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. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 26(4) 1269–1285.
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
   • Fuqua Insight
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.
    • M&SOM Review
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. Ruize Ma, Bin Hu, Yunke Mai. Scope 3 Emission Disclosure in Supply Chains: Equity and Efficiency.
2. Yunke Mai, Bin Hu. From Growth to Monetization: Managing Freemium Services.
3. Haokun Du, Bin Hu, Elena Katok. Competitive Markovian Pricing.
4. Ruize Ma, Yunke Mai, Bin Hu. User-Generated Content Platforms: Managing the Relationship Triangle.
5. Zheng Han, Bin Hu, Milind Dawande. Seeing Beauty in Ugly Produce: Do Ugly Produce Retailers Reduce Food Waste?

Invited research seminar/webinar presentations

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