Faculty/Staff Directory

First Name
Xiangling

Last Name
Hu

Email
[email protected]

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Title
Professor

Office
SCB 3103

Phone
(616) 331-7245

Department
Management

Education

• PH.D., Operations Management, Washington State University. (2008).
• M.S., Statistics, Washington State University. (2007).
• M.S. Management Information Systems, Tongji University. (2002).
• B.A., Mathematics/Statistics, Fudan University. (1996).

Teaching Areas

• Operations Management
• Management Science
• Computers in Operations Management

Publications

• He, P., Guo, S., Chen, X., & Hu, X. (2026). Live-streaming selling considering consumer returns: manufacturer’s choice of streamer types and return freight insurance policies. International Journal of Production Research, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2026.2617876
• Zou, Q., Jiang, X., Hu, X., Zheng, W., Li, D. (2025). Optimizing Efficiency for Logistics Training Using Virtual Reality Movies. Mathematics, 13(16). https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/stats
• Su, P., Hu, X., Motwani, J. (2024). Strategic Pricing: Examining the Impact of Showrooming Behaviour on Manufacturer-Retailer Dynamics in a Supply Chain. International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmor.2024.10067161
• Chen, M., Hu, X., Qi, Y., Masi, D. (2024). AI-driven dynamic pricing for high-value assets in manufacturing and services: optimizing finite horizon sales with demand sensitivity. International Journal of Production Research, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2024.2430447
• Gan, L., Hu, X., Motwani, J. (2024). Enhancing Agricultural Ecology and Food Sustainability in the Yangtze River Economic Belt: An Integrated Evaluation Approach. Sustainability, 16(23), 10570. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162310570
• Lu, Q., Liao, C., Chen, M., Shi, V., Hu, X., Hu, W. (2024). Platform financing or bank financing in agricultural supply chains: The impact of platform digital empowerment. European Journal of Operational Research, 315(3), 952-964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2023.12.024
• Su, P., Hu, X.,  Motwani, J. G. (2023). Component Sourcing Under Disruption Risk. International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMOR.2023.129434
• Hu, X., Motwani, J. G. (2021). The Second Purchase Decision under Selling Price-Sensitive Stochastic Demand and Purchasing Price Uncertainty. International Journal of Operational Research, 40(4), 489-501. https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJOR.2021.114838
• Hu, X., Su, P. (2018). The newsvendor's joint procurement and pricing problem under price-sensitive stochastic demand and purchase price uncertainty. Omega – The International Journal of Management Science, 79, 81-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2017.08.002

Service

• Curriculum Committee Member
• Editorial Board Member, Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology

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