Wenyu (Derek) DU

Email: duwenyu@buaa.edu.cn

Short Biography

Wenyu (Derek) Du is an associate professor of the Information Systems Department at the School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Information Systems Department, National University of Singapore. His research interests include digital resilience, digital sustainability, blockchain/Fintech, and IT outsourcing. He uses qualitative case studies as his research methodology. His work has been published at MIS Quarterly, Journal of Information Technology, Information Systems Journal, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Information & Management, International Journal of Information Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and MIS Quarterly Executive.

Education qualifications

2009.1 – 2013.2               Ph.D. in Information Systems, National University of Singapore

2004.8 – 2009.2             Bachelor of Computing, National University of Singapore

Research interests

·Digital resilience

·Digital sustainability

·Blockchain/Fintech

·IT outsourcing

Journal publications

1.Qi, H., Xu, L., Pan, S.L.,& Du, W.(D.)* (2025). Social media-enabled crisis response in Vietnam: A tương thân tương ái perspective. Information Systems Journal (35:3), pp. 933-957

2.Du, W.(D.) & Zeng, D.L (2024). Environmental injustice and the forgotten community: a case study of the largest e-waste dumpsite in Nigeria. MIS Quarterly (48:4), pp. 1858-1862

3.Ji, Y., Du, W. (D.)*, & Pan, S. L. (2024). Vendor capabilities development in blockchain sourcing: A parallel play approach. Journal of Information Technology (39:2), pp. 270-287

*Winner of 2024 AIS Digital Sourcing and Platform Ecosystems Best Paper Award

4.Xu, L., Du, W. (D.)*, Pan, S. L., Send, H., & Grosse, M. (2024). Information systems-enabled sustainability transformation: A study of an energy self-sufficient village in Germany. Information Systems Journal (34:3), pp. 1402-1424

5.Du, W. (D.), Ghorbani, M., Ni, Z., & Pan, S. L. (2024). Sustainable affordances of information systems for cultural tourism: An organisational aesthetics perspective. Information Systems Journal (34:5), pp. 1787-1809

6.Du, W. Y., Pan, S. L., and Wu, J. J. (2020). How do IT outsourcing vendors develop capabilities? An organizational ambidexterity perspective of a multi-case study. Journal of Information Technology (35:1), pp. 49–65.

7.Du, W.Y., Pan, S.-L., Xie, K., and Xiao, J. (2020). Data analytics contributes to better decision making beyond organizational boundaries. MISQ Executive (19:2), pp. 19-32.

8.Du, W.Y., Wu, J.J., Liu, S.S., Hackney, R. (2019). Effective organizational improvisation in information systems development: Insights from the Tencent messaging system development. Information & Management (56:4), pp. 614-624

9.Du, W.Y., Pan, S.L., Leidner, D., Ying. W.C. (2019). Affordances, experimentation and actualization of FinTech: A blockchain implementation study. Journal of Strategic Information Systems (28:1), pp. 50-65

10.Li, M.W, Jia, S.L, Du, W.Y.* (2019). Fans as a source of extended innovation capabilities: A case study of Xiaomi technology. International Journal of Information Management (44:1), pp. 204-208

11.Du, W.Y., Mao, J-Y (2018). Developing and maintaining clients’ trust through institutional mechanisms in online service markets for digital entrepreneurs: A process model. Journal of Strategic Information Systems (27:4), pp. 296-310

12.Ying, W.C., Jia S.L. Du, W.Y.* (2018). Digital enablement of blockchain technology: Empirical evidence from HNA Group. International Journal of Information Management (39:2), pp. 1-4

13.Du, W.Y., Pan, S.L. Zhou, N. Ouyang T. (2018). From a marketplace of electronics to a digital entrepreneurial ecosystem (DEE): The emergence of a meta-organization in Zhongguancun, China. Information Systems Journal (28:6), pp. 1158-1175

14.Du, W.Y., Pan, S.L., and Huang, J.S. (2017). How a latecomer company used IT to redeploy slack resources. MIS Quarterly Executive (15:3), pp. 195-213

15.Du, W.Y., and Pan, S.L. (2013). Boundary spanning by design: Toward aligning boundary-spanning capacity and strategy in IT outsourcing. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (60:1), pp. 59-76.

16.Du, W.Y., Pan, S.L., and Zuo, M.Y. (2013). How to balance sustainability and profitability in technology organizations: An ambidextrous perspective. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (60:2), pp. 366-385.

Professional activities

·Associate Editor, Information Systems Journal

·Guest Editor, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Special Issue Review Articles

·Editorial Board, International Journal of Information Management