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Thank you for visiting my website! Below is a short introduction of myself.

Ying-Ju Chen joined the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at UC Berkeley in July 2007 after completing his PhD in Operations Management in the IOMS Department, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. He also holds master's and bachelor's degrees of Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University. He is a recipient of NYU teaching excellence award, Second place of INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) paper competition, the Harold MacDowell Award from Stern School, 4-time Meritorious Service Awards from Management Science and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and other awards and fellowships during his academic journey. His current research interests lie in operations-marketing interface, auctions, and supply chain management. His work has appeared in several leading conferences and journals in the fields of accounting, economics, electrical engineering, information systems, marketing, and operations research.

In this year I will be giving talks at Columbia, NYU, POMS conference, MSOM conference, and INFORMS conference.

My SSRN profile

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Appointment

Assistant professor, IEOR Department, University of California at Berkeley, July 2007 -- .

Education

PhD, IOMS-Operations Management Group, Stern School of Business, New York University, 2007 October.

n Harold MacDowell Award (for best exemplifying qualities of and dedication to scholarship)

n Stern Award for Teaching Excellence

M Phil, Stern School of Business, New York University, 2005 October.

MSEE, Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering, National Taiwan University

BSEE, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University

Research Interests

Socially responsible operations, operations-marketing interface, and supply chain management.

Publication and Working Papers

Journal articles:

[13 papers in Business Week's top-20, 14 papers in Financial Times top-45 journals]

37. Hui Xiong and Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, "Product line design with seller-induced learning,'' forthcoming in Management Science.

36. Ying-Ju Chen, Brian Tomlin, and Yimin Wang, 2013, ''Co-product technologies: Product line design and process innovation,'' forthcoming in Management Science.

35. Ying-Ju Chen and Ke-Wei Huang, 2013, "Pricing Data Services: Pricing by Minutes, by Gigs, or by Mega Bytes per Second," conditionally accepted by Information Systems Research.

34. Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, "Supply disruptions, heterogeneous beliefs, and production efficiencies," forthcoming in Production and Operations Management.

33. Lu Hsiao and Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, "Strategic motive of introducing Internet channels in a supply chain," forthcoming in Production and Operations Management.

32. Ying-Ju Chen, Mingcherng Deng, and Ke-Wei Huang, 2013, "Hierarchical screening for capacity allocation in supply chains: the role of distributors," forthcoming in Production and Operations Management.

31. Lin Gao, et al., 2013, "ContrAuction: An integrated contract and auction design for dynamic spectrum sharing," forthcoming in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC).

30. Ying-Ju Chen, J. George Shanthikumar, and Zuo-Jun Max Shen, 2013, ``Training, production, and channel separation in ITC`s e-Choupal network,'' Production and Operations Management 22(2) 348 -- 364.

n featured in the Plenary Omega Rho Distinguished Lecture at INFORMS 2009 (``Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains'').

29. Ying-Ju Chen and Mingcherng Deng, 2013, "Supplier certification and quality investment in supply chains," Naval Research Logistics 60(3) 175 -- 189. (Lead article)

28. Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, "Optimal mediated auctions with endogenous participation," Decision Support Systems 54 1302 -- 1315.

27. Hui Xiong and Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, "Product line design with deliberation costs: a two-stage process," forthcoming in INFORMS Decision Analysis.

26. Tony Chuo, Ying-Ju Chen, and Chi-Cheng Wu, 2013, "Nested network effects in online free games with accessory selling," forthcoming in Journal of Interactive Marketing.

25. Lu Hsiao and Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, "Benefiting from the economic recession? A supply chain perspective," Operations Research Letters 41(1) 61--66.

24. Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, "Risk-incentives trade-off and outside options," forthcoming in OR Spectrum.

23. Lu Hsiao and Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, "The perils of selling online: Manufacturer competition, channel conflict, and consumer preferences," forthcoming in Marketing Letters.

22. Gangshu Cai, et al., 2013, "Probabilistic selling, channel structure, and supplier competition," Decision Sciences 44(2) 267 -- 296.

21. Wenbo Selina Cai and Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, "Intertemporal pricing with boundedly rational consumers,'' published online in Journal of Revenue & Pricing Management. DOI:10.1057/rpm.2011.14

20. Ying-Ju Chen and Wenqiang Xiao, 2012, ``Impact of reseller's forecasting accuracy on channel member performance,'' Production and Operations Management 21(6) 1075 -- 1089.

19. Ying-Ju Chen and Jiawei Zhang, 2012, "Design of price mechanisms for network resource allocation via price of anarchy," Mathematical Programming 131 333 -- 364.

