Assistant Professor
Advanced Institute of Business
zhucungen@tongji.edu.cn
Research Interest:
Economics of Information Systems;
Information Systems and Operation Management Interface;
Online Platform and Business Strategy Operation
2018~2023 Ph.D. in Information Systems & Analytics at National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
2014~2017 M.Sc. in Management Science and Engineering at Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing, China
2010~2014 B.Sc. in Information Management and Information Systems at China University of Petroleum (CUP), Shandong, China
2023.8 – present, Assistant Professor at Advanced Institute of Business, Tongji University
2022.1~2023.6, Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Information Systems & Analytics, School of Computing,National University of Singapore, Singapore
Publications
1. “Research: The Unintended Consequences of Right-to-Repair Laws” (2022), Harvard Business Review (digital article) (January 19, 2023) with C. Jin and L. Yang.
2. “Right to Repair: Pricing, Profit, Welfare, and Environmental Implications” (2022), Management Science (2023) 69(2): 1017-1036. with C. Jin and L. Yang.
3. “Fake Reviews with “Verified-Purchase” and Commission: Embellishment vs. Sniping” (2021), The 42nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Austin, Texas, December 12-15.
4. “Comparison between the agency and wholesale model under the e-book duopoly market” (2018), Electronic Commerce Research 18(2): 313-337, with Z. Yao.
5. “Network Externality on Retailer and Supplier Pricing Strategies for Competitive Products” (2016), The 20th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), Chiayi, Taiwan, June 27 - July 1, with Z. Yao, J. Luan, and F. Zhao.
6. “Impact of Online Product Reviews on Consumer Surplus” (2016), China Journal of Information Systems, 2, pp. 44-55, with Z. Yao, and J. Feng. (In Chinese)
Work in Progress
1. “Right to Repair and Price Competition”, with C. Jin and L. Yang.
2. “Fake Reviews with "Verified-Purchase” and Commission: Embellishment vs. Sniping"
Professional Service
Ad-hoc Reviewer for International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),
Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS)
Organizing Committee for Computing Research Week 2021 of SOC of NUS
Honors and Awards
• Runner-up, Best Reviewer for PACIS 2023 Jul 2023
• Winner, Research Achievement Award of NUS School of Computing, Jan 2023
• Winner, 2022 INFORMS Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment Section (ENRE) Early Career Best Paper Award Oct 2022
• Second Place, 2022 CSAMSE Best Paper Award (sponsored by the Chazen Institute of Columbia Business School) Jul 2022
• Nominated for the PACIS 2022 Doctoral Consortium Apr 2022
• Second Place, POMS College of SCM Best Student Paper Competition Apr 2022
• Finalist, INFORMS Service Science Best Cluster Student Paper Award Oct 2021
• NUS Research Scholarship, Singapore 2018.1-2021.12
• Outstanding Graduate Award, Beihang University May 2017
• Guanghua Scholarship, Beihang University Nov 2016
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Beihang University Dec 2015
• Second Prize, National Postgraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, China Sep 2015 3/3
• National Encouragement Scholarship, China Dec 2012/13