Education
Ph.D. (Majored in Operations Management), Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Sept. 2000 - Nov. 2005.
B.S. (Majored in Automatic Control), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Sept.1996 - Aug.2000.
Overseas Visiting and Training
PhD study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Sept. 2000 - Nov. 2005.
Visiting Scholar, U.C. Berkeley, USA, Dec. 2012- Dec. 2013.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate：Fundamental of Logistics Management, Logistics Management, Logistics Network Planning and Designing
Graduate：Logistics Management
Consulting (Training) Activities
China Tobacco Hubei Industrial Corporation, Wuhan Steel Company, etc.
Research Interests
Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Production Planning and Inventory Control, Marketing-Operations Interface, IS-Operations Interface
Representative Research Projects
1. PI, National Natural Sciences Foundation of China under Grants (72371108): “Research on joint optimization of a UGC ecosystem”, RMB$430,000, four years (Jan 2024-Dec 2027).
2. PI, National Natural Sciences Foundation of China under Grants (71871099): “Optimization of supply chains with consideration of By-Product Synergy”, RMB$480,000, four years (Jan 2019-Dec 2022).
3. PI, National Natural Sciences Foundation of China under Grants (71271092): “Joint production, substitution and pricing strategies under supply uncertainty”, RMB$550,000, four years (Jan 2013-Dec 2016).
4. PI, National Natural Sciences Foundation of China under Grants (70801029): “Optimal control policies for products with both customer-driven and firm-driven substitution features”, RMB$180,000, three years (Jan 2009-Dec 2011).
Representative Research Papers
1. Meng, MY., Deng SM., Xu, H.*, Zhu, S. X. (2024). Strategic contract selection of an online retailer when implementing store branding, Naval Research Logistics, 71(4), 609-623.
2. Meng, MY., Deng SM., Zhou, P., Xu, H.* (2023). The effects of subsidy programs in byproduct synergy operations, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 175,103141.
3. Xu, H., Zhou, P. (2021). Balancing product differentiation and cost saving in the presence of consumer deliberation. International Transactions in Operational Research, 28(6), 3577-3594.
4. Chen, TX., Gong, XT., Li, Q., Xu, H. (2021). Multiseason production planning under export quotas. Naval Research Logistics, 68(3), 279-294.
5. Zhou, P., Xu, H. *, Wang H.W. (2020). Value of by-product synergy: A supply chain perspective, European Journal of Operational Research, 285, 941-954.
6. Zhou, P., Xu, H., Chen J.G. (2020). Value of down-conversion policy in a vertical differentiated co-production system, International Journal of Production Economics, 228, 107739-107744.
7. Chen J.G., Xu, H., Zhou, P. (2020). Delegation vs. direct sourcing revisited: contract types under correlated supply risks and asymmetric cost information, International Journal of Production Research, 58, 7005-7022.
8. Liu L.M., Xu, H. *, Zhu, S. X. (2020). Push verse Pull: Inventory-leadtime tradeoff for managing system variability, European Journal of Operational Research, 287, 119-132.
9. Li, Q, Tang, CS, Xu, H. * (2020). Mitigating the double-blind effect in opaque selling: Inventory and information, Production and Operations Management, 29(1), 35-54.
10. Lu, F., Xu, H., Chen, P. Y., Zhu, S. X. (2018). Joint pricing and production decisions with yield uncertainty and downconversion, International Journal of Production Economics, 197，52-62.
11. Chen, P. Y., Xu, H. *, Li, Y. Q., Z, L. (2017). Joint product variety, pricing and scheduling decisions in a flexible facility, International Journal of Production Research, 55(2), 606-620.
12. Chen, P. Y., Xu, H., Zou, X. X. (2017). The effects and incentive of vertical mergers: An analysis from the view of OM, European Journal of Operational Research, 263 (1),158-172.
13. Xu, H., Yao, D. D., Zheng, S. (2016). Optimal policies for a two-product inventory system under a flexible substitution scheme. Production and Operations Management, 25(6),1088-1105.
14. Yang, J., Lu, W., Xu, H. * (2016). Positive implications of market valuation under asymmetric quality information. International Journal of Production Research, 54(7), 2057-2074.
15. Xu, H., Zuo, X. L., Liu, Z. X. (2015). Configuration of flexibility strategies under supply uncertainty. Omega, the International Journal of Management Science, 51, 71-82.
16. Xu, H., Yao, N., Tong, S. L. (2013). Sourcing under cost information asymmetry when facing time-sensitive customers. International Journal of Production Economics, 144(2), 599-609.
17. Xu, H., Yao, D.D., Zheng, S. H. (2011). Optimal control of replenishment and substitution in an inventory system with nonstationary batch demand. Production and Operations Management, 20(5), 727-736.
18. Xu, H. (2010). Managing production and procurement through option contracts in supply chains with random yield, International Journal of Production Economics, 126(2), 306-313.
19. Xu, H., Shi, N., Ma, S. H., Lai, K. K. (2010). Contracting with an urgent supplier under cost information asymmetry, European Journal of Operational Research, 206(2), 374-383.
20. Li, Q., Xu, H., Zheng, S. H. (2008). Periodic review inventory systems with random yield: bounds and heuristics, IIE Transactions, 40(4), 434-444.
