Wei-yu Kevin Chiang is an Associate Professor and the Program Director of MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management at City University of Hong Kong. He was previously a faculty at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Prior to that, he worked in industry as an IT consultant in Chicago, USA. Kevin received his Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is interested in interdisciplinary research across Operations, Marketing, and IS. His work appears in leading management journals, including Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Journal of Management Information Systems.

• Chiang, W. K. "Supply Chain Dynamics and Channel Efficiency in Durable Product Pricing and Distribution," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 14(2), 2012, pp. 327-343. Full Text (PDF)

• Chiang, W. K. “Product Availability in Competitive and Cooperative Dual-Channel Distribution with Stock-Out Based Substitution,” European Journal of Operational Research, 200(1), 2010, pp.111-126. Full Text (PDF)

• Chiang, W. K., D. Chhajed, J. D. Hess. “Direct Marketing, Indirect Profits: A Strategic Analysis of Dual-Channel Supply Chain Design.” Management Science, 49(1), 2003, pp. 1-20 (Lead Article). Full Text (PDF)

• Chiang, W. K., G. E. Monahan. “Managing Inventories in a Two-Echelon Dual-Channel Supply Chain.” European Journal of Operational Research, 162(2), 2005, pp. 325-341. Full Text (PDF)

• Y. Feng, Z. Guo, W. K. Chiang. “Optimal Digital Content Distribution Strategy in the Presence of Consumer-to-Consumer Channel,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 25(4), 2009, pp. 245–274. (Equal Authorship) Full Text (PDF)

• Chiang, W. K., Y. Feng. "Retailer or E-tailer? Strategic Pricing and Economic-Lot-Size Decisions in a Competitive Supply Chain with Drop-Shipping." Journal of the Operational Research Society, 61, 2010, pp. 1645 -1653. Full Text (PDF)

• Chiang, W. K., Y. Feng. "The Value of Information Sharing in the Presence of Supply Uncertainty and Demand Volatility." International Journal of Production Research, 45(6), 2007, pp. 1429-1447.

• Chiang, W. K., D. Zhang, L. Zhou. "Predicting and Explaining Patronage Behavior Toward Web and Traditional Stores Using Neural Networks: A Comparative Analysis with Logistic Regression." Decision Support Systems, 41(2), 2006, pp.514-531.

• X. Ke, Chiang, W. K., L. Liang. "Dynamic Pricing and Channel Efficiency in the Presence of Cost Learning Effect,” International Transactions in Operational Research, forthcoming, 2011.

• Chiang, W. K., Z. Li. "An Analytical Hierarchy Process to Assessing Consumer’s Distribution Channel Preference." International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, forthcoming, 2009.

• Zhou, L., W. K. Chiang, D. Zhang. "Discovering rules for predicting customers' attitude toward Internet retailers." Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, 5(4), 2004, pp. 228-238.

• Chiang, W. K., D. Chhajed. "Optimal Supply-Chain Channel Design in B2C Electronic Commerce."  Supply Chain Optimization, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2005. (editors: J. Geunes and P.M. Pardalos).

• Primary research focuses on applications of economic/game-theoretical models in:

  - Supply Chain Management	- E-Commerce/E-business Strategy
  - Distribution Channel Design	- Dynamic Pricing

• Other research interests include: 
  - Simulation study of information sharing in supply chains
  - Empirical study in channel relationships
  - Management of information/operations/marketing interface

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