Fasheng Xu
Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Management
School of Business, University of Connecticut

• Generative AI and Organizational Structure in the Knowledge Economy   [SSRN]

       -- with Jing Hou, Wei Chen, Karen Xie

       -- Major Revision, Management Science

            ○ Accepted for 2025 Wharton's "AI and the Future of Work" Conference 

            ○ Accepted for 2025 MSOM TIE SIG Conference

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• The Economics of AI Foundation Models: Openness, Competition, and Governance   [SSRN]

       -- with Xiaoyu Wang, Wei Chen, Karen Xie

       -- Major Revision, Management Science​​​​​​

 

• Innovation Against Imitation: How to Compete with Crowdfunding Copycats?   [SSRN]

       -- with Zepeng Chen, Xiaomeng Guo, Guang Xiao

       -- Major Revision, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

           ○ Accepted for 2023 MSOM iFORM SIG Conference​​

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• FinTech Lending, Open Banking, and Data Manipulation   [SSRN]

       -- with Yangguang Wang, Zhengping Wu

            ○ Accepted for 2025 MSOM iFORM SIG Conference

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• Persuasion is All You Need: Generative AI-powered Content Marketing and Product Search   [SSRN]

       -- with Xiaofei Zhang, Karen Xie, Wei Chen, Kai Li

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• Beyond Funding: How Exchange Listing Shapes Application Development in Token-funded Ventures   [SSRN]

       -- with Wei Chen, Weifeng Li, Karen Xie

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• Invoice Tokenization for Deep-Tier Payables Finance   [SSRN]

       -- with Jing Hou, Burak Kazaz

           ○ Accepted for 2022 MSOM iFORM SIG Conference

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• Government Loan Design for Cash-Constrained Supply Chains   [SSRN]

       -- with Jing Hou, Srinagesh Gavirneni, Omkar Palsule-Desai

           ○ Accepted for 2024 MSOM iFORM SIG Conference 

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• Livestream Commerce with Online Influencers   [SSRN]

       -- with Jing Hou, Houcai Shen​​

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• Crowdfunding vs. Bank Financing: Effects of Market Uncertainty and Awareness Expansion   [SSRN]

       -- with Xiaomeng Guo, Guang Xiao, Fuqiang Zhang​​

             ○ Accepted for 2019 MSOM iFORM SIG Conference  ​

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• Crowdfunding under Social Learning and Network Externalities   [SSRN]

       -- with Fuqiang Zhang

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• Crowdfunding Strategy in the Presence of Social Interactions   [SSRN]

       -- with Xiaomeng Guo, Guang Xiao, Fuqiang Zhang​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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• The Promise and Perils of Sustainable Supply Chain Finance

       -- with Lingxiu Dong, Xiaoyu Wang

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• Bankrolling Voluntary Carbon Offsets

       -- with Jing Hou, Puping Jiang, Chengzhang Li

 

• From Start-up to Scale-up: Venture Capital's Role in Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures

       -- with Yishen Cai, Lingxiu Dong, Yoli Liang

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