18. Ying-Ju Chen, Stephen Shum, and Wenqiang Xiao, 2012, ``Should an OEM retain component procurement when the CM produces competing products?" Production and Operations Management 21(5) 907 -- 922.

17. Lu Hsiao and Ying-Ju Chen, 2012, "Returns policy and quality design in e-business," Production and Operations Management 21(3) 489 -- 503.

16. Ling-Chieh Kung and Ying-Ju Chen, 2012, "The resource allocation problem for demand forecasting and performance measurement," Operations Research Letters 40 61-68.

15. Chi-Cheng Wu, et al., 2012, ``Consumer responses to price discrimination: Discriminating bases, inequality status, and information disclosure timing influences,'' Journal of Business Research 65 106 - 116.

14. Gangshu Cai, Ying-Ju Chen, and Xiting Gong, 2012, "Design of online auctions: Proxy versus non-proxy settings," Decision Support Systems 52 384 -- 394.

13. Ying-Ju Chen, 2011, "Optimal selling scheme for heterogeneous consumers with uncertain valuations,'' Mathematics of Operations Research 36 659 - 720.

12. Gangshu Cai and Ying-Ju Chen, 2011, "In-store referrals on the Internet," Journal of Retailing 87 563 - 578.

11. Ling-Chieh Kung and Ying-Ju Chen, 2011, "Monitoring the market or the salesperson? The value of information in a multi-layer supply chain," Naval Research Logistics 58 743 - 762.

10. Ying-Ju Chen and Mingcherng Deng, 2011, "Capital rationing and managerial retention: the role of external capital," Journal of Management Accounting Research 23 285 - 304.

9. Chih-Jen Wang, Ying-Ju Chen, and Chi-Cheng Wu, 2011, ``Advertising competition and industry channel structure," Marketing Letters 22 79 - 99.

8. Chi-Cheng Wu, Ying-Ju Chen, and Chih-Jen Wang, 2009, ``Is persuasive advertising always combative in a distribution channel?'' Marketing Science 28 1157-1163.

7. Ying-Ju Chen, 2009, ``Monotonicity in the stock competition game with consumer search,'' Operations Research Letters 37 430-432.

6. Ying-Ju Chen and Gustavo Vulcano, 2009, ``Effects of information disclosure under first- and second-price auctions in a supply chain setting,'' Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 11(2) 299-316.

5. Ying-Ju Chen, Sridhar Seshadri, and Eitan Zemel, 2008, ``Sourcing through auctions and audits,'' Production and Operations Management 17(2) 121-138. (Lead article)

4 .Ying-Ju Chen and Sridhar Seshadri, 2007, ``Product development and pricing strategy for information goods under heterogeneous outside opportunities,'' Information Systems Research 18(2) 150-172.

3. Ying-Ju Chen and Sridhar Seshadri, 2006, ``Supply chain structure and demand risk,'' Automatica 42(8) 1291-1299.

2. Ying-Ju Chen and Jin-Fu Chang, 2005, ``Per connection performance analysis of a frame-based TDMA/CDMA MAC protocol containing both reservation and contention slots,'' Queueing Systems 49(2) 123-159.

1. Ying-Ju Chen and Jin-Fu Chang, 2004, ``Per connection delay analysis of a frame-based TDMA/CDMA MAC protocol,'' Performance Evaluation 57(1) 19-55.

Conference proceedings:

20. Ying-Ju Chen, J. George Shanthikumar, and Zuo-Jun Max Shen, 2013, ``Incentive for peer-to-peer information sharing in Avaaj Otalo,'' Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM), Sustainable Operations SIG Conference. Also invited presentation in Value Chain Innovations in Developing Economies, Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (SEED).

19. Tingliang Huang and Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, ``Advance selling without showing the price? The roles of anecdotal reasoning and capacity,'' Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM), Supply Chain Management SIG Conference.

18. Xing Hu and Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, ``Strategic selection and pandering in consultative decision making,'' Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM).

17. Ying-Ju Chen, Brian Tomlin, and Yimin Wang, 2013, ''Co-product technologies: Product line design and process innovation,'' Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM).

16. Junjie Zhou and Ying-Ju Chen, 2013, ``The benefit of sequentiality in social networks," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM); International Conference on Game Theory.

15. Tingliang Huang and Ying-Ju Chen, 2012, ``Service systems with experience-based anecdotal reasoning consumers," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM).

14. Ling-Chieh Kung and Ying-Ju Chen, 2012, "Forecasting, coordination, and supply chain performance: The impact of multi-level asymmetric demand information," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM).

13. Ying-Ju Chen and Yutian Chen, 2012, "Strategic capacity shortage in global sourcing: A new rationale for onshore production," The 10th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC).

