Wen Wen McCombs School of Business · UT Austin

Research

Future of work, AI & healthcare, and digital platforms & innovation.

Published Articles

  • Does Private Equity Hurt or Improve Healthcare Value? New Evidence and Mechanisms

    with M. Yuan and I. Bardhan

    Information Systems Research, forthcoming.

  • Improving Competitiveness: A Freelancer-Centric Approach for Recommending Reskilling Strategies

    with Y. Chai, S. Yu, S. He, and H. Liu

    Information Systems Research, forthcoming.

  • The Impact of Generative AI on Collaborative Open-Source Software Development: Evidence from GitHub Copilot

    with F. Song and A. Agarwal

    Information Systems Research, forthcoming.

  • Can Information Sharing Reduce Diagnostic Bias? Evidence from a Health Information Exchange

    with M. Yuan and I. Bardhan

    Management Science, forthcoming.

  • Why Some Junior Employees Work Well with Al and Others Don't

    with A. Agarwal, A. Barua, and F. Song

    Harvard Business Review (2026).

  • Rebalancing Novelty with Rigor and Relevance in Information Systems Research

    with H. Sun, J. Thatcher, M. Chau, and S. Brown

    MIS Quarterly (2025), 49(3): iii–xi.

  • Peer Influence in the Workplace: Evidence from an Enterprise Digital Platform

    with H. Liu, A. B. Whinston, and S. He

    MIS Quarterly (2024), 48(4): 1559–1574.

  • Making Lemonade from Lemons: A Transaction Cost Economics Perspective on Third-Party Disruptions in a Multivendor Information Technology Service

    with H. Liu, A. Barua, and A. B. Whinston

    Information Systems Research (2024), 36(1): 41–60.

  • The Effects of Technology Standards on Complementor Innovations: Evidence from the IETF

    with C. Forman and S. L. Jarvenpaa

    Research Policy (2022), 51(6): 1–16.

  • Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market

    with F. Zhu

    Strategic Management Journal (2019), 40(9): 1336–1367.

  • Speaking for “Free”: Word of Mouth in Free- and Paid-Product Settings

    with S. Bond and S. He

    Journal of Marketing Research (2019), 56(2): 276–290.

  • The Role of Venture Capital in the Formation of a New Technological Ecosystem: Evidence from the Cloud

    with D. Breznitz and C. Forman

    MIS Quarterly (2018), 42(4): 1143–1169.

  • Opening Up Intellectual Property Strategy: Implications for Open Source Software Entry by Start-up Firms

    with M. Ceccagnoli and C. Forman

    Management Science (2016), 62(9): 2668–2691.

  • Do Patent Commons and Standards-Setting Organizations Help Navigate Patent Thickets?

    with C. Forman

    Communications of the ACM (2016), 59(5).

  • The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement on Open Source Software Project Success

    with C. Forman and S. Graham

    Information Systems Research (2013), 24(4): 1131–1146.

Selected Working Papers

  • Navigating Risk-based Payment Models: The Role of Information Integration and Managerial Ability in US Hospitals

    with T. Guo and I. Bardhan

  • Preventive Care Now or Pay Later? A Value-Based Care Approach to Personalized Preventive Care Recommendations

    with T. Guo and I. Bardhan

  • Rebuilding Start-ups: An Empirical Study on Remote Work and Skill Complementarity

    with Z. Lei, X. Chen, and A. B. Whinston

  • Can AI Improve Decision Quality and Patient Health Outcomes? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial with Osteoarthritis Patients

    with N. Nerur, I. Bardhan, and P. Jayakumar

  • Knowing More is Better? Examining the Influence of Customer Knowledge Transfer on Customer Service Outcomes

    with Z. Lei, C. Zhang, and A. B. Whinston

  • The Impact of AI-Augmented Diagnosis and Treatment on Patient Health Outcomes

    with M. Yuan and I. Bardhan

  • The Impact of Generative AI on Skill Demand

    with Yoon, S., Chan, J., and Lei, Z.