Faculty Profile

FANG Xin

Associate Professor of Operations Management; Director, PhD Programmes; MPA Research Fellow

LKCSB Full-time Faculty

Email
xfang@smu.edu.sg

Phone
68087950

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Areas

Lee Kong Chian School of Business
- Strategy and Entrepreneurship
- - Digital transformation and platform strategies
  - Sustainable and socially responsible strategy
- Operations Management
- - Supply Chain Strategy and Risk Management
  - Sustainable Operations and Investments (including Energy, Natural Resources, and Transportation)
  - E-Commerce and Marketplace Analytics
  - Healthcare Analytics and Operations
  - Inventory, Logistics and Transportation Management
- Marketing
- - Retail Operations and Strategy
  - Consumer Behaviour
  - Consumer Judgment and Decision-making
- Sustainable Business
- Digital Business
- Asian & ASEAN Initiatives
- Corporate Social Responsibility
School of Economics
- Microeconomic Theory
- - Mechanism Design
  - Decision Theory
  - Game Theory
- Applied Microeconomics
- - Industrial Organisation
School of Computing and Information Systems
- Urban & Sustainability
- - Urban Logistics & Sustainability
- Health & Wellbeing
- - Ageing & Mental Health

Highlights

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H-Index (All Time)

1099

Citations (All Time)

Xin Fang is an award-winning scholar and educator whose research on competition, cooperation, and social responsibility in global supply chains and digital platforms has shaped both academic and industry practices internationally.

Recognized for bridging theoretical rigor with practical relevance in supply chain management, digital platforms, and CSR; recipient of multiple best paper and service awards; influential in shaping responsible operations and regulatory policies; strong industry and public sector engagement; methodological innovation in game theory, information asymmetry, and network analysis.

Focused research areas include Strategic and cooperative approaches in supply chain networks; anti-counterfeiting and product authenticity in e-commerce; responsible sourcing and sustainability; impacts of information asymmetry and digital platforms; urban mobility ecosystems; regulatory perspectives on adaptive medical AI; incentives and information disclosure in global supply chains.

Areas of Expertise

Supply Chain ManagementCorporate Social ResponsibilityDigital Economy

Past Awarded Grant

Latest Publications

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

Research Advisor/Co-Research Advisor To

LIU Dapeng, (dapeng.liu.2023@ckdba.smu.edu.sg), CKGSB-SMU DBA