Ming Hu

PhD Coordinator in Operations Management and Statistics
Professor of Operations Management

Degrees:	PhD, Columbia University MS, Columbia University MS, Brown University BS, Nanjing University
Email:	Send an email to Ming Hu
Phone:	416-946-5207

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
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
Performance Bounds and Asymptotic Optimality of Modified (r, Q) Policies for Stochastic Distribution Inventory Systems; 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

Honors and Awards

2017	Annual Conference Best Paper Award, Honorable Mention; CSAMSE
2017	NET Institute Summer Grant
2017	Management Science Best Paper Award in Operations Management; 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	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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