Wu, Jing（吳靖）

Biography

Professor Jing Wu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Decisions, Operations, and Technology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. He is the Director of the Master of Science Programme in Business Analytics and the Director of the Asian Institute of Supply Chains & Logistics (AISCL)’s Institute Development Office. His academic credentials include a PhD in operations management (with a minor in economics and finance) and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University.

Professor Wu’s research focuses on global supply chain management, the operations-finance interface, sustainable operations, and business intelligence. He employs empirical methodologies, including applied econometrics, machine learning, and unstructured data techniques, to conduct his research. His papers have been published in leading academic journals such as Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Information Systems Research. His insights have also been featured in prominent business publications (MIT Sloan Management Review, The Economist, Forbes, etc.) and widely reported by over 400 media outlets across more than 20 countries. He is also the author of influential monographs, including Global Trends in Manufacturing Supply Chains, published by Springer, and 全球供应链超级趋势, published by CITIC.

In addition to his research, Professor Wu has contributed actively to academic leadership. He serves as an Associate Editor for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and a Senior Editor for Production and Operations Management. He has also been actively involved in organizing leading international academic conferences, such as INFORMS and POMS meetings. He is the founding chairman of the Workshop on Empirical Operations Management (WEOM), a research platform dedicated to supporting empirical OM researchers in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

Prior to his academic career, Professor Wu gained valuable industry experience as a quantitative strategist at Deutsche Bank in New York and as a business analyst at McKinsey in Shanghai.

Teaching Areas

Global Operations and Supply Chain Strategies
Business Intelligence and Large Language Models
FinTech Applications and Quantitative Investment
Empirical Research in Operations Management

Research Interests

Geopolitics and Global Supply Chains
Operations-Finance Interface
Sustainable Operations Management
Artificial Intelligence and Operations Management
Generative AI and Unstructured Data

• Publications & Working Papers

  Personal Monographs

  • “全球供应链超级趋势,” 中信出版集团, ISBN: 9787521766387.
  • “Global Trends in Manufacturing Supply Chains,” Springer, ISBN 978-9819632275.

  Publications

  Supply Chain Management

  • Yimeng Niu, Niklas Werle, Morris A. Cohen, Shiliang Cui, Vinayak Deshpande, Ricardo Ernst, Arnd Huchzermeier, Andy Tsay, and Jing Wu (accepted), “Global Supply Chain Restructuring During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
  • Yilin Shi, Christopher S. Tang, and Jing Wu (accepted), “Are Firms Disclosing Emissions Voluntarily Greener?” Production and Operations Management.
  • Yimeng Niu, Jing Wu, Shenyang Jiang, and Zhibin Jiang (2024), “The Bullwhip Effect in Servicized Manufacturers,” Management Science.
  • Ling Cen, Yanru Han, and Jing Wu (2024), “Equal Employment Opportunity in Supply Chains,” Production and Operations Management.
  • Senay Agca, John R. Birge, Zi’ang Wang, and Jing Wu (2023), “The Impact of COVID-19 on Supply Chain Credit Risk,” Production and Operations Management.
  • Haoyuan Ding, Yichuan Hu, Han Jiang, Jing Wu, and Yu Zhang (2023), “Social Embeddedness and Supply Chains: Doing Business with Friends vs. Making Friends in Business,” Production and Operations Management.
  • Ben Charoenwong, Miaozhe Han, and Jing Wu (2022), “Trade and Foreign Economic Policy Uncertainty in Supply Chain Networks,” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
  • Senay Agca, John Birge, and Jing Wu (2022), “The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Sourcing of Medical Supplies,” European Society of Medicines.
  • Nikolay Osadchiy, William Schmidt, and Jing Wu (2021), “The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Networks,” Management Science.
  • William Schmidt, Nikolay Osadchiy, and Jing Wu (2021), “The Right Way to Mix and Match your Customers,” MIT Sloan Management Review.

  Operations-Finance Interface

  • Nikolay Osadchiy, William Schmidt, and Jing Wu (2025), “Customer Portfolio Approach to Managing Cash Flow Variability,” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
  • Miaozhe Han, Hongchuan Shen, Jing Wu, and Xiaoquan (Michael) Zhang (2025), “AI Intensity and Firm Resilience: Evidence from Firm Performance under Disaster Shocks,” Information Systems Research.
  • Vinod Singhal and Jing Wu (2024), “The Bullwhip Effect and Stock Returns,” Production and Operations Management.
  • Vernon Hsu and Jing Wu (2023), “Inventory as a Financial Instrument: Evidence from China’s Metal Industries,” Management Science.
  • Michael Hertzel, Jie Peng, Jing Wu, and Yu Zhang (2023), “Global Supply Chains and Cross-Border Financing,” Production and Operations Management.
  • Jie Peng, Boluo Liu, Jing Wu, and Xiangang Xin (2023), “Financial Reporting Comparability and Global Supply Chains,” Journal of International Business Studies.
  • Jing Wu, Sean Zhou, and Zhaocheng Zhang (2022), “Credit Rating Prediction Through Supply Chains: A Machine Learning Application,” Production and Operations Management.
  • Senay Agca, Vlad Babich, John R. Birge, and Jing Wu (2021), “Credit Risk Propagation Along Supply Chains: Evidence from the CDS Market,” Management Science.
  • Christopher S. Tang, S. Alex Yang, and Jing Wu (2018), “Sourcing from Suppliers with Financial Constraints and Performance Risk,” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.

