XU Liang
Associate Professor of Operations Management; LSEI Fellow
LKCSBFull-time Faculty
Email
leonxu@smu.edu.sg
leonxu@smu.edu.sg
Phone
68280761
68280761
Research Areas
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Business
- Asian & ASEAN Initiatives
- Digital Business
- Marketing
- Retail Strategy, Operations and Technology
- Consumer Behaviour
- Consumer Judgment and Decision-making
- Operations Management
- Supply Chain Strategy and Risk Management
- Sustainable Operations and Investments (including Energy, Natural Resources, and Transportation)
- Healthcare Analytics and Operations (including Medical AI, Population Health, and Public Policy)
- AI in Operations
- E-Commerce and Marketplace Analytics
- Business Analytics
- Inventory, Logistics and Transportation Management
- Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
- Artificial Intelligence
- Strategy and Entrepreneurship
- Digital transformation and platform strategies
- School of Computing and Information Systems
- Human-Machine Collaborative Systems
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Learning & Work
- Analytics & Decision Support
Strategic Priorities
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- Digital Transformation
- Sustainable Living
Education
| Aug 2019 | Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University |
| Jun 2013 | M.S. in Management Science and Engineering Lingnan College of Business, Sun Yat-sen University |
| Jun 2011 | B.S. in Logistics Engineering and Management Lingnan College of Business, Sun Yat-sen University |
Current Appointment
| 2022 - Now | Assistant Professor of Operations Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Awards, Recognition and Honors
- M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, 2021
- 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
- Applications: Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Retail, Behavioral Operations
- Methodologies: Mechanism Design, Game Theory, Choice Model, Data Analytics, Causal Inference, Lab & Field Experiment Management
Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)
- Meng Li, Shuming Wang, Liang Xu. 2025. Replenishment Recommendation in Convenience Stores. accepted and published online at Production and Operations Management.
- Liang Xu, Mani Vidya, Hui Zhao. 2023. Not a Box of Nuts and Bolts: Distribution Channels for Specialty Drugs? Production and Operations Management, 32(7) 2283-2303.
- 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.
