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Xin Fang is an award-winning scholar and educator in operations management, renowned for his research on supply chain competition and cooperation, digital platforms, and corporate social responsibility, with significant impact on both academic thought and industry practice.
Integrates rigorous analytical modeling with real-world relevance, advancing understanding of responsible and sustainable operations; recognized for bridging theory and practice in digital platforms, supply chain ethics, and regulatory policy; recipient of multiple teaching and research awards; influential in shaping industry and policy discourse on supply chain transparency and innovation.
Focused research areas include Mechanisms of competition and cooperation in global supply chains; responsible sourcing and combating counterfeiting; information asymmetry in e-commerce; regulatory and incentive design for online platforms; social responsibility in supply networks; digital transformation of operations.
Integrates rigorous analytical modeling with real-world relevance, advancing understanding of responsible and sustainable operations; recognized for bridging theory and practice in digital platforms, supply chain ethics, and regulatory policy; recipient of multiple teaching and research awards; influential in shaping industry and policy discourse on supply chain transparency and innovation.
Focused research areas include Mechanisms of competition and cooperation in global supply chains; responsible sourcing and combating counterfeiting; information asymmetry in e-commerce; regulatory and incentive design for online platforms; social responsibility in supply networks; digital transformation of operations.
Areas of Expertise
Supply Chain ManagementCorporate Social ResponsibilityDigital Economy
Past Awarded Grant
- Design of Car Rental Programs for Drivers Offered by a Ride Hailing Platform. SMU MOE Tier 1. 2022. Co-PI.
- Product Description and Consumer Reviews in Omni-channel Retailing. SMU Retail Centre of Excellence. 2020. PI.
- Organizations and Optimization Designs of B2C Sharing Service Resources. National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2020. Collaborator.
- Supply Chains and Operations Decisions Under Coopetition and Uncertainty. National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2018. Collaborator.
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business Start-up Grant. 2014 - 2016.
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- L Lu, X Fang, SY Gao, B KazazProduction and Operations Management, 10591478251327759, 2025
- M Wang, X Fang, Z Wang, Y ChenManufacturing & Service Operations Management 25 (2), 686-703, 2023
- L Li, X Fang, YF LimManufacturing & Service Operations Management 25 (2), 631-647, 2023
Education
| 2014 | Ph.D. in Operations Management Carnegie Mellon University |
| 2008 | B.S. in Information Systems Fudan University |
Current Position(s) Held
| 2022 - Present | Associate Professor of Operations Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
| 2023 - Present | Program Director, PhD in Business Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
| 2020 - 2023 | Program Coordinator, PhD in Business (Operations Management) Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
| 2014 - 2022 | Assistant Professor of Operations Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Awards, Recognition and Honors
- M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, 2024
- Second Prize of Outstanding Scientific Research Achievements in Higher Education Institutions, 2024
- Dean's Teaching Honor List, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
- MPA Fellowship in Maritime Business, 2021 and 2024
- M&SOM Best Paper Award, 2022
- First Prize of Guangdong Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award, 2021
- Lee Kong Chian Fellowship, 2020
- Management Science Meritorious Service Award, 2020
- Finalist of the Best Student Paper Competition of POMS-HK International Conference, 2020 and 2022
- SMU Innovative Teacher Award Nominee, 2017, 2018 and 2019
- William Larimer Mellon Fellowship, 2008-2014
Research Interests
- Competition and Cooperation in Supply Chains
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Digital Economy
- Online Platforms
- Social and Economic Networks
Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)
- "Converting Counterfeiters in Emerging Markets to Authorized Suppliers: A New Anti-counterfeiting Measure", with Liling Lu, Sarah Yini Gao and Burak Kazaz, Production and Operations Management, March 2025
- "Asymmetric Information of Product Authenticity on C2C E-Commerce Platforms: How Can Inspection Services Help?", with Linqiu Li and Yun Fong Lim, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25(2), April 2023, Pages 631-647
- "Impacts of Distributive Comparison Behavior on Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chains: The Role of Small Firms", with Mingzheng Wang, Zizhuo Wang and Ying-Ju Chen, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25(2) April 2023, Pages 686-703
- "Urban Consolidation Center or Peer-to-Peer Platform? The Solution to Urban Last-Mile Delivery”, with Qiyuan Deng and Yun Fong Lim, Production and Operations Management, 30(4), April 2021, Pages 997-1013
- "Cooperative Approaches to Managing Social Responsibility in a Market with Externalities", with Soo-Haeng Cho, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 22(6), April 2020, Pages 1215-1233
- "Technology Specifications and Production timing in a Co-Opetitive Supply Chain", with Baozhuang Niu, Kanglin Chen, Xin Wang and Xiaohang Yue, Production and Operations Management, 28(8), August 2019, Pages 1990 - 2007
- "Combating Child Labor: Incentives and Information Disclosure in Global Supply Chains", with Soo-Haeng Cho, Sridhar R. Tayur and Ying Xu, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 21(3), May 2019, Pages 692 - 711
- "Combating Strategic Counterfeiters in Licit and Illicit Supply Chains", with Soo-Haeng Cho and Sridhar R. Tayur, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 17(3), April 2015, Pages 273 - 289
- "Stability and Endogenous Formation of Inventory Transshipment Networks", with Soo-Haeng Cho, Operations Research, 62(6), October 2014, Pages 1316 - 1334