019 self-donations on donors\u2019 contribution in charitable crowdfunding: A warm glow perspective&#8221;, <i>Information &amp; Management<\/i>, <i>63<\/i> (2),  104300-104300<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Jiang, D., Ye, S., Zhao, L., Gu, B. (2025). &#8220;Do Reductions in Search Costs for Partial Information on Online Platforms Lead to Better Consumer Decisions? Evidence of Cognitive Miser Behavior from a Natural Experiment&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (3),  1780-1798<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Li, M., Hsieh, J., Li, J., Wang, X., Gu, B. (2025). &#8220;Navigating the Storm: Toward a Theory of IT Portfolio Diversity, Leadership Power, and Organizational Resilience to Major Shocks&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Sarker, S., Bala, H., Hong, Y., Kankanhalli, A., Rossi, M., Gu, B., Oestreicher-Singer, G. (2025). &#8220;Advancing Next-Generation Multimethod Research in Information Systems: A Framework and Some Recommendations for Authors and Evaluators&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (2),  647-668<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Liang, C., Hong, Y., Gu, B. (2025). &#8220;Monitoring and Home Bias in Global Hiring: Evidence from an Online Labor Platform&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (2),  736-760<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Liang, C., Hong, Y., Gu, B. (2025). &#8220;Monitoring and the Cold Start Problem in Digital Platforms: Theory and Evidence from Online Labor Markets&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (1),  600-620<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Zhou, E., Lee, D., Gu, B. (2025). &#8220;Who expands the human creative frontier with generative AI: Hive minds or masterminds?&#8221;, <i>SCIENCE ADVANCES<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (36)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Li, C., Wang, H., Jiang, S., Gu, B. (2024). &#8220;The Effect of AI-Enabled Credit Scoring on Financial Inclusion: Evidence from an Underserved Population of over One Million&#8221;, <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i>, <i>48<\/i> (4),  1803-1834<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Zhang, Y., Zheng, Z., Gu, B. (2024). &#8220;Omnificence or Differentiation? An Empirical Study of Knowledge Structure and Career Development of IT Workers&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (2),  1129-1146<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gao, C., Gu, B., Leung, A., Liu, X., Ye, Q. (2024). &#8220;The Risk of Cryptocurrency Payment Adoption and the Role of Social Media: Evidence From Online Travel Agencies&#8221;, <i>Production and Operations Management<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Mousavi, R., Gu, B. (2024). &#8220;When local governments&#8217; stay-at-home orders meet the white house&#8217;s &#8220;opening up america again&#8221;.&#8221;, <i>PLoS One<\/i>, <i>19<\/i> (3),  e0298115-<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Hou, J., Liang, C., Chen, P., Gu, B. (2023). &#8220;Can Telework Adjustment Help Reduce Disaster-Induced Gender Inequality in Job Market Outcomes?&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Pu, J., Kwark, Y., Han, S., Ye, Q., Gu, B. (2023). &#8220;Uncertainty-Reduction or Reciprocity? Understanding the Effects of a Platform-Initiated Reviewer Incentive Program on Regular Review Generation&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Mousavi, R., Gu, B. (2023). &#8220;Resilience Messaging: The Effect of Governors&#8217; Social Media Communications on Community Compliance during a Public Health Crisis&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Liang, C., Peng, J., Hong, Y., Gu, B. (2023). &#8220;The Hidden Costs and Benefits of Monitoring in the Gig Economy&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>34<\/i> (1),  297-318<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Xue, M., Cao, X., Feng, X., Gu, B., Zhang, Y. (2022). &#8220;Is College Education Less Necessary with AI? Evidence from Firm-Level Labor Structure Changes&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>39<\/i> (3),  