Speaker: Professor Christopher Tang (UCLA Anderson School of Management )
Hosted by: University of Liverpool Management School's Centre for Supply Chain Research
Open to: All, with no sign up needed
Date: Friday 17 May 2024
Time: 1:30-3:30pm
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Place: Management School - Seminar Room 1
Abstract
Operations Management (OM) researchers have traditionally separated by their research methods.
However, in search of the truth, multi-research methods would be necessary.
In this talk, I will present two research papers to illustrate the synergies between analytical models and empirical models that can enable us to improve our understanding of the issues at hand.
The first paper examines the impact of a platform’s market entry on third party sellers using data obtained from JD.com (the second largest e-commerce platform in China).
The second paper explores success factors for entrepreneurs to raise fund to support its production on a crowdfunding platform using data obtained from Kickstarter (the largest crowdfunding platform in the US).
Speaker
Professor Christopher Tang is a University Distinguished Professor, the Edward W. Carter Chair in Business Administration, and the Senior Associate Dean of Global Initiatives at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
He is also a lifetime fellow of all three major academic societies (INFORMS, MSOM, and POMS).
Known as a thought leader in global supply chain management, Chris consulted with numerous global companies including Amgen, Amazon, HP, IBM, Nestlé (USA), etc.; taught at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, National University of Singapore (NUS), MIT (Zaragoza), and London Business School.
He is the former Dean of NUS Business School, and the former Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at UCLA Anderson School. Chris has published 8 books, 40 book chapters, and over 200 research articles in global supply chain management.
He has also published over 100 articles in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron’s, Bloomberg Law, Fortune, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, etc.
He received his B.Sc. (First class honours in Mathematics) from King’s College, London; M.A (in Statistics), M.Phil. (in Administrative Science), and PhD (in Management Science) from Yale University.
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