Research
Journal Publications
2. Nie C, Zheng Z (Eric), Sarkar S (2022). Manipulating Consumer Opinion: Incumbents Reaction to Competition from the Sharing Economy. MIS Quarterly, (46:3), 1573–1602.
1. Nie C, Zheng Z (Eric), Sarkar S (2021). A Strategic Group Analysis of Competitor Behavior in Search Advertising. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, (22:6), 1659–1685.
Journal Papers Under Review
Jiang Z, Rai A, Sun H, Nie C, Hu Y (2023). How Online Information Influences Offline Transactions: Insights from Digital Real Estate Platforms. Revising for the 5th round review at Information Systems Research
Nie C, Zheng Z (Eric), Sarkar S (2023). Firm Competitive Structure and Consumer Reaction in Search Advertising. Submitted for the 3rd round review at Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Fang B, Nie C, Zheng Z (Erci) (2023). Information Asymmetry and Speculation in NFT Platforms. Submitted for the 1st round review at Production and Operations Management
Zhu T, Nie C, Jiang Z, Hu X (2023). When Do Consumers Buy during Online Promotions? A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation. Submitted for the 1st round review at Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Work in Progress
- Nie C, Zheng Z (Eric), Sarkar S (2023). Not All Strategies Are Created Equal: Evidence from Hotels’ Response to Counter the Competition from Airbnb.
Refereed Conference Papers:
Nie C, Zheng Z (Eric), Sarkar S (2017). Competing with the Sharing Economy: Strategies for Manipulating Consumer Opinions. INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST 17).
Nie C, Zheng Z (Eric), Sarkar S (2016). Manipulating Consumer Opinion: Incumbents Reaction to Competition from the Sharing Economy. 26th Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS 16). Nominated for Best Paper Award.
Zheng Z (Eric), Sarkar S, Nie C (2014). How do Strategic Groups Impact Consumer Behavior in Sponsored Search Advertising? 24th Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS 14).
Nie C, Zeng D, Zheng X, Wang F-Y, Zhao H (2010). Modeling Open Source Software Bugs with Complex Networks. 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI 10).
Presentations:
Firm Competition and Consumer Reaction in Search Advertising: A Strategic Group Perspective.
SCECR 19, Hong Kong, China Jun 11-12, 2019.How Does Online Review Manipulation Influence Sales? Evidence from the Hotel Industry.
WITS 18, Santa Clara, CA, December 16-18, 2018.Competing with the Sharing Economy: Strategies for Manipulating Consumer Opinions.
POMS 18, Houston, TX, May 4-7, 2018.Competing with the Sharing Economy: Strategies for Manipulating Consumer Opinions.
CIST 17, Houston, TX, October 21-22, 2017.Hotel Strategies to Influence Sales: Incumbents Reaction to Competition from Airbnb.
INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 22-25, 2017.Manipulating Consumer Opinion: Incumbents Reaction to Competition from the Sharing Economy.
WITS 16, Dublin, Ireland, December 15, 2016.How do Strategic Groups Impact Consumer Behavior in Sponsored Search Advertising?
Big XII+ conference at Iowa State University, April 12th, 2015Coordination under competition
INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 9th, 2014