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Feng Zhu
Assistant Professor of Management and Organization

USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808

Phone: 
213-740-8469
fzhu@marshall.usc.edu
Education: 
PhD, SM, Harvard University; BA, Williams College
Personal Website: 
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~fzhu/

Overview

Feng Zhu studies technology strategy and business model competition in platform-based markets. His research has appeared in the American Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Marketing, Management Science and Strategic Management Journal. Professor Zhu teaches courses on strategic management and research methods. He received Dean's Award for Research Excellence and Marshall's Golden Apple Teaching Award in 2011.

Research

The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Market • 2013
Entry into Platform-Based Markets • 2012
Ad Revenue and Content Commercialization: Evidence from Blogs • 2011
Is Wikipedia Biased? • 2011
Technology Shocks in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers • 2011
Business Model Innovation and Competitive Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models • 2011
Group Size and Incentives to Contribute: A Natural Experiment at Chinese Wikipedia • 2010
Business Model and Compatibility Incentives • 2009
What is the impact of software patent shifts? Evidence from Lotus v. Borland • 2007