865-905<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Berente, N., Gu, B., Recker, J., Santhanam, R. (2021). &#8220;Managing Artificial Intelligence&#8221;, <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i>, <i>45<\/i> (3),  1433-1450<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Wiesche, M., Joseph, D., Thatcher, J., Gu, B., Krcmar, H. (2020). &#8220;IT Workforce Research Curation&#8221;, <i>MIS Quarterly Research Curation Series<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Yoo, E., Rabinovich, E., Gu, B. (2020). &#8220;The Growth of Follower Networks on Social Media Platforms for Humanitarian Operations&#8221;, <i>Production and Operations Management<\/i>, <i>29<\/i> (12),  2696-2715<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">He, L., Xue, M., Gu, B. (2020). &#8220;Internet-of-things Enabled Supply Chain Planning and Coordination with Big Data Services: Certain Theoretic Implications&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Science and Engineering<\/i>, <i>5<\/i> (1),  1-22<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Yoo, E., Gu, B., Rabinovich, E. (2019). &#8220;Diffusion on Social Media Platforms: A Point Process Model for Interaction Among Similar Content&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (4),  1105-1141<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Mousavi, R., Gu, B. (2019). &#8220;The Impact of Twitter Adoption on Lawmakers\u2019 Voting Orientations&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>30<\/i> (1),  133-153<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Chen, W., Gu, B., Ye, Q., Zhu, K. (2019). &#8220;Measuring and Managing the Externality of Managerial Responses to Online Customer Reviews&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>30<\/i> (1),  81-96<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Huang, N., Burtch, G., Gu, B., Hong, Y., Liang, C., Wang, K., Fu, D., Yang, B. (2019). &#8220;Motivating User-Generated Content with Performance Feedback: Evidence From Randomized Field Experiments&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>65<\/i> (1),  327-345<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Zhang, J., Fan, M., Gu, B., Mookerjee, V., Zhang, B., Zhao, J. (2018). &#8220;Business Values\/Implications of AI and Machine Learning&#8221;, <i>Data and Information Management<\/i>, <i>2<\/i> (3),  121-129<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Kim, Y., Jarvenpaa, S., Gu, B. (2018). &#8220;External Bridging and Internal Bonding:  Unlocking the Generative Resources of Member Time and Attention Spent in Online Communities&#8221;, <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i>, <i>42<\/i> (1),  265-283<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ho, C., Damien, P., Gu, B., Konana, P. (2017). &#8220;The Time-varying Nature of Social Media Sentiments in Modeling Stock Returns&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>101<\/i> 69-81<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Luo, X., Gu, B., Zhang, J., Phang, C. (2017). &#8220;Expert Blogs and Consumer Perceptions of Competing Brands1&#8221;, <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i>, <i>41<\/i> (2),  371-395<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ge, R., Feng, J., Gu, B., Zhang, P. (2017). &#8220;Predicting and Deterring Default with Social Media Information in Peer-to-Peer Lending&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>34<\/i> (2),  401-424<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tan, C., Jiang, W., Gu, B. (2017). &#8220;Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Embracing the Internet of Things to Drive Data-driven Decisions&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Analytics<\/i>, <i>4<\/i> (1),  1-2<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gu, B., Jiang, W., Tan, C. (2016). &#8220;Theme: Embracing the Internet of Things to Drive Data-Driven Decisions&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Analytics<\/i>, <i>3<\/i> (2),  189-190<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Fang, Z., Gu, B., Luo, X., Xu, Y. (2015). &#8220;Contemporaneous and Delayed