Yunjuan Kuang

About Me

I am currently an Assistant Professor in Fashion Business at the School of Fashion and Textiles (SFT) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Before joining SFT, I was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies (LMS) at the Faculty of Business, PolyU, where I obtained my PhD in Operations Management. 

Prospective Students

• I am looking for self-motivated PhD students with both solid mathematical background and strong interests in operations management, supply chain management, and marketing. Candidates with a bachelor's or master's degree in operations management, management science and engineering, mathematics, applied mathematics, or related disciplines are encouraged to apply. Please email me your CV and academic transcript for consideration. Competitive financial support will be provided.

• Applications for Research Assistant/Postdoctoral Fellow are also welcome.  A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.

Select Publications

• Kuang, Y., & Jiang, L. (2023). Managing presales with two payments and return policy when consumers are time‐inconsistent. Production and Operations Management, 32(11), 3594-3613. 

• Guo, X., Kuang, Y., & Ng, C. T. (2023). To centralize or decentralize: Mergers under price and quality competition. Production and Operations Management, 32(3), 844-862.

Select Working Papers

• Managing suppliers for assembly systems with corporate social responsibility considerations (with Xiaomeng Guo, Guang Xiao, and Fuqiang Zhang).

• Product-line design and sourcing with consumer awareness of corporate social responsibility (with Xiaomeng Guo, Guang Xiao, and Fuqiang Zhang).

• Entering a market with cause marketing: Impacts on product innovation and profits (with Li Jiang).

External Competitive Research Grants (as PI)

• Early Career Scheme (ECS), Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), 01/2026-12/2027.

• Young Scientists Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 01/2024-12/2026.

• General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), 09/2023-08/2026.

• General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), 01/2023-06/2025.

Professional Services

Ad-hoc Reviewer for: Production and Operations Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Enterprise Information Systems