Prof. Yulin FANG
Innovation and Information Management

Professor
3917 1025
ylfang@hku.hk
KK 1315


Academic & Professional Qualification
PhD (Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario)
MPhil (University of Bergen)
BSc (Fudan University)
Biography
Yulin Fang is a Professor of Innovation and Information Management at HKU Business School. Before joining HKU, he was a Professor at City University of Hong Kong, where he received prestigious research and teaching excellence awards and served as Program Director of the MSc Business Information Systems (BIS) program and Residence Master of Sir Gordon and Lady Ivy Wu Hall. His research interests include digital innovation management, digital transformation, platform ecosystems, and e-commerce/social media.
Yulin has published 60 research articles in renowned information systems and management journals, including MIS Quarterly (MISQ), Information Systems Research (ISR), Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), Strategic Management Journal (SMJ), Journal of Management Studies (JMS), Organizational Research Methods (ORM), Journal of Operations Management (JOM), Journal of Organizational Behavior (JOB) among others. His articles have been cited over 6700 times (Google citation) with an H-index of 37.
He is Senior Editor of Information Systems Research, Information Systems Journal, Journal of Information Technology, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Information Technology & People. He was an Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research in 2012-2016. He was awarded the Associate Editor of the Year (2015) for his editorial services to Information Systems Research. He has also regularly served as a track co-chair for International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) and Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) since 2013. He was a faculty advisor at ICIS Junior Faculty Consortium in 2020 and at ICIS Mid-Career Faculty Consortium in 2018.
Yulin has taught courses such as Introduction to MIS and Business Research Methods at MBA, EMBA and DBA levels. He has collaborated with University of Queensland to supervise many cross-cultural student consultant teams at the master level, who successfully delivered management/information systems consulting projects to fast-growing firms in emerging, Internet-empowered industries.
Yulin practiced as a management consultant with Accenture and Arthur Anderson before pursuing a PhD. He was specialized in (e-)business strategy, marketing strategy and IT strategic planning. He also provided independent consultancy services on knowledge/Innovation management for Canadian Government and Alcatel Global.
As a professional case writer, Yulin has developed many business cases on digitally-savvy corporations operating in Asia, such as Volkswagen, Cathay Pacific, Ctrip, Uber, Alcatel China, Google China, Tencent, HK Stock Exchange, and HK Airport. His cases “Keda’s SAP Implementation” and “Google in China (B)” were best sellers at Ivey Business School Publishing and European Case Clearing House, respectively. Over 60,000 copies of his cases have been distributed worldwide.
Teaching
Digital Technology and Transformation
Knowledge Management & Innovation
Business Research Methods
Introduction to MIS
Research Interest
Digital innovation
Digital transformation
Platform ecosystems
E-commerce
Social media
Selected Publications
He, W., Heish, JJ., Schneider, A, Fang, Y., “Converting Expertise Dissimilarity to Creative Behavior in Project Teams: A Multi-Level Investigation of Transactive Memory Systems and Team Geographical Dispersion”, MIS Quarterly, forthcoming
Hsu, C., Lee, JN., Fang, Y., Ryu, HS., Su., N., Straub, D.? “The Role of Vendor Legitimacy in IT Outsourcing Performance: Theory and Evidence”, Information Systems Research, forthcoming.
Zhou, J., Fang, Y. and Grover, V. “Understanding Collective Enterprise Information Systems Compliance-The Role of Social and Performance Context”, MIS Quarterly, forthcoming
Li., H., Fang, Y., Lim, KH, and Wang, YW, (2019) “Platform-based Function Repertoire, Reputation and Sales Performance of e-Marketplace Sellers”, MIS Quarterly, 43(1), pp. 207-236
Fang, Y., Lim, K., Qian, Y., Feng, B., (2018) “System Dynamics Modeling for Information Systems Research – Theory Development and Practical Applications”, MIS Quarterly, 42(4), pp.1303-1329.
Guo,S., Guo, X., Fang, Y., and Vogel, D. (2017) “Howe Doctors Gain Social and Economic Returns in Online Health Communities: A Professional Capital Perspective”, Journal of Management Information Systems, issue 2, pp.487-519.
Dong, CY., Fang, Y., and Straub, D. ?(2017) “Managing Institutional Distance between Collaborating Firms – The Role of Adaptive Interorganizational Systems”, Information Systems Research, 28(2), pp.309-331.
Dong, CY., Ju, M., and Fang, Y., (2016) “Role Hazard between Supply Chain Partners in an Institutionally Fragmented Market”, Journal of Operations Management, 46: pp.5-18.
Sun, H., Fang, Y. Zhou, M. (2016) “Choosing a Fit Technology: Understanding Mindfulness in Technology Adoption and Continuance”, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 17(6), pp. 377-412.
Wang, F.X, Fang, Y., Qureshi, I., Onne, J (2015) “Understanding Employee Innovative Job Performance – Integrating Social Network and Leader-Member Exchange Perspectives”, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 36(6), pp. 403-420
Fang, Y., Qureshi, I., Sun, H., McCole, P., Ramsey, E., and Lim, K (2014) “Trust, Satisfaction and Repurchase Intention – The Moderating Role of Perceived Effectiveness of E-commerce Institutional Mechanisms”, MIS Quarterly, 38(2), pp. 407-427
Zhou, Z., Fang, Y., Vogel, D., Jin, X., Zhang, X, (2012) “Attracted to or locked in? Predicting continuance intention in social virtual world services”, Journal of Management Information Systems, 29(1), 273-306
Sun, YQ., Fang, Y., Lim, KH, Straub, D. (2012) “User Satisfaction with IT Services: A Social Capital Perspective”, Information Systems Research, 23(4),1195-1211
Qureshi, I., Fang, Y., (2011) “Socialization in Open Source Software Projects – A Growth Mixture Modeling Approach”, Organizational Research Methods, 14(1), 208-238
Colazo, J., and Fang, Y., (2010) “Following the sun: Temporal dispersion and performance in open source software project teams”, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 11(11), 4.
Fang, Y., Jiang, F., Makino, S., and Beamish, P.W., (2010) “Multinational Firm Knowledge, Use of Expatriates, and Foreign Subsidiary Performance”, Journal of Management Studies, 47 (1), 27-54
Fang, Y., Neufeld, D.J., (2009) “Understanding Sustained Participation in Open Source Software Projects”, Journal of Management Information Systems, 25(5), 9-50. ?Year 2009 Senior Scholars Best IS Publication Award
Fang, Y., Wade, M., Delios, A., and Beamish, P.W., (2007). “International Diversification, Subsidiary Performance, and the Mobility of Knowledge Resources”, Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 28, No. 10, pp 1053-1064
Service to the University/ Community
Co-Editor in Chief, Information Technology & People (2018-present)
Senior Editor, Information Systems Research (2017-present)
Senior Editor, Information Systems Journal (2012-present)
Senior Editor, Journal of Information Technology (2021-present)
Associate Editor, Information & Management (2017-present)
Associate Editor, MIS Quarterly (2012-2016)
Associate Editor, Information Systems Research (2012-2016)