Wang Youwei

Professor

Information Management and Business Intelligence (IM&BI)

Add: Guoshun Road Siyuan Building Room 714, Siyuan Building

Tel: 25011231(TEL)

E-mail: ywwang@fudan.edu.cn

Research Field: Modeling and Optimization of Electronic Business Processes, Meta-Heuristic Algorithms, Decision Support Systems, Data Mining, ICT Adoption, Mobile Commerce

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Teacher information

Achievements in scientific research

Academic activities and community service

Academic Conferences

2020.06, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2020, Dubai, UAE. (Virtual Conference)

2010.06, Proceedings of Joint Conference on eServices and Business Intelligence, Chengdu, China

2008.12, ICIS2008, Paris, France

Case

Lihua Huang,Chenghong Zhang,Xianghua Lu,Youwei Wang,Yifan Dou,and Cheng Zhang, Releasing the value of data factor, driving enterprise digital transformation, , 2023

Youwei Wang，Jieyou Zhang, Kwai: Recording the Lives of Ordinary People, , 2021

Youwei Wang, DXY: Building an Internet Healthcare Service Platform, , 2019

Youwei Wang, Red Collar's Mass Customization Suits, , 2016

Youwei Wang，Lihua Huang, A B2B e-commerce enterprise in the MRO industry, , 2016

Youwei Wang, HSTYLE The Internet Fast Fashion, , 2016

Youwei Wang, Sogal: Customized Home Furnishings, , 2016

Journal Papers

1.	Jicheng Zeng, Yulin Fang, Huifang Li, Youwei Wang, and Kai Lim. 2025. Untangling the performance impact of e-marketplace sellers’ deployment of platform-based functions: A configurational perspective. Information Systems Research 36(3) 1397-1417.

2.	Yingda Lu, Youwei Wang, Yuxin Chen, and Yun Xiong. 2023. The role of data-based intelligence and experience on time efficiency of taxi drivers: An empirical investigation using large-scale sensor data. Production and Operations Management 32(11) 3665-3682.

3.	Kyung Sun (Melissa) Rhee, Jinyang Zheng, Youwei Wang, and Yong Tan. 2023. Value of information sharing via ride-hailing apps: an empirical analysis. Information Systems Research 34(3) 1228-1244.

4.	Jinyang Zheng, Youwei Wang, and Yong Tan. 2023. Platform refund insurance or being cast out: quantifying the signaling effect of refund options in the online service marketplace. Information Systems Research 34(3) 910-934.

5.	Zhenling Jiang, Tat Chan, Hai Che, and Youwei Wang. 2021. Consumer search and purchase: an empirical investigation of retargeting based on consumer online behaviors. Marketing Science 40(2) 219-240.

6.	Xue (Jane) Tan, Youwei Wang, and Yong Tan. 2019. Impact of live chat on purchase in electronic markets: The moderating role of information cues. Information Systems Research 30(4) 1248–1271.

7.	Huifang Li, Yulin Fang, Kai H. Lim, and Youwei Wang. 2019. Platform-based function repertoire, reputation, and sales performance of e-marketplace sellers. MIS Quarterly 43(1) 207-236.

8.	Youwei Wang, Zhe Qu, and Bernard Tan. 2018. How do assurance mechanisms interact in online marketplaces? A signaling perspective. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 65(2) 239-251.

9.	Shan Wang, Youwei Wang, and Norm Archer. 2018. The co-evolution of IT competence, organisational agility and entrepreneurial action: a case study of entrepreneurial e-tailers. International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations 18(1) 1-29.

10.	Zhaoran Xu, Youwei Wang, Yulin Fang, Bernard Tan, and Hai Sun. 2017. Understanding the formation of reciprocal hyperlinks between e-marketplace sellers. Decision Support Systems 98 89-98.

11.	Youwei Wang, Yufei Yuan, Ofir Turel, and Zhiling Tu. 2015. Understanding the development and diffusion of mobile commerce technologies in China: A biographical study with an actor-network theory perspective. International Journal of Electronic Commerce 19(4) 47-76.

12.	Huifang Li, Yulin Fang, Youwei Wang, Kai H. Lim, and Liang Liang. 2015. Are all signals equal? Investigating the differential effects of online signals on the sales performance of e-marketplace sellers. Information Technology & People 28(3) 699-723.

13.	Youwei Wang, Shan Wang, Yulin Fang, and Patrick Y.K. Chau. 2013. Store survival in online marketplace: An empirical investigation. Decision Support Systems 56 482-493.

14.	Zhe Qu, Youwei Wang, Shan Wang, and Yanhui Zhang. 2013. Implications of online social activities for e-tailers’ business performance. European Journal of Marketing 47(8) 1190-1212.

15.	Wang, Shan,Yili Hong, Norm Archer, and Youwei Wang. 2011. Modeling the success of small and medium sized online vendors in business to business electronic marketplaces in China: A motivation-capability framework. Journal of Global Information Management 19(4) 45-75.

16.	Zhang, Cheng, Xu Liu, Yunjie (Calvin) Xu, and Youwei Wang. 2011. Quality-structure index: A new metric to measure scientific journal influence. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 62(4) 643-653.

17.	Youwei Wang, Darren Meister, and Yinglei Wang. 2011. Reexamining relative advantage and perceived usefulness: An empirical study. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education 7(1) 46-59.

18.	Youwei Wang, Weihui Dai, Yufei Yuan. 2008. Website Browsing Aid: A Navigation Graph-Based Recommendation System.. Decision Support Systems 45(3) 387-400.

19.	Yufei Yuan, Wuping Zheng, Youwei Wang, Zhengchuan Xu, Qing Yang, and Yufei Gao. 2006. XiaoLingtong versus 3G in China: Which will be the winner?. Telecommunications Policy 30(5-6) 297-313.

20.	Youwei Wang, Dingwei Wang, and W.H.Ip. 2006. Optimal Design of Link Structure for E-Supermarket Website. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A: Systems and Humans 36(2) 338-355.

21.	Zhenghui Sun, Jianping Zheng, and Youwei Wang. 2023. Research on the marketing effects of visual，auditory and content features of short videos on e—commerce platform. Journal of Marketing Science 3(4) 1-21. (in Chinese)

22.	Jin Zhou, Youwei Wang, Lihua Huang, and Jing Liu. 2021. The spatial dependency analysis of scales estimation-Based on pharmacentical retail. Systems Engineering-Theory & Practice 41(3) 587-595. (in Chinese)

Conference Proceedings

1.	Huifang Li, Jicheng Zeng, Yulin Fang, and Youwei Wang. 2020. Understanding the competitive dynamics in E-marketplace: An action sequence analysis approach. Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2020 Dubai 1-8.

2.	Jicheng Zeng, Yulin Fang, Huifang Li, and Youwei Wang. 2020. Which collective signals drive high performance in the e-marketplace? A configurational perspective. Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2020 Dubai 1-15.

3.	Shahryar Doosti, Youwei Wang, and Yong Tan. 2017. Do mobile applications bring longer tail? An empirical study of sales concentration in online channels. 38th International Conference on Information Systems: Transforming Society with Digital Innovation Seoul, Korea 1-16.

4.	Xue Tan, Youwei Wang, and Yong Tan. 2016. The value of live chat on online purchase. Thirty Seventh International Conference on Information Systems Dublin 1-15.

5.	Jinyang Zheng, Youwei Wang, and Yong Tan. 2016. Conform or to be cast out: Quantifying the effect of platform endorsement and consumer generated reputation in online service marketplace demand system. Thirty Seventh International Conference on Information Systems Dublin 1-18.

6.	Huifang Li, Yulin Fang, Youwei Wang, and Kai H. Lim. 2016. How to reduce product return in the E-Marketplace: A technology perspective. Thirty Seventh International Conference on Information Systems Dublin 1-11.

7.	Huifang Li, Yulin Fang, Youwei Wang, and Kai H. Lim. 2015. Understanding competitive action repertoire, strategic group and performance of e-marketplace sellers: A latent growth modeling approach. Thirty Sixth International Conference on Information Systems Fort Worth 1-11.

8.	Yan Lu, Bernard Tan, and Youwei Wang. 2013. Web aesthetics: How does it influence the sales performance in online marketplaces. The 34th International Conference on Information Systems Milan, Italy 1-10.

9.	Youwei Wang, Shan Wang, Zhuqing Yang, Hong Ling. 2010. Explaining E-Tailers' Source of Competitiveness: An Integrative Framework. Taipei,Taiwan 1572-1579.

