Research

Research Methodology

Stochastic Optimization, Deterministic Optimization, Game Theory, Behavioral Economics  

Research Interests

Socially responsible operations; Platform operations; Supply chain management;  Behavioral operations; AI and Data-Driven Operations

Industry Application

Manufacturing, Service, Healthcare, Platform, Supply Chain Finance, Agriculture

Publications

1. 1.  X. Guan, Y. Jiang and Y. Wang. Platform Certification and Seller Disclosure. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management,  Forthcoming. 

   2. F. Liu, P. Guo, Y. Wang and Y. Xi. Improving Health Outcomes with Less Cost? Provision of Mobile Clinic in Developing Economies. Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming 

   3. B. Niu, J. Dong, X. Yua, and Y. Wang. Online Quality Endorsement to Improve Consumer Trust: Blockchain or Self-hosted Livestream? European Journal of Operational Research, forthcoming.

   4.  M. Yuan, F. Bernstein, X. Guan and Y. Wang. Distribution Strategy, Capability Investment, and Government Regulation. Production and Operations Management, 34 (8), 2378-2394, 2025.

   5. Y. Tang, S. Sethi and Y. Wang. Supplier and Platform Led Games of Supplier Encroachment. Transportation Research Part E, 193, January 2025, 103854.

   6. C. Tang, Y. Wang and M. Zhao. The Impact of Input and Output Farm Subsidies on Farmer Welfare, Income Disparity, and Consumer Surplus. Management Science, 70(5), 2705-3380, 2024. 

   7. Y. Cao, Q. Li, B. Shen and Y. Wang. Buyer Collaboration in Managing Supplier Responsibility with ESG Due Diligence Effort Spillover and Fairness Concerns. Transportation Research Part E. 180, December 2023, 103333.

   8. Y. Tang, S. Sethi and Y. Wang. Games of Supplier Encroachment Channel Selection and E-tailer's Information Sharing. Production and Operations Management, 32(11), 3650-3664, 2023. 

   9.  T. Zhang, Y. Wang, B. Shen and D. Prak. Welfare-Maximizing Tariff versus Trade-Surplus-Maximizing Tariff: Impacts on Multinational Firm Competition. Accepted, International Journal of Production Economics. 264, 108972, October 2023.

   10.   S. Kumar, Y. Wang and H. Chen. Behavioral Pricing in the Platform Economy. Decision Sciences, 54(4), 432-433, 2023.

   11. Z Jin, Y. Wang, Y Lim, K. Pan and Z. Shen. Vehicle Rebalancing in A Shared Micromobility System with Rider Crowdsourcing. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25(4), ), 1394–1415, 2023. 

   12. B. Niu, X. Yu, Q. Li and Y. Wang. Gains and Losses of Key Opinion Leaders’ Product Promotion in Livestream E-commerce. Omega, 117, June 2023, 102846.

   13. P. Guo, Z. Luo and Y. Wang. Manage Inventories with Learning on Demands and Buy-up Substitution Probability. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25(2), 563-580, 2023 . 

   14.  P. Guo, M. Haviv, Z Luo and Y. Wang. Signaling Service Quality Through Queue Disclosure. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25(2), 543-562, 2023.

   15. A. Zhang, J. Hartley, Y.Wang, S. Wang. Special Issue Editorial: Logistics and Supply Chain Management in an Era of Circular Economy. Transportation Research Part E, 166, October 2022, 102911

   16.  Huang, P. Guo. and Y. Wang.  Optimal Group Testing Strategy for the Mass Screening of SARS-CoV-2.  Omega, 112, October 2022, 102689.

   17. Guo, M. Haviv, Z. Luo, Y. Wang. Optimal Queue Length Information Disclosure When Service Quality is Uncertain. Production and Operations Management, 31(5), 1912-1927 2022.

   18. X. Guan and Y. Wang. Quality Disclosure in a Competitive Environment with Consumer’s Elation and Disappointment. Omega, 108, April 2022, 102586 .

