Current Intellectual Challenges I Am Investigating
- How digital technologies reshape the meaning, production, and circulation of value, and the implications this transformation holds for firms and industries.
- How digital technologies become embedded in everyday life, reshaping how individuals perceive, act, and make sense of the world.
- How digital technologies contribute to the revitalisation of urban spaces, transforming community dynamics, local economies, and the lived experience of cities.
My Role as a Mentor
- Not to provide ready-made answers, but to guide you in developing your original insights.
- Not to help you obtain a degree, but to cultivate your capacity to grow as an independent researcher.
- Not to shape you into a replica of myself, but to support you in discovering your own scholarly identity and intellectual trajectory.
What I Offer
- Expertise in digital innovation and qualitative research
- Research Areas:
Digital innovation, design thinking, digital disruption. - Research Methodologies:
Primarily qualitative, complemented by selective computational approaches, including case study, grounded theory, event structure modeling, process research, and topic modeling. - Theoretical Foundations:
The thesis of line, assemblage theory, affordance theory, general theory of institutional facts, sensemaking, hermeneutics, process philosophy, framing, path theory, and embodied cognition.
- Research Areas:
- Active involvement in global research collaborations and cross-cultural teaching.
Expression of Interest: Requirements
Your expression of interest email should include the following components:
- Description of a Practical Phenomenon of Interest:
A clear and concise description of a real-world phenomenon that motivates your research interest and aligns with your scholarly aspirations. - Data Access Potential:
A brief explanation of your access to data relevant to the chosen phenomenon, demonstrating that the project is empirically grounded and feasible. - Research Proposal:
A proposal that showcases your intellectual curiosity, originality, and analytical capability, outlining the overarching research question, potential methodological approaches, and anticipated research outcomes. - An Analytical Review of Key Readings:
A critical review (800–1000 words) of the following five essential readings. This review should demonstrate deep engagement, analytical rigor, and explicit connections between the literature and your research proposal.- Yoo, Y., Henfridsson, O. and Lyytinen, K., 2010. The new organizing logic of digital innovation: An agenda for information systems research. Information Systems Research, 21(4), pp.724-735.
- Henfridsson, O., Nandhakumar, J., Scarbrough, H. and Panourgias, N., 2018. Recombination in the open-ended value landscape of digital innovation. Information and Organization, 28(2), pp.89-100.
- Yoo, Y., 2010. Computing in everyday life: A call for research on experiential computing. MIS Quarterly, 34(2), pp.213-231.
- Christensen, C. M. (1997). The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Harvard Business School Press.
- Verganti, R., 2017. Overcrowded: Designing meaningful products in a world awash with ideas. The MIT Press.
- School Admission Requirements:
Ensure that you meet all formal admission criteria as specified by the school.
Gongtai Wang 