My current research focuses on how digital technologies shape the dynamics of collaboration (human-human or human-AI) and solve the old or new problems of organizing.

Academic Journal Articles

  1. Shrestha, Y. R. & He, V. F. (2025) Integrating Multimodal Data and Machine Learning for Entrepreneurship Research, Strategic Enterpreneurship Journal.

  2. Wesemann, H., Sirén, C., He, V. F., Grichnik, D., & Wincent, J. (2025) The two faces of hierarchy: CEO power and TMT learning diversity in technology venture innovation. Small Business Economics, 64, 93-112.

  3. He, V. F., Tröbinger, M. & Murray, A. (2024) The crowd beyond funders: An integrative review of and research agenda for crowdfunding, Academy of Management Annals, 18(1), 348-394.

  4. He, V. F. & Puranam P. (2024) Some challenges for the “New DAOism”: A comment on KlimaDAO, Journal of Organization Design, 12(4), 293-295.

  5. Tinguely, P., Lee, J.-H., & He, V. F. (2023) Designing human resource management systems in the age of AI. Journal of Organization Design, 12(4), 263-269.

  6. Clarysse, B., He., V. F., & Tucci, C. (2022) Special issue editorial: How the Internet of Things reshapes the organization of innovation and entrepreneurship. Technovation, 118, 102644.

  7. He., V. F., von Krogh, G., & Sirén, C. (2022) Expertise diversity, informal leadership hierarchy, and team knowledge creation: A study of pharmaceutical research collaborations. Organization Studies, 43(6), 907-930.

  8. He., V. F., von Krogh, G., Sirén, C., & Gersdorf, T. (2021) Asymmetries between partners and the success of university–industry collaborations. Research Policy, 50(10), 104356.

  9. Shrestha Y. R., He, V. F., Puranam P., & von Krogh, G. (2021) Algorithmic induction through machine learning: Can we use prediction models to theorize? Organization Science, 32(3), 856-880. (Shared first authorship)

  10. He, V. F., Puranam P., Shrestha Y. R., & von Krogh, G. (2020) Resolving governance disputes in online communities: A study of license decisions in open source software projects. Strategic Management Journal, 41(10), 1837-1868. (Shared first authorship)

  11. Sirén, C., He, V. F., Wesemann, H., Jonassen, Z., Grichnik, D., & von Krogh, G. (2020) Leader emergence in nascent venture teams: The interplay between individual emotion regulation and team emotions. Journal of Management Studies, 57(5), 931-961.

  12. Gersdorf, T., He. V. F., Schlesinger, A., Koch, G., Widmer, H., & von Krogh, G. (2019) Demystifying industry-academia collaborations in drug discovery. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 18, 743-744.

  13. He, V. F., Sirén, C., Singh, S., Solomon, G. T., & von Krogh, G. (2018) Keep calm and carry on: Emotion regulation in entrepreneurs’ learning from failure. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice42(4), 605-630.

  14. Späth, S., von Krogh, G., & He, V. F. (2015) Perceived firm attributes and intrinsic motivation in sponsored OSS projects. Information Systems Research, 26(1), 224-237. (Shared first authorship)

    Media coverage at the World Economic Forum: What motivates open source coders?

Professional Journal Articles

  1. He, V. F. & Puranam, P. (2022) Organizing in the Metaverse. INSEAD Knowledge, June, 2022.

  2. He., V. F., (2021) What makes a successful partnership between industry and academia? ESSEC Knowledge, Oct, 2021.

  3. He, V. F., (2021) In the age of AI, do we still need researchers? ESSEC Knowledge, Special Issue “Artificial Intelligence and Technological Transformation,” April, 2021.

Book Chapters & Conference Proceedings

  1. Tröbinger, M. & He, V. F. (2025) Collective problem-solving without authority: Enhancing deliberation with shared attribute spaces. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Proceeding.

  2. He, V. F. & Puranam, P. (2024) Collaborative conflict management, in Snow & Fjeldstad (Eds.) Designing Adaptive Organizations (pp. 62-85). Cambridge University Press. 

  3. He, V. F. & Krähenmann, G. (2021)  (Not) Learning from failure? The heavy toll of stigma on entrepreneurs, in Todt, Backmann, & Weiss (Eds.) Work Life after Failure. Emerald Publishing. 

  4. Wedl, C., Ben-Menahem, S., He, V. F., & von Krogh, G. (2018) What is innovation anyway? Creation of coercive and formal control for innovation processes. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Proceeding.

  5. He, V. F., Sirén, C., Singh, S., & Solomon, G. T. (2012) Why do some entrepreneurs fail forward (while others do not)? A moderated mediation model of entrepreneurial learning, emotional intelligence, and goal orientation. International Council for Small Business World Conference Best Paper Proceeding.

Working papers under review/revision

  1. [Learning from collaboration failure], conditionally accepted by Organisation Science, with Jonassen Z & von Krogh G.

  2. [Conflict in self-organized collectives], 2nd R&R to Administrative Science Quarterly, with Massa F.

  3. [Algorithms and scientific methods], 2nd R&R to Strategic Management Journal, with Puranam P.

  4. [Algorithms and theories of emotion], 2nd R&R to Academy of Management Journal, with Stroe S, Burkhard B, Sirén C & Souitaris V.

  5. [Collaborative design of innovation controls], 2nd R&R to Academy of Management Journal, with Ben-Menahem S, von Krogh G & Wedl C.

Working papers on SSRN

  1. Tool and Tutor? Experimental evidence from AI deployment in cancer diagnosis, with Li S-H, Puranam P & Lin F.

  2. Creative Together: Human-AI Ensembling for Idea Generation, with Shrestha Y R, Puranam P & Miron-Spektor E.

  3. Social categorization and trust generalization across digital self-representations, with Laudau D, Stern I & Vanneste B.

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