XU Liang
Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Operations Management; CGRS Faculty Fellow and Interim Lead Faculty Fellow
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
LKCSB
Education
| Aug 2019 |
Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management |
| Jun 2013 |
M.S. in Management Science and Engineering |
| Jun 2011 |
B.S. in Logistics Engineering and Management |
Current Appointment
| 2022 - Now |
Assistant Professor of Operations Management |
Awards, Recognition and Honors
- Industry Studies Association Dissertatio0n Award, Finalist, 2020.
- Jeanne and Charles Rider Graduate Fellowship, Smeal College of Business, 2017, 2018.
- Ossian R. MacKenzie Doctoral Teaching Award, Smeal College of Business, 2017.
- First prize, Structural Modeling Applications for Research in Technology (SMART) Workshop Competition, Carnegie Mellon University, 2015.
- National Scholarship for Graduate Students, Sun Yat-sen University, 2012.
- Graduate School Fellowship, Sun Yat-sen University, 2012.
Research Interests
- Healthcare Operations and Innovations
- Pharmaceutical Supply Chains
- Data Analytics
- Behavioral Operations Management
Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)
- Liang Xu, Mani Vidya, Hui Zhao. 2023. Not a Box of Nuts and Bolts: Distribution Channels for Specialty Drugs? Accepted at Production and Operations Management.
- Liang Xu, Hongmin Li, Hui Zhao. 2022. Outcome-Based Reimbursement: The Solution to High Drug Spending? Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24(4) 2029-2047.
- Liang Xu, Hui Zhao, Nicholas C. Petruzzi. 2021. Inducing Compliance with Post-market Studies for Drugs Under FDA’s Accelerated Approval Pathway. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 23(1): 170-190.
- Hui Zhao, Liang Xu, Siemsen Enno. 2021. Inventory Sharing and Demand-Side Underweighting. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 23(5): 1217-1236.
- Gang Chen, Waiman Cheung, Sung-Chi Chu, Liang Xu. 2017. Transshipment Hub Selection from a Shipper's and Freight Forwarder's Perspective. Expert Systems with Applications, 83:396-404
- Bin Zhang, Liang Xu. 2013. Multi-item Production Planning with Carbon Cap and Trade Mechanism. International Journal of Production Economics, 144(1):118–127.