Professor Xiaojun Wang

Professor Xiaojun Wang

Department of Management
Chair in Operations and Supply Chain Management

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Email
x.wang.18@bham.ac.uk
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Birmingham Business School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Xiaojun Wang is a Chair in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. Prior to joining Birmingham, he was a Professor of Operations Management and the Head of Operations and Management Science, Innovation & Healthcare Academic Group at School of Management, University of Bristol. His research interests include supply chain management, low carbon manufacturing, sustainability, coopetition, healthcare operations, e-business, and social media research.

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Qualifications

• PhD in Management Studies, University of Liverpool, 2008

• MSc in e-Business Management, University of Warwick, 2003

• BSc in Computer Science, Zhejiang University, 2001

Biography

Professor Xiaojun Wang is a Chair in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. Prior to joining Birmingham, he was a Professor of Operations Management and the Head of Operations and Management Science, Innovation & Healthcare Academic Group at School of Management, University of Bristol. For this role, he was responsible for workload allocation and staffing for proper running of education and research programmes in the academic group consisting of 28 academics.

Xiaojun’s research interests are broad and interdisciplinary. He has followed a focused research agenda that is anchored within Operations and Supply Chain Management. His research predominantly adopts the analytical and empirical approaches including game theory, optimisation, machine learning, and econometrics; and applies to operations and supply chain management related topics. He has recently extended his research portfolio to other related domains such as sustainability, coopetition, and machine learning applications in tackling real world problems with high economic, societal and environmental impacts. His research has been funded by a range of funders including UKRI, the Royal Society, the Newton Fund, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China generating over £1M competitive research funding as principal investigator or co-investigator.

 Xiaojun has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers in international renowned management journals including Production and Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Omega, International Journal of Production Economics, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, and British Journal of Management. He has over “6,000” citations with h-index “42” on Google Scholar (January 2023). He has been included in recent editions of Stanford University's prestigious list of the World Top 2% scientists for citation impact, and among the top Business and Management Scientists in the UK.

Teaching

  • Operations Management (MBA)
  • Digital Transformation and Supply Chain Analytics (MSc)

Postgraduate supervision

Xiaojun has supervised over 10 doctoral students to completion. He welcomes PhD applications in the areas of Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics, and is particularly interested in supervising doctoral research in the following areas:

  • Net zero transition and sustainable supply chain management
  • Machine learning & AI applications in operations and supply chain management
  • e-business innovation and platform economy
  • Healthcare operations and service improvement

Research

Research interests 

  • Low carbon manufacturing and sustainable supply chain management
  • Machine learning & AI applications in operations management
  • e-business innovation and platform economy
  • Healthcare operations and service improvement
  • Coopetition modelling and applications
  • Food supply chain management, food chain carbon neutrality, traceability

Publications

Highlight publications

  • Zhao, C., Wang, X., Xiao, J., & Sheng, J., (2022) Effects of online reviews and competition on quality and pricing strategies, Production & Operations Management, 31(10), 3840 - 3858
  • Chen, X., Wang, X., and Xia, Y. (2019) Production coopetition strategies for competing manufacturers that produce partially substitutable products, Productions & Operations Management, 28(6), 1446–1464
  • Chan, H.K., Wang, X., Lacka, E., and Zhang, M., (2016), A mixed-method approach to extract the value of social media data, Production & Operations Management, 25(3), 568–583

