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ZHOU Di

Research Associate Professor

Department: Public Administration

zhoudi@tongji.edu.cn

Di Zhou is a research associate professor in the School of Economics and Management at Tongji University. He earned Ph.D. from the Institute of Economics, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University. Before joining Tongji, he was a research staff at Tsinghua University and a visiting fellow at the Harvard Business School.

His current research interests focus on Digital Economy and Governance, including Platform Ecosystems, Data Economy, and Digital Regulation.

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE TEACHING AND RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS/RECOGNITION

2017 – 2021 Ph.D., Economics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2019 – 2020 Visiting Fellow, Harvard Business School and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA, U.S.
2014 – 2016 M.A., Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
2010 – 2014 B.A., Management Science, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China

2021 – Now Research Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University
2016 – 2017 Research Staff, Center for China in the World Economy, Tsinghua University

Refereed Journal Publications

Zhou, D., Rong, K.*, Parente, R., Why do Platform Multinational Companies Struggle Abroad? A Multi-method Study of the Role of Informal Institutional Distance. Journal of Digital Economy. 2022,1(3):252-272. (2020 AOM Best Paper Finalist)
Rong, K., Zhou, D.*, Shi, X., Huang, W., Social Information Disclosure of Friends in Common in an E-commerce Platform Ecosystem: An Online Experiment. Production and Operations Management. 2022,31(3):984-1005. (UTD-24)
Rong, K., Sun, H., Li, D., Zhou, D.*, Matchmaking as Service Provision of Sharing Economy Platforms: An Information Processing Perspective. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2021, 171, 120901. (JCR Q1)
Rong, K., Li, B., Peng, W., Zhou, D., Shi, X.*, Sharing Economy Platforms and Co-Creating Shared Values. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2021, 169, 120804. (JCR Q1).
Rong, K., Liu T., Zhou, D.*, Hao, F., Hierarchical Data Licensing Mechanisms in the Data Market. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. 2022,36(6):15-29. [in Chinese]
Zhou, D., Dong, X., Wu, Y., You, Y., Rong, K.*, Modelling the Platform Positioning Strategy in the Short Video Industry: Evidence from Tik‐Tok and Kuaishou. R&D Management. 2019,31(5):37-50. [in Chinese]
Rong, K., Shi, X., Zhou, D.*, How Can a Second Computing Industry Ecosystem be Built? Studies in Science of Science. 2021,39(06):973-976. [in Chinese]

Journal of Digital Economy (JDE), Editorial Board
Management and Organization Review (MOR), Editorial Review Board