Zhiwei (Berry) Wang

I am a doctoral candidate in the Operations, Information and Decisions Department at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. My research examines how firms create and capture value from digital technologies, particularly AI. I pursue this question through two related streams: (1) how adopting firms integrate AI with their existing digital systems and capabilities, and (2) how enterprise technology providers commercialize digital innovation.

I am on the 2026–27 academic job market.

Research

Working papers

Legacy IT, Firm Value, and the Cost of Technological Adaptation

With Prasanna Tambe

Open to Build, Close to Capture: Startups, Established Firms, and the Dynamics of Open-Source Licensing in the Global Database Software Industry

With Rahul Kapoor

Deep Capital for Deep Learning

With Daniel Rock and Prasanna Tambe

Best Student Paper, Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, 2021

Why Geography Binds Small Startups: Talent Diffusion and the Lifecycle of Regional Advantage

With Paul Hamilton, David Hsu, and Prasanna Tambe

The Geography of US Tech Startup Labor Market

With Paul Hamilton, David Hsu, and Prasanna Tambe