  Papers under Review or Revision

  Artificial Intelligence and Operations Management

  • Ling Cen, Yanru Han, Jiaping Qiu, and Jing Wu, “Artificial Intelligence Along the Supply Chain.”
  • Xiaoran Ma, Di (Andrew) Wu, and Jing Wu, “When Artificial Intelligence Meets Behavioral Studies: A Framework with Large Language Models.”
  • Yimeng Niu and Jing Wu, “Internal Credit and External Blame: Attribution Bias in Supply Chain Performance.”
  • Jincheng Fang, Jia Liu, Ying Liu, and Jing Wu, “Decoding the Sales Impact of Persuasive Strategies in Livestream Selling.”

  Geopolitics and Global Supply Chains

  • Ling Cen, Lauren Cohen, Jing Wu, and Fan Zhang, “The Golden Revolving Door.”
  • Jonathan Hsu, Zhi Li, and Jing Wu, “Supply Chain Nearshoring in Response to Regional Value Content Requirements.”
  • Haishi Li, Zhi Li, Ziho Park, Yulin Wang, and Jing Wu, “To Comply or Not to Comply: Understanding Neutral Country Supply Chain Responses to Russian Sanctions.”
  • Vernon Hsu, Boya Peng, and Jing Wu, “Decoupling or Indirect Connections? The U.S.-China Trade War and Global Supply Chain Rerouting.”
  • Ben Charoengwong, Jie Peng, and Jing Wu, “Political Ideology and Global Sourcing.”

  Operations-Finance Interface

  • Ling Cen, Michael Hertzel, Zi’ang Wang, and Jing Wu, “Labor Coordination and Division: Human Capital Investment in Supply Chains.”
  • Jie Ning, Yu Tang, Jing Wu, and Jiaqi Zhu, “Risk Mitigation Role of Trade Credit for a Dual-channel Supplier: Theory and Evidence.”
  • Jing Wu, Hsiao-Hui Lee, and John R. Birge, “The Hidden World of Trade Credit: The Flexibility Role of Late Payments.”

  Sustainable Operations

  • Yilin Shi, Jing Wu, Yu Zhang, and Yuqing Zhou, “Green Image Management in Supply Chains: Strategic Disclosure of Corporate Suppliers.”
  • Ling Cen, Yanru Han, Chang Liu, and Jing Wu, “The Rise of Conscious Consumers: The Cash Flow Implications of Corporate Workplace Equality.”

  Book Chapters

  • Shenyang Jiang, Zhibin Jiang, Yimeng Niu, Jing Wu (2023), “The Impact of Servicization of Manufacturing Firms on Bullwhip Effects,” Foundations and Trends® in Technology, Information and Operations Management, 16 (3–4), 304-317.
  • Jing Wu and Yang Xu (2020), “Supply Chain Structure and Competitor Relationship,” The Oxford Handbook of Supply Chain Management.
  • Christopher S. Tang, S. Alex Yang, and Jing Wu (2019), “Financing Suppliers under Performance Risk,” Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management, 12 (2-3), 135-151.

• Grants
  • GRF Fund “Corporate Equality and Diversity: The Roles of Sell-Side Analysts and Buy-Side Institutions,” HK$730,000, Co-Investigator, 2022-2023
  • GRF Fund “Globalization 2.0: Supply-Chain Restructuring after Sino-US Trade War and Covid-19 Pandemic,” HK$688,293, Principal Investigator, 2021-2022
  • GRF Fund “Supply-Chain Coordination of Human Capital Investment”, HK$502,490, Co-Investigator, 2020-2021
  • GRF Fund “Labor Skills on Firm Performance: A Study from Unstructured Online Job Postings,” HK$406,000, Principal Investigator, 2020-2021
  • Start-up Fund awarded by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2019-2022
  • Start-up Fund awarded by City University of Hong Kong, 2016-2019
  • Sidney Davidson Doctoral Fellowship awarded by Chicago Booth, 2015-2016
  • John and Serena Liew Fellowship awarded by Chicago Booth, 2014-2015
  • Fama-Miller Center Grant for Research in Finance awarded by Chicago Booth, 2014-2015
  • Chicago Booth Doctoral Fellowship awarded by Chicago Booth, 2011-2015

• Awards & Honours
  • M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, 2023
  • Young Researcher Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2022
  • Best Paper Award, China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), 2022
  • M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, 2021
  • Best Paper Award, The 13th International Conference of the Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE), 2021
  • M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, 2020
  • Best Paper Award, The 12nd International Conference of the Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE), 2019
  • The Farsight Award, Long Finance’s London Accord, 2016
  • Fama-Miller Center Grant for Research in Finance, 2015
  • Sidney Davidson Doctoral Fellowship, Chicago Booth, 2015
  • John and Serena Liew Fellowship, Chicago Booth, 2014
  • Tsinghua University Outstanding Graduate (Top 1%), 2011
  • First-Class Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Tsinghua University, 2009-2011
  • UGVR Scholarship, Stanford University, 2009

• Academic/Professional Services
  • Associate Editor, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM)
  • Senior Editor, Production and Operations Management
  • Editorial Review Board, Journal of Operations Management
  • Reviewer for Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, Information Systems Research and The Review of Financial Studies.