Academic Appointment

Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology of China, 2023/03-Present

Education

Ph.D. in Accounting, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2016/09-2023/03

B.Sc. in Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2012/09-2016/07

Research Interests

Accounting + Large Language Models (GPT/FinBERT), Accounting-OM/IS Interface, Textual Analysis, Supply Chain

Citation/Impact

Top 10 Most-Cited Papers Published by Journal of Operations Management in 2023

Several Papers Listed on SSRN’s Top Ten Download List

Selected Journal Articles

[1] Daniel Chen, Nan Hu, Peng Liang*, Morgan Swink. Understanding the Impact of Trade Policy Effect Uncertainty on Firm-level Innovation Investment.

Journal of Operations Management, 2024, 70 (2), 316-340. (UTD24, alphabetical order) (Large Language Model: FinBERT)

[2] Peng Liang, Hasan Cavusoglu, Nan Hu. Customers’ Managerial Expectations and Suppliers’ Asymmetric Cost Management.

Production and Operations Management, 2023, 32(6), 1975-1993. (UTD24)

[3] Ruirui Fang, Nan Hu, Peng Liang*, Ling Liu. Cross-Market Information Transmission Along the Supply Chain Network.

Production and Operations Management, 2023, 32(7), 2227-2244. (UTD24, alphabetical order)

[4] Peng Liang, Hasan Cavusoglu, Nan Hu. Sticky Information Technology Investment: Theory and Empirical Evidence.

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2025, 72, 1010-1026. (ABDC Ranking-A)

[5] Fangjuan Qiu, Nan Hu, Peng Liang, Kevin Dow. Measuring Management Accounting Practices Using Textual Analysis.

Management Accounting Research, 2023, 100818. (ABDC Ranking-A*)

Projects 

主持：国家自然科学基金，青年项目, 2025-2027

主持：校青年创新基金，2025-2026

Invited Presentations

“基于大语言模型的Trade Policy Effect Uncertainty：理论基础、构建与验证、数据开源、未来研究方向”，WinGo Data Analytics（文构财经文本数据平台）, December 2023.

Selected Conference Papers

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Pearl City of Hyderabad, India, 2023.

Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Panama City, Panama, 2023.

American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, USA, 2020.

American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2019.

Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 2019.

Midwest Finance Association (MFA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 2019.

Financial Management Association (FMA) European Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 2019.

中国会计与金融国际会议，中南财经政法大学，2025.

大数据、人工智能与金融科技会议，中山大学，2024.

中国会计与金融国际会议，南京审计大学，2024.

中国会计学会管理会计年会，西安交通大学，2023.

中国实证会计国际研讨会，北京理工大学，2023.

中国金融学年会，厦门大学，2021.

中国金融科技学术年会，清华大学，2019.

Professional Service

Session Chair: China Accounting and Finance Conference (CAFC) 2024

Session Chair: China Accounting and Finance Conference (CAFC) 2025