Sales Impact of Location-Based Mobile Promotions&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>26<\/i> (3),  552-564<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Dissanayake, I., Zhang, J., Gu, B. (2015). &#8220;Task Division for Team Success in Crowdsourcing Contests: Resource Allocation and Alignment Effects&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>32<\/i> (2),  8-39<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Zheng, Z., Pavlou, P., Gu, B. (2014). &#8220;Latent Growth Modeling for Information Systems: Theoretical Extensions and Practical Applications&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>25<\/i> (3),  547-568<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gu, B., Konana, P., Raghunathan, R., Chen, H. (2014). &#8220;The Allure of Homophily in Social Media: Evidence from Investor Responses on Virtual Communities&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>25<\/i> (3),  604-617<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gu, B., Ye, Q. (2014). &#8220;First Step in Social Media: Measuring the Influence of Online Management Responses on Customer Satisfaction&#8221;, <i>Production and Operations Management<\/i>, <i>23<\/i> (4),  570-582<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Park, J., Gu, B., Leung, A., Konana, P. (2014). &#8220;An Investigation of Information Sharing and Seeking Behaviors in Online Investment Communities&#8221;, <i>Computers in Human Behavior<\/i>, <i>31<\/i> 1-12<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Park, J., Konana, P., Gu, B., Kumar, A., Raghunathan, R. (2013). &#8220;Information Valuation and Confirmation Bias in Virtual Communities: Evidence from Stock Message Boards&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>24<\/i> (4),  1050-1067<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gu, B., Tang, Q., Whinston, A. (2013). &#8220;The Influence of Online Word-of-mouth on Long Tail Formation&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>56<\/i> 474-481<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Li, X., Gu, B., Liu, H. (2013). &#8220;Price Dispersion and Loss-Leader Pricing: Evidence from the Online Book Industry&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>59<\/i> (6),  1290-1308<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gu, B., Konana, P., Chen, H. (2012). &#8220;Corrigendum to \u201cIdentifying Consumer Consideration Set at the Purchase Time from Aggregate Purchase Data in Online Retailing\u201d [Decis. Support Syst. 53\/3 (2012) 625\u2013633]&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>54<\/i> (1),  813-813<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tang, Q., Gu, B., Whinston, A. (2012). &#8220;Content Contribution for Revenue Sharing and Reputation in Social Media: A Dynamic Structural Model&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>29<\/i> (2),  41-76<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gu, B., Konana, P., Chen, H. (2012). &#8220;Identifying Consumer Consideration Set at the Purchase Time from Aggregate Purchase Data in Online Retailing&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>53<\/i> (3),  625-633<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Park, J., Gu, B., Lee, H. (2012). &#8220;The Relationship Between Retailer-hosted and Third-party-hosted WOM Sources and Their Influence on Retailer Sales&#8221;, <i>Electronic Commerce Research and Applications<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (3),  253-261<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gu, B., Park, J., Konana, P. (2012). &#8220;<b>Research Note<\/b>\u2014The Impact of External Word-of-Mouth Sources on Retailer Sales of High-Involvement Products&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>23<\/i> (1),  182-196<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Xue, L., Ray, G., Gu, B. (2011). &#8220;Environmental Uncertainty and IT Infrastructure Governance: A Curvilinear Relationship&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>22<\/i> (2),  389-399<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ye, Q., Li, G., Gu, B. (2011). &#8220;A Cross-cultural Validation of the Web Usage-related Lifestyle Scale: An Empirical Investigation in China&#8221;, <i>Electronic Commerce Research and Applications<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (3),  304-312<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ye, Q., Law, R., Gu, B., Chen, W. (2011). &#8220;The Influence of User-generated Content on Traveler Behavior: An Empirical Investigation on the Effects of e-Word-of-mouth to Hotel Online Bookings&#8221;, <i>Computers in Human Behavior<\/i>, <i>27<\/i> (2),  634-639<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ye, Q., Law, R., Gu, B. (2009). &#8220;The impact of online user reviews on hotel room sales&#8221;, <i>International Journal of Hospitality Management<\/i>, <i>28<\/i> (1),  180-182<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Duan, W., Gu, B., Whinston, A. (2009). &#8220;Informational Cascades and Software Adoption on the Internet: An Empirical Investigation&#8221;, <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i>, <i>33<\/i> (1),  23-23<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Duan, W., Gu, B., Whinston, A. (2008). &#8220;Do Online Reviews Matter? \u2014 An Empirical Investigation of Panel Data&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>45<\/i> (4),  1007-1016<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Duan, W., Gu, B., Whinston, A. (2008). &#8220;The Dynamics of Online Word-of-mouth and Product Sales\u2014An Empirical Investigation of the Movie Industry&#8221;, <i>Journal of Retailing<\/i>, <i>84<\/i> (2),  233-242<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Norman, A., Aberty, M., Brehm, K., Drake, M., Gour, S., Govil, C., Gu, B., Hart, J., Kadiri, G., Ke, J., Keyburn, S., Kulkarni, M., Mehta, N., Robertson, A., Sanghai, J., Shah, V., Schieck, J., Sivakumaran, Y., Sussman, J., Tillmanns, C., Yan, K., Zahradnic, F. (2008). &#8220;Can Consumer Software Selection Code for Digital Cameras Improve Consumer Performance?&#8221;, <i>Computational Economics<\/i>, <i>31<\/i> (4),  363-380<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gu, B., Nakamura, Y., Kambe, Y., Takuma, K., Yamada, K., Zhang, W., Takarada, T., Nakamichi, N., Yoneda, Y. (2008). &#8220;Protective effect of notoginsenoside R1 in <i>Panax notoginseng<\/i> on glutamate-induced neurotoxicity&#8221;, <i>YAKUGAKU ZASSHI-JOURNAL OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN<\/i>, <i>128<\/i> 184-187<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gu, B., Konana, P., Rajagopalan, B., Chen, H. (2007). &#8220;Competition Among Virtual Communities and User Valuation: The Case of Investing-Related Communities&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>18<\/i> (1),  68-85<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Clemons, E., Spitler, R., Gu, B., Markopoulos, P. (2005). Information, Hyperdifferentiation, and Delight: The Value of Being Different. In Robert, Austin., Stephen, Bradley. (Eds.), &#8220;The Broadband Explosion: Thinking about a Truly Interactive World&#8221;, <i>Harvard Business Press<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Clemons, E., Gu, B. (2003). &#8220;Justifying Contingent Information Technology Investments: Balancing the Need for Speed of Action with Certainty Before Action&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>20<\/i> (2),  11-48<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Clemons, E., Gu, B. (2002). &#8220;Newly Vulnerable Markets in an Age of Pure Information Products: An Analysis of Online Music and Online News&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>19<\/i> (3),  17-41<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Clemons, E., Hitt, L., Gu, B., Thatcher, M., Weber, B. (2002). &#8220;Impacts of e-Commerce and Enhanced Information Endowments on Financial Services: A Quantitative Analysis of Transparency, Differential Pricing, and Disintermediation&#8221;, <i>Journal of Financial Services Research<\/i>, <i>22<\/i> (1\/2),  