Research interests: procurement and supply chain management, innovative operations

Published/forthcoming papers

1. Lingling Shi, Bin Hu. 2024. Battery as a Service: Flexible Electric Vehicle Battery Leasing. Forthcoming at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
2. Zheng Han, Bin Hu, Milind Dawande. 2022. Curbing Emissions: Environmental Regulations and Product Offerings Across Markets. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(6) 3236-3251.
3. Yunke Mai, Bin Hu. 2023. Optimizing Free-to-Play Multiplayer Games with Premium Subscription. Management Science 69(6):3437-3456.
4. Chuanya Jiao, Bin Hu. 2022. Showrooming, Webrooming, and Operational Strategies for Competitiveness. Production and Operations Management 31(8) 3217-3232.
5. Yunke Mai, Bin Hu, Saša Pekeč. 2023. Courteous or Crude? Managing User Conduct to Improve On-Demand Service Platform Performance. Management Science 69(2) 996-1016.
   • Second Place, 2018 IBM Best Student Paper Award for Service Science
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6. Liying Mu, Bin Hu, A Amarender Reddy, Srinagesh Gavirneni. 2022. Negotiating Government-to-Government Food Importing Contracts: A Nash Bargaining Framework. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(3) 1681-1697.
7. Andrew Davis, Bin Hu, Kyle Hyndman, Anyan Qi. 2022. Procurement for Assembly Under Asymmetric Information: Theory and Evidence. Management Science 68(4) 2694-2713.
8. Bin Hu, Zhankun Sun. 2022. Managing Self-Replicating Innovative Goods. Management Science 68(1) 399-419.
   • (Teaching case) Bin Hu. 2021. Original Prusa i3: The Self-Replicating 3D Printer. Operations Management Education Review 15 5-22. Download PDF
9. Bin Hu, Ming Hu, Han Zhu. 2022. Surge Pricing and Two-Sided Temporal Responses in Ride Hailing. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(1) 91-109.
10. Bin Hu, Yunke Mai, Saša Pekeč. 2020. Managing Innovation Spillover in Outsourcing. Production and Operations Management 29(10) 2252-2267.
11. Adem Orsdemir, Bin Hu, Vinayak Deshpande. 2019. Ensuring Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility Through Vertical Integration and Horizontal Sourcing. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 21(2) 251-477.
12. Bin Hu, Anyan Qi. 2018. Optimal Procurement Mechanisms for Assembly. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 20(4) 655-666.
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13. Li Chen, Bin Hu. 2017. Is Reshoring Better Than Offshoring? The Effect of Offshore Supply Dependence. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 19(2) 166-184.
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14. Bin Hu, Ming Hu, Yi Yang. 2017. Open or Closed? Technology Sharing, Supplier Investment, and Competition. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 19(1) 132-149.
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15. Bin Hu, Dimitris Kostamis. 2014. Managing Supply Disruptions when Sourcing from Reliable and Unreliable Suppliers. Production and Operations Management 24(5) 808-820.
16. Izak Duenyas, Bin Hu, Damian Beil. 2013. Simple Auctions for Supply Contracts. Management Science 59(10) 2332-2342.
17. Bin Hu, Damian Beil, Izak Duenyas. 2013. Price-Quoting Strategies of an Upstream Supplier. Management Science 59(9) 2093-2110.
18. Bin Hu, Izak Duenyas, Damian Beil. 2013. Does Pooling Purchases Lead to Higher Profits? Management Science 59(7) 1576-1593.
19. Bin Hu, Saif Benjaafar. 2009. Partitioning of Servers in Queueing Systems During Rush Hour. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 11(3) 416-428.

Working papers

1. Yunke Mai, Bin Hu. From Growth to Monetization: Managing Freemium Services.
2. Haokun Du, Bin Hu, Elena Katok. Competitive Markovian Pricing.
3. Ruize Ma, Yunke Mai, Bin Hu. User-Generated Content Platforms: Managing the Relationship Triangle.
4. Zheng Han, Bin Hu, Milind Dawande. Seeing Beauty in Ugly Produce: Do Ugly Produce Retailers Reduce Food Waste?

Invited research seminar/webinar presentations

1. University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, 2024
2. Tsinghua University, Department of Industrial Engineering, 2023
3. Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, 2023
4. Harbin Engineering University, School of Economics and Management, 2023
5. City University of Hong Kong, CityU College of Business, 2023
6. Hong Kong Polytechnic University, PolyU Business School, 2023
7. Chinese University of Hong Kong, CUHK Business School, 2023
8. University of Hong Kong, HKU Business School, 2023
9. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, School of Business and Management, 2023
10. University of Science and Technology of China, School of Management, 2023
11. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, College of Business, 2023
12. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Antai College of Economics and Management, 2023
13. Fudan University, School of Management, 2023
14. Lanzhou University, School of Management, 2023
15. University of Miami, Herbert Business School, 2023
16. Singapore Management University, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, 2023
17. RMIT University, College of Business and Law, 2022
18. Southeast University, School of Economics and Management, 2022
19. University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, 2022
20. Nanjing University, School of Management & Engineering, 2022
21. Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Management and Economics, 2021
22. University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, Carlson School of Management, 2020
23. City University of Hong Kong, College of Business, 2020
24. Peking University, Guanghua School of Management, 2020
25. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, College of Business, 2020
26. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Antai College of Economics and Management, 2020
27. University of Science and Technology of China, School of Management, 2019
28. University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Mathematics, 2018
29. University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Business Administration, 2018
30. Temple University, Fox School of Business, 2018
31. University of California Riverside, School of Business, 2018
32. Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business, 2018
33. University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management, 2018
34. University of Colorado Boulder, Leeds School of Business, 2017
35. Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, 2017
36. University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, 2017
37. South China University of Technology, School of Business Administration, 2017
38. Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School, 2017
39. University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, 2016
40. University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, 2016
41. University of California at San Diego, Rady School of Management, 2016
42. University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management, 2016
43. University of Delaware, Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, 2016
44. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Statistics and Operations Research, 2016
45. Cornell University, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, 2016
46. Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business, 2016
47. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Statistics and Operations Research, 2014
48. Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, 2014
49. New York University, Stern School of Business, 2011
50. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School, 2011
51. University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, 2011
52. Cornell University, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, 2010
53. Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business, 2010
54. George Washington University, School of Business, 2010
55. University of Kansas, School of Business, 2010