Education

• M.S. in Management Information Systems (University of Oklahoma)
• M.B.A. in General Management (China-Europe International Business School)
• B.E. in Industrial Automation (East China University of Science & Technology)

Experiences

• Manager, manufacturing operations - FSI (Shanghai)
• Manager, production planning & control - ESQUEL (ChangZhou)
• Manager, worldwide materials program - Apple Inc. (Shanghai)

Research Interests

• Organizational Adaptation / Effectiveness
• " Strategic and Organizational Issues of Supply Chain Management

Submittals under Review

• (With Nan, Ning, University of Oklahoma). Under review at Academy of Management Journal

Working Papers

• Design Organizations for Strategic Flexibility. Target at Special Issue of SMJ
• A Duality Perspective on the Ontology of Resources. Target at OS
• Co-evolution of industry, strategy and top management team
• Investigation of the impact of CIO on IT budget effectiveness through the lens of power

Conference Papers

• A Duality Perspective on the Ontology of Resources. Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, August, 2008

Education:

• M.S. in Information Management  (Arizona State University)
• M.S. in Agribusiness Marketing (Arizona State University)
• B.A. in Diplomacy and International Trade  (Foreign Affairs College)

Research Focus:

• Services Outsourcing

Submittals Under Review:

• State of Inductive Case Studies in OM by Dr. Mark Barratt, Dr. Thomas Y. Choi and Mei Li.  Under review at Production and Operations Management.

Working Paper:

• Services Outsourcing and Shifting Relationship Structures: Bridge Decay and Bridge Transfer by Mei Li and Dr. Thomas Y. Choi. Target: Journal of Operations Management

Conference Paper:

• Evolution of Inductive Case Studies in Operations Management by Dr. Mark Barratt, Dr. Thomas Choi and Mei Li.  Paper accepted to Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, August 2007

Awards and Recognitions:

• 2007 - Supply Chain Management Department Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship Award
• 2007 – Finalist for the Chen Hahn Best Paper Award by the Operation Management Division of the Academy of Management Conference.

Education:

• M.A. in Statistics, 2004 (Columbia University in the City of New York)
• M.B.A., Operations Management, 1998 (Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea)
• B.B.A., 1996 (Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea)

Research Areas:

• International logistics decision
• Cross border transportation
• Purchasing and Supply performance measurement

Conference Papers and Presentations:

• "Measurement Systems for Purchasing and Supply" with Carter, P. and Liu, C., International Purchasing & Supply Education & Research Association, San Diego, April 2006.

Education:

• M.Eng., Industrial & Operations Engineering (Manufacturing focus), 2003, (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
• M.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, 2002, (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
• B.E., Mechanical Engineering, 1994, (Korea University, Seoul, Korea)

Research Areas:

• Buyer-supplier relationships, network embeddedness, supply chain & network design, supply chain strategy (supply base rationalization, supply chain integration), social network theory, social capital theory, organization theory, systems theory

Research in Progress :

• “Expanding the Buyer-Supplier Relationship Taxonomy: Integration of “Strong-Weak Tie” Concept,” Yoousoon Kim & Thomas Choi – Working paper
• “Re-thinking Buyer-Supplier Relationship: A Structural Embeddedness Perspective,” Yoousoon Kim & Thomas Choi – Working paper
• "Network Embeddedness Effects on Firm's Performance: Implications for Strategic Supplier Evaluation Practices," Yoousoon Kim & Thomas Choi - Working paper
• “The Structural Embeddedness View: Network Positional Strategy and Sources of Inter-organizational Competitive Advantage,” Yoousoon Kim – Working paper
• “Supply Base Rationalization: Theory-Building from Eight Cases,” Thomas Choi, Robert Monczka, Yoousoon Kim – Working paper

Education:

• M.S. in Supply Engineering and Logistics, 2003 (The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK)
• B.S. in Computer Sciences, 1996 (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Experience:

• Founder and director of a Brazilian high tech services provider firm for the transportation industry
• Consulting services for large carriers and third-party logistics providers
• Teaching at post-graduate level

Research Activities:

• Aggregate demand planning and forecasting for human resource needs on a project-oriented environment
• Inventory inaccuracy

Research Areas:

• Innovation management in service supply chains
• Transportation management and multi-modalism
• IT for SCM
• Supply Chain Integration
• Entrepreneurship

Adrian Tan
Adrian.Tan@asu.edu

Education:

• M.B.A – National University of Singapore, 2000
• B.S Electrical Engineering – State University of Maryland, 1989

Experience:

• Operations Management in Manufacturing, Telecommunications and IT Services
• Service Management in Customer Services
  
• Integrated Processes Management
  
• Worked in Wearnes-Thakral, SingTel and Siemens companies.

Research Activities:

• CAPS Research - Innovation at Supplier-Buyer level

Research Areas:

• Industrial clustering and buyer-supplier relationships

Education:

• M.B.A - University of Minnesota, 2006
• B.S Physics & Mathematics - University of Hawaii, 1990

Experience:

• IT Consulting
• Entrepreneur - Information Technology Company
• IT Trainer

Research Activities:

• Analyzing impact of strategic consumers in the retail service sector
• CAPS Research - Innovation at Supplier-Buyer level

Education:

• B.Eng., Management Information System, 2003, (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law) Wuhan, China
• M.S.in progress, Management Science, 2004-2006, Thesis will be defended in 2008, (Fudan University) Shanghai, China

Research Areas:

• Timing decisions in multi-stage inventory management, game theory in supply chain coordination, integration of financial derivatives in supply contracts, Internet-based supply chain, supply risk management from a real option perspective, global sourcing

Publications:

• The procurement function's role in strategic outsourcing from a process perspective, International Journal of Procurement Management, waiting for publication, with Joseph Carter
• "The Application of System Dynamics in Managing Procurement Disruption Risk." System Engineering, 2006 supplement (With Hongyu Li and a part of the key project named "a study of supply chain coordination theories, application technologies and operational tactics" funded by National Natural Science Foundation)
• The application of principal-agent model in choosing the right operation pattern in international franchising. Logistic Science and Technology March, 2006, No.3, 2006, P.72-74 & 77
• A multi-criterion method based on AHP used to classify inventory items Logistic Science and Technology, Sep. 2005, No.11, 2005, P.34-37 (With Hongyu Li)

Submittals Under Review:

• How Procurement Managers View Low Cost Countries and Geographies: A Perceptual Mapping Approach, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, with Joseph R. Carter, Arnold Maltz and Elliot Maltz

Working Papers:

• Entry Timing In a Secondary Market: When to Trade? (with Kevin Dooley and Rui Yin )
• The impact of Inventory Allocation Policies on Reducing Service Bullwhip Effect in an Internet Retailing Setting (With Elliot Rabinovich and Kevin Dooley