   19. F. Huang, P. Guo. and Y. Wang. Modeling Patients' Illness Perception and Equilibrium Analysis of Their Doctor Shopping Behavior. Production and Operations Management, 31(3), 1216-1234, 2022. 

   20.  A. Zhang, J. Wang, M. Farooque, Y. Wang and T. Choi. Multi-dimensional Circular Supply Chain Management: A Comparative Review of the State-of-the-art Practices and Research. Transportation Research Part E, 155, 102509, 2021.

   21.  B. Liu, X. Guan and Y. Wang. Supplier Encroachment with Multiple Retailers. Production and Operations Management, 30(10), 3481-3496, 2021 .

   22. Y. Tang, P. Guo, C. Tang, and Y. Wang. Gender-Related Operational Issues Arising from On-Demand Ride-Hailing Platforms: Safety Concerns and System Configuration. Production and Operations Management, 30(10), 3481-3496, 2021.

   23. Z. Yi, Y. Wang and Y. Chen. Financing an Agricultural Supply Chain with Capital-Constrained Smallholder Farmer in Developing Economies. Production and Operations Management, 30(7), 2102-2121, 2021.  

   24. Y. Wang, B. Niu, P. Guo and J. Song. Direct Sourcing or Agent Sourcing? Contract Negotiation in Procurement Outsourcing. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 23(2), 294–310, 2021.

   25. Q. Li, P. Guo, and Y. Wang. Equilibrium Analysis of Unobservable M/M/n Priority Queues with Balking and Homogeneous Customers. Operations Research Letters, 48(5), 674-681, 2020.

   26. X. Guan, Y. Wang, Z. Yi and Y. Chen. Inducing Consumer Online Review via Disclosure.  Production and Operations Management, 29(8), 1956-1971, 2020. 

   27. P. Guo, F. Liu and Y. Wang.  Pre-positioning and Deployment of Reserved Inventories in a Supply Network: Structural Properties . Production and Operations Management, 29(4), 893-906, 2020 .

   28. F. Huang, P. Guo and Y. Wang. Cyclic Pricing When Customers Queue with Rating Information. Production and Operations Management, 28, 2471-2485, 2019.

   29. P. Guo, C. Tang, Y. Wang and M. Zhao. The Impact of Reimbursement Policy on Social Welfare, Revisit Rate and Waiting Time in a Public Healthcare System: Fee-for-Service vs. Bundled Payment. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 21, 154-170, 2019. 

   30. T. Choi, S. Wallace and Y. Wang. Big Data Analytics in Operations Management. Production and Operations Management, 27, 1868-1883, 2018

   31. Z. Yi, Y. Wang, Y. Liu and Y. Chen. The Impact of Consumer Fairness Seeking on Distribution Channel Selection: Direct Selling vs. Agent Selling. Production and Operations Management, 27, 1148-1167, 2018.

   32. L. Yang, P. Guo and Y. Wang.  Service Pricing with Loss-Averse Customers. Operations Research, 66, 761-777, 2018. 

   33. Y. Tang, P. Guo and Y. Wang. Equilibrium Queueing Strategies of Two Types of Customers in a Two-Server Queue. Operations Research Letters, 46, 99-102, 2018. 

   34. R. Chen, T. Cheng, T. Choi and Y. Wang. Novel Advances in Applications of the Newsvendor Model. Decision Sciences, 47, 8–10, 2016. 

   35. T. Choi, S. Wallace and Y. Wang. Risk Management and Coordination in Service Supply Chains: Information, Logistics and Outsourcing. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 67, 159–164, 2016. 

   36. M. Zhao, Y. Wang and X. Gan. Signalling Effect of Daily Deal Promotion for a Start-up Service Provider. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 67, 280-293, 2016. 

   37. K. Li, Y. Wang, O. Tang and J. Min. Disclosure in Insurance Law: A Comparative Analysis. European Journal of Law and Economics, 41, 349-369, 2016.

