Yong Tan

University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

Michael G. Foster Endowed Professor of Information Systems

Box 353226

Seattle, WA 98195-3226

United States

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1.

Network Effects: The Influence of Structural Social Capital on Open Source Project Success

Management Information Systems Quarterly, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2014
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management
Downloads 1,695 (22,326)
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open source software development, social networks, productivity, social capital, project success, team composition

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Examining the Diffusion of User-Generated Content in Online Social Networks

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Jul 2008
Jeongha Oh, Anjana Susarla and Yong Tan
University of Texas at Dallas, Michigan State University - The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 1,613 (24,074)
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Diffusion, Social Contagion, User-Generated Content, Social Networks, Reflection Problem

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Digital Profile Enrichment in Social Networking Sites: Evidence From a Quasi-Experiment (with Appendix)

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 14 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 19 May 2023
Cox School of Business, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Beihang University (BUAA)
Downloads 1,179 (38,224)
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reciprocity, susceptibility to social influence, social network, interrupted time series design

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Online Cash-Back Shopping: Implications for Consumers and e-Businesses

Information Systems Research, 28(2), pp. 250-264, 2017
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 31 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2022
George Washington University - School of Business, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 1,100 (42,399)
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cash back; price discrimination; electronic commerce; digital marketing; online pricing; game theory; double marginalization; dual channel

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Cloud Service vs. On-Premises Software: Competition Under Security Risk and Product Customization

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Oct 2016
Zan Zhang, Guofang Nan and Yong Tan
Beihang University (BUAA) - School of Economic and Management Science, Hainan University - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 1,062 (44,544)
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cloud computing, on-premises software, cloud security, customization, upgrade pricing, competitive strategies, misfit cost

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Does Virtual Reality Help Property Sales? Empirical Evidence from a Real Estate Platform

Information Systems Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 30 May 2024
Zhenbin Yan, Zixuan Meng and Yong Tan
Tongji University - School of Economics and Management, University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 1,016 (47,390)

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Virtual Reality, Property Sales, High-involvement Product Marketing, Product Presentation Technology, Market Outcomes

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Disconfirmation Effect on Online Rating Behavior: A Structural Model

Information Systems Research, 28(3), pp. 626-642, 2017
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 31 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 14 May 2020
George Washington University - School of Business, Beihang University (BUAA) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 1,012 (47,658)
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disconfirmation, online reviews, rating bias, user-generated content, word of mouth, learning models, hierarchical Bayes, Bayesian estimation

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Online Cashback Pricing: A New Affiliate Strategy for E-Business

Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), May 2013
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 01 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2016
George Washington University - School of Business, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 965 (50,919)
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cash back, online advertising, promotion, price discrimination, duopoly

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Can ChatGPT Kill User-Generated Q&A Platforms?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 May 2023
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, University of Science and Technology China, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 855 (60,068)
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Large Language Models, ChatGPT, Q&A Community, Knowledge Acquisition

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Delivering Healthcare through Teleconsultations: Implication on Offline Healthcare Disparity

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 19 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2020
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Harbin Institute of Technology
Downloads 814 (64,244)
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telemedicine, healthcare disparity, Exponential Random Graph Model

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The Impact of Subscription Reciprocity on Charitable Content Creation and Sharing: Evidence from Twitter on Giving Tuesday

Management Information Systems Quarterly, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2020
Xue (Jane) Tan, Yingda Lu and Yong Tan
Cox School of Business, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 807 (65,026)
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Twitter, Reciprocity, Charitable Movements, Content Creation, Content Sharing

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What’s in a “Username”? The Effect of Perceived Anonymity on Herding in Crowdfunding

Information Systems Research, 33(1), pp. 1-17, 2022
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2022
Nanjing University - School of Business, George Washington University - School of Business, Harbin Institute of Technology - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 776 (68,466)

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crowdfunding; herding; observational learning; anonymity; privacy; source credibility

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Influentials, Imitables or Susceptibles? Virality and Word-of-Mouth Conversations in Online Social Networks

Forthcoming, Journal of Management Information Systems
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2016
Anjana Susarla, Jeongha Oh and Yong Tan
Michigan State University - The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 742 (72,692)
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Social Media, Social Networks, Word-of-Mouth Marketing, Peer Effects, Propensity Score Matching, User Generated Content

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Social trading, communication, and networks

Information Systems Research, forthcoming. TAF Working Paper No. 74/July 2022
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 01 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2023
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Duisburg-Essen - Mercator School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 733 (73,971)

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Social Trading, Copy Trading, Social Communication, STERGM

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The Influence of Platform Inspection Disclosure on Sharing Economy: Evidence from Unstructured Data

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 21 May 2020
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 722 (75,321)
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platform disclosure, picture disclosure, sharing economy, quality signal, deep learning

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AI-Generated Fake Review Detection

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Nov 2023
Jiwei Luo, Guofang Nan, Dahui Li and Yong Tan
Hainan University - School of Management, Hainan University - School of Management, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs - College of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 681 (81,018)
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online reviews, generative AI, review manipulation, anomaly detection, supervised learning.

