Anyan Qi

Anyan Qi

Associate Professor of Operations Management

ABOUT ME

Anyan Qi is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM) at the University of Texas at Dallas (UT-Dallas). His primary research interests are in socially responsible operations, strategic procurement, and capacity management in modern supply chains, where he leverages tools such as game theory, behavioral experiments, and data-driven optimization. His work has been published in Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research, and Production and Operations Management.

As an active member of the academic community, Anyan serves as an Associate Editor for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, a Senior Editor for Production and Operations Management, an Associate Editor for Decision Sciences, a Department Editor for the Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, and a Guest Associate Editor for Management Science. He has received the Management Science Distinguished Service Award, the Management Science Meritorious Service Award, and the M&SOM Meritorious Service Award. In JSOM, he also serves as the PhD Area Coordinator for Operations Management (Program LinkedIn Page).

Before joining UT-Dallas, Anyan earned a Ph.D. degree in Technology and Operations from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, a Bachelor’s degree in Automation from the School of Information Science and Technology, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the School of Economics and Management in Tsinghua University.



RESEARCH

Journal Papers

  1. “Human decision-making in dynamic resource allocation,” with Damian Beil, Izak Duenyas, Steve Leider, and Jiawei Li. 2025. Forthcoming in Management Science. [SSRN]

  2. “Behavioral externalities of process automation,” with Ruth Beer and Ignacio Rios, 2024. Forthcoming in Management Science. [SSRN]

  3. “To communicate or not? Inter-firm communication in collaborative projects,” with Ruth Beer, 2024. Management Science, 70(5): 3225–3244. [SSRN]

  4. “Dynamic pricing and learning with discounting,” with Milind Dawande, Zhichao Feng, and Ganesh Janakiraman, 2024. Operations Research, 72(2): 481–492. [SSRN]

  5. “An asymptotically tight learning algorithm for mobile-promotion platforms,” with Milind Dawande, Zhichao Feng, and Ganesh Janakiraman, 2023. Management Science, 69(3): 1536–1554. [SSRN]

  6. “Procurement for assembly under asymmetric information: Theory and evidence,” with Andrew Davis, Bin Hu, and Kyle Hyndman, 2022. Management Science, 68(4): 2694–2713. [SSRN]

  7. “Supplier centrality and auditing priority in socially responsible supply chains,” with Jiayu Chen and Milind Dawande, 2020. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 22(6): 1199-1214. [SSRN]
    • Honorable Mention in POMS College of Sustainable Operations 2019 Best Student Paper Competition (entrant: Jiayu Chen)

  8. “To share or not to share? Capacity reservation in a shared supplier,” with Hyun-Soo Ahn and Amitabh Sinha, 2019. Production and Operations Management, 28(11): 2823–2840. [SSRN]

  9. “Optimal incentive contracts in project management,” with Milind Dawande, Ganesh Janakiraman, and Qi Wu, 2019. Production and Operations Management, 28(6): 1431–1445. [SSRN]

  10. “Optimal procurement mechanisms for assembly,” with Bin Hu, 2018. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 20(4): 655–666. [SSRN]

  11. “Capacity investment with demand learning,” with Hyun-Soo Ahn and Amitabh Sinha, 2017. Operations Research, 65(1): 145–164. [SSRN]
    • Finalist in M&SOM Student Paper Competition
    • Extended abstract published in M&SOM, 16(1): 161–164.
  12. “Investing in a shared supplier in a competitive market: Stochastic capacity case,” with Hyun-Soo Ahn and Amitabh Sinha, 2015. Production and Operations Management, 24(10): 1537–1551. [Journal]
    • Finalist in POMS College of Supply Chain Management Student Paper Competition

Papers under Review/Revision

Social Responsibility and Sustainability

  1. “Combating excessive overtime in global supply chains,” with Jiayu Chen and Chuanya Jiao. [SSRN]
    • Finalist in 2022 INFORMS PSOR Best Paper Award
    • Third place in 2022 ISCOM Best Paper Award
  2. “Greenwashing under competition,” with Soraya (Nadia) Fatehi, Liqun Wei, and Jianxiong Zhang. [SSRN]

