My current research focuses on the role of AI in shaping organizational knowledge production, learning, and innovation processes. I run field experiments to study early-stage idea generation and evaluation in entrepreneurial context.
Miaomiao Zhang
Doctoral Student
Doctoral Student
Miaomiao Zhang is a doctoral candidate at the Technology & Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Miaomiao received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics & Statistics and Economics from Emory Univeresity. She worked at the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School for two years before joining the doctoral program. Her research focuses on the role of AI in shaping organizational knowledge production, learning, and innovation processes. She runs field experiments to study early-stage idea generation and evaluation in entrepreneurial context.
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Miaomiao Zhang is a doctoral candidate at the Technology & Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Miaomiao received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics & Statistics and Economics from Emory Univeresity. She worked at the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School for two years before joining the doctoral program. Miaomiao is interested in the role of generative AI in shaping organizational knowledge production, learning, and innovation processes. Her current research focuses on human-AI collaboration in the early stage of innovation cycle, specifically idea generation, refinement, iteration, and evaluation. She works with open innovation platforms, accelerators, incubators, non-profits, and entreprenuerial ecosystem supporters in designing and executing experiments along with the Laboratory for Innovation Science Research (LISH) under Digital Data Design (D^3) Institute.
- Working Papers
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- Boussioux, Léonard, Jacqueline N. Lane, Miaomiao Zhang, Vladimir Jacimovic, and Karim R. Lakhani. "The Crowdless Future? Generative AI and Creative Problem Solving." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-005, July 2023. (Revised July 2024.) View Details
- Cases and Teaching Materials
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- Wu, Andy, Matt Higgins, Miaomiao Zhang, and Hang Jiang. "AI Wars." Harvard Business School Case 723-434, April 2023. (Revised February 2024.) View Details
- Wu, Andy, Miaomiao Zhang, and Christopher Zhang. "Epic Games: Nineteen Eighty-Fortnight." Harvard Business School Case 721-395, October 2020. (Revised August 2022.) View Details
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- Area of Study
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