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A Hidden Markov Model of Developer Learning Dynamics in Open Source Software Projects

Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2014
Param Vir Singh, Nara Youn and Yong Tan
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, University of Washington and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 649 (86,187)
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Open source software development, learning, communication, Hidden Markov Model

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Impact of Live Chat on Purchase in Electronic Markets: The Moderating Role of Information Cues

Forthcoming in Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2020
Xue (Jane) Tan, Youwei Wang and Yong Tan
Cox School of Business, Fudan University - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 646 (86,700)
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live chat, reputation systems, feedback score, past sales volume, online word-of-mouth, e-commerce, electronic market

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Outstream Video Advertisement Effectiveness

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 May 2022 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2023
The University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Amazon, Amazon, Amazon and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 645 (86,859)
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Outstream, video advertisement, video analytics

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Freemium Pricing in Digital Games with Virtual Currency

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2019
Zixuan Meng, Lin Hao and Yong Tan
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 635 (88,647)
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freemium model, ad-sponsored model, digital games, virtual currency

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Know Your Firm and Manage Social Media Engagement: Impact on Firm Sales Performance

MIS Quarterly
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 22 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 05 May 2022
Fei Ren, Yong Tan and Fei Wan
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Shanghai International Studies University - School of Business and Management
Downloads 633 (89,033)

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firm social media, sales performance, product involvement, content analysis, quasi-experiment, propensity score matching, difference-in-differences, control function

22.

Investor Learning in Crowdfunded Supply Chain Finance Markets

Production and Operations Management, Published Online
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2025
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, George Washington University - School of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Denver - Daniels College of Business
Downloads 631 (89,394)

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FinTech, crowdfunding, supply chain finance, digital platforms, Bayesian learning, Bayesian estiation

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When Emotion AI Meets Strategic Users

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 22 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2024
Yifan Yu, Wendao Xue, Lin Jia and Yong Tan
The University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management, School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 621 (91,238)

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Emotion AI, strategic users, signaling game, muddled information

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Feeling Blue? Go Online: An Empirical Study of Social Support among Patients

Information Systems Research. 25(4) 690-709, 2014
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 25 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2018
Lu (Lucy) Yan and Yong Tan
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 621 (91,238)
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healthcare, social networks, online media, user generated content, Observed Markov Decision Process

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An Empirical Analysis of Seller Advertising Strategies in an Online Marketplace

Information Systems Research 31(1):37-56
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2020
Haoyan Sun, Ming Fan and Yong Tan
Department of Decision and Technology Analytics,Lehigh University, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 617 (91,935)
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online marketplace, sponsored search, social media endorsement, online traffic, econometrics

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Flow of the Game: A Hidden Markov Model of Player Engagement in Online Mobile Games

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2025
Jiaying Deng, Stephanie Lee and Yong Tan
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 606 (94,321)
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User Engagement, Reward Ads, Mobile Games, Hidden Markov Model, Flow Theory

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Gamified Challenges in Online Weight-Loss Communities

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2021
University of California Irvine, Donbei University of Finance and Economics, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Harbin Institute of Technology - School of Management
Downloads 602 (94,936)

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Online weight-loss community, Weight-loss challenge, Goal setting, Gamification, System generalized method of moments (GMM; Blundell-Bond), Inverse probability weighting (IPW)

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How Is Mobile User Behavior Different? — A Hidden Markov Model of Mobile Application Usage Dynamics

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2018
Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management and Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management
Downloads 587 (98,021)

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mobile internet, mobile application usage, hidden Markov model, micro-moment, context

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When Images Backfire: The Effect of Customer-Generated Images on Product Rating Dynamics

Forthcoming at Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 17 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2023
Communication University of China, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management
Downloads 579 (99,693)
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Customer Generated Images; rating dynamics; image aesthetics; face disclosure; review ranking algorithm

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Diffusion Models for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Media Distribution: On the Impact of Decentralized, Constrained Supply

Information Systems Research, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 271-287
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 May 2005 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2012
Kartik Hosanagar, Peng Han and Yong Tan
University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department, University of Washington and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 579 (99,693)
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Peer to peer, P2P, product diffusion, P2P diffusion, supply-constrained diffusion

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Dynamic Referrals in Peer-to-Peer Media Distribution

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2012
Kartik Hosanagar, Yong Tan and Peng Han
University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington
Downloads 564 (103,074)
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Peer to peer, P2P, product diffusion, dynamic referral, Internet marketing, networks and marketing

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Employee Referral Dynamics in Social Hiring

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2024
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 554 (105,358)
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: Social hiring, professional online network, employee referral, job similarity, gender homophily

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Network Dynamics: How Can We Find Patients Like Us?

Information Systems Research 26(3) 496-512, 2015
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2018
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies, Sun Yat-sen Business School, Sun Yat-sen University and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 551 (106,089)
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social networks, healthcare, network dynamics, homophily, online media

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The Economic Value of Ratings in App Market

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Jul 2011
Lin Hao, Xiaofei Li, Yong Tan and Jiuping Xu
Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business, Business School, Sichuan University, China, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Business School, Sichuan University, China
Downloads 543 (108,036)
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consumer ratings, mobile app, revenue sharing, self-selection

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"Generate" the Future of Work through AI: Empirical Evidence from Online Labor Markets

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 03 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2024
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 536 (109,816)
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Generative AI, Large Language Models, Artificial General Intelligence, ChatGPT, Online Labor Markets, Gig Economy, Labor Dynamics, Skill Transition

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Debiasing ML-or AI-Generated Regressors in Partial Linear Models

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2024
University of Washington, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management, The University of Texas at Austin and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 510 (116,760)
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causal inference, double machine learning, AI, measurement error, partial linear

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Money Maker or Money Loser? The Dilemma of Membership Free Shipping

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Aug 2016
Cox School of Business, George Washington University - School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 493 (121,545)
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free shipping, electronic commerce, retail competition, game theory, membership free shipping, contingent free shipping

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Emotions in Online Content Diffusion

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 11 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2024
Yifan Yu, Shan Huang, Yuchen Liu and Yong Tan
The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Hong Kong, University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 485 (124,028)