Capacity Management and Resource Allocation

  1. “Capacity and pricing management with demand learning,” with Jian Chen, Zechao Li, and Yining Wang. [SSRN]

  2. “Service systems with on-demand and reserved servers,” with Milind Dawande, Zhichao Feng, and Ganesh Janakiraman. [SSRN]

  3. “Online learning and capacity management in cloud-cost optimization,” with Milind Dawande, Zhichao Feng, and Ganesh Janakiraman. [SSRN]

  4. “Expanding into on-demand markets with ‘Airbnb of Warehousing’,” with Soraya (Nadia) Fatehi.

    • Selected for presentation at 2023 MSOM SCM SIG Meeting

Procurement Mechanism and Contract Design

  1. “Stability of procurement networks,” with Khai Chiong. [SSRN]

  2. “Startup contracting and entrepreneur-investor bargaining,” with Kyle Hyndman and Evgeny Kagan. [SSRN]
    • Selected for presentation at 2023 MSOM TIE SIG Meeting
  3. “Top or regular influencer? Contracting in live-streaming platform selling,” with Suresh Sethi, Liqun Wei, and Jianxiong Zhang. [SSRN]

Collaborative Projects

  1. “Coordination for assembly,” with Elena Katok, Sina Shokoohyar, and Wen Zhang. [SSRN]

  2. “Team building and incentive schemes in collaborative projects,” with Ruth Beer and Ignacio Rios. [SSRN]

Invited Book Chapter

  1. “Auditing, inspections, and testing for social responsibility in supply networks,” with Milind Dawande, 2020. Swaminathan, J, Deshpande, V, eds. Responsible Business Operations, Springer Series in Supply Chain Management 10, (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland), 243—259. [SSRN]



TEACHING

Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Co-Chair

  • Pramit Ghosh, co-chair with Ignacio Rios
  • 2020, Jiayu Chen (Assistant Professor at University of Calgary), co-chair with Milind Dawande
  • 2018, Sina Shokoohyar (Assistant Professor at Saint Joseph’s University), co-chair with Elena Katok

Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member

  • 2025, Haokun Du (Assistant Professor at University of Auckland)
  • 2025, Beyza Celik (Data Scientist at American Airline)
  • 2024, Goutham Takasi (Assistant Professor at University of Alabama)
  • 2024, Arun Kumar Rout (Assistant Professor at SUNY Buffalo)
  • 2024, Zihao Qu (Assistant Professor at UMass Amherst)
  • 2022, Lingling Shi (Postdoctoral Researcher at Southern Methodist University)
  • 2022, Duc Vu (Assistant Professor at University of Michigan-Flint)
  • 2020, Zhichao Feng (Assistant Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
  • 2019, Harish Guda (Assistant Professor at Arizona State University)
  • 2019, Xi Shan (Visiting Assistant Professor at Boston College)
  • 2017, Yang Bo (Assistant Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  • 2017, Emre Ertan (Research Scientist at Amazon)

OPRE 3360: Managerial methods in decision making under uncertainty (Business statistics)

  • 2024, Spring, 5.0/5.0
  • 2023, Spring, 4.8/5.0
  • 2022, Fall, 5.0/5.0
  • 2021, Fall, 4.9/5.0
  • 2019, Fall, 4.9/5.0, 4.9/5.0
  • 2018, Fall, 4.9/5.0, 5.0/5.0, 5.0/5.0
  • 2017, Fall, 5.0/5.0
  • 2016, Fall, 5.0/5.0
  • 2015, Fall, 5.0/5.0
  • 2014, Fall, 4.9/5.0, 4.9/5.0

OPRE 3310: Operations management

  • 2024, Fall, 4.9/5.0
  • 2023, Fall, 4.9/5.0, 4.9/5.0
  • 2022, Fall, 4.9/5.0
  • 2021, Fall, 4.9/5.0
  • 2021, Spring, 4.8/5.0
  • 2020, Fall, 5.0/5.0, 4.9/5.0
  • 2017, Fall, 4.9/5.0, 4.9/5.0
  • 2016, Fall, 5.0/5.0, 5.0/5.0
  • 2015, Fall, 4.8/5.0, 5.0/5.0

OPRE 6301: Statistics and data analysis

  • 2020, Spring, 5.0/5.0

Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

OMS 311: Operations management

  • 2011, Winter, 5.0/5.0.



