Qi Wu (吴琦)

Dr. Wu received her doctoral degree in Information, Risk and Operations Management from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013. She also holds master’s degrees in Mathematics and Statistics from University of South Carolina, and a bachelor’s degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

Globalization and increased variety of products have impacted the uncertainty in both demand and supply. The changes, though gradual, have accumulated over time and posed enormous difficulties in planning procurement. Dr. Wu studies strategies that help firms tackle this challenge using stochastic control and econometric models. She is particularly interested in problems related the impact of risk and financial factors on operational decisions.

Research Interests

• Empirical Research in Operations Management

• Finance and Operations Management Interface

• Risk Management

• Stochastic Control

Publications

• Wu, A, Wu, Q., Seshadri, S. (2025), Effects of Financial Constraint Relaxation on Supply Chain Financing Choices and Operational Decisions (Forthcoming Management Science) 

• Lai, G., Ritchken P., Wu Q. (2023), the Interplay of Production Flexibility and Financing Strategy, Manufacturing & Service Operations management 25 (6).

• Wu. Q., Honhon D. (2022), Don't Waste that Free Lettuce! Impact of BOGOF Promotions on Waste, Production and Operations Management 32(2).

• Wu. Q., Lai G. (2021), The Roles of Excess Inventory with Stock Price Interest,  Management Science 68 (7).

• Ritchken, P., Wu, Q. (2020), Capacity Investment, Production Flexibility and Capital Structure, Production and Operations Management 30 (12).

• Wu, Q., Muthuraman, K., Seshadri, S. (2019) Effect of financing costs and constraints on real investments: The case of inventories. Production and Operations Management. 28(10).

• Wang X., Wu, Q., Lai, G., Scheller-Wolf, A. (2019) Offering Discretionary Healthcare Services with Medical Consumption. Production and Operations Management. 28(9).

• Dawande, M., Janakiraman, G., Qi, A., Wu, Q. (2019) Optimal incentive contracts in project management. Production and Operations Management. 28(6).

• Muthuraman, K., Seshadri, S., Wu, Q. (2015). Inventory Management with Stochastic Lead Time. Mathematics of Operations Research. 40(2). 

• Feng, H., Wu, Q., Muthuraman, K., Deshpande, V. (2015). Replenishment Policies for Multi-Product Stochastic Inventory Systems with Correlated Demand and Joint-Replenishment Costs. Production and Operations Management. 24(4)  

• Janakiraman, G., Park, S., Seshadri, S., Wu, Q. (2013). New results on the newsvendor model and the multi-period inventory model with backordering. Operations Research Letters. 41(4).