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Information Diffusion, Online Content, Emotion Detection, Social Networks, Social Media

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When Online Lending Meets Real Estate: Examining Investment Decisions in Lending-Based Real Estate Crowdfunding

Information Systems Research, 31(3), pp. 715-730, 2020
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2020
Nanjing University - School of Business, George Washington University - School of Business, Harbin Institute of Technology - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 475 (127,135)
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crowdfunding, P2P lending, real estate, collateral, housing prices, stock market

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Do Online Reviews Enable Political Consumerism? An Empirical Analysis of “Black-Owned Business” Reviews on Yelp.com

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 28 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2023
University of Washington - Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 455 (133,873)
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black-owned business, yelp, digital visibility, racial disparity, technology and social change

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Investor Platform Choice: Herding, Platform Attributes, and Regulations

Journal of Management Information Systems, 35(1) pp. 86-116, 2018
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2021
Nanjing University - School of Business, George Washington University - School of Business, Harbin Institute of Technology - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 446 (137,191)
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fintech, peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding, herding, multilevel model, regulations

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Leveraging Philanthropic Behavior for Customer Support: The Case of User Support Forums

MIS Quarterly, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Feb 2013
Pennsylvania State University, University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management
Downloads 421 (146,670)
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user support forum, text mining, pro-social behavior, recognition mechanism, feedback

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Stimulating Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in Online Learning: The Role of Incentive Design

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2021
Ruoxin Zhou, Fei Ren and Yong Tan
University of International Business and Economics, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 405 (153,402)
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Online Learning, Mechanism Design, Goal Pursuit, Social Comparison, Dynamic Panel, Difference GMM

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Show Me the Money: The Economic Impact of Membership-Based Free Shipping Programs on E-Tailers

Information Systems Research, 32(4), pp. 1115-1127, 2021
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2023
Fudan University - School of Management, George Washington University - School of Business, Cox School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 404 (153,804)
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free shipping, contingent free shipping, segmentation, price discrimination, electronic commerce

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Optimal Pricing of Information Goods under the Freemium Strategy in the Presence of Piracy and Network Effects

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Jun 2016
Guofang Nan, Dan Wu, Minqiang Li and Yong Tan
Hainan University - School of Management, Tianjin University - College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University - College of Management and Economics and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 399 (155,944)
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Information Goods; Piracy; Freemium; Network Effects; Quality Perception; Pricing

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The Pleasant Visual Path to Review Helpfulness: Picture-Evoked Emotional Valence and Picture-Text Alignment

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 01 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2025
The University of Texas at Austin, Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University - Department of Management Science and Engineering and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 398 (156,409)
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Review helpfulness, picture-evoked emotions, valence, picture-text alignment, conceptual processing fluency

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From Automobile to Autonomous: Does Self-Driving Improve Traffic Conditions?

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 May 2019 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2020
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 396 (157,323)
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autonomous car service, smart city transportation, traffic accident, difference in difference, public reaction, natural experiment

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To Partner or Not to Partner? The Partnership Between Platforms and Data Brokers in Two-sided Markets

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Aug 2022
City University of Hong Kong (CityU)University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 395 (157,732)

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platforms, data brokers, platform-data broker partnership, privacy concerns

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Turn Your Online Weight Management from Zero to Hero: A Multidimensional, Continuous-Time Evaluation

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 19-13
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Arizona State University - W. P. Carey School of Business - Department of Information Systems, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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weight management, online weight-loss communities (OWCs), self-regulation, chronic condition, multidimensional, continuous-time hidden Markov model (CTHMM)

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Understanding Lenders' Investment Behavior in Online Peer-to-Peer Lending: A Construal Level Theory Perspective

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2020
Tianjin University - College of Management and Economics, Clarkson University - School of Business, Tianjin University - College of Management and Economics, Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 394 (158,162)
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online P2P lending, construal level theory, interest rate, geographic distance, educational distance, bidding value

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Platform Refund Insurance or Being Cast Out: Quantifying the Signaling Effect of Refund Options in the Online Service Marketplace

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2020
Jinyang Zheng, Youwei Wang and Yong Tan
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, Fudan University - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 387 (161,421)

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demand estimation, online marketplace, platform refund insurance, signaling theory, consumer surplus

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Spoiled for Choice? Personalized Recommendation for Healthcare Decisions: A Multi-Armed Bandit Approach

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 19-25
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 14 May 2024
Arizona State University - W. P. Carey School of Business - Department of Information Systems, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 383 (163,351)

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personal health management, online healthcare interventions, recommendation systems, health behavior dynamics, diversity, deep representation learning, contextual bandit

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Developer Heterogeneity and Formation of Communication Networks in Open Source Software Projects

Journal of Management Information Systems, Volume 27, Number 3, 2010
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2017
Param Vir Singh and Yong Tan
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 372 (168,681)
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social networks, network formation, game theory, open source, software, knowledge worker, teams

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Opinion Formation on Social Media Platform

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Oct 2014
Yingda Lu, Junjie Wu and Yong Tan
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Beihang University (BUAA) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 362 (173,802)
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opinion formation, social media, big data, Bayesian learning

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Exploring the Long Tail: Taste Clusters and Sales Diversity on Subscription-Based Platforms

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Feb 2022
Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 356 (176,994)

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subscription-based platforms, machine learning, recommender systems, sales diversity, customer retention

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Social Media Sponsorship: Metrics for Finding the Right Content Creator-Sponsor Matches

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2023
Chapman University - George Argyros School of Business & Economics, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 348 (181,488)