SERVICE

Editorial Service

  • Associate Editor for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2024–present)
  • Senior Editor for Production and Operations Management (2019–present)
  • Associate Editor for Decision Sciences (2022–present)
  • Department Editor for Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering (2025-present)
  • Guest Associate Editor for Management Science (2024-present)

Referee Service

  • Reviewer for Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Strategic Management Journal, Naval Research Logistics, IISE Transactions, Omega, International Transactions in Operations Research, Economic Inquiry
  • Reviewer for Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
  • Conference Reviewer for MSOM SCM SIG (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
  • Conference Reviewer for MSOM TIE SIG (2023)
  • Conference Reviewer for MSOM Sustainable Operations SIG (2020, 2021)

Judge for Paper Competitions

  • Judge for MSOM Student Paper Competition (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Judge for CSAMSE Best Paper Competition (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Judge for INFORMS PSOR Best Paper Award (2021)
  • Judge for INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper Competition (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Judge for INFORMS BOM Best Working Paper Competition (2016, 2020, 2021, 2023)
  • Judge for POMS College of Supply Chain Management Student Paper Competition (2020)
  • Judge for POMS College of Behavior in OM Junior Scholar Paper Competition (2020, 2022, 2023)
  • Judge for POMS-HK Best Student Paper Competition (2024)

Other

  • Invited Panelist of DSI Annual Conference, Orlando, FL (2025)
  • Track Co-Chair for POMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (2025)
  • Invited Panelist of INFORMS Doctoral Student Colloquium, Seattle, WA (2024)
  • SIG-Day Co-Chair for MSOM SCM SIG Conference, Minneapolis, MN (2024)
  • Cluster Co-Chair for INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (2023)
  • Invited Panelist of POMS College of SCM Mini Conference, Orlando, FL (2023)
  • Track Co-Chair for POMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2023)
  • Cluster Co-Chair for INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (2018)
  • Invited Panelist of INFORMS Doctoral Student Colloquium, Nashville, TN (2016)
  • Conference Organizing Committee member for MSOM Conference 2018
  • Conference Organizing Committee member for BOM Conference 2018
  • Session Chair for several conferences



HONORS

  • Management Science Meritorious Service Award (2024)
  • Management Science Distinguished Service Award (2023)
  • 2022 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award
  • Management Science Meritorious Service Award (2022)
  • 2021 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award
  • Management Science Distinguished Service Award (2021)
  • Sydney Smith Hicks Faculty Fellow, JSOM, UT Dallas (2018–2020)
  • 2020 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award
  • Management Science Distinguished Service Award (2020)
  • 2019 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award
  • 2018 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award
  • Management Science Distinguished Service Award (2018)
  • 2018 OMEGA Best Reviewer
  • 2017 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, JSOM, UT Dallas (2016)
  • Finalist in M&SOM Student Paper Competition (2013)
  • Finalist in POMS College of Supply Chain Management Student Paper Competition (2012)
  • Richter Fellowship, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan (2012–2014)
  • Neary Fellowship, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan (2013)
  • Stark Fellowship, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan (2012)
  • Dykstra Fellowship, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan (2011–2012)
  • Leabo Memorial Scholarship, University of Michigan (2010)
  • Ross Business School Fellowship, University of Michigan (2008–2012)
  • Siemens Scholarship, Tsinghua University (2007)
  • Chang Tong Scholarship, Tsinghua University (2006)
  • National Scholarship, Tsinghua University (2005)
  • POSCO Scholarship, Tsinghua University (2004)