Kanglin Chen joined the College of Business, Southern University of Science and Technology in 2021 as an assistant professor. His main research area is operations management, with focuses on global supply chain management, sustainable operations, and platform operations. He has published papers at top journals such as Management Science，Production and Operations Management. He serves as a reviewer for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, Omega, International Journal of Production Economics.

POSITION

Assistant Professor, College of Business, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2021-Present

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Operations Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2017-2021

B.S., Industrial Engineering, South China University of Technology, 2012-2016

RESEARCH INTEREST

Global Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Operations, Platform Operations, Game Theory and Information Design

PUBLICATION

1. Baozhuang Niu, Yuyang Chen, Jianhua Zhang, Kanglin Chen and Yong Jin. 2024. Brands' Livestream Selling with Influencers' Converting Fans into Consumers. Forthcoming at Omega.

2. Baozhuang Niu, Jiayun Liu, Jianhua Zhang and Kanglin Chen. 2024. Promised-Delivery-Time-Driven Reselling Facing Global Platform's Private Label Competition: Game Analysis and Data Validation. Omega, Volume 123, Article 102990.

3. Xiaoshuai Fan, Kanglin Chen* and Ying-Ju Chen. 2023. Is Price Commitment a Better Solution to Control Carbon Emissions and Promote Technology Investment? Management Science, 69(1): 325-341.

4. Kanglin Chen, Xin Wang, Baozhuang Niu and Ying-Ju Chen. 2022. The Impact of Tariffs and Price Premiums of Locally Manufactured Products on Global Manufacturers' Sourcing Strategies. Production and Operations Management, 31(9): 3474-3490.

5. Baozhuang Niu, Kanglin Chen, Lei Chen, Chao Ding and Xiaohang Yue. 2021. Strategic Waiting for Disruption Forecasts in Cross-Border E-Commerce Operations. Production and Operations Management, 30(9):2840-2857.

6. Baozhuang Niu, Kanglin Chen*, Xin Fang, Xiaohang Yue and Xin Wang. 2019. Technology Specifications and Production Timing in a Co-Opetitive Supply Chain. Production and Operations Management, 28(8):1990-2007.

7. Baozhuang Niu, Zihao Mu and Kanglin Chen*. 2019. Quality Spillover, Tariff, and Multinational Firms’ Local Sourcing Strategies. International Transactions in Operational Research, 26(6):2508-2530.

SELECTED WORKING PAPER

1. Kanglin Chen, Xin Wang and Yulan Wang. Reselling Returns As New: The Economic and Environmental Implications.

2. Kanglin Chen, Ying-Ju Chen, Guillermo Gallego, Pin Gao and Haoyu Liu. Multi-Armed Exponential Bandit.

3. Jianhua Zhang, Kanglin Chen and Baozhuang Niu. Leading or Lagging in Product Design? Impact of Customer Preference Uncertainty and Social Influence.