Ming Hu
Bio
Ming Hu is a Professor of Operations Management at Rotman. His research explores the interface between operations management and marketing, with a focus on analyzing strategic interactions among firms and between firms and consumers, in the context of revenue management, supply chain management and service management. His research topics include mechanism design, integration of inventory/capacity and pricing, price competition and modeling of consumer behaviour. Most recently, he studies operations management in the context of social buying, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, and two-sided markets.
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Academic Positions
| 2017- | Professor; University of Toronto |
| 2008-2017 | Assistant / Associate Professor; University of Toronto |
Selected Publications - Papers
- Efficient Ignorance: Information Heterogeneity in a Queue; with Y. Li, J. Wang; Management Science, forthcoming; 2017; Pages: (2016 POMS-HK Best Student Paper Competition, First Place (Yang Li); 2015 INFORMS Service Science Best Student Paper Award Competition, Finalist (Yang Li))
- Open or Closed? Technology Sharing, Supplier Investment, and Competition; with B. Hu, Y. Yang; Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, forthcoming; Issue: 19(1); 2017; Pages: 132-149
- Competition in Multi-Echelon Systems; with A. Federgruen; INFORMS Tutorials in Operations Research; 2017; Pages: 178-211
- Sequential Multi-Product Price Competition in Supply Chain Networks; with A. Federgruen; Operations Research; Issue: 64(1); 2016; Pages: 135-149
- Liking and Following and the Newsvendor: Operations and Marketing Policies under Social Influence; with J. Milner, J. Wu; Management Science; Issue: 62(3); 2016; Pages: 867-879
- No Claim? Your Gain: Design of Residual Value Extended Warranties under Risk Aversion and Strategic Claim Behavior; with G. Gallego, R. Wang, J. Ward, J. L. Beltran; Manufacturing & Service Operations Management; Issue: 17(1); 2015; Pages: 87-100
- Up then Down: Bid-Price Trends in Revenue Management; with Z. Pang, O. Berman; Production and Operations Management; Issue: 24(7); 2015; Pages: 1135-1147
- Threshold Effects in Online Group Buying; with J. Wu, M. Shi; Management Science; Issue: 61(9); 2015; Pages: 2025-2040
- Newsvendor Selling to Loss-Averse Consumers with Stochastic Reference Points; with O. Baron, S. Najafi-Asadolahi, Q. Qian; Manufacturing & Service Operations Management; Issue: 17(4); 2015; Pages: 456-469
- Multi-Product Price and Assortment Competition; with A. Federgruen; Operations Research; Issue: 63(3); 2015; Pages: 572-584
- Product and Pricing Decisions in Crowdfunding; with X. Li, M. Shi; Marketing Science; Issue: 34(3); 2015; Pages: 331-345
- Dynamic Pricing of Perishable Assets under Competition; with G. Gallego; Management Science; Issue: 60(5); 2014; Pages: 1241-1259 (2017 Management Science Best Paper Award in Operations Management)
- Flexible-Duration Warranties with Dynamic Reliability Learning; with G. Gallego, R. Wang, J. Ward, J. L. Beltran; Production and Operations Management; Issue: 23(4); 2014; Pages: 645-659
- Modified Echelon $(r, Q)$ Policies with Guaranteed Performance Bounds for Stochastic Serial Inventory Systems; with Y. Yang; Operations Research; Issue: 62(4); 2014; Pages: 812-828 (2014 INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Paper Competition, Honorable Mention)
- Committed versus Contingent Pricing under Competition; with Z. Wang; Production and Operations Management; Issue: 23(11); 2014; Pages: 1919-1936
- When Gray Markets Have Silver Linings: All-Unit Discounts, Gray Markets and Channel Management; with M. Pavlin, M. Shi; Manufacturing & Service Operations Management; Issue: 15(2); 2013; Pages: 250-262
