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Yi-Chun (Chad) Ho

Yi-Chun (Chad) Ho

Yi-Chun (Chad) Ho

Associate Professor of Information Systems & Technology Management

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Office Phone: (202) 994-5598
2201 G Street NW, Suite 515G Washington, DC 20052

Yi-Chun (Chad) Ho is an associate professor of Information Systems & Technology Management at the George Washington University School of Business (GWSB). He received his Ph.D. from the Foster School of Business, the University of Washington, and his M.S. from the Eller College of Management, the University of Arizona.

Chad is interested in exploring contemporary business phenomena enabled by various information technologies, with a focus on their economic impacts on firms and individuals. His research spans three major areas, including sharing economy, user-generated content, and digital commerce (mobile and electronic). His work has appeared in premier business journals, such as Information Systems Research, Management Science, and Production and Operations Management. He has also received multiple best paper awards or nominations at top IS conferences, such as WISE, CIST, WEB and CSWIM.

Chad is a winner of the 2021 Sandy Slaughter Early Career Award conferred by INFORMS Information Systems Society, which honors early-career scholars poised to make outstanding intellectual contributions to the Information Systems field. At GWSB, Chad is the only faculty member to ever achieve the Dean’s Award “grand slam,” having earned all three of the school's highest recognitions: the Senior Faculty Research Award, the Teaching Excellence Award, and the Emerging Scholar Award. His teaching has also been recognized with multiple distinctions, including the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, the Outstanding ISTM Teaching Excellence Award, and a university-wide nomination for the Bender Teaching Excellence Award. Chad currently serves as an Associate Editor at Information Systems Research (a UTD-24 journal), where he has received both the Outstanding Associate Editor Award and Outstanding Reviewer Award.

  • User-generated Content / Online Reviews

  • Crowdfunding / Peer-to-peer Lending

  • Social Media / Influencer Marketing

  • Mobile Advertising & Analytics

  • Pricing in Electronic Commerce

Research
  • Dean’s Senior Faculty Research Award, GWSB, 2025
  • Sandy Slaughter Early Career Award, INFORMS–Information Systems Society, 2021
  • Dean’s Emerging Scholar Award, Winner, GWSB, 2019
  • Best Student Paper Award, Finalist, Conference on Information Systems & Technology (CIST), 2019
  • Best Paper Award, Runner-up, China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), 2018
  • Best Paper Award, Finalist, Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), 2016
  • Doctoral Student Research Excellence Award, Foster School of Business, 2013
  • Best Paper Award, Runner-up, Workshop on e-Business (WEB), 2012
  • National Doctorate Research Grants ($32,000), Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2012–14
Teaching
  • Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, Winner, GWSB, 2023
  • Bender Teaching Excellence Award (University-wide), Nominee, GWU, 2022
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, GWSB, 2021
  • Outstanding ISTM Faculty/Teaching Excellence Award, GWSB, 2019
Service
  • Outstanding Associate Editor Award, Information Systems Research (UTD-24/FT-50), 2023
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, Information Systems Research (UTD-24/FT-50), 2020
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), 2016

Selected Publications (UTD-24, FT-50)

  1. Song T, Ho Y-C(C) (2024). Relational Resonance and Content Generation. [SSRN, MS] 
    Management Science, Published Online (UTD-24, FT-50)
     
  2. Xiao S, Ho Y-C(C), Zhou Z, Tan Y, Zhang M (2024). Investor Learning in Crowdfunded Supply Chain Finance Markets. [SSRN]
    Production & Operations Management, Forthcoming (UTD-24, FT-50)
     
  3. Jiang Y, Ho Y-C(C), Yan X, Tan Y (2022). What’s in a “Username”? The Effect of Perceived Anonymity on Herding in Crowdfunding. [SSRN, ISR]
    Information Systems Research, 33(1), 1-17 (Lead Article) (UTD-24, FT-50)
     
  4. Fang Z, Ho Y-C(C), Tan X & Tan Y (2021). Show me the Money: The Economic Impact of Membership-based Free Shipping Programs on e-Tailers. [SSRN, ISR]
    Information Systems Research, 32(4), 1115-1127 (UTD-24, FT-50)
     
  5. Xiao S, Ho Y-C(C), Che H (2021). Building the Momentum: Information Disclosure and Herding in Online Crowdfunding. [SSRN, POM]
    Production & Operations Management, 30(9), 3213-3230 (UTD-24, FT-50)
     
  6. Jiang Y, Ho Y-C(C), Yan X, Tan Y (2020). When Online Lending Meets Real Estate: Examining Investment Decisions in Lending-Based Real Estate Crowdfunding. [SSRN, ISR]
    Information Systems Research, 31(3), 715-730 (UTD-24, FT-50)
     
  7. Ho I, Dewan S, Ho Y-C(C) (2020). Distance and Local Competition in Mobile Geofencing. [SSRN, ISR]
    Information Systems Research, 31(4), 1421-1442 (UTD-24, FT-50)
     
  8. Ho Y-C(C), Wu J, Tan Y (2017). Disconfirmation Effect on Online Rating Behavior: A Structural Model. [SSRN, ISR]
    Information Systems Research, 28(3), 626-642 (UTD-24, FT-50)
     
  9. Ho Y-C(C), Ho I, Tan Y (2017). Online Cash-back Shopping: Implications for Consumers and e-Businesses. [SSRN, ISR]
    Information Systems Research, 28(2), 250-264 (UTD-24, FT-50)
     
  10. Nan G, Yao L, Ho Y-C(C), Li Z, Li M (2019). A Competitive Analysis of Platform Protection in the Presence of Content Substitutability.
    Journal of Management Information Systems, 36(3), 1002-1036 (FT-50)
     
  11. Jiang Y, Ho Y-C(C), Yan X, Tan Y (2018). Investor Platform Choice: Herding, Platform Attributes, and Regulations. [SSRN, ]
    Journal of Management Information Systems, 35(1), 86-116 (FT-50) 

Chad currently teaches Python Program Database Applications (ISTM 6200) and Introduction to Programming (ISTM 3119).

Other courses Chad has taught at the GW School of Business:

  • Python Program Database Applications (ISTM 6200, MSIST Foundation Course)

  • Web and Social Analytics (ISTM 6209, MSIST Core Course)

  • Management Information Systems Technology (BADM 2301, Undergraduate Core Course)

  • Introduction to Programming (ISTM 3119, BS/IS Core Course)
  • Associate Editor, Information Systems Research (2022 – Present)
  • Associate Editor, Information Technology & Management (2020–2021)
  • Associate Editor, International Conferences on Information Systems (2018 – Present)