Xiahua (Anny) Wei

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Economics, University of California, San Diego, 2013
M.S. Management Science, University of California, Irvine, 2007
M.A. Economics, University of California, Irvine, 2005
B.A. Economics, Fudan University, 2003

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor, School of Business, University of Washington, Bothell, 2022 – present
Assistant Professor, School of Business, University of Washington, Bothell, 2013 – 2022
Research Assistant, Senior Teaching Assistant, Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego, 2007 – 2013
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego, 2007 – 2013
Research Assistant, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, 2005 – 2006
Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, 2003 – 2005
Research Assistant, China Center for Economic Research, Fudan University, 2003
Research Analyst, Shenzhen Development Bank, Shanghai, 2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Innovation and Customer Strategies in Technology-enabled Markets

Design of mechanisms for online platforms
Crowdsourcing, crowdfunding
Management of customer strategy

PUBLICATIONS

“An Empirical Study of the Dynamic and Differential Effects of Prefunding,” Xiahua Wei, Ming Fan, Weija You, Yong Tan, Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming.

“The Asymmetric Impact of Customer Information Portability on Service Competition: Evidence from the Global Wireless Industry,” Xiahua Wei and Kevin Zhu, Production and Operations Management, 2018, 27(5), 839-858.

“Engaging Voluntary Contributions in Online Communities: A Hidden Markov Model,” Wei Chen, Xiahua Wei, and Kevin Zhu, MIS Quarterly, 2018, 42(1), 83-100.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

“Does Regulation on Switching Costs Promote Competition? The Role of Service Contract Lock-In,” Xiahua Wei and Kevin X. Zhu (Information Economics and Policy)

WORKS IN PROGRESS

“Leveraging Crowdfunding for Microfinance Success,” Ming Fan, Xiahua Wei, Shenwei Huang

“Creating Crowdfunding Value through Information Sharing,” Xiahua Wei

“The Value of Managing Crowdfunding Communications on Indiegogo,” Xiahua Wei

“Does Customer Poaching Pay off in the Face of Competition and Technology Change?,” Xiahua Wei and Kevin X. Zhu

“Price Discrimination in Crowdfunding: An Investigation of Coupons,” Weijia You, Xiahua Wei, and Yong Tan

“Building Product Recommendations in B2C Platforms: Evidence from An Online Grocery Market,” Christine Nguyen, Arrido Arfiadi, and Xiahua Wei

“Upholding the Wisdom of the Crowd: The Effectiveness of Screening Investors in Equity Crowdfunding,” Xiahua Wei

“Financing Enterprise Innovation through Internal Crowdfunding,” Xiahua Wei, Michael Muller, and Eric Sperley

PEER-REVIEWED PROCEEDINGS

“The Effects of Prefunding on Crowdfunding Success,” Xiahua Wei, Weijia You, Ming Fan, and Yong Tan, Proceedings of the 13th China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), 2019.

“Who Pays to Advertise? Evidence of Paid Search Advertising from an Online Marketplace,” Ming Fan, Xiahua Wei, and Weijia You, Proceedings of the 12th China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), 2018.

“Competitive Poaching of Customers in the Mobile Service Market,” Xiahua Wei and Kevin Zhu, Proceedings of the 49th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), 2016.

“Motivating User Contributions in Online Knowledge Communities: Virtual Rewards and Reputation,” Xiahua Wei, Wei Chen, and Kevin Zhu, Proceedings of the 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 2015.

“Pro-competition Public Policy in Network Markets with Switching Costs: Evidence from ‘Mobile Number Portability’ in Wireless Telecommunications Industry,” Xiahua Wei and Kevin Zhu, Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2010.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Virtual, November 2020
Chinese Economist Society (CES) North America Virtual Conference, August 2020
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Seattle, WA, October 2019
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Phoenix, AZ, November 2018
China Summer Workshop on Information Management, Qingdao, China, June 2018

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Houston, TX, October 2017
Kauffman Entrepreneurship Scholars Conference, Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO, October 2017 Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society, Seattle, MA, May 2017
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Nashville, TN, November 2016
Kauffman Emerging Scholars Conference, Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO, February 2016
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kauai, HI, January 2016

International Industrial Organization Conference, Boston, MA, April 2015
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kauai, HI, January 2015
Kauffman Emerging Scholars Conference, Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO, October 2014
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013
NBER Summer Institute, Economics of IT and Digitization Workshop, Boston, MA, July 2013

Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, Orlando, FL, December 2012
Workshop on Business Processes and Services, Orlando, FL, December 2012
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Phoenix, AZ, October 2012
Doctoral Consortium, International Conference on Information Systems, Shanghai, China, December 2011 Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, Shanghai, China, December 2011
International Industrial Organization Conference, Boston, MA, April 2011
Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Workshop, Denver, CO, January 2011

International Conference on Information Systems, St. Louis, MO, December 2010
International Industrial Organization Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 2010
International Conference on Telecommunication Systems Management, Monterey, CA, July 2009
All-Graduate Research Symposium, University of California, San Diego, CA, April 2009
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, San Diego, CA, October 2009
Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society, La Jolla, CA, May 2008

RESEARCH SEMINARS

Foshan University, China, June 2018
School of Business, University of Washington, Bothell, May 2015
School of Business, University of Washington, Bothell, March 2015
BCUSP 290 Seminar Series, University of Washington, Bothell, April 2014
Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, February 2013
School of Business, University of Washington, Bothell, February 2013
School of Business, Chinese University of Hong Kong, February 2013
School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego, February 2013
Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego, January 2013
Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego, November 2012
Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis, March 2011
Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego, November 2010
University of California, San Diego, October 2009

