Hsing Kenneth Cheng

University of Florida - Warrington College of Business

John B. Higdon Eminent Scholar

P.O. Box 117169

Gainesville, FL 32611-7169

United States

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Scholarly Papers (32)

1.

Optimal Software Free Trial Strategy: The Impact of Network Externalities and Consumer Uncertainty

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2012
Hsing Kenneth Cheng and Yipeng Liu
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration
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Citation 9

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Software free trial, time-locked free trial, experience goods, network effect, information goods

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The Debate on Net Neutrality: A Policy Perspective

Information Systems Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Shubho Bandyopadhyay and Hong Guo
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and Arizona State University
Downloads 5,204 (2,965)
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Net Neutrality, Economics of Net Neutrality, Broadband Service Providers, Content Providers

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Effects of Competition Among Internet Service Providers and Content Providers on the Net Neutrality Debate

Number of pages: 86 Posted: 24 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 22 May 2015
Arizona State University, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Notre Dame, National Sun Yat-sen University - College of Management and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
Downloads 657 (70,212)
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Net Neutrality, Internet Service Provider Competition, Content Provider Competition, Packet Discrimination, Social Welfare

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'Hidden Profiles' in Corporate Prediction Markets: The Impact of Public Information Precision and Social Interactions

Forthcoming, MIS Quarterly
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 03 Oct 2016
Liangfei Qiu, Hsing Kenneth Cheng and Jingchuan Pu
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration
Downloads 456 (110,146)
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Prediction Markets, Social Networks, Public Information, Information Sharing, Hidden Profiles

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Free Trial or No Free Trial: Optimal Software Product Design with Network Effects

European Journal of Operational Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 10 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2014
Hsing Kenneth Cheng and Qian Candy Tang
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration
Downloads 388 (132,770)
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software free trial, network effect, network externality, information goods

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What Questions Are You Inclined to Answer? Effects of Hierarchy in Corporate Q&A Communities

Forthcoming, Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 24 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2021
Jingchuan Pu, Yang Liu, Yuan Chen, Liangfei Qiu and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Information Management and Engineering, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Information Management and Engineering, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
Downloads 336 (155,450)
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knowledge sharing, hierarchy, corporate online communities, quasi-experiment

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Net Neutrality, Broadband Market Coverage and Innovation at the Edge

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 18 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
Shubho Bandyopadhyay, Hong Guo and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, Arizona State University and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
Downloads 327 (160,100)

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Network access policy, Net Neutrality, Two-sided markets, Consumer surplus, Social Welfare, Innovation at the edge

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Impact of Network Structure on Malware Propagation: A Growth Curve Perspective

NET Institute Working Paper Series
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2015
Hong Guo, Hsing Kenneth Cheng and Ken Kelley
Arizona State University, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and University of Notre Dame
Downloads 272 (193,902)
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Information systems security, malware propagation, network analysis, social networks, technological networks, propagation trajectory

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Platform Policies and Sellers’ Competition in Agency Selling in the Presence of Online Quality Misrepresentation

Forthcoming, Journal of Management Information Systems
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2021
Jingchuan Pu, Tingting Nian, Liangfei Qiu and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
Downloads 216 (242,627)
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quality misrepresentation, agency selling, product returns, online reviews

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Impact of Competition on Innovations of IT Industry: An Empirical Investigation

Forthcoming at Journal of Management Information Systems, Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 21-30
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2021
Tao Chen, Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Yong Jin, Shengli Li and Liangfei Qiu
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Peking University and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration
Downloads 191 (272,717)
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Product Market Competition, Innovation, Information Technology, Patent, Import Tariff

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Broadband Network Management and the Net Neutrality Debate

Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
Hong Guo, Hsing Kenneth Cheng and Shubho Bandyopadhyay
Arizona State University, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration
Downloads 181 (284,566)

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Net neutrality, broadband network management, traffic prioritization, public policy

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Identifying Research Trends in IS

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 10 Oct 2015
Mahdi Moqri, Shubho Bandyopadhyay and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
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Sponsored Data: Smarter Data Pricing with Incomplete Information

Forthcoming, Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2021
Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Department of Management and Marketing, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
Downloads 172 (297,634)

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Sponsored Data, Wireless Internet, Game Theory, Incomplete Information, Consumer Surplus

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Strategic Analysis of Dual Sourcing and Dual Channel with an Unreliable Alternative Supplier

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2020
Lingnan College, Sun Yat-Sen University, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Independent, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
Downloads 136 (360,930)

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Co-Opetitive Supply Chain, Production Technology, Yield Uncertainty, Dual Sourcing

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The Agency Model for Digital Goods

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 24 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2016
Yinliang (Ricky) Tan, Janice Carrillo and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
Downloads 112 (417,143)
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E-book Industry, Coordination Mechanism, Pricing, Supply Chain Contracts

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Click to success? Temporal Effects of Facebook Like on Crowdfunding

Forthcoming at Journal of the Association for Information Systems (Jan 10, 2020)
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2021
Yong Jin, Chao Ding, Yang Duan and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The University of Hong Kong - School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
Downloads 93 (474,254)
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herding effect, quality-signaling effect, social media activities, temporal effects, crowdfunding, Facebook like

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Knowledge Sharing Ties and Equivalence in Corporate Online Community: A Novel Source to Understand Voluntary Turnover

