Professional Experience：

2012-  Present, Professor of School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology

2010 - 2012, Associate Professor of School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology

Basic Information:

Xitong GUO is a professor of Information Systems and director of the eHealth Research Institute at the Harbin Institute of Technology. His research focuses on eHealth with special interests in healthcare data enabled service management for citizen wellness. He attended the Lindau 2011 Economics Nobel Laureates Meeting and is PI for the State Key Program and Outstanding Scholars of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. His work has been published in MISQ、ISR、POM、JOM、JMIS、JAIS、EJIS、ACM TMIS、DSS、IJEC、ICIS, among other outlets. He received a Ph.D. in Information Systems at the City University of Hong Kong jointly with a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering at the University of Science and Technology of China in 2010 and a Bachelor in Mathematics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2005.

Recent Research Grants and Projects:

[1]2022.01-2026.12，eHealth， National Natural Science Foundation of China（72125001），RMB  2,400,000, Principal Investigator

[2]2021-2024, Research on Service Design and Impact Analysis of AI-based Chronic Disease  Management (72071054), RMB 490,000, Principal Investigator

[3]2016-2020, National Natural Science Foundation of China（71531007）, Intelligent Health Information Service Management, RMB 2,400,000, Principal Investigator

[4]2017-2019, eHealth, National Natural Science Foundation of China (71622002), RMB 1,300,000, Principal Investigator

[5]2015-2018, National Natural Science Foundation of China（71471048）, Exploring the Doctor Patient Interaction Mechanism in Online Healthcare Community,  RMB 600,000, Principal Investigator

[6]2012-2014, National Natural Science Foundation of China（71101037）,  A Dataflow Perspective for Business Process Integration, RMB 200,000, Principal Investigator
[7] 2019/09-2021, GRF- Hong Kong Research Grants Council，Investigating the Direct and Spillover Effects of Patient-gifting in Chinese Healthcare: An Online Field Experiment(9042850)，Co-Investigator.

Journal Articles:

[1] Elina Hwang，Xitong Guo*，Yong Tan, Yuanyuan Dang*, “Delivering Healthcare Through Teleconsultations: Implications for Offline Healthcare Disparity,” Information Systems Research, 33(2):515-539，2022.

[2] Anindya Ghose, Xitong Guo*, Beibei Li*, Yuanyuan Dang, “Empowering Patients Using Smart Mobile Health Platforms: A Randomized Field Experiment,” MIS Quarterly, 46(1):151-192, 2022

[3] Xitong Guo, Guanyi, Lu,Veronica H. Villena, Doug Vogel, Gregory R. Heim, ”Supply chain transformation and technology management challenges in developing regions: Inductive theory building from rural Chinese nanostores,” Journal of Operations Management, 68(5): 454-486, 2022

[4] Wei Zhao, Qianqian Ben Liu, Xitong Guo*, Tianshi Wu, Subodha Kumar，“Quid Pro Quo in Online Medical Consultation? Investigating the Effects of Small Monetary Gifts from Patients,” Production and Operations Management, 31(4): 1698-1718, 2022.

[5] Qianqian Ben Liu, Xiaoxiao Liu* and Xitong Guo*, “The Effects of Participating in a Physician-Driven Online Health Community in Managing Chronic Disease: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments,” MIS Quarterly, 44(1): 391-419, 2020.

[6] Liuan Wang, Lu (Lucy) Yan, Tongxin Zhou, Xitong Guo* and Gregory R. Heim, “Understanding Physicians’ Online-Offline Behavior Dynamics: An Empirical Study,” Information Systems Research, 31(2): 537–555, 2020.

[7] Qianqian Zhang, Zeyu Peng*, Xitong Guo*, Doug Vogel, “Product involvement and routine use of a niche product from a well-known company: The moderating effect of gender,” Information & Management, 60 (2), 2023.

[8] Xiumei Ma, Yongqiang Sun, Xitong Guo*, Kee-hung Lai, and Doug Vogel, “Understanding Users’ Negative Responses to Recommendation Algorithms in Short-Video Platforms: A Perspective Based on the Stressor-Strain-Outcome (SSO) Framework,” Electronic Markets, 32(1): 41-58, 2022.

[9] Xiaofei Zhang, Xitong Guo*, Shuk Ying Ho, Kee-hung Lai and Doug Vogel, “Effects of Emotional Attachment on Mobile Health-Monitoring Service Usage: An Affect Transfer Perspective,” Information and Management, 58(2): 103312, 2021.

[10] Shuqing Chen, Xitong Guo*, Tianshi Wu, Xiaofeng Ju, “Exploring the Influence of Doctor–Patient Social Ties and Knowledge Ties on Patient Selection,” Internet Research, 2021.

[11] Hongze Yang, Zeyu Peng*, Xitong Guo, Kee-hung Lai, “Balancing Online Pharmacy Services for Patient Adherence: A Stimulus-Organism-Response Perspective,” Internet Research, 2021.

[12] Xiaofei Zhang, Chunxiao Yin, Xitong Guo*, Kee-hung Lai and Joseph S. Valacich, “The Role of Decision Rationality on Users’ Attitudes towards Utilitarian Mobile Service Usage”, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 46: 230-251, 2020.

