Biography
Professor Zhuoxin “Allen” Li is the Michael and Mary Sue Shannon Professor and an Associate Professor in the Department of Operations and Information Management. He is also a faculty affiliate in the Data Science Institute at UW-Madison. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award (2022-2027), Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors (2021), Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award (2023), the Gordon B. Davis Young Scholar Award (2020), and the Nunamaker-Chen Dissertation Award (2016).
Professor Li’s research focuses on digital platforms. Digital platforms have profoundly reshaped the economy—they have created new distribution channels, reorganized supply chains, and transformed how businesses reach their customers. These platforms bring in substantial coordination challenges when the variety of participants’ interests are not well aligned. Professor Li’s research seeks to improve the value creation process through the design of information and coordination strategies.
Professor Li teaches OTM702 Digital Strategy and GENBUS760 Data Technology in the Full-Time, Professional, and Executive MBA programs. Professor Li earned his M.S. in Economics (2014) and Ph.D. in Information, Risk, and Operations Management (2015) from the University of Texas at Austin. He also received a B.S. in Computer Science. Prior to joining UW-Madison, he was on the faculty of Boston College.
Research
Selected Accepted Journal Articles
Li, Z. & Wang, G. (2024). On-Demand Delivery Platforms and Restaurant Sales Management Science
Selected Published Journal Articles
Li, Z. & Wang, G. (2024). Regulating Powerful Platforms: Evidence from Commission Fee Caps Information Systems Research
Song, Y. & Li, Z. & Sahoo, N. (2022). Matching Returning Donors to Projects on Philanthropic Crowdfunding Platforms Management Science
Wang, N. & Li, Z. (2021). Supplier Encroachment with a Dual-Purpose Retailer Production and Operations Management
Li, Z. & Wang, H. & Wang, G. (2021). Peer Effects in Competitive Environments: Field Experiments on Information Provision and Interventions MIS Quarterly
Li, Z. & Duan, J. & Ransbotham, S. (2020). Coordination and Dynamic Promotion Strategies in Crowdfunding with Network Externalities Production and Operations Management
Li, Z. & Agarwal, A. (2017). Platform Integration and Demand Spillovers in Complementary Markets: Evidence from Facebook’s Integration of Instagram Management Science
Li, Z. & Gilbert, S. & Lai, G. (2015). Supplier Encroachment as an Enhancement or a Hindrance to Nonlinear Pricing Production and Operations Management
Li, Z. & Gilbert, S. & Lai, G. (2014). Supplier Encroachment under Asymmetric Information Management Science
Teaching
Graduate Courses
Reading and Research-Operations and Information Management PhD (OTM 999), Spring 2024.
Individual work suited to the needs of Ph.D. students may be arranged both during regular sessions and during the intersession periods.
Data Technology for Business Analytics (BUS 760), Spring 2024.
Focuses on various technologies needed to perform data analytics. Techniques of extracting structured and unstructured data from databases, applications, or social networks. Transform and combine data with other relevant information and load into targeted systems. How to use programming languages to collect data from the web and leverage libraries for other, more, advanced data analysis.
Digital Strategy (Executive MBA) (OTM 702), Fall 2022.
Digital Strategy (OTM 702), Spring 2024.
Helps develop the critical thinking skills necessary to assess how digitization shapes business strategy, innovation, and operations in firms. Prepares students to analyze and evaluate business challenges for maximizing the impact of digitization on products, processes, and services in different settings.
Digital Strategy (OTM 702), Spring 2024.
Helps develop the critical thinking skills necessary to assess how digitization shapes business strategy, innovation, and operations in firms. Prepares students to analyze and evaluate business challenges for maximizing the impact of digitization on products, processes, and services in different settings.
Service
Editorial and Reviewing Activities
Information Systems Research – Since January 2024
Editorial Board Member
Management Science – Since January 2022
Guest Associate Editor
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