10.	Youwei Wang, Fuchun Zhao, Shan Wang, Hong Ling. 2010. Advertising Effects of Online Social Capital on E-tailer Performance: A Theoretical Framework. Wuhan, China 1-6.

11.	Youwei Wang, Wenjing Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Hong Ling, Fuchun Zhao. 2009. Website Navigation Support Using Sequential Pattern Approach. Dalian,China 1-6.

12.	Weihui Dai,Dan Yu,Youwei Wang. 2009. A Knowledge-Based Multiple-Objective Optimization Model for Top Management Team Configuration. Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology USA,Portland 1566-1575.

13.	Hong Ling,Fuchun Zhao,Youwei Wang. 2009. Impact of Synergy Between IT and Business Process on Organizational Performance: A Perspective of Ambidexterity Theory. 印度，海得拉巴 1-12.

14.	Youwei Wang, Darren Meister, and Yinglei Wang. 2008. Relative Advantage and Perceived Usefulness: The Adoption of Competing ICTs. Paris, France 1-22.

15.	Youwei Wang, Yufei Yuan. 2006. The Role of SMS In Mobile Data Service Diffusion in China: A Longitudinal Case Study Based on Actor-Network Theory. Association of Information Systems 1737-1755.

Academic Works

Youwei Wang. 2009. Intelligent Websites. Fudan University Press, Shanghai, China.

YUAN Yufei, WANG Youwei, XU Zhengchuan, YANG Qing, and GAO Yufei. 2006. Mobile Commerce. Tsinghua University Press, Beijing.

Teaching Materials, etc.

WANG Youwei, XU Zhangchuan, and YANG Qing. 2006. Mobile Commerce Theory and Applications. Tsinghua University Press, Beijing. (in Chinese)

Research Projects

2026.01—2030.12, Principal Investigator, Research on Service Innovation and Service Quality Evaluation Driven by Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Smart, Connected Products, National Natural Science Foundation of China

2024.01—2027.12, Principal Investigator, Research on Value Co-creation Platform Management based on Smart and Connected Products, National Natural Science Foundation of China

2020.01—2023.12, Principal Investigator, Research on the mechanisms and policies for multi-sided business platforms, National Natural Science Foundation of China

2015.01—2019.12, 子课题负责人, Research on Business Behaviors and Patterns in the Context of Big Data, The Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China

2014.01—2017.12, Principal Investigator, Research on Influencing Factors and Management Strategies of Consumer Online Social Interactions, National Natural Science Foundation of China

2013.01—2014.12, Principal Investigator, Research on the Effects of Word-of-Mouth on Online Shopping Behaviors, Program for New Century Excellent Talents of Education Ministry

2013.01—2015.12, Principal Investigator, Research on the theoretical model of users' online behaviors based on social interactions, Outstanding Scholar Plan of Fudan University

2011.01—2013.12, Principal Investigator, Empirical Studies on the Competitiveness of Small and Medium Sized Internet Retailers: A Social Network Perspective, National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program)

2011.01—2012.12, Principal Investigator, Explaining the survival and success of online sellers: effects of advertisement, customer service, and reputation, The University of Hong Kong – Fudan University IMBA Joint Research Fund

2010.04—2011.04, Principal Investigator, Research on Socializing Behavior of Taobao Users, Project Support by Alibaba Group

2010.01—2012.12, Principal Investigator, Establishing Trust for Mobile Commerce in a Culture of Confucianism, Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry

2009.05—2009.12, Principal Investigator, E-tailer Competitiveness: A Social Network Perspective Analysis, Project Supported by Alibaba Group

2009.01—2011.12, Principal Investigator, Research on Knowledge Management based on Transactive Memory Systems, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Grant, Ministry of Education, China

2005.01—2007.12, Principal Investigator, Research on Architecture and Optimal Design of Adaptive Sites, Chinese National Science Fund Project

2004.01—2004.03, Principal Investigator, Design of Organization Structure and Information System Planning, Bao-Mit Corporation, Shanghai, China

2003.06—2005.05, Principal Investigator, Fuzzy Accessibility Based Evaluation Approaches for E-Commerce Websites, Libra Arts Research Promotion Program: Jinmiao Project, Fudan University

2003.03—2003.05, Principal Investigator, Information System Planning and Implementation , Bank of Communication, Shanghai, China