Academic Appointments 

•  Current Appointment: Professor of Information Systems (with tenure), Tsinghua University, 2017–present

•  Previous Appointment: Associate Professor of Information Systems (with tenure), Iowa State University

Editorial Service

• Senior Editor, Department of Disruptive Technologies and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management , 2021–present

• Senior Editor, Department of POM-Information Systems Interface, Production and Operations Management (UTD-24 Journal), 2018–present

Ph.D. Mentorship  (as Dissertation Chair; first placements listed)

• Meilin Gu: Assistant Professor, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, 2025

• Yi Gao: Assistant Professor, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University, 2023

• Zhe Wang: Assistant Professor, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong, 2023  

Service in Academic Societies and Conferences

• Track Co-chair, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2023

• Track Co-chair, POMS Annual Meeting, 2018, 2023–2025
  

• Track Co-chair, DSI Annual Meeting, 2018

• Mentor, Doctoral Consortium, China Workshop on Economics of Information Systems Theory (CWEIST), 2025

• Mentor, Junior Faculty Consortium, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), 2024

• Mentor, Doctoral Consortium, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), 2023

• Member, Academic Committee, China Information Economics Society, 2020–present

• Executive Council Member, China Information Economics Society, 2020–present

• Data Mining Algorithms and Applications

• Data Analysis Strategy and Practice

• Introduction to Business Analytics

• Integrated Business Analytics and Practices

• Economics of Information Systems 

• Digital Platforms

• Artificial Intelligence 

• Fintech

Selected Journal Papers（UTD-24)

• Y. Gao, A. Mehra, and D. Liu (2026),“More Can Be Less: Economics of Answer Viewing on Paid Q&A Platforms,”Information Systems Research (ISR) https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2022.0641

• Y. Gao, M. Gu, and D. Liu (2025) "Behind Privacy Labels: Data Tracking and Advertising Competition on App Platforms," Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ) 49(4):1595-1626.

• M. Gu, D. Liu, and S. Kumar (2025) "Navigating Platform-Led Affiliate Marketing: Implications for Content Creation and Platform Profitability," Information Systems Research (ISR) 36(2):802-827. 

• Y. Gao, D. Liu, and S. Kumar (2025) "Clocking In or Not? Optimal Design of a Novel Gamified Business Model in Online Learning," Information Systems Research (ISR) 36(2):847-870.

• Z. Wang, H. Guo, and D. Liu (2024) "Economics of Analytics Services on a Marketplace Platform,”Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ) 48(2):775-824.
  

• S. Luo, R. Mookerjee, and D. Liu (2021) "The Effects of Auction Mechanisms and Social Characteristics on Microloan Performance," Production and Operations Management (POM) 30(2):311-329.

• D. Liu, S. Kumar, and V. Mookerjee (2020) "Flexible and Committed Advertising Contracts in Electronic Retailing," Information Systems Research (ISR) 31(2):323-339.
  

• D. Liu and V. Mookerjee (2018) "Advertising Competition on the Internet: Operational and Strategic Considerations," Production and Operations Management (POM) 27(5):884-901.

• D. Liu, Y. Tan, and V. Mookerjee (2018) "When Ignorance Can be Bliss: Organizational Structure and Coordination in Electronic Retailing," Information Systems Research (ISR) 29(1):70-83.
  

• H. Feng, Z. Jiang, and D. Liu (2018) "Quality, Pricing, and Release Time: Optimal Market Entry Strategy for New Software-as-a-Service Vendors," Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ) 42(1):333-353.

• Y. Ceran, M. Davande, D. Liu, and V. Mookerjee (2014) "Optimal Software Reuse in Incremental Software Development: A Transfer Pricing Approach," Management Science (MS) 60(3):541-559.

• D. Liu, S. Kumar, and V. Mookerjee (2012) "Advertising Strategies in Electronic Retailing: A Differential Game Approach," Information Systems Research (ISR) 23(3):903-917.

• D. Liu, S. Sarkar, and C. Sriskandarajah（2010) "Resource Allocation Policies for Personalization in Content Delivery Sites," Information Systems Research (ISR), 21(2):227-248.

• D. Liu, M. Dawande, and V. Mookerjee (2007) "Value-Driven Creation of Functionality in Software Projects: Optimal Sequencing and Reuse," Production and Operations Management (POM) 16(3):381-399.

Selected Conference Papers

• Y. Zhang, M. Gu, P. Chen, and D. Liu, "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: An Economic Analysis of Platforms' Acquisition of Original Content," Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Hyderabad, India, December 13-15, 2023.

• Best Paper Nominee 

• Best Student Paper Nominee

• Y. Gao, P. Chen, and D. Liu, "Can Hiding (Dis)like Help? Examine the Impact of Performance Metrics Disclosure on Social Media Platforms,"Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Hyderabad, India, December 13-15, 2023.

• Best Paper Nominee

• D. Zou, M. Gu, and D. Liu,“When Ownership and Copyright Are Separated: Economics of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Marketplaces," Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Copenhagen, Denmark, December 14-16, 2022.

• Best Workshop Theme Paper Award

• Best Paper Nominee

• Z. Wang and D. Liu,“Economic Analysis of Online Subsidiary Healthcare System: A Bayesian Persuasion Approach."

• Finalist for the 2021 INFORMS Service Science Best Student Paper Award

• Z. Wang, S. Kumar, and D. Liu,“On Platform's Incentive to Filter Fake Reviews: A Game-Theoretic Model,”International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December 13-16, 2020.

• Best Paper Award in Track

• Best Student Paper Award in Track

• Best Conference Paper Nominee

• Best Student Paper Nominee

Selected Working Papers

• "When Fairness Backfires: From the Leveling-Down to Slackening-Off Effect in Diagnostic AI," with Zhe Wang

• "The Economics of AI Supply Chain Regulation," with Sihan Qian and Amit Mehra
  

• An earlier version of this paper won the Best Student Paper Award at WISE 2023.

  
  

• "Shooting Itself in the Foot or Fighting Fire with Fire? An Economic Analysis of Built-in Ad Blockers,”with Zizheng Liu and Xinxin Li

• An earlier version of this paper won the Best Student Paper Runner-Up Award at WISE 2022