73-90<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":9850,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"bu_is_from_api":true,"buID":"U01938054","lastName":"Gu","firstName":"Bin","middleName":"","suffixName":"","phone":"617-353-5409","email":"bgu@bu.edu","pronouns":"","cv":"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/IS_Gu_Bin_CV.pdf","website":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profile\/bin-gu\/","office":"647A","address":"595 Commonwealth Ave","bio":"Professor Bin Gu is Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Professor and Department Chair of Information Systems at the Questrom School of Business, Boston University. \n\nProfessor Gu\u2019s research interests are in using information technologies and artificial intelligence to address information asymmetry and social inequity in business and society.  He examines more specifically information asymmetry and social inequity in fintech, digital platforms, the future of work, online social media and social network, and online retailing. His work has appeared in leading business academic journals including Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems and others and has received over 16000 citations.  Professor Gu was awarded the INFORMS Information Systems Society Distinguished Fellow Award in 2022 for his outstanding intellectual contributions to the information systems discipline.\n\nProfessor Gu obtained his PhD and MA degrees from the Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania and his BEng degrees in International Business and Computer Science from Shanghai Jiaotong University.  Before joining Boston University, Professor Gu was the Gladys Davis Distinguished Professor and associate dean of China Programs at the W P Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.  He also previously served on the faculty of Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (sabbatical) and the University of Texas at Austin.  Before coming to academia, Professor Gu worked for Arthur Andersen as a consultant.","position":["Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar","Professor, Information Systems","Department Chair, Information Systems"],"education":["PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2002","MA, University of Pennsylvania, 2001","BEng, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 1995"],"publications":["Zhang, X., Xie, K., Gu, B., Guo, X. (In Press). \"Engaging Physicians with Introductory Incentives: The Role of Online and Offline References\", <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i>","Du, Z., Li, M., Wang, K., Gu, B. (2026). \"Investigating the impacts of fundraisers\u2019 self-donations on donors\u2019 contribution in charitable crowdfunding: A warm glow perspective\", <i>Information &amp; Management<\/i>, <i>63<\/i> (2),  104300-104300","Jiang, D., Ye, S., Zhao, L., Gu, B. (2025). \"Do Reductions in Search Costs for Partial Information on Online Platforms Lead to Better Consumer Decisions? Evidence of Cognitive Miser Behavior from a Natural Experiment\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (3),  1780-1798","Li, M., Hsieh, J., Li, J., Wang, X., Gu, B. (2025). \"Navigating the Storm: Toward a Theory of IT Portfolio Diversity, Leadership Power, and Organizational Resilience to Major Shocks\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>","Sarker, S., Bala, H., Hong, Y., Kankanhalli, A., Rossi, M., Gu, B., Oestreicher-Singer, G. (2025). \"Advancing Next-Generation Multimethod Research in Information Systems: A Framework and Some Recommendations for Authors and Evaluators\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (2),  647-668","Liang, C., Hong, Y., Gu, B. (2025). \"Monitoring and Home Bias in Global Hiring: Evidence from an Online Labor Platform\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (2),  736-760","Liang, C., Hong, Y., Gu, B. (2025). \"Monitoring and the Cold Start Problem in Digital Platforms: Theory and Evidence from Online Labor Markets\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (1),  600-620","Zhou, E., Lee, D., Gu, B. (2025). \"Who expands the human creative frontier with generative AI: Hive minds or masterminds?