Research

• Generative AI and creativity

• The dark side of generative AI

• Human-AI collaboration

• Quantitative: Econometrics | Experiments | Machine Learning

• Qualitative: Case studies

Working Papers

• Yumeng Miao, Qinglai He, Sung S. Kim, & Kambiz Saffarizadeh. Creative Gains, Reputational Strains: Generative AI Elevates Style and Aesthetic Quality but Triggers Spillovers on Non-AI Artworks

Work-in-Progress

• AI Alignment

• Generative AI and Dehumanization

• Generative AI and Deepfakes

Presentations

• The Rise of Generative AI Art: How Do Text-to-Image Models Affect Artist Productivity and Artwork Novelty?

2023 December Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Business Analytics (AIML)

2023 October INFORMS Annual Meeting

2023 October Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST)

Publications

1. Rong Du, Yimeng Qi, Yumeng Miao, Xiaorong Yang, Veda C. Storey, & Shizhong Ai. (2024). B2C Cross-border E-commerce: Spillover Effects of Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Communities. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 28(4), 541-568.

2. Yumeng Miao, Rong Du, & Carol (Xiaojuan) Ou. (2022). Guanxi circles and light entrepreneurship in social commerce: The roles of mass entrepreneurship climate and technology affordances. Information & Management, 59(1), 103558.

3. Yumeng Miao, Rong Du, & Veda C. Storey. (2021). The Paradoxical Effect of Social Media Usage on Developer Creativity and the Moderating Role of Openness to Experience. Journal of Database Management, 32(3), 29-45.

4. Yumeng Miao, Rong Du, Jin Li, & J. Christopher Westland. (2019). A two-sided matching model in the context of B2B export cross-border e-commerce. Electronic Commerce Research, 19, 841-861.

5. Shizhong Ai, Rong Du, Detmar W. Straub, Likoebe M. Maruping, & Yumeng Miao. (2019). Measuring creolization in IT outsourcing: Instrument development and validation. International Journal of Information Management, 47, 16-30.

Conference Proceedings

1. Yumeng Miao, Rong Du, & Veda C. Storey.  (2020). A Multilevel Model for Individual Creativity and Innovative Behavior in Software Development. In the Proceedings of the 25th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), online, U.S.A. 

2. Peng Wang, Rong Du, Yumeng Miao, & Zongmin Zhang. (2017). Optimize the Coupon Face Value for Online Sellers. In HCI in Business, Government and Organizations. Supporting Business: 4th International Conference, HCIBGO 2017, Held as Part of HCI International 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 9-14, 2017, Proceedings, Part II 4 (pp. 105-113). Springer International Publishing.

3. Yumeng Miao, Rong Du, & Shizhong Ai. (2017). Utilizing Social Media to Share Knowledge of Healthcare and Improve Subjective Wellbeing of Aging People. In International Conference on Smart Health (ICSH) 2017, Hong Kong, China, June 26-27, 2017, Proceedings (pp. 54-66). Springer International Publishing.

4. Yumeng Miao, & Rong Du. (2016). Knowledge sharing-based value co-creation between e-commerce enterprises and logistics service providers. In HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations: eCommerce and Innovation: Third International Conference, HCIBGO 2016, Held as Part of HCI International 2016, Toronto, Canada, July 17-22, 2016, Proceedings, Part I 3 (pp. 248-257). Springer International Publishing.

Presentations

1. Yumeng Miao, Rong Du, & Veda C. Storey.  (2019). How can knowledge sharing translate individual innovative behavior into team innovation in offshoring?, presented at the 14th Global Sourcing Workshop, Obergurgl, Austria. 

2. Yumeng Miao. Understanding the role of knowledge sharing in global software development, accepted by OCIS Doctoral Consortium at Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, U.S.A. 

3. Yumeng Miao, Rong Du, Jin Li, & J. Christopher Westland. (2018). A two-sided matching model in the context of B2B export cross-border e-commerce, presented at the 17th Workshop on e-Business (WeB), Santa Clara, U.S.A.