Publications
Area Head of Information Systems & Operations Management (Co-Chair), Director of MSc Programme in Information Management and Business Analytics (IM Concentration), Director of Center on Blockchain and Intelligent Technology (CBIT) of Shenzhen Institute of Data Economics, SFI Chair Professor
Information Systems
Agentic Workflow, Big Data Applications, Blockchain Applications, Business Applications of GenAI, Design Science Research, Human-AI Collaboration, FinTech
1. Charting the Future of Blockchain in Operations and Supply Chain Management: Opportunities and Challenges. Journal of Operations Management,Lumineau, F., Shang, G., Swaminathan, J. M., Tsoukalas, G., Wagner, S. M., & Zhao, J. L.,,Published,2025
2. Healthcare at the Crossroads: Impacts of Online Health Community on Off-line Healthcare Quality and Equity. Information Systems Research,Ji Wu, Yulin Fang, J. Leon Zhao, Xinyu Zhu,,Published online,2025-9-22
3. How a Rotten Apple May Spoil the Barrel: Corporate Fraud Detection via Dynamic Business Networks,Wei Du, Qi Lu, Wei Xu, J. Leon Zhao,,Published Online,2025
4. Generative Artificial Intelligence: Evolving Technology, Growing Societal Impact, and Opportunities for Information Systems Research,Storey, Veda C.; Yue, Wei Thoo; Zhao, J. Leon; Lukyanenko, Roman,,Published,2025-2
5. Understanding the Role of Lead Organizational Donor Types in Civic Crowdfunding,Hassna, Ghazwan; Burtch, Gordon; and Zhao, J Leon,,25(4), 990-1036,2024
6. Deterring the gray market: Product diversion detection via learning disentangled representations of multivariate time series,Hao Lin, Guannan Liu, Junjie Wu, J Leon Zhao,, 36 (2), 571-586,2024-3
7. SocioLink: Leveraging Relational Information in Knowledge Graphs for Startup Recommendations, Ruiyun Rayna Xu, Hailiang Chen, J Leon Zhao,,40 (2), 655-682,2023
8. "FairPlay: Detecting and Deterring Online Customer Misbehavior",J Wu, Z Zheng, JL Zhao,,32 (4), 1323-1346,2021-9
9. "Beyond the block: A novel blockchain-based technical model for long-term care insurance",W Zhang, CP Wei, Q Jiang, CH Peng, JL Zhao.,,38 (2), 374-400,2021
10. "News-induced Dynamic Networks for Market Signaling: Understanding Impact of News on Firm Equity Value",Chen, Kun; Li, Xin; Luo, Peng, Zhao, J. Leon,,32 (2), 356-377,2021
11. "FinTech as a Game Changer: Overview of Research Frontiers",T Hendershott, X Zhang, JL Zhao, Z Zheng,,32 (1), 1-17,2021
12. "Stability of Transaction Fees in Bitcoin: A Supply and Demand Perspective",Noyan Ilk, Guangzhi Shang, Shaokun Fan, and J. Leon Zhao,,45 (2), pp.563-692,2021
13. "Blockchain-secured smart manufacturing in industry 4.0: A survey",J Leng, S Ye, M Zhou, JL Zhao, Q Liu, W Guo, W Cao, L Fu,,51 (1), 237-252,2021
14. "Do Cognitive and Affective Expressions Matter in Purchase Conversion? A Live Chat Perspective",Lele Kang, Chuan Hoo Tan, J. Leon Zhao,,71(4): 436-449,2020
15. "Blockchain Security: A Survey of Techniques and Research Directions",Jiewu Leng, Man Zhou, J. Leon Zhao, Yongfeng Huang, Yiyang Bian,,pp. 2490-2510, vol. 15,2020
16. "Smart Contract Security: A Software Lifecycle Perspective",Yongfeng Huang, Yiyang Bian, Renpu Li, J. Leon Zhao, and Peizhong Shi,,7: 150184-150202,2019-10
17. "Impacts of Consensus Algorithms in Cryptocurrency: A Theoretical Analysis of PoW versus PoS in Ethereum",Dapeng Pan, J. Leon Zhao, Shaokun Fan,,1(1) (Inaugural Issue),2019-9
18. "Operationalizing regulatory focus in the digital age: evidence from an e-commerce context",Ji Wu, Liqiang Huang, and J. Leon Zhao,, Vol. 43(3): 745-764 ,2019-9
19. "ManuChain: combining permissioned blockchain with a holistic optimization model as bi-level intelligence for smart manufacturing",Jiewu Leng, Douxi Yan, Qiang Liu, Kailin Xu, J. Leon Zhao, Rui Shi, Lijun Wei, Ding Zhang, and Xin Chen,, 50 (1), 182-192 ,2019
20. "Makerchain: A Blockchain with Chemical Signature for Self-Organizing Process in Social Manufacturing",Leng, Jiewu; Jiang, Pingyu; Xu, Kailin; Liu, Qiang; Zhao, J. Leon; Bian, Yiyang; Shi, Rui,,Volume 234. 767-778,2019-6
21. "When More Is Less: Field Evidence on Unintended Consequences of Multitasking",Paulo Goes, Ilk, Noyan, Lin, Mingfeng and Zhao, J. Leon,, Vol. 64, No. 7, pp. 3033–3054 ,2018-7
22. "Collaboration Process Pattern Approach to Improving Teamwork Performance: A Data Mining-Based Methodology",Shaokun Fan, Xin Li, J Leon Zhao,,29 (3), 438-456,2017
23. "Transformational Issues of Big Data and Analytics in Networked Business",Bart Baesens, Ravi Bapna, James R Marsden, Jan Vanthienen, J Leon Zhao,, Vol. 40 No. 4, pp. 807-818 ,2016-12
24. "Mobility-Enabled Service Selection for Composite Services",Shuiguang Deng, Longtao Huang, Daning Hu, J. Leon Zhao, and Zhaohui Wu,, 9 (3), 394-407 ,2016-5
25. "Service Selection for Composition with QoS Correlations",Shuiguang Deng, Hongyue Wu, Daning Hu, and J. Leon Zhao,, vol. 9, no. , pp. 291-303 ,2016-3
26. "Learning Context-Sensitive Domain Ontologies from Folksonomies: A Cognitively Motivated Method",Raymond Lau, J. Leon Zhao, Wenping Zhang, Yi Cai, Eric Ngai,, 27, 3, 561-578 ,2015-9
27. "Editorial: Business Process Intelligence: Connecting Data and Processes",Wil van der Aalst, J. Leon Zhao, Harry J. Wang,, Vol. 5, No. 4 ,2015-4
28. "Effective Active Learning Strategies for the Use of Large-Margin Classifiers in Semantic Annotation: An Optimal Parameter Discovery Perspective",Kaiquan Xu, Stephen Shaoyi Liao, Raymond Y. K. Lau, and J. Leon Zhao,,26/3. pp. 461-483,2014
29. "Network-based Modeling and Analysis of Systemic Risk in Banking Systems",Daning Hu, J. Leon Zhao, Zhiming Hua, and Michael Wong,, 36, 4, 1269-1291 ,2012-12
30. "Live-chat agent assignments to heterogeneous e-customers under imperfect classification",Paulo Goes, Noyan Ilk, Wei T. Yue, and J. Leon Zhao,, 2, 4, ,2011-12
31. "Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue on Modeling and Implementation of Service Enterprise Systems",Alan R. Hevner, Dongsong Zhang, J. Leon Zhao,,3(2): 86-88,2010
32. "Formulating the Data Flow Perspective for Business Process Management",Sherry X. Sun, J. Leon Zhao, Jay F. Nunamaker, Olivia R. Liu Sheng,,Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 374-391,2006-12
33. "Web Services and Service-Oriented Application Provisioning: An Analytical Study of Application Service Strategies",Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Qian Candy Tang, J. Leon Zhao,, 53, 4, pages: 520-533 ,2006-11
34. "Effective Role Resolution in Workflow Management",Daniel Zeng and J. Leon Zhao,, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 374-387 ,2005
35. “On heterogeneous database retrieval: a cognitively-guided approach”,Ramayya Krishnan, Xiaoping Li, David Steier, and J. Leon Zhao,,12(3), 286-303,2001-9
36. "Workflow-centric information distribution through email",J. Leon Zhao, Akhil Kumar, and Edward A. Stohr,,Winter 2000-2001, Volume 17, No. 3, pp. 45-72,2000
37. “Dynamic routing and operational controls in workflow management systems”, Akhil Kumar and J. Leon Zhao ,, Volume 45, No. 2, pp 253-272 ,1999-2
38. “A framework for join pattern indexing in intelligent database systems”,Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao,, Vol. 7, No. 7, pp. 941-954 ,1995-12
39. “Rule management in expert database systems”,Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao,,Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 685-707,1994-6