\", <i>SCIENCE ADVANCES<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (36)","Li, C., Wang, H., Jiang, S., Gu, B. (2024). \"The Effect of AI-Enabled Credit Scoring on Financial Inclusion: Evidence from an Underserved Population of over One Million\", <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i>, <i>48<\/i> (4),  1803-1834","Zhang, Y., Zheng, Z., Gu, B. (2024). \"Omnificence or Differentiation? An Empirical Study of Knowledge Structure and Career Development of IT Workers\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (2),  1129-1146","Gao, C., Gu, B., Leung, A., Liu, X., Ye, Q. (2024). \"The Risk of Cryptocurrency Payment Adoption and the Role of Social Media: Evidence From Online Travel Agencies\", <i>Production and Operations Management<\/i>","Mousavi, R., Gu, B. (2024). \"When local governments' stay-at-home orders meet the white house's \"opening up america again\".\", <i>PLoS One<\/i>, <i>19<\/i> (3),  e0298115-","Hou, J., Liang, C., Chen, P., Gu, B. (2023). \"Can Telework Adjustment Help Reduce Disaster-Induced Gender Inequality in Job Market Outcomes?\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>","Pu, J., Kwark, Y., Han, S., Ye, Q., Gu, B. (2023). \"Uncertainty-Reduction or Reciprocity? Understanding the Effects of a Platform-Initiated Reviewer Incentive Program on Regular Review Generation\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>","Mousavi, R., Gu, B. (2023). \"Resilience Messaging: The Effect of Governors' Social Media Communications on Community Compliance during a Public Health Crisis\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>","Liang, C., Peng, J., Hong, Y., Gu, B. (2023). \"The Hidden Costs and Benefits of Monitoring in the Gig Economy\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>34<\/i> (1),  297-318","Xue, M., Cao, X., Feng, X., Gu, B., Zhang, Y. (2022). \"Is College Education Less Necessary with AI? Evidence from Firm-Level Labor Structure Changes\", <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>39<\/i> (3),  865-905","Berente, N., Gu, B., Recker, J., Santhanam, R. (2021). \"Managing Artificial Intelligence\", <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i>, <i>45<\/i> (3),  1433-1450","Wiesche, M., Joseph, D., Thatcher, J., Gu, B., Krcmar, H. (2020). \"IT Workforce Research Curation\", <i>MIS Quarterly Research Curation Series<\/i>","Yoo, E., Rabinovich, E., Gu, B. (2020). \"The Growth of Follower Networks on Social Media Platforms for Humanitarian Operations\", <i>Production and Operations Management<\/i>, <i>29<\/i> (12),  2696-2715","He, L., Xue, M., Gu, B. (2020). \"Internet-of-things Enabled Supply Chain Planning and Coordination with Big Data Services: Certain Theoretic Implications\", <i>Journal of Management Science and Engineering<\/i>, <i>5<\/i> (1),  1-22","Yoo, E., Gu, B., Rabinovich, E. (2019). \"Diffusion on Social Media Platforms: A Point Process Model for Interaction Among Similar Content\", <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (4),  1105-1141","Mousavi, R., Gu, B. (2019). \"The Impact of Twitter Adoption on Lawmakers\u2019 Voting Orientations\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>30<\/i> (1),  133-153","Chen, W., Gu, B., Ye, Q., Zhu, K. (2019). \"Measuring and Managing the Externality of Managerial Responses to Online Customer Reviews\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>30<\/i> (1),  81-96","Huang, N., Burtch, G., Gu, B., Hong, Y., Liang, C., Wang, K., Fu, D., Yang, B. (2019). \"Motivating User-Generated Content with Performance Feedback: Evidence From Randomized Field Experiments\", <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>65<\/i> (1),  327-345","Zhang, J., Fan, M., Gu, B., Mookerjee, V., Zhang, B., Zhao, J. (2018). \"Business Values\/Implications of AI and Machine Learning\", <i>Data and Information Management<\/i>, <i>2<\/i> (3),  121-129","Kim, Y., Jarvenpaa, S., Gu, B. (2018). \"External Bridging and Internal Bonding:  Unlocking the Generative Resources of Member Time and Attention Spent in Online Communities\", <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i>, <i>42<\/i> (1),  265-283","Ho, C., Damien, P., Gu, B., Konana, P. (2017). \"The Time-varying Nature of Social Media Sentiments in Modeling Stock Returns\", <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>101<\/i> 69-81","Luo, X., Gu, B., Zhang, J., Phang, C. (2017). \"Expert Blogs and Consumer Perceptions of Competing Brands1\", <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i>, <i>41<\/i> (2),  371-395","Ge, R., Feng, J., Gu, B., Zhang, P. (2017). \"Predicting and Deterring Default with Social Media Information in Peer-to-Peer Lending\", <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>34<\/i> (2),  401-424","Tan, C., Jiang, W., Gu, B. (2017). \"Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Embracing the Internet of Things to Drive Data-driven Decisions\", <i>Journal of Management Analytics<\/i>, <i>4<\/i> (1),  1-2","Gu, B., Jiang, W., Tan, C. (2016). \"Theme: Embracing the Internet of Things to Drive Data-Driven Decisions\", <i>Journal of Management Analytics<\/i>, <i>3<\/i> (2),  189-190","Fang, Z., Gu, B., Luo, X., Xu, Y. (2015). \"Contemporaneous and Delayed Sales Impact of Location-Based Mobile Promotions\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>26<\/i> (3),  552-564","Dissanayake, I., Zhang, J., Gu, B. (2015). \"Task Division for Team Success in Crowdsourcing Contests: Resource Allocation and Alignment Effects\", <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>32<\/i> (2),  8-39","Zheng, Z., Pavlou, P., Gu, B. (2014). \"Latent Growth Modeling for Information Systems: Theoretical Extensions and Practical Applications\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>25<\/i> (3),  547-568","Gu, B., Konana, P., Raghunathan, R., Chen, H. (2014). \"The Allure of Homophily in Social Media: Evidence from Investor Responses on Virtual Communities\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>25<\/i> (3),  604-617","Gu, B., Ye, Q. (2014). \"First Step in Social Media: Measuring the Influence of Online Management Responses on Customer Satisfaction\", <i>Production and Operations Management<\/i>, <i>23<\/i> (4),  570-582","Park, J., Gu, B., Leung, A., Konana, P. (2014). \"An Investigation of Information Sharing and Seeking Behaviors in Online Investment Communities\", <i>Computers in Human Behavior<\/i>, <i>31<\/i> 1-12","Park, J., Konana, P., Gu, B., Kumar, A., Raghunathan, R. (2013). \"Information Valuation and Confirmation Bias in Virtual Communities: Evidence from Stock Message Boards\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>24<\/i> (4),  1050-1067","Gu, B., Tang, Q., Whinston, A. (2013). \"The Influence of Online Word-of-mouth on Long Tail Formation\", <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>56<\/i> 474-481","Li, X., Gu, B., Liu, H. (2013). \"Price Dispersion and Loss-Leader Pricing: Evidence from the Online Book Industry\", <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>59<\/i> (6),  1290-1308","Gu, B., Konana, P., Chen, H. (2012). \"Corrigendum to \u201cIdentifying Consumer Consideration Set at the Purchase Time from Aggregate Purchase Data in Online Retailing\u201d [Decis. Support Syst. 53\/3 (2012) 625\u2013633]\", <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>54<\/i> (1),  813-813","Tang, Q., Gu, B., Whinston, A. (2012). \"Content Contribution for Revenue Sharing and Reputation in Social Media: A Dynamic Structural Model\", <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>29<\/i> (2),  41-76","Gu, B., Konana, P., Chen, H. (2012). \"Identifying Consumer Consideration Set at the Purchase Time from Aggregate Purchase Data in Online Retailing\", <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>53<\/i> (3),  625-633","Park, J., Gu, B., Lee, H. (2012). \"The Relationship Between Retailer-hosted and Third-party-hosted WOM Sources and Their Influence on Retailer Sales\", <i>Electronic Commerce Research and Applications<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (3),  253-261","Gu, B., Park, J., Konana, P. (2012). \"<b>Research Note<\/b>\u2014The Impact of External Word-of-Mouth Sources on Retailer Sales of High-Involvement Products\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>23<\/i> (1),  182-196","Xue, L., Ray, G., Gu, B. (2011). \"Environmental Uncertainty and IT Infrastructure Governance: A Curvilinear Relationship\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>22<\/i> (2),  389-399","Ye, Q., Li, G., Gu, B. (2011). \"A Cross-cultural Validation of the Web Usage-related