Research Labs
Lab Directors
Prof. Matthias Fahn
Associate Professor, Management and Strategy
Prof. Jie Gong
Associate Professor, Economics and Management and Strategy
About the Lab
The success of organizations depends on its ability to attract the right people, motivate effective action, and coordinate efforts. Artificial intelligence is transforming all three of these areas, requiring organizations to adapt their structures for the new challenges and opportunities.
Our lab focuses on guiding this essential transformation. Our work identifies effective organizational response and examine their interaction with markets, norms, and institutions. Through research and collaboration with industry practitioners, we assess the current state of AI adoption in firms, identify common pitfalls, and develop frameworks that help leaders structure and address these critical challenges.
Lab Directors
Prof. Ye Luo
Associate Director, Institute of Digital Economy and Innovation
Associate Professor, Economics and Finance
Prof. Xin Tong
Professor, Economics and Innovation and Information Management
About the Lab
Our mission is to pioneer AI-driven solutions for business challenges by developing multi-agent systems and domain-specific AI architectures, while guiding organizations through ethical, scalable, and transformative AI adoption. We focus on developing platforms for AI agents and multi-agent architecture for business and management, designing AI agents for specific business applications with deep domain knowledge, and studying the economic impact of AI transformation on human behavior, business and organizations.
Lab Directors
Prof. Will Peichun Wang
Associate Professor, Management and Strategy
About the Lab
The AI Implementation (AI2) Lab is dedicated to turning AI and business research into real-world AI adoption. We collaborate with organizations to identify frictions, develop deployment strategies, and measure impact of AI implementation. Our work focuses on helping firms adopt and scale AI, designing business models for the AI era, and incubating AI-related innovations through experimentation and prototyping.
Lab Director
Prof. Yanhui Wu
Professor, Economics and Management and Strategy
About the Lab
Our mission is to advance understanding of how generative AI is transforming labor markets, leisure, and overall wellbeing, with a particular focus on China. We are committed to conducting rigorous, data-driven, and causally robust research to generate actionable insights. Distinctively, our people-centered approach places human wellbeing at the core of our analysis, going beyond productivity and profitability to explore how technological change can foster better jobs and lives.