Forthcoming, Production and Operations Management
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Yuan Chen, Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Yang Liu, Jingchuan Pu, Liangfei Qiu and Ning Wang
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Information Management and Engineering, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Information Management and Engineering, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Information Management and Engineering
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workforce management, corporate online communities, voluntary turnover, knowledge sharing, survival models

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The Rise of Empirical Online Platform Research in the New Millennium

Forthcoming, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
Number of pages: 52
Hsing Kenneth Cheng, D. Daniel Sokol and Xinyu Zang
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, USC Gould School of Law and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
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Online platforms, Two-sided markets, Networks, Online platforms categorization, Empirical research, Bibliometric analysis

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Deciphering the Economic Value of Fashion Trends: Social Media Analysis Using Deep Multimodal Learning

Posted: 22 Nov 2023
Zhechao Yang, Qili Wang, Liangfei Qiu and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business

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social media, fashion trends, multimodal learning, deep learning, product design

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Socializing in the Crowd: Impact of Physical Crowdedness on Social Media Usage

Posted: 28 Apr 2023
Xiaoni Lu, Siliang Tong, Hyeokkoo Eric Kwon, Xi Zhao and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - School of Management, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - School of Management and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business

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crowdedness; social media, content generation; content consumption; stress

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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger? Evidence from Vampire Attack on Decentralized Exchange

Posted: 24 Mar 2023
Xi Zhao, Jian Li, Xiang (Shawn) Wan, Xinyu Zang and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - School of Management, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business

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Vampire Attack; Decentralized Exchange (DEX); Tokenized Incentive; Competitive Strategy

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Departmental Boundaries and Knowledge Sharing in Corporate Online Communities

Posted: 06 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2023
Jingchuan Pu, Yang Liu, Yuan Chen, Liangfei Qiu and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Information Management and Engineering, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Information Management and Engineering, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business

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corporate online communities, social media, knowledge sharing, departmental boundaries

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Operation Dumbo Drop: To Airdrop or Not to Airdrop for Initial Coin Offering Success?

Posted: 28 Sep 2021
Jian Li, Xiang (Shawn) Wan, Hsing Kenneth Cheng and Xi Zhao
Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - School of Management, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - School of Management

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Initial coin offerings (ICO), Airdrop, Token drop, Personality similarity, Natural language processing, Regression discontinuity design

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For Whom Online Marketplace Should Flourish: Implications from Policy Perspectives

Posted: 01 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2021
Hongseok Jang, Kyung Sung Jung, Young Kwark and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, University of Denver - Business Information and Analytics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business

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Regulation, Marketplace, Reseller, Enabler, Competition, E-commerce

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Implications of Counterfeit in a Common E-tailer Channel

Posted: 08 Jun 2020
Honggang Hu, Young Kwark, Kyung Sung Jung and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
Tongji University - Advanced Institute of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Denver - Business Information and Analytics and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business

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counterfeit, electronic commerce, channel management, game theory

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Incentivizing High-Tech Firms to Establish Foreign Retail Subsidiaries: The Role of Network Effect

Posted: 24 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2023
Baozhuang Niu, Zihao Mu, Lei Chen, Yong Jin and Hsing Kenneth Cheng
School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, South China University of Technology - School of Business Administration (SBA), School of Management, Jinan University, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business

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Network effect, Tax disparity, MNF’s global market entry, Competitive encroachment, Game theory

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Can 'Gold Medal' Sellers Earn Gold? The Impact of Short-Term Reputation on Product Sales

Posted: 22 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2018
Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Weiguo Fan, Peipei Guo, Hailiang Huang and Liangfei Qiu
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, Virginia Tech - Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Information Management and Engineering, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration

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Reputation System, Online Markets, Product Uncertainty, Seller Uncertainty, Word of Mouth

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Do You Want to Bet? New Service Operations Business Models Leveraging Consumers' Present-Biased Preferences

Posted: 26 May 2017 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2019
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, School of Business Administration, South China University of TechnologySchool of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and National Sun Yat-sen University - College of Management

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Service Operations Business Models, Present-Biased Preferences, Loss Aversion, Behavioral Economics

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Impact of Own Brand Product Introduction on Optimal Pricing Models for Platform and Incumbent Sellers

Posted: 13 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 06 May 2022
Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Kyung Sung Jung, Young Kwark and Jingchuan Pu
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, University of Denver - Business Information and Analytics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration

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own brand product, sell-on contract, sell-to contract, e-commerce platform, antitrust regulation

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A Vendor's Decision: To Join or Not to Join Group Purchasing Organization

Posted: 09 Jan 2015
Yu-Chen Ben Yang, Hsing Kenneth Cheng and Chao Ding
National Sun Yat-sen University - College of Management, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and The University of Hong Kong - School of Business

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Group Purchasing Organizations, quantity discount, procurement, optimal pricing, market segmentation

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Net Neutrality and Vertical Integration of Content and Broadband Services

Journal of Management Information Systems, Forthcoming
Posted: 31 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
Shubho Bandyopadhyay, Hong Guo, Hsing Kenneth Cheng and Yu-Chen Ben Yang
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, Arizona State University, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and National Sun Yat-sen University - College of Management

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Net Neutrality, Economics of Net Neutrality, Vertical Integration, Broadband Service Providers, Content Providers, Consumer Surplus, Social Welfare

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Entertainment without Borders: The Impact of Digital Technologies on Government Cultural Policy

Posted: 14 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2014
Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Juan Feng, Gary Koehler and Sean R. Marston
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida and University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration

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cultural protection, digital entertainment, information leakage