Li Chen
- Professor
- Emerson Professor of Manufacturing Management
- Area Chair for Operations, Technology, and Information Management
- Breazzano Family Term Professor of Management
Faculty Area
Interdisciplinary Theme
Faculty Expertise
- Operations Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Business Analytics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Quantitative Modeling
- Information Systems
- Services Operations Management
Contact
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
607.255.4851
Biography
Li Chen is professor of operations, technology, and information management and the Emerson Professor of Manufacturing Management at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He is currently serving as the area chair for Operations, Technology and Information Management at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
Chen's research interests concern supply chain management, operations strategy, and data-driven analytics. He has published research works in top journals in the operations management field such as Management Science, Operations Research, and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Prior to his academic appointments, he was a cofounder and lead scientist at TrueDemand Software. Chen obtained his PhD in management science and engineering from Stanford University.
Selected Publications
- Chen, Li; Lee, Hau; Tang, Christopher. "Supply chain fairness"Production and Operations Management. 31.12 (2022): 4304-4318
- Bae, Junhyun; Chen, Li; Yao, Shiqing. "Service Capacity and Price Promotion Wars"Management Science. 68.12 (2022): 8757-8772
- Chen, Li; Papanastasiou, Yiangos. "Seeding the herd: Pricing and welfare effects of social learning manipulation"Management Science. 67.11 (2021): 6734-6750
- Chen, Li; Kim, Sang-Hyun; Lee, Hau. "Vehicle Maintenance Contracting in Developing Economies: The Role of Social Enterprise"Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. 23.6 (2021): 1651-1668
- Chen, Li; Cui, Yao; Lee, Hau. "Retailing with 3D Printing"Production and Operations Management. 30.7 (2021): 1986-2007
- Chen, Li. "Fixing Phantom Stockouts: Optimal Data-Driven Shelf Inspection Policies"Production and Operations Management. 30.3 (2021): 689-702
- Chen, Li; Yao, Shiqing; Zhu, Kaijie. "Responsible Sourcing under Supplier-Auditor Collusion"Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. 22.6 (2020): 1234-1250
- Chen, Li; Wu, Chengyu. "Open-Loop Policies in Bayesian Dynamic Pricing: Some Counter-Intuitive Observations and Insights"Operations Research Letters. 47.5 (2019): 331-338
- Chen, Li; Lee, Hau. "Sourcing Under Supplier Responsibility Risk: The Effects of Certification, Audit, and Contingency Payment"Management Science. 63.9 (2017): 2795–2812
- Chen, Li; Song, Jing-Sheng; Zhang, Yue. "Serial Inventory Systems with Markov-Modulated Demand: Derivative Bounds, Asymptotic Analysis, and Insights"Operations Research. 65.5 (2017): 1231-1249
Awards and Honors
- Faculty Research Award (2022) Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
- Best Teaching Award (2022) Cornell-Tsinghua Finance MBA Program
Recent Courses
- NCCT 5080 - Managing Operations
- NRE 5390 - PhD Seminar: Foundations of Operations Management I: Demand Forecasting and Inventory Theory
- NBA 6500 - Strategic Operations Immersion Practicum
- BANA 6420 - Supply Chain Analytics
- NBA 6410 - Supply Chain Strategy
- NBAE 6420 - Supply Chain Strategy
Academic Degrees
- PhD Stanford University, 2005