- Simultaneous vs. Sequential Group-Buying Mechanisms; with M. Shi, J. Wu; Management Science; Issue: 59(12); 2013; Pages: 2805-2822
- The Downside of Reorder Flexibility under Price Competition; with P. Afeche, Y. Li
- Secrecy versus Transparency in Sales of Network Goods; with Z. Wang, Y. Feng
- Price Competition in the Presence of Social Comparison and Demand Uncertainty; with Y. Zhou, T. H. Cui
- Dynamic Type Matching; with Y. Zhou; Pages: (2017 POMS College of Supply Chain Management Student Paper Competition, Honorable Mention (Yun Zhou); 2016 CORS Student Paper Competition Open Category, First Place (Yun Zhou); 2015 CSAMSE Annual Conference Best Paper Award, First Prize; 2015 INFORMS Service Science Best Student Paper Award Competition, Finalist (Yun Zhou))
- The Price and Variety Effects of Vertical Mergers; with A. Federgruen
- Altruistic Rationality: The Value of Strategic Farmers, Social Entrepreneurs and For-Profit Firms in Crop Planting Decisions; with Y. Liu, W. Wang; Pages: (2017 CSAMSE Annual Conference Best Paper Award, Honorable Mention)
- Pricing and Matching with Forward-Looking Buyers and Sellers; with Y. Chen
- Simultaneous vs. Sequential Crowdsourcing Contests; with L. Wang
- A Simple Heuristic Policy for Stochastic Distribution Inventory Systems with Fixed Costs; with H. Zhu, F. Y. Chen, Y. Yang
- Contingent Stimulus in Crowdfunding; with L. Du, J. Wu
- Price, Wage and Fixed Commission in On-Demand Matching; with Y. Zhou
- Global and Robust Stability in a General Price and Assortment Competition Model; A. Federgruen
- Efficient Inaccuracy: User-Generated Information Sharing in a Queue; with J. Wang
- Blockbuster or Niche? Competitive Strategy under Network Effects; with Y. Feng
- Distribution-Free Pricing; with H. Chen, G. Perakis
- Social Pricing in the Sharing Economy: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Airbnb; with Y. Cui, Y. A. Orhun
- Financial Pooling in a Supply Chain; with Q. Qian, S. A. Yang
Academic / Professional Service
| 2018- | Editor-in-Chief; Naval Research Logistics |
| 2018- | Associate Editor; Operations Research |
| 2018 | Co-Editor; Special Issue of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management on Sharing Economy and Innovative Marketplaces |
| 2018- | Associate Editor; Manufacturing & Service Operations Management |
| 2017- | Senior Editor; Production and Operations Management |
| 2015-2017 | Associate Editor; Naval Research Logistics |
Honors and Awards
| 2017 | Annual Conference Best Paper Award, Honorable Mention; CSAMSE |
| 2017 | NET Institute Summer Grant |
| 2017 | Management Science Distinguished Service Award; INFORMS |
| 2017 | Best OM Paper in Management Science; INFORMS |
| 2016 | Wickham Skinner Early-Career Research Accomplishments Award; POMS |
| 2015 | Roger Martin Excellence in Research Award; Rotman School of Management |
| 2015 | Rotman School of Management Teaching Award; University of Toronto |
| 2015 | Annual Conference Best Paper Award, First Prize; CSAMSE |
| 2014 | Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Paper Competition, Honorable Mention; INFORMS |
| 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 | M&SOM Meritorious Service Award; INFORMS |
| 2011, 2015, 2016 | Management Science Meritorious Service Award; INFORMS |
| 2011 | Connaught New Researcher Award; University of Toronto |
| 2009-2013 | Excellence in Teaching Award; Rotman School of Management |
| 2009 | Connaught Start-Up Award; University of Toronto |
| 2008-2010 | Innovation Research Award; Hewlett-Packard Labs |
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
| INFORMS, Section of M&SOM and RM |
Research and Teaching Interests
Pricing and Revenue Management, Supply Chain Management, Interface between Operations Management and Marketing, Social Operations Management
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