Education

• Ph.D. in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Temple University, 2019- present
• M.S. in Management Information Systems, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2017-2019
• B.S. in Management Information Systems, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2013-2017

Research Interests

Sharing Economy and Marketplace Innovation, Service Operations, Data-driven Research, Machine Learning, Behavioral Operations Management, Retailer Competition

Work in Progress

Pricing and Physical Channel Choice Strategies for a Multi-channel Retailer Under Consumer Showrooming and Webrooming Behaviors

When Less is More: Analysis and Empirical Evidence of Control Limit Strategies in a Diagnosis Crowdsourcing Platform

Replacing What Could Be Repaired: A Structural Analysis of Two-Stage Diagnostic Decisions in Managing Shared-Bike Returns

Timing Matters: Crowd-sourcing Workers in On-demand Freight Matching Platforms

Awards

• Finalist in INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper Award Competition, 2023.
• Finalist in INFORMS Conference on Service Science Best Student Paper, 2020.

Refereed Conference Publications

• Geng J, Kong G, Qin M. (2023) When Less is More: Analysis and Empirical Evidence of Control Limit Strategies in a Diagnosis Crowdsourcing Platform. The Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA).
• Geng J, Mehra A, Kumar S. (2021) Should a Multi-channel Retailer Replace the Store with a Showroom? 31st Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS).
• Geng J, Kong G, Qin M. (2021) When Less is More: Analysis and Empirical Evidence of Control Limit Strategies in a Diagnosis Crowdsourcing Platform. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Conference.
• Geng J, Mehra A, Kumar S. (2020) Should Multi-channel Retailers Replace Stores with Showrooms? INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST).

Talks

• Pricing and Physical Channel Choice Strategies for a Multi-channel Retailer Under Consumer Showrooming and Webrooming Behaviors

  • China Workshop on Economics of Information Systems Theory (CWEIST), 2022, online
  • 32nd Annual POMS conference (POMS), 2022, online
  • The 2021 Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), 2021, Austin, TX
  • Decision Sciences Institute 52nd Annual Conference (DSI), 2021, online
  • 31st Annual POMS conference (POMS), 2021, online
  • Decision Sciences Institute 51st Annual Conference (DSI), 2020, online
  • The 2020 Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), 2020, online

• When Less is More: Analysis and Empirical Evidence of Control Limit Strategies in a Diagnosis Crowdsourcing Platform

  • The Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA), 2023, Washington D.C.
  • 33rd Annual POMS conference (POMS), 2023, Orlando, FL
  • 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting (INFORMS), 2021, Indianapolis, IN
  • Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Conference 2022, Munich, German
  • Seventh Marketplace Innovation Workshop (MIW), 2022, online
  • 32nd Annual POMS conference (POMS), 2022, online
  • 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting (INFORMS), 2021, Anaheim, CA
  • The 13th International Conference of the Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE), 2021, Shanghai, China
  • 31st Annual POMS conference (POMS), 2021, online
  • 2020 INFORMS Annual Meeting (INFORMS), 2020, online

• Repair or Replace: Evidence of Sequential Diagnostic Decisions on Product Returns

  • 16th Annual Behavioral Operations Conference (BOC), 2023, Baltimore, MD
  • 33rd Annual POMS conference (POMS), 2023, Orlando, FL
  • 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting (INFORMS), 2021, Indianapolis, IN
  • 32nd Annual POMS conference (POMS), 2022, online

• Timing Matters: Crowd-sourcing Workers in On-demand Freight Matching Platforms

  • 33rd Annual POMS conference (POMS), 2023, Orlando, FL
  • Eighth Marketplace Innovation Workshop (MIW), 2023, online

Teaching

Operations Management, 2022 Spring

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the New Economy, 2022 Spring

Operations Management, 2022 Fall

Service

• Reviewer

  • Production and Operations Management Journal (POMS)
  • Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), 2023
  • Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), 2023

• Session Chair

  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2023
  • POMS Annual Conference, 2022, 2023
  • DSI Annual Conference, 2021

• Technical Track Manager

  • POMS Annual Conference, 2021, 2022

Grants

• $ 2,800 for Seed Funding Grant from Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Forum, Fall 2022
• $ 500 for Seed Funding Grant from Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Forum, Fall 2021
• $ 1,000 for Seed Funding Grant from Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Forum, Spring 2021
• $ 2,500 for Seed Funding Grant from Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Forum, Fall 2020
• $ 1,500 for Seed Funding Grant from Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Forum, Spring 2020

Skills

• Programming Skills: Python, MATLAB, R, etc.
• Statistical Software: Stata, SPSS.

References

• Guangwen Kong

  • Associate Professor of Statistics, Operations, and Data Science
  • Cochrane Research Fellow
  • Fox School of Business, Temple University
  • Email: guangwen.kong@temple.edu

• Sampath Rajagopalan

  • Richard and Jarda Hurd Chair in Distribution Management
  • Professor of Operations Management
  • Marshall School of Business
  • University of Southern California
  • Email: raj@marshall.usc.edu
  • Phone: 213-740-0193

• Subodha Kumar

  • Paul R. Andreson Distinguished Chair
  • Professor Professor of Statistics, Operations, and Data Science
  • (Secondary appointment in IS)
  • Fox School of Business, Temple University
  • Email: subodha@temple.edu
  • Phone: 215-204-5919

• Qiuping Yu

  • Associate Professor of Operations Management and Business Analytics
  • McDonough School of Business
  • Georgetown University
  • Email: qiuping.yu@georgetown.edu

• Marco Shaojun Qin

  • Assistant Professor of Marketing
  • Fox School of Business, Temple University
  • Email: shaojun.qin@temple.edu
  • Phone: 612-636-6021