[13] Yan Li, Xiaofei Zhang*, Xitong Guo and Liuan Wang, “Underlying Emotional Mechanisms of Routine m-Health Use in Chronically Ill Patients,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2019.

[14] Min Zhang, Xitong Guo* and Tianshi Wu*, “Impact of Free Contributions on Private Benefits in Online Healthcare Communities,” International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 23(4): 492-523, 2019.

[15] Zeyu Peng and Xitong Guo*, “A Multi-Level Investigation on Antecedents for Employees’ Exploration of Enterprise Systems,” European Journal of Information Systems, 28(4): 439–456, 2019.

[16] Shuk Ying Ho*, Xitong Guo and Doug Vogel, “Opportunities and Challenges in Healthcare Information Systems Research: Caring for Patients with Chronic Conditions,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 44:852-873, 2019.

[17] Xiaofei Zhang, Xitong Guo, Kee-hung Lai and Wu Yi*, “How does Online Interactional Unfairness Matter for Patient-Doctor Relationship Quality in Online Health Consultation? The Contingencies of Professional Seniority and Disease Severity,” European Journal of Information Systems, 28(3): 336-354, 2019.

[18] Shanshan Guo, Xitong Guo*, Yulin Fang and Doug Vogel, “How Doctors Gain Social and Economic Returns in Online Health-Care Communities: A Professional Capital Perspective,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 34(2): 487-519, 2017.

[19] Shuk Ying Ho*, Xitong Guo and Doug Vogel, “Opportunities and Challenges in Healthcare Information Systems Research: Caring for Patients with Chronic Conditions,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 44:852-873, 2019.

[20] Xiaofei Zhang, Xitong Guo, Kee-hung Lai and Wu Yi*, “How does Online Interactional Unfairness Matter for Patient-Doctor Relationship Quality in Online Health Consultation? The Contingencies of Professional Seniority and Disease Severity,” European Journal of Information Systems, 28(3): 336-354, 2019.

[21] Liuan Wang, Xitong Guo*, Tianshi Wu, Lucheng Lv and Zhiwei Zhang, “Short-Term Effects of Social Encouragement on Exercise Behavior: Insights from China’s Wanbu Network,” Public Health, 148: 25-29, 2017.

[22] Xiaoxiao Liu, Xitong Guo*, Hong Wu and Tianshi Wu, “The Impact of Individual and Organizational Reputation on Physicians’ Appointments Online,” International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 20(4): 551-577, 2016.

[23] Hualong Yang, Xitong Guo* and Tianshi Wu, “Exploring the Influence of the Online Physician Service Delivery Process on Patient Satisfaction,” Decision Support Systems, 78: 113-121, 2015.

[24] Yunhong Xu*, Xitong Guo, Jinxing Hao, Jian Ma, Raymond Y.K. Lau and Wei Xu, “Combining Social Network and Semantic Concept Analysis for Personalized Academic Researcher Recommendation,” Decision Support Systems, 54(1): 564–573, 2012.

[25] Xitong Guo*, Doug Vogel, Zhongyun Zhou, Xi Zhang and Huaping Chen, “Chaos Theory as a Lens for Interpreting Blogging,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 26(1): 101-127, 2009.

Book Chapters:

[1] Xitong Guo, “Internet Plus Healthcare (5th)/Chapter 13: Big data for healthcare”, People 's medical Publishing, 2020.

[2] Xitong Guo and Xiaofeng Ju, “Management Information System(7th)/Chapter 14: eHealth”, Higher Education Publishing, 2019.

[3] Vogel, D., Guo, X., Linger, H., Barry, C., Lang, M., & Schneider, C. (Eds.). (2016). Transforming Healthcare Through Information Systems: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Information Systems Development (Vol. 17). Springer.

[4] Ruby P. Lee, Xinlin Tang and, Xitong Guo (2014), Enhancing market responsiveness through knowledge transfer and knowledge codification: Evidence from foreign subsidiaries in China, in Ruey-Jer “Bryan” Jean, Jyh-Shen Chiou, Shaoming Zou (Eds.) International Marketing in Rapidly Changing Environments (Advances in International Marketing, Volume 24) Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.3-23

Awards and Honors:

1. Best Paper, IT and Healthcare Track, ICIS, 2017

2. The course《Management Research Methods》has been awarded as National English-medium Excellent Courses for International Students, Ministry of Education of China, 2013. I am the director of the faculty team for this course.

3. New Century Excellent Talents, Ministry of Education of China, 2012

4. One of the 8 young Chinese economists attending the 4th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, 2011

5. Dean’s List, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010

6. Peter Ho Conference Scholarship, City University of Hong Kong, 2009

7. Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Science and Technology of China, 2009

8. Hilti Fellowship Award (one of the four globally), 2008-2009

9. HICSS Best Paper Nomination, 2008, 2014

Academic Adjuncts:

He was the deputy editor-in-chief of the Journal of Management Science, the director of the China Society of Technology and Economic Research, the director of the China Soft Science Research Association, the deputy director of the Aerospace Technology and Economics Committee of the Beijing Aerospace Society, and the member of the Steering Committee of Public Administration Teaching of the Ministry of Education.