Professor JIANG Li received undergraduate education from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with major in Power System Automation in the School of Power Electronics and Information Engineering and minor in Industrial Foreign Trade in Antai College of Business Administration. From 2002 to 2006, he studied at Ross School of Business at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, majoring in Operation and Management Science, and devoted to the study of balancing supply and demand in decentralized supply chain networks. He obtained the Qualification Certificate for Senior Executive Education in August 2005, and was awarded PhD degree in December 2006. Professor Jiang worked in the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Faculty of Business, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2007 to 2025, successively serving as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor, and participating in faculty management in various capacities and the development of MBA, EMBA, CMBA, DBA and DMgt programs; and joined the Faculty of Business for Science and Technology/School of Management of the University of Science and Technology of China as Chair Professor in April 2025.
Professor Jiang teaches undergraduate, MBA and DBA subjects on operation management and supply chain management, and PhD subjects on optimization theory and game theory. He has extensive contacts with business community and provides operations and supply chain strategic consulting services to both domestic and multi-national companies. Professor Jiang’s main research interests are in supply chain information management, supply chain financing, data-driven operation decision making, two-sided market analysis and design, credence goods market and behavioral operation. His academic papers have been published in Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operation Management, Production and Operation Management and Naval Research Logistics, and have been widely cited. He has been serving in the editorial boards for various journals. Professor Jiang has been the PI or Co-I for General Research Fund (GRF) grants administered by The Hong Kong Research Grants Council (7), general projects administered by The National Natural Science Foundation of China (2), and key projects administered by The National Natural Science Foundation of China (1). His completed NSFC projects were rated as excellent or outstanding. During his tenure at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Professor Jiang was awarded PolyU Business School Fellow in 2012, 2017, and 2022, and won awards for outstanding contributions to teaching, research and scholarly activities multiple times. His students have won best-paper awards at international and national conferences. Professor Jiang received the Certificate for Outstanding Scholarly Contributions by the European Operational Research Society in 2018, selected as Lotus Scholar by The Department of Education in Hunan Province in 2019, selected as National Major Talent Program Chair Professor in 2021, and selected for National Innovative Talent Long-term Project in 2022. His research team received special award for outstanding scientic and technological achievements by The Department of Education in 2025.
Academic Employment Chair Professor, April 2025 - present Faculty of Business for Science and Technology University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, China
Professor, July 2017 – April 2025 Associate Professor, July 2012 – June 2017 Assistant Professor, January 2007 – June 2012 Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies Faculty of Business The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
Education University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI,USA Ph.D., Operations and Management Science, April 29, 2007 Dissertation: Matching Supply with Demand in Decentralized Multi-Location Systems Supervisor: Ravi Anupindi Committee: William Lovejoy, Vladimir Babich, Sugato Bhattacharyya Executive Education Certificate, Management of Managers, July 29, 2005 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China BEng in Electrical Engineering and Economics
Selected Publications Wang, Y., L. Jiang, Z. Shen. 2006. “Channel Performance under Consignment Contract with Revenue Sharing”. Management Science 50 1 34-47. Jiang, L. J. Geunes. 2006. “Impact of Introducing Make-to-Order Options into Make-to-Stock Environment”. European Journal of Operational Research 174 2 724-743. Anupindi, R., L. Jiang. 2008. “Capacity Investment under Postponement Strategies, market Competition, and Demand Uncertainty”. Management Science 54 11 1876-1890. Jiang, L., R. Anupindi. 2010. “Consumer-driven versus Retailer-driven Search: Channel Performance and Implications”. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 12 1 102-119. Jiang, L., Y. Wang. 2010. “Supplier Competition in Decentralized Assembly Systems with Price-Sensitive and Uncertain Demand”. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 12 1 93-101. Jiang, L., R. Anupindi. 2010. “Consumer-driven versus Retailer-driven Search: Channel Performance and Implications”. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 12 1 102-119. Jiang, L. 2012. “The Implications of Postponement Strategies on Contract Design and Channel Performance”. European Journal of Operational Research 216 1 356-366. Li, L., L. Jiang, L. Liu. 2012. “Service and Price Competition When Customers Are Naive”. Production and Operations Management 21 4 747-760. Jiang, L. 2013. “On the Effects of Capacity Agent on Market Equilibrium”. Production and Operations Management 22 3 676-690. Jiang, L., Z. Hao. 2014. “On the Value of Information Sharing and Cooperative Price Setting”. Operations Research Letters 42 4 399-403. Jiang, L., Z. Hao. 2014. “Alleviating Suppliers’ Capital Restriction by Two-order Arrangement”. Operations Research Letters 42 4 444 – 449. Jiang, L. 2015. “Managing Supplier Competition and Sourcing Sequence for Component Manufacturing”. Production and Operations Management 24 2 287-310. Jiang, L., Z. Hao. 2016. “Incentive-driven Information Dissemination in Two-tier Supply Chains”. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 18 3 393-413. Jiang, L., Z. Hao. 2016. “Rationalizing Vertical Information Flow in a Bilateral Monopoly”. Operations Research Letters 44 3 416-424. Li, L., L. Jiang. 2018. “Horizontal Subcontracting from Competitors: When and What?” Production and Operations Management 27 7 1320-1333. Hao, Z., L. Jiang. 2018. “Impact of Sequential Acquisition, Market Competition Mode and Confidentiality on Information Flow”. Naval Research Logistics 65 135-159. Qiu, Q., L. Jiang. 2019. “How to Deal with Consumers Who Group to Request a Discount?” Naval Research Logistics 66 6 469-484. Hao, Z., L. Jiang. 2019. “Direct Selling by Suppliers Improves System-wide Information Flow”. Operations Research Letters 47 4 305-310. Cai, D., L. Jiang. 2020. “The Bright and Dark Sides of Customer Switching”. Production and Operations Management 29 6 1381-1396. Hao, Z., L. Jiang. 2021. “An Investigation into Direct Selling: Information Flow and Supply Chain Structure”. Production and Operations Management 30 6 1785-1803. Qiu, Q., L. Jiang. 2021. “Firms Can Profit from Inaccurate Market Beliefs”. Operations Research Letters 49 150-156. Xu, L., Y. Zheng, L. Jiang. 2022. “A Robust Data-Driven Approach for Newsvendor Problem with Non-parametric Information”. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24 1 504-523. Li, L., L. Jiang. 2022. “How Should Firms Adapt Pricing Strategies when Consumers are Time-inconsistent?” Production and Operations Management. 31 6 3457–3473. Kuang, Y., L. Jiang. 2023. “Managing Presales with Two Payments and Return Policy in Selling to Time-Inconsistent Consumers”. Production and Operations Management. 32, 11, 3594-3613. Jiang, L., Z. Hao. 2024. “Firms’ Diverse Market Beliefs Can Facilitate Information Sharing and Improve Profit Performance”. Naval Research Logistics. 71 4 521-531. Pang, C., L. Jiang, G. Li. 2024. “Cannibalization or Enhancement: Effect of Consumer-to-consumer Resale with Consumer Utility Dependence”. International Journal of Electronic Commerce. 28 3 415-445. Wu, X., L. Jiang, X. Zhao. 2025. “Managing Quality in Two-sided Markets in the Presence of Provider Competition”. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
Funded Projects “Regional Container Cargo Equilibrium Analysis and Forecasting: How Hong Kong Prospers with a sub 40% Market Share”, UGC Matching Grant, Co-I, with PI Meifeng Luo and Co-Is TL Yip and Xiaowen Fu, HK$11.5M, 2008-13. Completed. “Outsourcing Component Manufacturing – Managing Decision Sequencing, Supplier Competition and Benefit Sharing”, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, GRF PolyU5433/11H, PI, HK$ 475K, 2012-14, Completed. “Omni-channel – The Next Wave of Supply Chain Evolution”, Hong Kong Research Grants Council. GRF PolyU155012/17B, PI, HKD 340K, 2018-20. Completed. “An Investigation of Fraudulent Behavior in Credence Goods Markets: Contributing Factors and Mechanism Design”, Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, PI, HKD 695K, 2018-20. Completed. “Information Asymmetry in Service Industries: Market Efficiency and Policy Implications”. National Science Foundation of China, NSFC 71772157, PI, RMB 480K (HKD 550K), 2018-2021. Completed. High Distinction Award. “Dynamic Bundling for Revenue Management”, Hong Kong Government Research Grants Council, GRF PolyU 155035/19B, Co-I, with PI YE, Hengqing, HKD 465K, 2019-22. Completed. Rated Satisfactory. “Study on Operations Management and Resource Configuration in the Sharing Economy Environment”. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Project, NSFC 71832011, Co-PI, with Gang Li, RMB 2.35M (HKD 2.8M), 2019-2023. Completed. Rated Excellent. “Firms’ Diverse Market Beliefs: Impact on Information and Operations Policies in Supply Chains”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC 72171204, PI, RMB 528K (HKD 576K), 2022-2025. “Study on Return Shipping Insurance”, Postdoctoral Matching Fund, PI, HKD 735K, 2022-24. Completed. “Unethical Behavior in Service Industries: Occurrence, Nature and Extent”, Hong Kong Government Research Grants Council, GRF PolyU 15500921, PI, HKD 508K, 2022-24. Completed. “Adapting to Time-Inconsistent Consumer Behavior: Pricing and Product Design”, Hong Kong Government Research Grants Council, GRF PolyU 15500922, PI, HKD 498K, 2023-25. “Managing Presales with Two Payments When Consumers are Time-Inconsistent”, Hong Kong Government Research Grants Council, GRF PolyU 15512323, PI, with Co-I Kuang, Yunjuan, HKD 589K, 2024-26.
Teaching Grant Subjects Taught (overall SFQ: 4.7/5.0) Operations Management, BBA, MBA, EMBA Strategic Supply Chain and Logistics Management, DBA, DMgt Game and Business Negotiations, MBA, EMBA Business AI and Data Analytics, DBA Statistics and Game Theoretical Methods in Supply Chain Analysis, PhD Optimization Models and Methodologies, PhD
Summer Courses Supply Chain and Logistics Management, EMBA Global Operations Management, MBA Game Theoretical Applications in Operations and Supply Chain Management, PhD Competitor Cooperation: Theories and Applications, PhD Industrial Organization, PhD AI for Business Solutions
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