About Me

XIA Yu (夏宇) earned her Ph.D. in Innovation and Information Management (IS field) from the University of Hong Kong in June 2025. She is set to join the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, as an Assistant Professor in July 2025.

Her research explores the consequences and efficiency of the platform governance and innovation strategies in the mobile context, such as the impact of third-party software development kits on mobile app performance, platform pricing, and platform selective support. Her work has undergone revision for leading academic journals and has been presented at major conferences. Yu has also received several awards, including being a Best Paper Nominee at ICIS 2023.

Yu serves as an editor for journals such as Information & Management (I&M), Information Technology & People (ITP), Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), and MIS Quarterly (MISQ), as well as for conferences including the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), the China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), and the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS).