He was previously the Associate Dean of Innovation and Impact and Professor of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics at the Business School, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
He is a graduate of MIT Sloan School of Management and the Tsinghua University.
Prior to joining the academia, he worked as a financial analyst and an international marketing manager.
His research topics are related to: (1) IT in financial markets: artificial intelligence, disclosure, governance; (2) Online advertising: word-of-mouth, position auctions; (3) Social media: incentives and biases, information environment for managers/investors; and (4) Information goods: pricing, innovation incentives, long tail.
Michael Zhang was a co-founder of the MIT BBS, an online social networks for Chinese-speaking people in the US.