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Social Media Video Sponsorship; Content Creator; Sponsor; Sponsorship Relevance; Natural Language Processing; Latent Dirichlet Allocation; Machine Learning; Matrix Completion

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Less Is More? Impact of AI-Generated Summaries on User Engagement of Video-Sharing Platforms

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Dec 2024
University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of South Florida and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 347 (182,074)

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Generative AI, AI-Generated Summary, Social Media, User Engagement

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How Rewarding is the Reward? Demand Estimation of Crowdfunding Platforms

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2018
Shahryar Doosti and Yong Tan
Chapman University - George Argyros School of Business & Economics and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 342 (184,998)

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crowdfunding, demand estimation, price sensitivity, aggregate data, latent instrument variable, mixture mode, document embeddings

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Effect of Online Fitness Challenges on User’ Exercising Behavior: The Case of Youtube Fitness Channels

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 May 2023
University of Washington - Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 328 (193,486)

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social media analytics, exercising, YouTube

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More Than Double Your Impact: An Empirical Study of Match Offers on Charitable Crowdfunding Platforms

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 2021-36
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Apr 2021
Fudan University - School of Management, Cox School of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 322 (197,254)
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crowdfunding, match funding, charitable giving, crowding-in effect

61.

When to Broadcast? Inventory Disclosure Policies for Online Sales of Limited Inventory

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 May 2020 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2021
University of Washington - Foster School of Business, Fudan University, School of Management, Department of Information Management and Information Systems, Foster School of Business - University of Washington and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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Inventory Management, Information Disclosure, Lightning and Flash Deals, Dynamic Programming, Stochastic Models, Optimization

62.

Reward Scheme Design for Online Crowdfunding Projects

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Oct 2017
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Arizona State University - W. P. Carey School of Business - Department of Information Systems and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 314 (202,646)
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Crowdfunding, Reward Scheme Design, Multinomial Logit Model, Product Line Design

63.

Stability and Efficiency of Communication Networks in Open Source Software Development

15th Annual Workshop on Information Technolgies & Systems (WITS) Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 02 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 15 May 2011
Yong Tan and Param Vir Singh
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
Downloads 312 (204,050)

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Open source software development, Social networks, Efficiency, Stability, communication structure, coordination structure.

64.

The Effects of the FTC Policy and Affiliation Disclosures on Product Review Video Engagement: Evidence from YouTube

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 14 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2025
University of Washington, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 301 (212,091)

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product review video, affiliate marketing, information disclosure

65.

The Signaling Effect of Sampling Size in Online Physical Goods Sampling

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2020
Zibo Liu, Zhijie Lin, Ying Zhang and Yong Tan
Fudan University, School of Management, Department of Information Management and Information Systems, Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management, University of Auckland Business School and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 298 (214,267)

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product sampling; product type; signaling effect; structural model

66.

Data and Algorithm Pricing: Incentive Mechanisms Design for Federated Learning

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Mar 2022
Beihang University (BUAA) - School of Economic and Management Science, Beihang University (BUAA), Beihang University (BUAA) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 297 (215,061)
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incentive design, moral hazard, machine learning, collaboration, data

67.

The Diffusion of Disruptive Technology: The Role of Business Application vs. Technology Learning for Consumer Mobile Payment Adoption

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2024
Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management and Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management
Downloads 293 (218,099)

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Disruptive technology, FinTech, mobile payment, mobile shopping, Bayesian learning

68.

Shared Minds: How Patients Use Collaborative Information Sharing via Social Media Platforms

Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 10 May 2018
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies, Harbin Institute of Technology - School of Management, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Independent
Downloads 292 (218,925)
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online healthcare community, treatment reviews, experiential information, social information processing theory, latent variable model

69.

Do Mobile Applications Bring Longer Tail? An Empirical Study of Sales Concentration in Online Channels

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 23 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2021
Chapman University - George Argyros School of Business & Economics, Fudan University - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 289 (221,305)
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Long Tail, Mobile, Electronic Commerce, Sales Concentration, Internet, Apps, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Analytics, Mobile Apps

70.

A Structural Analysis of Bitcoin Cash's Emergency Difficulty Adjustment Algorithm

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 May 2019 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2023
Vipul Aggarwal, Lijia Ma and Yong Tan
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 275 (232,902)
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cryptocurrencies, bitcoin fork, bitcoin cash, emergency difficulty adjustment, structural modeling

71.

Cooperative Cashing?: An Economic Analysis of Document Duplication in Cooperative Web Caching

Information Systems Research, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 356-357
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2018
Kartik Hosanagar and Yong Tan
University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 275 (232,902)

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Content Delivery, Caching, game theory

72.

User-Generated Content Regulation for Mixed Two-Sided Platforms

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Aug 2021
Hainan University - School of Management, Tianjin University, State Key Laboratory of Media Convergence and Communication and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 272 (235,565)
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platform regulation, mixed two-sided markets, revenue model, advertising, agency model, economic modeling

73.

Duopoly Pricing Strategy for Information Products with Premium Service: Free Product or Bundling?

Journal of Management Information Systems, (2016), Vol. 33, No. 1 pp. 260-295
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2016
Beihang University (BUAA) - School of Economic and Management Science, Hainan University - School of Management, Tianjin University - College of Management and Economics and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 270 (238,273)
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free core product, freemium, information products, network effects, premium service, pricing, product bundling

74.

Discount Schemes for the Preemptible Service of a Cloud Platform with Unutilized Capacity

Forthcoming in Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2021
Shi Chen, Kamran Moinzadeh and Yong Tan
University of Washington - Foster School of Business, Foster School of Business - University of Washington and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 269 (238,273)
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Discount Schemes, Pricing of Capacity, Cloud Computing, Preemptible Instance

75.