Recent publications

  • Chen, X., Wang, X., Zhang, D., Yang, M., (2023), Strategic choice of selling models for e-commerce platforms: reselling, agency or advertising, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science 115, 102794.
  • Chen, X., Wang, X., Xia, Y., (2022) Low carbon technology transfer between competing manufacturers with cap-and-trade policy, IISE Transactions, 54(2), 105-121
  • Zhi, B., Wang, X., and Xu, F., (2022) The effects of in-transit inventory financing on the capital constrained supply chain, European Journal of Operational Research, 296 (1), 131–145
  • Zhi, B., Wang, X., and Xu, F., (2022) Manage inventory financing in a volatile market: an application of state-of-the-art copula models, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 165, 102854
  • Qin, J., Zheng, P., Wang, X., (2022) Comprehensive helpfulness of online reviews: A dynamic strategy for ranking reviews by intrinsic and extrinsic helpfulness, Decision Support Systems, 163, 113859
  • Durowoju, O.A., Chan, H.K., and Wang, X., (2022) Investigate the effect of e-platform information security breach: an SME supply chain perspective, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(6), 3694 - 3709
  • Chen, X., Luo, Z., and Wang, X, (2022) Commission pricing and negotiation strategies in online platform selling, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(6), 2769-2780
  • Wang, X., Zhang, S. and Schneider, N., (2021). Evaluating the carbon emissions of alternative food provision systems: A comparative analysis of recipe box and supermarket equivalents. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 173, 121099
  • Sheng, J., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Khan, Z., and Wang, X., (2021) COVID-19 Pandemic in the new era of big data analytics: methodological innovations and future research directions, British Journal of Management, 32, 1164–1183
  • Xia, Q., Zhi, B. and Wang, X., (2021). The Role of Cross-Shareholding in the Green Supply Chain: Green Contribution, Power Structure and Coordination. International Journal of Production Economics, 234, 108037.
  • Sheng, J., Wang, X., and Amankwah-Amoah, J., (2021) the Value of Firm Engagement: How Do Ratings Benefit from Managerial Responses? Decision Support Systems, 147, 113578.
  • Lythreatis, S., Mostafa, A.M.S., Pereira, V., Wang, X. and Del Giudice, M., (2021). Servant leadership, CSR perceptions, moral meaningfulness and organizational identification-evidence from the Middle East. International Business Review, 30(5) p.101772.
  • Zhi, B., Wang, X. and Xu, F., (2021). Portfolio Optimization for Inventory Financing: Copula-based Approaches. Computers & Operations Research, 136, 105481.
  • Zhi, B., Wang, X., and Xu, F., (2020), Dynamic Impawn Rate Optimization for Inventory Financing: A Canonical Vine Copula-based Approach, International Journal of Production Economics, 227, 107659
  • Wang, X., Chen, X., Durugbo, C., and Cai, Z., (2020) Manage risk of sustainable product-service systems: a case-based operations research approach, Annals of Operations Research, 291 (1), 897-920.
  • Chen, X., Li, S., and Wang, X. (2020) Evaluate the effects of the quality regulation on the pharmaceutical supply chain, International Journal of Production Economics, 230, 107770
  • Chen, X., Wang, X., and Geng, K., (2020) Impacts of bi-dimensional power structure on a two-echelon supply chain, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, 50 (3), 1095-1110
  • Lacka, E, Chan, H.K., Wang, X. (2020) Technological advancements and B2B International Trade: Systematic Literature Review, Industrial Marketing Management, 88, 1-11,
  • Sheng, J., Amankwah-Amoah, J., and Wang, X., (2019) Competing with big data analytics: Exploring online reviews and customers’ ratings, British Journal of Management, 30(2), 315–327.
  • Chen, X., Yang, H., and Wang, X., (2019) The effects of the price cap regulation on the pharmaceutical supply chain, Journal of Business Research, 97, 281-290. (AJG 3)
  • Chen, X., Luo, Z., and Wang, X., (2019) Optimal coopetition strategy: intensity, diversity and dynamics. Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, 86, 76-86.
  • Chen, X., Wu, S., Wang, X., and Li, D., (2019) Optimal pricing strategy for the perishable food supply chain, International Journal of Production Research, 57(9), 2755-2768
  • Lythreatis, S., Mostafa, A., and Wang, X., (2019) Participative Leadership and Organizational Identification in SMEs in the MENA Region: Testing the Roles of CSR Perceptions and Pride in Membership, Journal of Business Ethics, 156 (3), 635-650
  • Ibrahim, N.F., and Wang, X. (2019) Tweet it away! Mining and scrutinising user-generated content for online retailing, Decision Support Systems, 121, 37-50
  • Ibrahim, N.F., and Wang, X. (2019) Decoding the sentiment dynamics of online retailing customers: Time series analysis of social media, Computers in Human Behavior, 96, 32-45.
  • Chen, X., Wang, X., and Zhou, M. (2019) Firms’ green R&D cooperation behaviour in a supply chain: Technological spillover, power and coordination, International Journal of Production Economics, 218, 118-134.
  • Ma, J., Tse, M., Wang, X, and Zhang, M., (2019) Examining customer perception and behaviour through social media research – An empirical study of the United Airlines overbooking crisis, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 127, 192-205
  • Amankwah-Amoah, J., Chen, X., and Wang, X. (2019) Filling institutional voids through a novel supply chain financing model: The case of China’s Sichuan Telecom, Long Range Planning, 52 (4), 101871.

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