Academic Employment:

University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

• Associate Professor, 2018-Present

Education:

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

• Ph.D., Operations Management, 2018

Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

• M.Phil., Operations Management

• B.Eng., Microelectronic Engineering

Research Interests:

Retail and Platform Operations (零售与平台运营), Pricing (定价策略), AI in Operations (人工智能运营), Supply Chain Management (供应链管理), Sustainability and Social Responsibility (可持续发展与社会责任), OM-Marketing/IS/Economics Interface (运营管理与市场营销/信息系统/经济学的交叉领域)

Research:

Publications [GoogleScholar, SSRN]

• Zhang, T., Q. Zheng. 2026. Pricing Limited Capacity Under Consumer Deliberation. Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming. [SSRN]

• Li, J., Zheng, Q., S. Li, J. Wu, D. Shi.  2026. Ad Blockers and Ad Quality. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 28(1): 153-171. [SSRN]

• Zheng, Q., H. Hu, X. Pan.  2025. Channel Pricing: A Retail Pass-Through Perspective. Production and Operations Management, 34(11): 3475-3492. [SSRN]

• Jang, H., Q. Zheng, X. Pan. 2025. Supplier Encroachment through Online Marketplace. Production and Operations Management, 34(9): 2758-2774. [SSRN]

• Li, S., J. Pu, Q. Zheng. 2025. Commentary on "Pricing Prototypical Products".  Marketing Science, 44(3): 725-727. [SSRN]

• Zheng, S., Q. Zheng, A. Vakharia. 2024. Wholesale Price Discrimination and Contract Unobservability. Production and Operations Management, 33(6): 1320-1334. [SSRN]

• Chen, X., G. Li, S. Li, Q. Zheng. 2024. When Should a Sharing Platform Adopt the Bilateral Review System? MIS Quarterly, 48(3): 1121-1156. [SSRN]

• Zheng, Q., H. Hu, X. Pan. 2023. Implications of Product Substitutability in a Distribution Channel. Production and Operations Management, 32(6): 1636-1653. [SSRN]

• Hu, H., Q. Zheng, X. Pan. 2022. Agency or Wholesale? The Role of Retail Pass-Through. Management Science, 68(10): 7538-7554. [SSRN]

• Zheng, Q., H. Jang, X. Pan. 2022. Store-Brand Introduction and Multilateral Contracting. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24(1): 467-484. [SSRN]

• Zheng, Q., X. Pan, A. Vakharia. 2021. Product Decoys: A Supply Chain Perspective. Production and Operations Management, 30(9): 2858-2870. [SSRN]

• Zheng, Q., X. Pan, A. Vakharia. 2020. Common Retailer Channel Revisited: The Role of Supply Network Size. Production and Operations Management, 29(9): 2175-2181. [SSRN]

• Lin, M., X. Pan, Q. Zheng. 2020. Platform Pricing with Strategic Buyers: The Impact of Future Production Cost. Production and Operations Management, 29(5): 1122-1144. [SSRN]

• Zheng, Q., X. Pan, J. Carrillo. 2019. Probabilistic Selling for Vertically Differentiated Products with Salient Thinkers. Marketing Science, 38(3): 442-460. [SSRN]

Professional Service:

Senior Editor

• Production and Operations Management

Associate Editor

• Information Technology and Management

Track Chair

• Supply Chain Management, POMS Annual Meeting 2022

Reviewer

• Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, NRL, Decision Sciences, EJOR, Omega

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