   38. Y. Wang, S. Wallace, B. Shen and T. Choi. Service Supply Chain Management: A Review of Operational Models.  European Journal of Operational Research, 247, 3, 685–698, 2015.

   39. C. Tang, Y. Wang and M. Zhao. The Implications of Utilizing Market Information and Adopting Agricultural Advice for Farmers in Developing Economies. Production and Operations Management, 24, 8, 1197-1215, 2015.

   40. B. Niu, Y. Wang and P. Guo. Equilibrium Pricing Sequence in a Co-Opetitive Supply Chain with the ODM as a Downstream Rival of Its OEM, Omega, 57, 249-270, 2015. 

   41. P. Chow, Y. Wang, T. Choi, and B. Shen.  An Experimental Study on the Effects of Minimum Profit Share on Supply Chains with Markdown Contract: Risk and Profit Analysis. Omega, 57, 85-97, 2015.

   42. Y. Wang, B. Niu and P. Guo. The Comparison of Two Vertical Outsourcing Structures under Push and Pull Contracts. Production and Operations Management, 23, 4, 610–625, 2014.

   43. P. Guo, M. Leng, and Y. Wang. A Fair Staff Allocation Rule for the Capacity Pooling of Multiple Call Centers. Operations Research letters, 41, 5, 490–493, 2013. 

   44. B. Shen, T. Choi, Y. Wang and C. Lo. The Coordination of Fashion Supply Chains with a Risk Averse Supplier under Markdown Money Policy. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 43, 266-276, 2013.

   45. Y. Wang, B. Niu and P. Guo. On the Advantage of Quantity Leadership when Outsourcing Production to a Competitive Contract Manufacturer. Production and Operations Management, 22, 1, 104–119, 2013.

   46. H. Guo, M. Leng, and Y. Wang. Interchange Fee Rate, Merchant Discount Rate and Retail Prices in a Credit Card Network: A Game-Theoretic Analysis. Naval Research Logistics, 59, 7, 525-551, 2012

   47. B. Shen, Y. Wang, C. Lo and M. Shum. The Impact of Ethical Fashion on Consumer Purchase Behavior. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 16, 234 – 245, 2012. 

   48. F. Bernstein, G. DeCroix and Y. Wang. The Impact of Demand Aggregation through Delayed Component Allocation in an Assemble-to-Order System. Management Science, 57, 6, 1154-1171, 2011.

   49. P. Guo, Z. Lian and Y. Wang. Pricing Perishable Products with Compound Poisson Demand. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 25, 289-306, 2011.

   50. P. Guo, W. Sun and Y. Wang. Equilibrium and Optimal Strategies to Join a Queue with Partial Information on Service Times, European Journal of Operational Research, 214, 2, 284-297, 2011. 

   51. M. Khouja and Y. Wang. The Impact of Digital Channel Distribution on the Experience Goods Industry. European Journal of Operational Research, 207, 481-491, 2010. 

   52. P. Guo, J. Song and Y. Wang. Outsourcing Structures and Information Flow in a Three –Tier Supply Chain. International Journal of Production Economics, 128, 1, 175-187, 2010. 

   53. Y. Wang and P. Zipkin. Agents’ Incentives under Buy-Back Contract in a Two-Stage Supply Chain. International Journal of Production Economics, 120, 2, 525-539, 2009.

   54. K. Li, Y. Wang and J. Min. Quantitative Analysis of Materiality in Marine Insurance.  Maritime Policy & Management, 36, 5, 437-455, 2009.

   55. P. Guo, J. Liu and Y. Wang. Intertemporal Service Pricing with Strategic Customers. Operations Research Letters, 37, 6, 420-424, 2009.  

   56. F. Bernstein, G. DeCroix and Y. Wang. Incentives and Commonality in a Decentralized Multi-Product Assembly System. Operations Research, 55, 4, 630-646, 2007.