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ZHOU Di

Research Associate Professor

Department: Public Administration

zhoudi@tongji.edu.cn

Di Zhou is a research associate professor in the School of Economics and Management at Tongji University. He earned Ph.D. from the Institute of Economics, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University. Before joining Tongji, he was a research assistant at Tsinghua University and a visiting fellow at the Harvard Business School. Di Zhou’s research interests include platform ecosystems, digital innovation, and digital regulation, with a particular focus on the digital economy.

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE TEACHING AND RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS/RECOGNITION

2017 – 2021, Ph.D., Economics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2019 – 2020, Visiting Fellow, Harvard Business School and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA, U.S.
2014 – 2016, M.A., Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
2010 – 2014, B.A., Management Science, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China

2021 – Now, Research Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University
2016 – 2017, Research Assistant, Center for China in the World Economy, Tsinghua University

BOOKS

Zhou, D., Rong, K., Sun, Z., The 100 Q&A Guide to the Digital Economy. People's Publishing House. 2024. [in Chinese] (A popular science book on the digital economy)
Rong, K., Zhou, D., Digital Economics. Tsinghua University Press. 2023. [in Chinese] (A Chinese textbook on the digital economy)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Rong, K., Sokol, D., Zhou, D.*, Zhu, F., Antitrust platform regulation and entrepreneurship: Evidence from China. Management Science. Accept. (UTD24)
Kang, Z., Kou, H.*, Zhou, D., Shi, X., Parente, R., Rong, K., Platform-based multinational corporations (PMNCs):A research agenda in the field of international business. International Business Review. 2025, 102386. (JCR Q1)
Parente, R., Rong, K., Shi, X., Kang, Z., Zhou, D.*, How do platform multinational corporations (PMNCs) address emerging challenges in the global landscape? A 'READ' framework. Long Range Planning. 2024,102455. (ABS4)
Chu, Y., Cheng, M., Zhao, X.*, Zhou, D., Digital transformation, intelligent device utilization, and carbon emission reduction. Journal of Digital Economy. 2023,2: 175-189. (Scopus)
Sun, C., Zhou, D., Yang, T.*, Sponsorship disclosure and consumer engagement: Evidence from Bilibili video platform. Journal of Digital Economy. 2023,2:81-96. (Scopus)
Zhou, D., Rong, K.*, Parente, R., Why do platform multinational companies struggle abroad? A multi-method study of the role of informal institutional distance. Journal of Digital Economy. 2022,1(3):252-272. (Scopus, 2020 AOM Best Paper Finalist)
Rong, K., Zhou, D.*, Shi, X., Huang, W., Social information disclosure of friends in common in an e-commerce platform ecosystem: An online experiment. Production and Operations Management. 2022,31(3):984-1005. (UTD24)
Rong, K., Sun, H., Li, D., Zhou, D.*, Matchmaking as service provision of sharing economy platforms: An information processing perspective. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2021, 171, 120901. (JCR Q1)
Rong, K., Li, B., Peng, W., Zhou, D., Shi, X.*, Sharing economy platforms: Creating shared value at a business ecosystem level. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2021, 169, 120804. (JCR Q1).
Rong, K., Huang, C., Zhou, D.*, Kou, H.,Xu, Z., Development strategies for China's integrated circuit industrial ecosystem in the post-Moore era. Studies in Science of Science. 2025,online. [in Chinese] (CSSCI)
Liu, T., Zhang, Y., Rong, K.*, Zhou, D., Analysis on mechanism of data as a new growth engine for China. Economic Research Journal. 2024,59(10):19-36. [in Chinese] (CSSCI)
Lu, C., Wang, X., Zhou, D.*, Wang, Q., The governance mechanism for platforms' data abuse behavior: A multi-agent evolutionary game perspective. Frontiers of Science and Technology of Engineering Management. 2023,42(02):16-24. (CSSCI)
Rong, K., Liu T., Zhou, D.*, Hao, F., Hierarchical data licensing mechanisms in the data market. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. 2022,36(6):15-29. [in Chinese]
Zhou, D., Dong, X., Wu, Y., You, Y., Rong, K.*, Modelling the platform positioning strategy in the short video industry: Evidence from Tik‐Tok and Kuaishou. R&D Management. 2019,31(5):37-50. [in Chinese]
Rong, K., Shi, X., Zhou, D.*, How can a second computing industry ecosystem be built? Studies in Science of Science. 2021,39(06):973-976. [in Chinese]

RESEARCH GRANTS

China Association for Science and Technology Research Program (YESS20240440), PI
National Natural Science Foundation of China (72202159), PI
Shanghai Pujiang Program (22PJC118), PI
National Natural Science Foundation of China (72342026), Project Member
National Natural Science Foundation of China (72442026), Project Member
National Social Science Foundation of China (Major Project, 22ZDA041), Project Member

ACADEMIC SERVICES

Editorial Board: Long Range Planning (LRP, 2023-Now), Journal of Digital Economy (JODE, 2022-Now)
Deputy Secretary: Digital Economy and Innovation Committee of China Information Economy Society (2024-2027)
Editorial Review Board: Management and Organization Review (MOR), Journal of International Business Policy (JIBP)

MEDIA COVERAGE

Zhou, D., Shi, X., Digital government: Data sharing and digital co-governance. People's Daily Online. 2022.06.23 [in Chinese]

2024, Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business Asia Pacific Regional Conference
2024, Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Annual Conference
2024, Excellent Advisor, Special Award of the 10th Chinese College Student Competition on Energy Economics
2023, Excellent Homeroom Teacher, The Freshman College at Tongji University
2023, Best Paper Award, European Academy of Management Annual Conference
2022, Innovation Research Award, China Information Economics Society
2022, Shanghai Pujiang Talent
2021, Outstanding Doctoral Thesis, Tsinghua University
2020, Outstanding Paper Award, The 17th China Technology Management Annual Conference
2019, National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, China
2018, First-class Scholarship, Tsinghua University