Xitong LI

Professor

Information Systems and Operations Management

lix@hec.fr https://sites.google.com/view/xitong-li/
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Dr. Xitong Li is a Full Professor of Information Systems at HEC Paris, France. His primary research interests are in the economics of information technologies, including social media, crowdfunding, digital marketing, online education, algorithms and AI. His primary research methods include applied econometric analysis, field and laboratory experiments. Dr. Li’s research appears in leading international journals, such as Management Science, Information Systems Research, Management Information Systems Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, and various ACM / IEEE Transactions. 

Dr. Li’s research has been granted by ANR AAPG France (solo PI), equivalent to National Science Foundation (NSF) in the U.S., 124 k€, for 2018-2023. His research has also been granted by Hi! PARIS Fellowship, 180 k€, for 2021-2025. 

Dr. Li currently serves as an Associate Editor for Information Systems Research. 

Dr. Li served as a Program Co-chair of the 42th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2021, and a co-chair of Symposium on Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR) 2019.

Dr. Xitong Li received his Ph.D. in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and his Ph.D. in engineering from Tsinghua University.

Scientific articles

Large scale analytics of global and regional MOOC providers: Differences in learners’ demographics, preferences, and perceptions

Computers & Education, April 2022, vol. 180, n° 104426, (in coll. with J. A. Ruipérez-Valiente, T. Staubitz, M. Jenner, S. Halawa, J. Zhang, I. Despujol, J. Maldonado-Mahauad, G. Montoro, M. Peffer, T. Rohloff, J. Lane, C. Turro, M. Pérez-Sanagustín, J. Reich)

Algorithmic versus Human Advice: Does Presenting Prediction Performance Matter for Algorithm Appreciation?

Journal of Management Information Systems, June 2022, vol. 39, n° 2, pp 336-365, (in coll. with S. YOU, L. C. YANG)

How Do Recommender Systems Lead to Consumer Purchases? A Causal Mediation Analysis of a Field Experiment

Information Systems Research, June 2022, vol. 33, n° 2, pp 620-637, (in coll. with J. GRAHL, O. HINZ)

Reporting Technologies and Textual Readability: Evidence from the XBRL Mandate

Information Systems Research, September 2021, vol. 32, n° 3, pp 1025-1042, (in coll. with H. Zhu, L. Zuo)

Combating Procrastination on MOOCs via Optimal Calls-to-Action: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Information Systems Research, June 2021, vol. 32, n° 2, pp iii-vii, 301-674, C2, (in coll. with N. HUANG, J. ZHANG, G. BURTCH, P.-Y. CHEN)

Dynamic Monitoring of Service Outsourcing for Timed Workflow Processes

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, November 2019, vol. 66, n° 4, pp 715-729, (in coll. with Y. DU, L. WANG, G. MU)

Guest Editorial Special Issue on Advancing Intelligent Automation in Sharing Economy

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, November 2018, vol. 15, n° 4, pp 1443-1447, (in coll. with X. HU, W. TAN, J. CHENG, M. ZHOU, R.Y-K KWOK)

Herding and Social Media Word-of-Mouth: Evidence from Groupon

MIS Quarterly, 3 February 2018, vol. 42, n° 4, pp 1331-1351, (in coll. with L. WU)

Impact of Average Rating on Social Media Endorsement: The Moderating Role of Rating Dispersion and Discount Threshold

Information Systems Research, September 2018, vol. 29, n° 3, pp 739-754,

Analyzing Degree of Parallelism for Concurrent Timed Workflow Processes With Shared Resources

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, February 2017, vol. 64, n° 1, pp 42 - 56, (in coll. with Li WANG, Yanhua DU)

Proceedings

Towards Mobility-as-a-Service to Promote Smart Transportation

2015 IEEE 82 nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall) , 2015 , Boston (Xiping HU, Nam Ky GIANG, Johnny SHEN, Victor C. M. LEUNG)

Dynamic Selection of Services under Temporal Constraints in Cloud Computing

9th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE)/8th SOAIC/6th EM2I/6th SOKMBI/4th ASOC , 2012 , Hangzhou (Y. DU, X. WANG, L. AI)

An Approach to Composing Web Services with Context Heterogeneity

IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2009) , 2009 , Los Angeles (S. MADNICK, H. ZHU, Y. FAN)

On the Synchronization of Web Services Interactions

23rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops , 2009 , Bradford (Z. MAAMAR, Q. Z. SHENG, H. YAHYAOUI, K. BOUKADI)

Working papers

Understanding the Dynamics of Service-Oriented Architecture Implementation

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015

Scientific articles

How Do Product Recommendations Help Consumers Search Products? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Management Science, September 2024, vol. 70, n° 9, pp 5776–5794, (in coll. with X. S. WAN, A. KUMAR)

Retargeted Versus Generic Product Recommendations: When is it Valuable to Present Retargeted Recommendations?

Information Systems Research, September 2024, vol. 35, n° 3, pp 1403-1421, (in coll. with X. (. Wan, A. Kumar)

Does Social Influence Change with Other Information Sources? A Large-Scale Randomized Experiment in Medical Crowdfunding

Information Systems Research, 21 December 2023, vol. 34, n° 4, pp 1476-1492, (in coll. with Y. Y. Hur, F. Jin, Y. Cheng, Y. J. Hu)

Algorithmic versus Human Advice: Does Presenting Prediction Performance Matter for Algorithm Appreciation?

Journal of Management Information Systems, June 2022, vol. 39, n° 2, pp 336-365, (in coll. with S. YOU, L. C. YANG)

Proceedings

Towards Mobility-as-a-Service to Promote Smart Transportation

2015 IEEE 82 nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall) , 2015 , Boston (Xiping HU, Nam Ky GIANG, Johnny SHEN, Victor C. M. LEUNG)

Dynamic Selection of Services under Temporal Constraints in Cloud Computing

9th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE)/8th SOAIC/6th EM2I/6th SOKMBI/4th ASOC , 2012 , Hangzhou (Y. DU, X. WANG, L. AI)

An Approach to Composing Web Services with Context Heterogeneity

IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2009) , 2009 , Los Angeles (S. MADNICK, H. ZHU, Y. FAN)

On the Synchronization of Web Services Interactions

23rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops , 2009 , Bradford (Z. MAAMAR, Q. Z. SHENG, H. YAHYAOUI, K. BOUKADI)

Working papers

Reporting Technologies and Textual Readability: Evidence from the XBRL Mandate

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2021

Combating Procrastination on MOOCs via Optimal Calls-to-Action

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020

Economic Benefits of Product Recommendations to Consumers: Estimates from a Field Experiment

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020

The Effect of Dockless Bike-Sharing on Public Transportation: An Empirical Study

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Education

  • Ph.D. in Management, MIT, Sloan School of Management - USA
  • Ph.D. in Engineering, Tsinghua University - China
  • Bachelor of Science in Control Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University - China

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2023- Professor, Information Systems and Operations Management HEC Paris
  • 2019-2022 Associate Professor, Information Systems and Operations Management HEC Paris
  • 2014-2018 Assistant Professor, Operations Management & Information Technology HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Editorial activities

  • Reviewer: Management Science, Information Systems Research (ISR), ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (ACM TOIT), World Wide Web Journal (WWWJ), IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A (SMCA), IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), IEEE Transactions on Service Computing (TSC), IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), IEEE Intelligent Systems, Decision Support Systems (DSS), Information Sciences (INS), Information Systems Frontiers (ISF), Journal on Data Semantics (JODS), Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), Service Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA)