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​​​​​​​​

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• Bankrolling Voluntary Carbon Offsets   [SSRN]

       -- with Jing Hou, Puping Jiang, Chengzhang Li

       -- Major Revision, Management Science

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

       -- with Jing Hou, Burak Kazaz

       -- Major Revision, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

            ○ Accepted for 2022 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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• Operational Ideation with Generative AI: Evidence from Promotional Sampling at Sam’s Club   [SSRN]

       -- with Jianwei Liu, Karen Xie, Wei Chen

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• Optimizing Prompts for Large Language Models: A Causal Approach   [SSRN]

       -- with Wei Chen, Yanbin Fang, Shuran Fu, Xuan Wei

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• The Invisible Handshake: Dynamic Bargaining with LLM Agents in Supply Chains

       -- with Chen Liang

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• The Broken Ladder: How Generative AI Reshapes Career Dynamics Inside Firms

       -- with Eryn Juan He

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• The Economics of Agentic Commerce: Search, Complexity, and Discrimination

       -- with Lingxiu Dong, Kaiwen Luo​​

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• When to Verify: AI-Human Handoffs in Agentic Service Systems

       -- with Guanling Yang, Cuihong Li

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• Artificial Ceilings: The Ouroboros of Data in Generative AI Ecosystems

       -- with Lingxiu Dong, Xinxin Li, Yuxuan Wang

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• The Payment Term Paradox: A Theory of Credible Communication in Supply Chain Finance

       -- with Tiantian Li, Tao Lu, Jianwen Luo

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• The Promise and Perils of Sustainable Supply Chain Finance   [SSRN]

       -- with Lingxiu Dong, Xiaoyu Wang, Lei Ye

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• Smart Contracts and Inventory-Based Financing in Supply Chains   [SSRN]

       -- with Lei Song, Xiaolong Guo, Yu Chen

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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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• 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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