Jingbo Hou

Jingbo Hou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Systems & Analytics at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business. His research focuses on the societal and business implications of emerging digital technologies, addressing both micro-level challenges (e.g., online platform efficiencies) and macro-level impacts (e.g., GenAI adoption, telework adaptation). He holds a PhD in Business Administration from Arizona State University, an M.Eng from Renmin University of China, and a B.Mgmt from Sun Yat-sen University.

Research Interests:

• Mitigating information asymmetries in online labor markets and data-sharing platforms
• Examining GenAI’s societal integration
• Telework’s role in reducing gender inequality post-disasters
• Social media usage patterns and misinformation mitigation

Recent work has been published in Information Systems Research and Production and Operations Management. He actively leverages Meta’s Data for Good initiative for empirical analysis. Teaching focuses on Business Data Analytics and Information Systems, employing innovative pedagogical methods like simulation games and case studies.

Industrial experience includes data analysis roles at Alibaba Group and AI-driven research at IPIN. Skills include Stata, Python, and R programming.