Learning to be Proficient? A Structural Model of User Dynamic Engagement in eHealth Interventions

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2023
Arizona State University - W. P. Carey School of Business - Department of Information Systems, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 259 (247,534)

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personal health management, wellness promotion, lifestyle change, eHealth interventions, online healthcare platforms, dynamic participation, Bayesian learning

76.

Learning to be Creative: A Mutually Exciting Spatio-Temporal Point Process Model for Idea Generation in Open Innovation

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 07 May 2019 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2020
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 251 (255,570)
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open innovation, analogical reasoning, creative idea generation, mutually exciting spatio-temporal point process, community interactions, multivariate stochastic model

77.

Quantifying the Value of Heterogeneous Preference: An Empirical Matching Model of Peer-to-Peer Lending

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 07 May 2019 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2025
Yang Jiang, Jinyang Zheng and Yong Tan
Nanjing University - School of Business, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 250 (256,542)

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peer-to-peer lending, two-sided matching, preference heterogeneity, information disclosure, credit score, maximum score estimation

78.

Effects of Scarcity-Induced Demand on the Crowdfunding Market

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2019
Zhijin Zhou, Chaoliang Ma and Yong Tan
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 246 (260,663)
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Crowdfunding, Scarcity Strategy, Behavioral Mechanism, Hierarchical Bayesian

79.

Examining Opinion Polarization on Social Media Platform Using a Natural Experiment

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 May 2019
Yingda Lu, Junjie Wu, Yong Tan and Jian Chen
University of Illinois at Chicago, Beihang University (BUAA), University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management
Downloads 245 (261,694)

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opinion polarization, social media, Bayesian learning

80.

Do I Follow My Friends or the Crowd? Information Cascades in Online Movie Ratings

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 May 2015
University of Denver, Daniels College of Business, Business Information and Analytics, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 243 (263,829)
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online word of mouth, ratings, social influences, informational cascades, latent variables, multilevel models, online social media

81.

Afraid of Niche, Tired of Mass: Atypical Idea Combination on Crowdfunding Platform

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2025
Indiana University Kelley School of Business, University of Denver - Daniels College of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, Nanjing University - School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 239 (268,073)
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atypical, double machine learning, crowdfunding, creativity

82.

Learning on Online Reading Platforms

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2024
University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Science and Technology China, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) - School of Management
Downloads 237 (270,300)
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E-books, Online reviews, Real-time comments, Learning process

83.

Your Brand Speaks Louder Than Product: Understanding the Operational Value of Online Retailers’ Cover Pictures

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 May 2021 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2023
Tongji University - School of Economics and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 237 (270,300)

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Cover Picture, Brand Photo; Product Picture; Retail Operations; O2O Commerce.

84.

Understanding the Dynamics between Urban Transportation Modes and Air Pollutants: Evidence from China’s COVID-19 Shock

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2025
Juan Wang, Yifan Yu, Wendao Xue and Yong Tan
Chongqing University - School of Economics and Business Admininstration, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 231 (277,124)

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Air pollution, Multimodal transportation, COVID-19, Double/debiased machine learning

85.

Understanding Volunteer Crowdsourcing from a Multiplex Perspective

Information Systems Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2024
Yifan Yu, Xue (Jane) Tan and Yong Tan
The University of Texas at Austin, Cox School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 227 (281,774)

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Volunteerism, crowdsourcing, multiplexity, relational pluralism

86.

Asymmetric Network Effects in the Integration of Digital Platforms

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Jul 2021
Zhijun Yan, Han Yang, Lin Jia and Yong Tan
Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 223 (286,693)
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unidirectional resource transfer, asymmetric network effect, user-generated content, two-sided markets, user engagement, single-group interrupted time-series

87.

Managing Online Piracy in Platform: Pricing and Platform Protection

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Jun 2020
State Key Laboratory of Media Convergence and Communication, Hainan University - School of Management, Tianjin University - College of Management and Economics and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 219 (291,681)

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Platform Protection, Piracy, Information Goods, Pricing, Deterrent Enforcement, Platform Ecosystem

88.

Are Neighbors Alike? A Semi-supervised Probabilistic Ensemble for Online Review Spammers Detection

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Jan 2022
Nanjing Audit University, Beihang University (BUAA), Beihang University (BUAA) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 211 (302,102)

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Online review, Spammer detection, Semi-supervised learning, Reviewer network, Homophily effect

89.

Coevolution of Trader Networks and Follower Dynamics in Social Trading

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2024
Ye Liu, Mingwen Yang and Yong Tan
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 209 (304,843)

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Social Trading, Similarity Network, Coevolution Model, Herding, Disruptive Technology

90.

Learning to Adopt Generative AI

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 28 Oct 2024
Lijia Ma, Xingchen Xu, Yumei He and Yong Tan
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Tulane University and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 204 (311,979)

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Generative AI, AI Adoption, Digital Divide, Human-AI interaction, Bayesian Learning

91.

Prosocial Behavior during the Pandemic: Evidence from Online Donation Data amid COVID-19

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 23 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2022
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Information Systems and Analytics, the University of Hong Kong, HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 198 (320,685)

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disaster, COVID-19, prosocial behavior, crowdfunding, online donation

92.

Modeling Users’ Online Participation: Evidence from Online Weight-Loss Communities

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 19-9
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 11 Dec 2018
Arizona State University - W. P. Carey School of Business - Department of Information Systems, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 184 (342,987)

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temporal dynamics (timing information), multiple behavioral dimensions, community commitment, multi-dimensional continuous-time hidden Markov model

93.

Effects of Different Types of Free Trials and Ratings in Sampling of Consumer Software: An Empirical Study

Journal of Management Information Systems, Volume 30, Issue 3, 2013
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 May 2015
Young-Jin Lee and Yong Tan
University of Denver, Daniels College of Business, Business Information and Analytics and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 182 (346,390)
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software free trials, information diffusion, online user and third-party ratings, freeware, trialware, Hausman-Taylor estimation, software commercialization

94.

Group Buying as a Competitive Platform

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 06 Mar 2023
Ming Fan, Yong Tan and Zihao zhang
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Downloads 178 (353,380)

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group buying, platform, competition, discount, inclusive growth

95.

One Size Fits All? Informational Accessibility and Inclusivity in Online Platforms

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 May 2024
Indiana University Kelley School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 173 (362,242)

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information asymmetry, diversity, privacy, size inclusion, photo reviews

96.

Emotion AI in Disguise Spurs Strategic Behavior in Customer Care

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2024
Yu (Rain) Kan, Yifan Yu, Lin Jia and Yong Tan
Indiana University Kelley School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 171 (366,026)

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emotion AI, customer care, ChatGPT, strategic behavior, identity disclosure

97.

Algorithmic Collusion or Competition: the Role of Platforms' Recommender Systems

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 03 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2024
Xingchen Xu, Stephanie Lee and Yong Tan
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 171 (366,026)

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algorithmic pricing, algorithmic collusion, repeated game, consumer search, structural estimation, reinforcement learning, recommender systems

98.

The Interplay of Opinions and Behavior in Social Trading: Early Cryptocurrency Adoption Dynamics

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Apr 2024
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Duisburg-Essen - Mercator School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 167 (373,543)

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Social trading, Cryptocurrency adoption, Social learning, Social networks

99.

The Consensus Effect on Shared Treatment Experience in Online Healthcare Communities

Journal of Management Information Systems 34(1) 11-39.
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 May 2015 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2018
Lu (Lucy) Yan and Yong Tan
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 166 (375,540)
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health information sharing, perceived treatment effectiveness, user-generated content, social network, latent variable model, random coefficient model

100.

Trial and Pricing Strategies of Software Market with Competition and Network Effects

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2016
Zhenhua Wu, Zhijie Lin and Yong Tan
Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department, Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 165 (377,568)

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software trial, pricing, market competition, network effects, compatibility

101.

Optimal Design of “Free” Content Provision for Online Platforms: Impacts of Advertising and Network Effects

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Oct 2021
Hainan University - School of Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN, State Key Laboratory of Media Convergence and Communication, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs - College of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 161 (385,483)

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hybrid trial; online content; content provision strategy; advertising; subscriptions

102.

An Empirical Study of Software Sampling: Categorical Heterogeneity and Vendor Strategy

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 04 Feb 2009
Young-Jin Lee and Yong Tan
University of Denver, Daniels College of Business, Business Information and Analytics and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 156 (396,120)
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Software, Product Sampling, Freeware, Trialware, Bayesian Inference

103.

Tapping into User Effort? Improving Referral Outcomes in Crowdfunding Markets

Production and Operations Management, forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2025
Yang Jiang, Yong Tan and Xi Chen
Nanjing University - School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Nanjing University - School of Business
Downloads 154 (402,587)
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crowdfunding, referral program, design features, user effort, pledge matching

104.

Top-Selling Product Sales Forecasting in Cross-Border Fast Fashion Industry: A Robust Attention-Based Deep Learning Approach

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2025
Hainan University - School of Management, Hainan University - School of Management, Hainan University - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 146 (418,196)

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Top-Selling Product Sales Forecasting; Cross-border Ecommerce; Attention Mechanisms; Deep Neural Networks; Robust Feature Extraction

105.

THE EFFECT OF CRYPTO REWARDS IN FUNDRAISING: FROM A QUASI-EXPERIMENT TO A DICTATOR GAME

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2024
Xue (Jane) Tan and Yong Tan
Cox School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 145 (420,454)

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Charitable Giving, Cryptocurrency, Monetary Incentive, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Difference-in-Difference

106.

A Blessing or a Curse: The Impact of Sampling in Crowdfunding Market

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Mar 2022
Zibo Liu, Weijia You and Yong Tan
Fudan University, School of Management, Department of Information Management and Information Systems, Beijing Forestry University and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 137 (439,842)

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crowdfunding, product sampling, consideration set model, strategic delay of customers, feedback reports

107.

Making Money with Free Software? Sampling Implications of Software Market

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Feb 2009
Young-Jin Lee and Yong Tan
University of Denver, Daniels College of Business, Business Information and Analytics and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 137 (439,842)

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Product sampling, Freeware, Trialware, Third-party rating, Software

108.

News in the Dark: Effects of Facebook’s Australian News Ban on News Consumption

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Apr 2024
Ying Gu, Stephanie Lee and Yong Tan
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 135 (444,978)

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online news, news ban, social media, difference in differences

109.

Switching Decision, Timing, and App Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Mobile App Developers’ Switching Behavior Between Monetarization Strategies

Journal of Business Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2020
University of Denver, Daniels College of Business, Business Information and Analytics, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 121 (485,040)
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Mobile Applications, App Store, Monetarization Strategy, Simultaneous Equation Model, Fixed Effects Estimation, Wireless Commerce, Mobile App Marketing

110.

Is Digital Goods Consumption Resilient to Air Pollution?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2022
University of Science and Technology China, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 119 (491,175)

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air pollution, digital goods and economy, digital reading, regression discontinuity design

111.