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Reviewer

Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Production and Operations Management, Management Science
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Information Technology and Management, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Transactions on Management Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, China Economic Review

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), Workshop on e-Business (WeB)

Associate Editor

International Conference on Information System (ICIS), Munich, Germany, 2019

Program Committees

Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Virtual, 2021
Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Virtual, 2020
Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Seattle, WA, 2019
China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), Chongqing, China, 2021
China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), Shenzhen, China, 2019
China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), Qingdao, China, 2018
China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), Nanjing, China, 2017

Judge

Poster Competition, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Seattle, WA, 2019

Session Chair

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Phoenix, AZ, 2018
Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Minneapolis, MN, 2013
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), San Diego, CA, 2009

Discussant

International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC), 2015

HONORS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Scholarship, Research, and Creative Practice Seed Grant, University of Washington Bothell, 2021 – 2022
Best Associate Editor Award Nominee, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2019
Teaching Award Finalist, School of Business, University of Washington, Bothell, 2018
Junior Consortium Fellow, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2018
International Graduate Student Award, University of California, San Diego, 2012
Doctoral Consortium Fellow, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2011
Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2011
Dean’s Research/Travel Grant, School of Social Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 2011
Kauffman Foundation Research Grant, 2011
Summer Grant, Networks, Electronic Commerce and Telecommunications (NET) Institute, 2010
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, 2010
Scholarship, Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California, 2010
Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, University of California, San Diego, 2009
Research Grants, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego, 2009 – 20125
Dissertation Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego, 2009 – 2010
Research Travel Grant, Ministry of Education of China, 2008
Tuition Scholarship, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego, 2007 – 2012
Fellowship, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, 2005 – 2006
The People’s Scholarship, Fudan University, 2000 – 2003

PRESS ARTICLES

“Mobile Number Portability: Pros and Cons,” Hemant Bhargava and Xiahua Wei, The Analyst Magazine, cover story, March 2011, 36–38.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ADVISING

“Building Recommendations Through Association Rules: Online Grocery Market,” Christine Nguyen and Arrido Arfiadi, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Seattle, WA, October 2019
“Predicting Airline Sales via Online Customer Reviews,” Aaron Jacobson, Thuy Phan, Mark Yu, and Xiahua Wei, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Seattle, WA, October 2019; University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 2020
“Using Business Intelligence to Predict Consumer Behavior,” Christine Nguyen and Arrido Arfiadi, University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 2019
“Understanding the Demand on WA I-405 HOV Lanes,” Elaine Montes, Christine Nguyen, Yann Shaw, and Dan Ye, University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 2019
“Monthly Rental Price of a Comparable Home and the Pricing of a Two-Bedroom Home,” Kristoffer Warren, Journal of Economics and Financial Studies, 2017, 5(4), 56–62.

WORKSHOPS ON DATA ANALYTICS

Structural Modeling and Machine Learning Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, August 2017
Data Visualization Workshop, Seattle, WA, July 2017
Advanced Workshop on Causal Inference, Duke University, Durham, NC, August 2014

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, School of Business, University of Washington, Bothell, 2014 – present
– BBUS 490 / BBECN 382 Econometrics (course creator and designer)
– BBUS 310 / ELCBUS 310 Managerial Economics
Teaching Assistant, Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego (MBA/EMBA courses), 2007 – 2013
– Technology and Innovation Strategy, Marketing: Pricing, Lab to Market: Business Model Analysis
– Executive Education Programs, Center for Executive Development
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego, 2007 – 2013
– Econometrics, Industrial Organization and Firm Strategy, Marketing, Operations Research, Financial Markets, Economic Stabilization
Teaching Assistant, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine (MBA/EMBA courses), 2005 – 2006
– IT for Management, Technology Strategy
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, 2003 – 2005
– Managerial Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Probability and Statistics

TEACHING AWARDS

Teaching Award Finalist, School of Business, University of Washington, Bothell, 2018
Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, University of California, San Diego, 2009

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

Video Learning Community, Teaching and Learning Center, University of Washington, Bothell, Fall 2017 – Spring 2018

OTHER EDUCATIONAL AWARDS

Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), the highest Educational Award granted in Toastmasters International, 2019

SERVICE

Campus-Level, University of Washington, Bothell

First Year & Pre-Major Program (FYPP), 2018 – present

School-Level, School of Business, University of Washington, Bothell

Mentor, Economics Club, 2018 – present
Chair, Undergraduate Council, 2017 – 2018
Undergraduate Council, 2016 – 2018
International Faculty Advisory Board, 2018 – present
Business Library Committee, 2016 – present
Research Seminar Series Committee, 2014 – 2015
Economics Minor, 2014 – present
Recruitment Committees:
– Assistant Professor of Marketing, 2021
– Assistant Professor of Marketing, 2014 – 2015
– Assistant Professor of Economics, 2014 – 2015
– Lecturer of Economics, 2014 – 2015
– Assistant Professor of Marketing, 2013 – 2014

Outreach
Community engagement fostering collaborations between leading real estate industry professionals in the Greater Seattle Area with University students evaluating the economics of affordable housing, Spring 2018

Toastmasters

Mentor, Advancing Speakers Toastmasters Club, 2018
High Performance Leadership, 2018
Area Director, Toastmasters International, 2017 – 2018
Advanced Leadership Bronze, 2017
Competent Leader 2016, 2017, 2018
Vice President of Education, Willows Voices Toastmasters Club, 2015 – 2017

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Economic Association (AEA)
Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Industrial Organization Society (IOS)
Information Systems Society (ISS)
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS