Faculty Profile

Zhiling Guo

Title
Professor
Department
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
College
College of Business

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2005. 
Major: Management Science & Information Systems





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
No current or future courses scheduled.


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    BUSI 6240.001, Applied Multivariate Statistics, Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 5150.002, Leveraging Information Technology for Business, Spring 8W2 2024 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 5150.004, Leveraging Information Technology for Business, Fall 8W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Journal Article
Ang, G., Guo, Z., Lim, E.  (2023). On Predicting ESG Ratings using Dynamic Company Networks. ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems. 14(3), 1-34. 
Guo, Z., Ma, D.  (2023). Catching the Fast Payments Trend: Optimal Designs and Leadership Strategies of Retail Payment and Settlement Systems. MIS Quarterly. 47(2), 669-704. 
Guo, Z., Li, J., Ramesh, R.  (2023). Green Data Analytics of Supercomputing from Massive Sensor Networks: Does Workload Distribution Matter?. Information Systems Research. 34(4), 1664-1685. 
Gao, Z., Guo, Z., Tang, Q.  (2022). How do Monetary Incentives Influence Giving? An Empirical Investigation of Matching Subsidies on Kiva. Information Systems and e-Business Management. 20, 303-324. 
Chen, J., Guo, Z., Huang, J.  (2022). An Economic Analysis of Rebates Conditional on Positive Reviews. Information Systems Research. 33(1), 224-243. 
Chen, J., Guo, Z.  (2022). New-Media Advertising and Retail Platform Openness. MIS Quarterly. 46(1), 431-456. 
Guo, Z., Li, J., Ramesh, R.  (2020). Scalable, Adaptable, and Fast Estimation of Transient Downtime in Virtual Infrastructures Using Convex Decomposition and Sample Path Randomization. INFORMS Journal on Computing. 32(2), 321-345. 
Guo, Z., Li, J., Ramesh, R.  (2019). Optimal Management of Virtual Infrastructures under Flexible Cloud Service Agreements. Information Systems Research. 30(4), 1424-1446. 
Li, J., Guo, Z., Tso, G.  (2019). An Economic Analysis of Consumer Learning on Entertainment Shopping Websites. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 20(4), 308-327. 
Guo, Z., Ma, D.  (2018). A Model of Competition between Perpetual Software and Software as a Service. MIS Quarterly. 42(1), 1-46. 
Guo, Z., Chen, J.  (2018). Multi-Generation Product Diffusion in the Presence of Strategic Consumers. Information Systems Research. 29(1), 206-224. 
Chen, J., Guo, Z.  (2014). Strategic Sourcing in the Presence of Uncertain Supply and Retail Competition. Production and Operations Management. 23(10), 1748-1760. 
Liu, X., Guo, Z., Lin, Z., Ma, J.  (2013). A Local Social Network Approach for Research Management. Decision Support Systems. 56, 427-438. 
Thushari, S., Guo, Z., Ma, J., Jiang, H., Chen, H.  (2013). A Social Network-Empowered Research Analytics Framework for Project Selection. Decision Support Systems. 55(4), 957-968. 
Yoon, V. Y., Hostler, E. R., Guo, Z., Guimaraes, T.  (2013). Assessing the Moderating Effect of Consumer Product Knowledge and Online Shopping Experience on Using Recommendation Agents for Customer Loyalty. Decision Support Systems. 55(4), 883-893. 
Guo, Z., Koehler, G. J., Whinston, A. B. (2012). A Computational Analysis of Bundle Trading Markets Design for Distributed Resource Allocation. Information Systems Research. 23(3), 823-843. 
Guo, Z.  (2012). Optimal Decision Making for Incentive-Based Word-of-Mouth Marketing. Decision Support Systems. 52(2), 373-383. 
Hostler, E. R., Yoon, V. Y., Guo, Z., Guimaraes, T., Guisseppi, F.  (2011). Assessing the Impact of Recommendation Agents on Online Consumer Unplanned Purchase Behavior. Information & Management. 48(8), 336-343. 
Guisseppi, F., Guo, Z.  (2009). Internal Supply Chain Coordination in the Electric Utility Industry. European Journal of Operational Research. 196(2), 619-627. 
Feng, Y., Guo, Z., Chiang, W. K. (2009). Optimal Digital Content Distribution Strategy in the Presence of Consumer-to-Consumer Channel. Journal of Management Information Systems. 25(4), 241-270. 
Fang, F., Guo, Z., Whinston, A. B. (2008). Collective Outsourcing to Market (COM): A Market-Based Framework for Information Supply Chain Outsourcing. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 9(4), 98-118. 
Guo, Z., Koehler, G. J., Whinston, A. B. (2007). A Market-Based Optimization Algorithm for Distributed Systems. Management Science. 53(8), 1345-1358. 
Guo, Z., Fang, F., Whinston, A. B. (2006). Supply Chain Information Sharing in A Macro Prediction Market. Decision Support Systems. 42(3), 1944-1958. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
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