Optimal Timing of Dynamic Requirement Reviews for Software Development Process

16th Annual Workshop on Information Technologies & Systems (WITS) Paper
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 19 May 2008
Yonghua Ji, Ming Fan and Yong Tan
University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 116 (500,782)
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software engineering, process analysis, requirement reviews, optimal policy

112.

Actions Speak Louder than Words: Imputing Users’ Reputation from Transaction History

The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2022
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and The University of Kansas
Downloads 111 (517,539)
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Peer-to-Peer Lending, Reputation, Latent Instrumental Variable Modeling, Dynamic Latent Class Model, Hidden Markov Model, Bayesian Analysis

113.

Service Refusal in the Sharing Economy: Evidence of the New-User Bias

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Apr 2020
Fudan University - School of Management, Fudan University, School of Management, Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 110 (521,005)

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Service Refusal, Online Service Providers, New Users, Repeat-Purchase Users, Sharing Economy

114.

Optimizing Content Quality in Pan-Entertainment Platforms: The Role of Live Streaming Atmosphere

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 Jun 2024 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2024
Changyun Fu, Jian Chen and Yong Tan
Tsinghua University - Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 103 (546,630)

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pan-entertainment live streaming, content quality, streaming room atmosphere, viewer tipping

115.

Can Less Be More? Examining Consumer Responses to Follower Count in Influencer-Commerce

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2025
Sungkyunkwan University, University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business - IT, Analytics, and Operations Department, George Washington University - School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 103 (546,630)

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Influencers, social influence, purchase funnel, hierarchical Bayes, bivariate probit

116.

Crafting Knowledge: Exploring the Creative Mechanisms of Chat-Based Search Engines

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Mar 2024
Lijia Ma, Xingchen Xu and Yong Tan
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 99 (561,923)
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Generative AI, RAG, AI Creativity, AI Metacognition, AI Alignment, Search Engine, NLP

117.

Impelling versus Impeding Effects on Customer Purchase in a Social Media-Embedded Channel

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 Mar 2022
Chongqing University - School of Economics and Business Admininstration, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) - School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) - School of ManagementUniversity of Science and Technology of China (USTC) - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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social media; mobile channel; native app; time constraint; search capability

118.

The Impact of Personalized Recommender System on Supply Diversity: Empirical Evidence from the Live-Streaming Industry

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2024
School of Management, Jinan University, Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 94 (581,037)

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Recommender system, supply diversity, live-streaming

119.

From Inclusive Healthcare to Online Mutual Aid: The Impact of Physician Guidance on the Underprivileged

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2024
Sijia Zhou, Jianshan Sun, Xin Li and Yong Tan
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Information Systems, The School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Information Systems and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 89 (600,955)

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Underprivileged, Mutual aid, Inclusive healthcare, Online community

120.

Social Media Engagement and Performance of E-Tailers: An Empirical Study

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 29 Jul 2020
Fei Ren, Yong Tan and Fei Wan
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Shanghai International Studies University - School of Business and Management
Downloads 88 (605,163)

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social media marketing, marketer-generated content, product involvement, propensity score matching, difference-in-differences, control function

121.

Upgrades of Large Language Model Products and Firm's Strategy: The Role of Quality Improvement

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 May 2024
Beihang University (BUAA) - School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beihang University (BUAA) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 87 (609,372)

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LLM Products, Product Upgrade, Quality Improvement, Pricing, "All-Win"

122.

Optimizing Paywall Design in Freemium Alongside Pay-Per-Use Premium Access

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Nov 2024
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, University of Science and Technology China, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 78 (649,299)

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paywall, pay-per-use, freemium, status quo bias, Bayesian learning

123.

Customizing Your Bundles: A Graph Neural Network Perspective

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Jul 2024
Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Beihang University (BUAA), Beihang University (BUAA) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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product bundling, psychological distance, hypergraph, graph neural network, generative adversarial network

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COVID-19, Urban Transportation, and Air Pollution

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Sep 2022
Juan Wang, Yifan Yu, Wendao Xue and Yong Tan
Chongqing University, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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Air pollution, transportation, Covid-19, double/debiased machine learning

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The Impacts of Component Innovation and Combination Innovation on Digital Product Performance: Evidence from Mobile Games

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 May 2024
affiliation not provided to SSRN, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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digital product development, component innovation, combination innovation, mobile games

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Help or Hurt? How Response Satisfaction Shapes the Impact of Managerial Responses on Future Customer Engagement

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Jan 2025
Yuqing Hu, Lin Jia, Tongxin Zhou and Yong Tan
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Arizona State University - W. P. Carey School of Business - Department of Information Systems and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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managerial response, response satisfaction, online reviews, customer engagement, moderating effect

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Exploration vs. Exploitation: Navigating Consumer Behavior Dynamics on Digital Content Platforms

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2024
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, University of Science and Technology China, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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exploration-exploitation, consumer behavior dynamics, pay-per-use, digital content consumption, hidden Markov model

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Will Licensing Lead to More and Better Digital Innovations? An Empirical Study of China's 2018 Game License Freeze

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Feb 2025
Ding Li, Xi Chen and Yong Tan
Nanjing University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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Licensing, Digital Innovation, Innovation Outcomes, Synthetic Difference-in-difference, Game License, Game Market

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Selling on Loyalty-Program-Based Platforms: E-Tailer's Pricing Strategy and Platform's Incentive Policy in Point Redemption

Posted: 21 Feb 2025
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) - School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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Cooperating or Cultivating: How Do Online Retailers Operate Live Influencer Marketing Channels?

