Mendoza School of Business

Shijie Lu

Professor
Marketing
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  • Biography
  • Background
  • Publications
  • Awards

Shijie Lu is a Professor of Marketing at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. He is an empirical modeler whose research examines interactions between firms and consumers in digital media, with a focus on online advertising, user-generated content, competitive strategy, and digital piracy. His work has appeared in leading journals, including Marketing Science, Management Science, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, and Journal of Consumer Research.

He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing, and Journal of Interactive Marketing, and has served on the Editorial Review Board of Journal of Marketing Research. His research and service have received several recognitions, including Don Lehmann Award finalist recognition, the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science Dissertation Proposal Award, an honorable mention in the Marketing Science Institute’s Clayton Dissertation Proposal Competition, and best reviewer awards from leading marketing journals.

Dr. Lu received his Ph.D. in Marketing and M.A. in Economics from the University of Southern California, and a B.S. in Mathematics and B.A. in Economics from Peking University. Before joining Notre Dame, he served on the faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of Houston.

Education
Ph D, University of Southern California
MA, University of Southern California
BA, Peking University
BS, Peking University

Areas of Expertise
Online advertising
User-generated content
Business analytics

Editorial Boards
Associate Editor
Journal of Marketing
March 1, 2025

Associate Editor
Marketing Science
November 1, 2024

Associate Editor
Journal of Interactive Marketing
July 1, 2024

Developmental Editor
Journal of Marketing
October 5, 2023

Editorial Board Member
Journal of Marketing Research
January 1, 2019

Editorial Board Member
Journal of Marketing
December 23, 2021 - February, 2025

Editorial Board Member
Marketing Science
January 1, 2022 - October, 2024

"Dissolving Boundaries in the Metaverse: Implications of Loosened Constraints on Identity, Time, Space, and Financial Access for Marketing Research", (With Xin Wang, Alixandra Barasch, June Cotte, Yu Ding, Siham El Kihal, Rajdeep Grewal, Praveen Kopalle, Xiao Liu, Sridhar Moorthy, Jun Hyun Ryoo, Isamar Troncoso), International Journal of Research in Marketing, 43, 2026


"Effectiveness of Online Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Chinese Universities", (With Xintong Han, Xin Wang, Nan Cui), Production and Operations Management, 35, 2026

"Crowding-Out in Content Monetization Under Pay What You Want: Evidence from Live Streaming", (With Dai Yao, Xingyu Chen), Production and Operations Management, 2025

"Within-Category Satiation and Cross-Category Spillover in Multiproduct Advertising", (With Sha Yang, Yao Yao), Journal of Marketing, 2025

"The Ripple Effect of Firm-Generated Content on New Movie Releases", (With Isaac Dinner, Rajdeep Grewal), Journal of Marketing Research, 2023

"Does Topic Consistency Matter? A Study of Critic and User Reviews in the Movie Industry", (With Eunsoo Kim, Annie Ding, Shane Wang), Journal of Marketing, 2023

"Immediate and Enduring Effects of Digital Badges on Online Content Consumption and Generation", (With Ying Xie, Xingyu Chen), International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2023

"Audio Mining: The Role of Vocal Tone in Persuasion", (With Xin (Shane) Wang, Xi Li, Mansur Khamitov, Neil Bendle), Journal of Consumer Research, 48, 2021

"Do Spoilers Really Spoil? Using Topic Modeling to Measure the Effect of Spoiler Reviews on Box Office Revenue", (With Jun Hyun (Joseph) Ryoo, Xin (Shane) Wang), Journal of Marketing, 85, 2021


"The Effect of Over-the-Top Media Services on Piracy Search: Evidence from a Natural Experiment", (With Koushyar Rajavi, Isaac Dinner), Marketing Science, 2021

"Mobiuspace: Venturing into Emerging Markets", (With Xingyu Chen, Li Ji, Dai Yao), Ivey School of Business Publishing, 2020

"Does Piracy Create Online Word of Mouth? An Empirical Analysis in the Movie Industry", (With Xin (Shane) Wang, Neil Bendle), Management Science, 66, 2020


"Position Auctions with Budget Constraints: Implications for Advertisers and Publishers", (With Yi Zhu, Anthony Dukes), Marketing Science, 34, 2015

"Modeling Competition and Its Impact on Paid-Search Advertising", (With Sha Yang, Xianghua Lu), Marketing Science, 33, 2014

Award
"Journal of Marketing Research Outstanding Reviewer Award", American Marketing Association, 2026

"Mendoza Mission Research Award", Mendoza College of Business, 2025

"Marketing Science Service Award", Marketing Science, 2024

"Top 50 most productive researchers worldwide based on number of publications in the premier marketing journals", AMA DocSig, 2024

"Finalist, Donald R. Lehmann Award", AMA Marketing Research SIG , 2023

"James Dincolo Outstanding Research Award", Mendoza College of Business, 2023

"Journal of Marketing Outstanding Reviewer Award", American Marketing Association, 2023

"Marketing Science Service Award", Marketing Science, 2023

"Melcher Excellence in Research Award", Bauer College of Business, 2021

"Junior Faculty Development Award", University of North Carolina, 2015

"Greif Entrepreneurship Research Award", University of Southern California, 2014

"Honorable Mention, MSI Clayton Dissertation Proposal Award", Marketing Science Institute (MSI), 2014

"ISMS Dissertation Proposal Award", The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS), 2014