D. J. Wu is an Associate Professor in Information Technology Management at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. from the Operations and Information Management Department, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Wu's current research interests center on the economics of enterprise information technology, particularly,  emerging business models for software commercialization, IT contract design, enterprise software platform ecosystems, and cloud computing.  Dr. Wu's recent work has been published in premier academic journals such as Management Science, Information Systems Research, and MIS Quarterly. His work has been cited over 2,035 times according to Google scholar, http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gndfRXQAAAAJ&hl=en.

Dr. Wu’s research won the “Best Paper in Valuing IT Opportunities” award, the “Best Paper in Web-Based Information Systems and Applications” award at the 2006 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), and the Runner-Up Best Conference Paper Award at the 2009 ICIS. Dr. Wu recently won the Linda and Lloyd L. Byars Award for Faculty Research Excellence, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, April, 2013.

Dr. Wu currently serves as an associate editor for Management Science (IS Department), Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (IT and Operations Interface), and as a senior editor for Production and Operations Management (Management of Technology Department). Dr. Wu co-edited a special section on information and competitive strategy in an networked economy for Journal of Management Information Systems (Fall 2012). Dr. Wu served as a track co-chair of ICIS (2009), and co-chaired the 2011 Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE). He also co-chaired the 2010 IT Teaching Workshop.

Featured Publications

• Wu, D.J., M. Ding, and L. Hitt, “IT Implementation Contract Design: Analytical and Experimental Investigation of IT Payoff, Learning and Contract Structure,” Forthcoming, Information Systems Research (Published online in Articles in Advance, October 5, 2012).

• Dou, Y., M. Niculescu, and D.J. Wu, “Engineering Optimal Network Effects via Social Media Features and Seeding in Markets for Digital Goods and Services,” Information Systems Research, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 164-185, March 2013.

• Huang, P., M. Ceccagnoli, C. Forman, and D.J. Wu, “Appropriability Mechanisms and the Platform Partnership Decision: Evidence from Enterprise Software,” Management Science, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 102-121, January 2013.

• Ceccagnoli, M., C. Forman, P. Huang, and D.J. Wu, “Co-creation of Value in a Platform Ecosystem: The Case of Enterprise Software,” MIS Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 263-290, March 2012.

• Dai, R., S. Narasimhan, and D.J. Wu, “Buyer's Efficient E-Sourcing Structure: Centralize or Decentralize?,” Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 141-164, Fall 2005.

• Wu, D. J. and P. Kleindorfer, "Competitive Options, Supply Contracting and Electronic Markets," Management Science, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 452-466, March 2005.

• Kleindorfer, P. and D. J. Wu, "Integrating Long- and Short-term Contracting via Business-to-Business Exchanges for Capital-Intensive Industries," Management Science, Vol. 49, No. 11, pp. 1597-1615, November 2003.

• Levi, M., P. Kleindorfer, and D.J. Wu, “Codifiability, Relationship-Specific Information Technology Investment, and Optimal Contracting,” Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 77-98, Fall 2003.

• Hitt, L., D. J. Wu, and X. Zhou, "Investment in Enterprise Resource Planning: Business Impact and Productivity Measures," Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 71-98, Summer 2002.

• Wu, D. J., P. Kleindorfer, and J. E. Zhang, "Optimal Bidding and Contracting Strategies for Capital-Intensive Goods," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 137, No. 3, pp. 657-676, March 2002.

• Kleindorfer, P., D.J. Wu, and C. Fernando, "Strategic Gaming in Electric Power Market," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 130, No. 1, pp. 156-168, April 2001.

Best Paper Awards

• Runner-Up Best Conference Paper Award, ICIS 2009. Huang, P., M. Ceccagnoli, C. Forman, and D.J. Wu, “When Do ISVs Join a Platform Ecosystem? Evidence from the Enterprise Software Industry,” Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), ICIS-0619-2009, Phoenix, Arizona, 2009.

• Best Paper on “Web-based Information Systems and Applications," ICIS 2006. Zhong, F. and D.J. Wu, “E-Sourcing: Impact of Bidding Behavior and Non-Price Attributes,” Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pp. 1979-1998, 2006.

• Best Paper on “Valuing IT Opportunities," ICIS 2006. Aral, S., E. Brynjolfsson, and D.J. Wu, “Which Came First, IT or Productivity? The ‘Virtuous Cycle’ of Investment and Use in Enterprise Systems,” Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pp. 1819-1839, 2006.

Working Papers (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=704252)

• Retana, G., C. Forman, S. Narasimhan, M. F. Niculescu, and D.J. Wu, “Technical Support and IT Capacity Demand: Evidence from the Cloud,” Proceedings of the 33^rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Orlando, Florida, December 16-19, 2012.

• Niculescu, M.   and    D.J. Wu, “Economics of Free Under Perpetual Licensing: Implications for the Software Industry,” Invited Presentation: Theory in Economics of Information Systems (TEIS), Laguna Beach, CA, June 9, 2012.

• Huang, P., M. Ceccagnoli, C. Forman, and D.J. Wu, “IT Knowledge Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from Enterprise Software,” Working Paper, University of Maryland and Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. Earlier version presented at Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Orlando, Florida, December 15-16, 2012.

• Tunca, T., D.J. Wu, and F. Zhong, “An Empirical Analysis of Price, Quality, and Incumbency in Service Procurement Auctions,” Working Paper, University of Maryland and Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012.

Management Science, Associate Editor, Department of Information Systems, 2007 - present.

Management Science, Guest Associate Editor, Department of Operations Management, 2010-2011.

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (M&SOM), Associate Editor, 2010 - present.   

Production and Operations Management, Senior Editor, Management of Technology (MOT) Department, 2007 - present.