12. Lin Gao, et al., 2012, "ContrAuction: An integrated contract and auction design for dynamic spectrum sharing," 46th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Princeton University.

11. Ying-Ju Chen and Mingcherng Deng, 2012, "Managerial turnover: Learning by doing, competition, and sequential information asymmetry," AAA Management Accounting Section (MAS).

10. Chia-Wei Kuo and Ying-Ju Chen, 2011, "New product introduction in supply chains: upward extension, fighter brand, or substitution?'' Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM).

9. Ying-Ju Chen and Mingcherng Deng, 2011, "On self-enforcing clawback provisions in executive compensation," Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance KPMG/JAAF conference; American Accounting Association (AAA).

8. Ying-Ju Chen, 2010, ``Optimal dynamic auctions for display advertising," Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST).

-- Second place, INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Paper competition 2010.

7. Ying-Ju Chen and Ke-Wei Huang, 2009, ``Pricing Data Services: by Hours, by Gigabytes, or by Mega Bytes per Second?'' Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE).

6. Ying-Ju Chen and Mingcherng Deng, 2009, ``The signaling role of accounting conservatism in debt contracting,'' Accounting Theory Conference, University of Minnesota, 2009; Also appears in AAA 2010.

5. Ying-Ju Chen and Xiaojian Zhao, 2009, ``Contractual traps,'' Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge (TARK) 2009; International Conference on Game Theory.

4. Ying-Ju Chen and Mingcherng Deng, 2009, ``Mandatory vs. voluntary certification: Investment, quality, and information asymmetry,'' AAA Management Accounting Section (MAS).

3. Ying-Ju Chen and Mingcherng Deng, 2008, ``Capital rationing, external capital, and delegation,'' American Accounting Association (AAA).

2. Ying-Ju Chen and Sridhar Seshadri, 2006, ``Supply chain structure and demand risk,'' Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM).

1. Chyi-Mei Chen, Ying-Ju Chen, and Ping-Chao Wu, 2002, ``Dynamics of trading volume, price, and duration of contractual relationship,'' Best Paper Award, NTU International Conference on Finance.

Book chapters:

1. Ying-Ju Chen and Sridhar Seshadri, 2009, ``Risk intermediation in supply chains, '' in Managing Supply Chain Risk and Vulnerability, edited by T. Wu and J. Blackhurst.

Selected working papers:

"Distributing a product line through a dominant retailer?"

"The benefit of sequentiality in social networks"

"Service systems with experience-based anecdotal reasoning customers"

"The economic value of market information for farmers in developing economies"

"Do Money-Back Guarantees Reduce Quality Differentiation? The Role of Money-Back Guarantees in Product Competition"

I have had the privilege of working with and learning from my coauthors on some of the above projects (a partial list alphabetically): Xin Chen, Mingcherng Deng, Ke-Wei Huang, Costis Maglaras, Sridhar Seshadri, J. George Shanthikumar, Zuo-Jun Max Shen, Stephen Shum, Christopher Tang, Brian Tomlin, Yimin Wang, Gustavo Vulcano, Wenqiang Xiao, Eitan Zemel, and Jiawei Zhang. I am always enthusiastic about possible research collaborations.

Guest Associate Editor/Referee for:

Journal of Economic Theory, Information Systems Research, Marketing Science, Mathematics of Operations Research, Operations Research, Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, Naval Research Logistics, Operations Research Letters, International Journal of Production Economics, and Performance Evaluation.

Teaching:

Dynamic programming (graduate), Fall 2012, Fall 2013

Service operations management (graduate), Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013

n Master of Engineering Course Development Investment Grant, Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership

Mechanism design and auctions (graduate): Spring 2008, Fall 2008

Linear programming (undergraduate): Fall 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013

Production system analysis (undergraduate): Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2013

Decision models (undergraduate): Spring 2006

n Stern Award for Teaching Excellence

Students for whom I serve as the principal dissertation chair/co-chair:

Wenbo Selina Cai (2012; Assistant Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology)

n Dissertation: Intertemporal pricing, supply chain design, and consumer behavior

Ling-Chieh Kung (2012; Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University)

n Dissertation: Mechanism design for multi-layer supply chains

Students for whom I serve as the co-chair/ dissertation committee/ foreign advisor/ letter writer:

Tingting Cui (2010; initial offers: University of Wisconsin at Madison/ Google)

Shan Li (2010)

Gemma Berenguer (2012; Assistant Professor, Purdue university)

Hui Xiong (2013; PhD from Tsinghua University; Faculty at Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

Xu Guan (2013; PhD from Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Faculty at Wuhan University)

Tianhu Deng (2013; Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University)

Yong Liang (2013; Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University)