Posted: 09 Sep 2024
Tianjin University, Hainan University, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs - College of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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Live streaming marketing, Multi-channel retail strategy, Pricing strategy, Two-period retailing

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Online Review Manipulation Strategy for Competitive Manufacturers: The Role of Spillover Effects

Posted: 06 Feb 2024
Lin Chen, Ting Dong, Guofang Nan and Yong Tan
Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Hainan University - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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Online review manipulation, Spillover effect, Competitive market, Game theory

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The Effects of Subway Transit Expansion on Demand for Ridesharing Services

Posted: 25 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2023
University of Science and Technology China, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Renmin University of China

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The signaling effect of sampling size in physical goods sampling via online channels

Production and Operations Management, 31, 529–546. DOI: 10.1111/poms.13557
Posted: 20 Mar 2023
Zibo Liu, Zhijie Lin, Ying Zhang and Yong Tan
Fudan University, School of Management, Department of Information Management and Information Systems, Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management, University of Auckland Business School and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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product sampling, product type, signaling effect, structural model

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Toward a Fairness-Aware Scoring System for Algorithmic Decision-Making

Posted: 07 Dec 2022
International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) - School of Management, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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Fairness, Machine Learning, Scoring System, Mixed Integer Programming

135.

An Empirical Study of Free Product Sampling and Rating Bias

Information Systems Research, 30(1), 260-275. https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2018.0801 , The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Series
Posted: 18 Oct 2021
Zhijie Lin, Ying Zhang and Yong Tan
Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management, University of Auckland Business School and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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product sampling, product trial, rating bias, product review, word-of-mouth, electronic commerce, econometric analysis

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Provision of Helpful Review Videos: Effects of Video Characteristics on Perceived Helpfulness

Posted: 25 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2023
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Chapman University - George Argyros School of Business & Economics and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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Product review videos, review helpfulness, video mining, voice mining

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Unifying Algorithmic and Theoretical Perspectives: Emotions in Online Reviews and Sales

MIS Quarterly Forthcoming
Posted: 18 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2023
The University of Texas at Austin, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Tsinghua University - Department of Management Science and Engineering and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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emotions, online reviews, box office, Word2Vec, processing fluency, perceived helpfulness, purchase intention

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An Empirical Study of the Dynamic and Differential Effects of Prefunding

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2020
Xiahua Wei, Ming Fan, Weijia You and Yong Tan
University of Washington, Bothell School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Beijing Forestry University and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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Crowdfunding, Information Asymmetry, Prefunding, Dynamic Effects, Herding, Counterfactual Decomposition

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Value of Information Sharing via Ride-hailing Apps: An Empirical Analysis

forthcoming, Information Systems Research
Posted: 02 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2022
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, Fudan University - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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information sharing, ride-hailing apps, economic value of IT, externality, IT public policy

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How Mega Is the Mega? Exploring the Spillover Effects of WeChat Using Graphical Model

Zheng, J., Qi, Z., Dou, Y., & Tan, Y. (2019). How mega is the mega? Exploring the spillover effects of WeChat using graphical model. Information Systems Research, 30(4), 1343-1362.
Posted: 23 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2021
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, George Washington University - School of Business, Fudan University - School of Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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causal inference, graphical model, app analytics, WeChat, spillover effects, machine learning, econometrics

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Optimizing Two-Sided Promotion for Transportation Network Companies: A Structural Model with Conditional Bayesian Learning

Zheng, J., Ren, F., Tan, Y., & Chen, X. (2020). Optimizing Two-Sided Promotion for Transportation Network Companies: A Structural Model with Conditional Bayesian Learning. Information Systems Research, 31(3), 692-714.
Posted: 23 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2021
Jinyang Zheng, Fei Ren, Yong Tan and Xi Chen
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Nanjing University - School of Business

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Transportation Network Companies, Two-Sided Sales Promotion, Bayesian Learning, Structural Model

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Competition and Distortion: A Theory of Information Bias on the Peer-to-Peer Lending Market

Posted: 01 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2020
Zhenhua Wu, Lin Hu, Zhijie Lin and Yong Tan
Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department, Australian National University (ANU), Tsinghua University - School of Economics and Management and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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peer-to-peer lending platforms, information provider, financial intermediaries, information bias, Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium

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Online Appendix for 'Money Maker or Money Loser? The Dilemma of Membership Free Shipping'

Posted: 14 Aug 2016
Cox School of Business, George Washington University - School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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free shipping, electronic commerce, retail competition, game theory, membership free shipping, contingent free shipping

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Analyzing Document Duplication Effects on Joint Policies for Browser and Proxy Caching

INFORMS, Journal on Computing, Volume 18, Issue 4, Winter 2006, pp. 506-522 , University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-655
Posted: 28 Jun 2013
Yong Tan, Yonghua Ji and Vijay Mookerjee
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management

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Other Papers (3)

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Disconfirmation Effect on Online Opinion Expression

Posted: 29 Mar 2018
George Washington University - School of Business, Beihang University (BUAA) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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online review, online word of mouth, learning models, hierarchical Bayes

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Online Cashback Affiliate: A New Promotional Pricing Model

Posted: 13 Mar 2018
George Washington University - School of Business, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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cash back, price discrimination, promotions, electronic commerce, digital marketing, game theory, double marginalization, dual channel

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Disconfirmation Effect on Online Rating Behavior: A Dynamic Analysis

Posted: 13 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2019
George Washington University - School of Business, Beihang University (BUAA) and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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disconfirmation, online reviews, rating bias, user-generated content, word of mouth, learning models, hierarchical Bayes, Bayesian estimation