Lifestyle Scale: An Empirical Investigation in China\", <i>Electronic Commerce Research and Applications<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (3),  304-312","Ye, Q., Law, R., Gu, B., Chen, W. (2011). \"The Influence of User-generated Content on Traveler Behavior: An Empirical Investigation on the Effects of e-Word-of-mouth to Hotel Online Bookings\", <i>Computers in Human Behavior<\/i>, <i>27<\/i> (2),  634-639","Ye, Q., Law, R., Gu, B. (2009). \"The impact of online user reviews on hotel room sales\", <i>International Journal of Hospitality Management<\/i>, <i>28<\/i> (1),  180-182","Duan, W., Gu, B., Whinston, A. (2009). \"Informational Cascades and Software Adoption on the Internet: An Empirical Investigation\", <i>MIS Quarterly<\/i>, <i>33<\/i> (1),  23-23","Duan, W., Gu, B., Whinston, A. (2008). \"Do Online Reviews Matter? \u2014 An Empirical Investigation of Panel Data\", <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>45<\/i> (4),  1007-1016","Duan, W., Gu, B., Whinston, A. (2008). \"The Dynamics of Online Word-of-mouth and Product Sales\u2014An Empirical Investigation of the Movie Industry\", <i>Journal of Retailing<\/i>, <i>84<\/i> (2),  233-242","Norman, A., Aberty, M., Brehm, K., Drake, M., Gour, S., Govil, C., Gu, B., Hart, J., Kadiri, G., Ke, J., Keyburn, S., Kulkarni, M., Mehta, N., Robertson, A., Sanghai, J., Shah, V., Schieck, J., Sivakumaran, Y., Sussman, J., Tillmanns, C., Yan, K., Zahradnic, F. (2008). \"Can Consumer Software Selection Code for Digital Cameras Improve Consumer Performance?\", <i>Computational Economics<\/i>, <i>31<\/i> (4),  363-380","Gu, B., Nakamura, Y., Kambe, Y., Takuma, K., Yamada, K., Zhang, W., Takarada, T., Nakamichi, N., Yoneda, Y. (2008). \"Protective effect of notoginsenoside R1 in <i>Panax notoginseng<\/i> on glutamate-induced neurotoxicity\", <i>YAKUGAKU ZASSHI-JOURNAL OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN<\/i>, <i>128<\/i> 184-187","Gu, B., Konana, P., Rajagopalan, B., Chen, H. (2007). \"Competition Among Virtual Communities and User Valuation: The Case of Investing-Related Communities\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>18<\/i> (1),  68-85","Clemons, E., Spitler, R., Gu, B., Markopoulos, P. (2005). Information, Hyperdifferentiation, and Delight: The Value of Being Different. In Robert, Austin., Stephen, Bradley. (Eds.), \"The Broadband Explosion: Thinking about a Truly Interactive World\", <i>Harvard Business Press<\/i>","Clemons, E., Gu, B. (2003). \"Justifying Contingent Information Technology Investments: Balancing the Need for Speed of Action with Certainty Before Action\", <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>20<\/i> (2),  11-48","Clemons, E., Gu, B. (2002). \"Newly Vulnerable Markets in an Age of Pure Information Products: An Analysis of Online Music and Online News\", <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>19<\/i> (3),  17-41","Clemons, E., Hitt, L., Gu, B., Thatcher, M., Weber, B. (2002). \"Impacts of e-Commerce and Enhanced Information Endowments on Financial Services: A Quantitative Analysis of Transparency, Differential Pricing, and Disintermediation\", <i>Journal of Financial Services Research<\/i>, <i>22<\/i> (1\/2),  73-90"],"presentations":[],"awards_honors":["2025, INFORMS ISS Bapna-Ghose Social Justice Best Paper Award, INFORMS Information Systems Society","2025, AIM Dominique Hanssens Best PhD Paper Award, AI In Management Conference","2025, International Conference on Advances in Education and Information Technology Best Paper Award, International Conference on Advances in Education and Information Technology","2024, 2024 International Conference on Smart Finance Best Paper Award, ","2023, INFORMS eBusiness Section Best Paper Award (Runner-up), ","2022, INFORMS Information Systems Society Distinguished Fellow Award, ","2022, Academy of Management, Communication, Digital Technology, and Organization (CTO) Division Best Published Paper Award (runner up), ","2021, International Conference on Information Systems Best Paper in Track Award, ","2021, INFORMS eBusiness Section Best Paper Award (Runner-up), ","2021, Angiola M. 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