I am an Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the Division of Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. I received my Ph.D. in Information Systems & Analytics from National University of Singapore in 2019.

My research interests include open innovation commuinity, especially crowdsourcing and open source software community, the economics of online crowdfunding platforms, and the digital transformation of distruptive technologies. My current research is to understand the digital transformation through online communities, digital platforms and aritifical intelligence. Specifically, my research projects intend to investigate: 1) open innovation process in online groups 2) governance in open source software projects 3) design mechanism in crowdfunding platform 4) implications of emerging technologies. I use econometric method in my research as well as machine learning techniques. My works have been published at leading journals, including Information Systems Research, Production and Operations Management, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.

Research Interests

Crowd-based Innovation: Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding Online Community: Open Innovation Community and Open Source Software Community Digital Transformation: Platform Ecosystems, Financial Technologies, Artificial Intelligence Research Methods: Econometrics, Static Code Analysis, Machine Learning and Deep Learning

Research Papers

“Falling from Grace: Understanding Successful Crowdfunding Experiences in Serial Entrepreneurship” (with Lusi Yang and David Lehman). Journal of the Association for Information Systems, forthcoming “Crowdlending Behaviors in the Aftermath of a Crisis: Evidence from a Natural Experiment” (with Lusi Yang, Varun Karamshetty and Jungpil Hahn). Production and Operations Management (UTD24 Journal), 2024 “Winner Takes All? The ‘Blockbuster Effect’ on Crowdfunding Platforms” (with Lusi Yang and Jungpil Hahn). Information Systems Research (UTD24 Journal), 2023 “How Rewarding Are Your Rewards? A Value-based View of Crowdfunding Rewards and Crowdfunding Performance” (with Han Jiang, Lusi Yang, Jia Shen and Jungpil Hahn). Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (FT50 Journal), 2021. “Scarcity Strategy in Crowdfunding: An Empirical Exploration of Reward Limit” (with Lusi Yang and Jungpil Hahn). Information Systems Research (UTD24 Journal), 2020. “Can I Touch Your Code? The Effects of Programming Style in Open Source Collaboration” (with Steven Johnson and Jungpil Hahn). “Role of Contributor Diversity in Product Co-creation” (with Lusi Yang and Steven Johnson). “Motivating High-Quality Contributions in Open Source Software Community” (with Shaoqin Tang and Tony Tong).

Selected Conference Proceedings

pdf	What Makes Successful Entrepreneurs in Online Crowdfunding: Unraveling the Role of Professional and Educational Backgrounds Shuai Zhang, Zhiyi Wang, Lusi Yang Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Salt Lake City, UT, 2024

pdf	Toward a Better Understanding of Crisis and Online Prosocial Lending Zhiyi Wang, Lusi Yang, Jungpil Hahn International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Austin, TX, 2021

pdf	The Effects of Programming Style on Open Source Collaboration Zhiyi Wang, Jungpil Hahn International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Seoul, South Korea, 2017

pdf	Scarcity Strategy in Crowdfunding: An Empirical Exploration Lusi Yang, Zhiyi Wang, Jungpil Hahn International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Seoul, South Korea, 2017

pdf	Crowd Experience and Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Crowdsourced New Product Development Zhiyi Wang, Jungpil Hahn International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Fort Worth, TX, 2015

Selected Conference and Workshop Papers

Role of Contributor Diversity in New Product Development: Lessons From an Open Innovation Platform Lusi Yang, Zhiyi Wang, Steven Johnson    Annual Meeting of Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, MA, 2023 Knowledge Governance in Open Source Contributions: The Role of Gatekeepers Shaoqin Tang, Zhiyi Wang, Tony Tong    Annual Meeting of Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, MA, 2023 The Impact of Blockbusters in Crowdfunding Lusi Yang, Zhiyi Wang, Jungpil Hahn    Annual Meeting of Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, MA, 2019 Scarcity Strategy in Crowdfunding: An Empirical Exploration of Reward Limit on Kickstarter Lusi Yang, Zhiyi Wang, Jungpil Hahn    Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Nashville, TN, 2016

Selected Honors & Awards

Junior Faculty Consortium (CTO Division), Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, 2022 Junior Faculty Consortium (TIM Division), Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, 2021 Junior Faculty Consortium, International Conference on Information Systems, 2020 Best Paper Award Finalist (OCIS Division), Academy of Management Conference, 2019 Best Student Paper Award Finalist (OCIS Division), Academy of Management Conference, 2019 Doctoral Consortium (TIM Division), Academy of Management Conference, 2018 Dean's Graduate Research Excellence Award, School of Computing, National University of Singapore, 2017 Doctoral Consortium (OCIS Division), Academy of Management Conference, 2017 Research Achievement Award, School of Computing, National University of Singapore, 2016

About My Life

I am an amateur of Go (a guide to play Go). I started to learn and play Go when I was seven. I also enjoy reading books, especially business book, history monograph and detective fiction. I also like a lot of technological stuff such as game programming and IT products (e.g., Raspberry Pi).

"All human wisdom is contained in these two words: Wait and Hope." - Alexandre Dumas