Research

Research Interests

  1. Supply Chain Issues
  2. DEI in Operations and Supply Chain Management
  3. Prescriptive Analytics and Algorithm Design
  4. Machine Learning
  5. Game Theoretical Models
  6. Simulation
  7. Revenue Management
  8. Operations and Finance/Marketing Interface

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Publications

  1. Rajaguru, R., Matanda, M. J., & Zhang, W. (2022).Supply chain finance in enhancing supply-oriented and demand-oriented performance capabilities–moderating role of perceived partner opportunism. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 1-18.
  2. Zhang, X., Hou, W., & Zhang, W. (2020). Simultaneous or sequential? Multihoming launch strategies for mobile applications with consideration of promotion and switching costs. International Journal of Production Research, 1-22.
  3. Alemu, A., & Zhang, W. (2019). Is Sino-Africa Bilateral Trade More than Resource Focused? The Rhetoric and the Reality.. African and Asian Studies, 18 (4), 362-394. 
  4. Gu, W., Wei, L., Zhang, W., & Yan, X. (2019). Evolutionary game analysis of cooperation between natural resource- and energy-intensive companies in reverse logistics operations. International Journal of Production Economics, 218, 159-169. 
  5. Zhang, W., Padmanabhan, P., Huang, C.-H. (2018). Firm level offshoring activities, pollution regulation, triple bottom line, and market structure: What do they have in common? Journal of Cleaner Production. 195, 618–624.
  6. Zeng, J., Zhang, W., Matsui, Y., & Zhao, X. (2017). The Impact of Organizational Context on Hard and Soft Quality Management and Innovation Performance, International Journal of Production Economics 185, 240-251
  7. Qiu C, Zhang, W. (2016). Managing long queues for holiday sales shopping, Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management. 15(1), 52–65
  8. Zhang, W., Padmanabhan, P., Huang, C. (2015). Sequential capital investment decision making under extreme cash flow situations: evidence using Monte Carlo simulation. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 16(5), 877–900.
  9. Zhang, W., Li, S., Zhang, D., & Hou, W. (2014). On the impact of advertising initiatives in supply chains. European Journal of Operational Research, 234(1), 99-107.
  10. Tamburrini, G. and W. Zhang (2014). Entrepreneurship in Time of Crisis: The Outsourcing of Services Through Franchise Arrangements in the Italian Food Service Industry. Journal of Foodservice Business Research, 17 (1), 28-47.
  11. Huang, C., Padmanabhan, P., & Zhang, W. (2013). Mitigating the Impact of Managerial Anchoring: The Case for Management by Committee for Major Corporate Financial Decisions. Multinational Finance Journal, 17 (1/2), 1-29.
  12. Awan, M. A., Zhang, W. (2013). Export Marketing Performance (EMP) of Pakistan SMEs impacted by the Internet. GSTF Business Review, 2(3), 174.
  13. Tamburrini, G. & Zhang, W. (2012). Startup Strategies: the (International) Franchisor in the Italian Food Service Industry. Tourism Research, 37 (5), 61-92. (Korean SSCI Journal)
  14. Awan, M. A., Khan, H. U., Zhang, W. (2012). A Comparative Study on Online Service Quality Perception of Two Major Regional Economies. International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning, 2(6), 529-533.
  15. Li, S., D. Zhang, W. Zhang. (2010). A Study of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities of 12 Giant Food Companies (1980 – 2008) in Promoting Healthy Food. Obesity Prevention: The Role of Brain and Society on Individual Behavior. 2010, Elsevier Inc.

Selected Working Papers

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  1. A Monte Carlo Simulation Approach to Measuring the Impact of Decision Maker Behaviors on Supply Chain Resilience