Areas of Expertise

Social Media, Online Volunteerism, Philanthropy, E-Commerce, Crowdfunding

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. in Information Systems, The Foster School, University of Washington, 2017
• B.E. in Management Information Systems, Renmin University, 2009

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• INFORMS eBusiness 2019 Best Paper Award Runner-up, “The Impact of Subscription Reciprocity on Charitable Content Generation and Sharing: Evidence from Twitter on Giving Tuesday”
• INFORMS ISS 2018 Nunamaker-Chen Dissertation Award, Runner-up
• Best Reviewer Nomination, the 11th China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), 2017
• Bertauche Transportation Fellowship in Business Fund, University of Washington, 2016
• Doctoral Student Excellence in Research Award, ISOM Department, University of Washington, 2014
• Wayne and Anne Gittinger Fellow, 2012 – 2017

Selected Publications

• Tan, X., Lu, YD., and Tan, Y. (2021). The Impact of Subscription Reciprocity on Charitable Content Creation and Sharing: Evidence from Twitter on Giving Tuesday. Management Information Systems Quarterly, 45(2), 535-562.
• Fang, Z., Ho, YC., Tan, X., and Tan, Y. (2021). Show Me the Money: The Economic Impact of Membership-based Free Shipping Programs on e-Tailers. Information Systems Research, 32(4), 1115–1127.
• Tan, X., Wang, YW., and Tan, Y. (2019). Impact of Live Chat on Purchase in Electronic Markets: The Moderating Role of Information Cues. Information Systems Research, 30(4), 1107-1452.

Edited on January 28, 2022