Conference Program

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Time Program

8 January 2022, Saturday

08:25 – 11:20

Opening Ceremony
ZOOM Meeting

 08:25 - 08:40

Welcome Remarks

Prof Max Z J Shen
Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Chair Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
The University of Hong Kong

Prof Mingming Leng
General Chair, Conference Committee of 2022 POMS-HK Conference
Dean of Faculty of Business and Professor of Computing and Decision Sciences
Lingnan University, Hong Kong

 08:40 - 09:40

Keynote Speech I

“Analytics for Tackling Covid-19”
Prof Georgia Perakis
Editor-in-Chief, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
William F. Pounds Professor of Management
Professor, Operations Management and Operations Research and Statistics
MIT Sloan School of Management

 09:40 - 10:20

Break

 10:20 - 11:20

Keynote Speech II

“Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Production and Operations Management”
Prof John Birge
Editor-in-Chief, Operations Research
Hobart W. Williams Distinguished Service Professor of Operations Management
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

13:00 - 14:30

Concurrent Session 1 & Career Fair

   Session 1A

    Zoom Meeting

Data-driven Operations Management
Session Chair: Zuneera Umair, Hong Kong Shue Yan University

Designing a System for Data-driven Risk Assessment of Solar Projects
Zuneera Umair* , Inez Zwetsloot, Marco Kin Ming Luk, Daniil Kostromin

Data-driven Inventory Control with Nonperishable Items using Sample Average Approximation
Yufei Zhao* , Xiangyu Gao

Credit Rating Prediction Through Supply Chains: A Machine Learning Approach
Zhaocheng Zhang*, Jing Wu, Sean Xiang Zhou

IoT for Smart Mobility: Hong Kong Perspective
Chun-Hung Cheng*

   Session 1B

    Zoom Meeting

Supply Chain Management (I)
Session Chair: Tianqi Song, City University of Hong Kong

Managing Panic Buying with Bayesian Persuasion
Tianqi Song*, Biying Shou, Pengfei Guo

Impact of Disruption on Supply Chain Network: Network Structure and Disruption Location
Yixin Zhu* , Hongfan Chen, Sean Xiang Zhou

Replenishment of Emergency Supplies using Dedicated and Pooled Systems
Fang Liu* , Linqiu Li, Arvind Sainathan, Fan Wang

Resource Allocation in Correlated Competitions
Jiahao He* , Jiheng Zhang, Rachel Q. Zhang

   Session 1C

    Zoom Meeting

Healthcare Operations Management
Session Chair: Shrutivandana Sharma, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Reducing Non-urgent Visits and Emergency Department Congestion: Perception Improvement and Pricing
Shrutivandana Sharma*, Ying Xu, Manu Kumar Gupta, Costas Courcoubetis

Real-Time Patient Transfer under Ambulance Offload Delay
Wenqian Xing*, Cheng Hua

Vaccine Appointment Scheduling: The Second Dose Challenge
Sarah Yini Gao*, Chaitanya Bandi, Rajeeva Moorthy, Chung-Piaw Teo, Kim-Chuan Toh

Share or Hide Emergency Department Queue-lengths to Reduce Congestion?
Shrutivandana Sharma*, Yufeng Zhang, Costas Courcoubetis

   Session 1D

    Zoom Meeting

Information Design and Incentive Management
Session Chair: Feng Tian, The University of Hong Kong

Dynamic Moral Hazard with Adverse Selection - A Pontryagin Approach
Feng Tian*, Feifan Zhang, Peng Sun, Izak Duenyas

Impact of Self-Service Technology in Designing a Service Delivery System
Jie Wang*, Lijun Ma, Weili Xue, Yong-Hong Kuo

Optimal Stockist Selection and Contract Design: Evidence from Supply Chain in Indian
Yu Long*, Wei Jiang, Jussi Keppo, Omkar Palsule-Desai

The Economics of Bestsellers: Consumer Search, Sales Ranking, and Social Learning
Wentao Lu*, Man Yu

   Session 1E

    Zoom Meeting

Best Student Paper Competition (I)
Session Chair: Zhipeng Liang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Generalized Linear Bandits with Local Differential Privacy
Zhipeng Liang*, Jiheng Zhang, Yang Wang

Managing Retail Inventory and Pricing in the Presence of Stochastic Purchase Returns
Alys Jiaxin Liang*, Stefanus Jasin, Joline Uichanco

Emergency Care Access vs. Quality: Uncovering Hidden Consequences of Fast-Track Routing Decisions
Shuai Hao*, Zhankun Sun, Yuqian Xu

   Career Fair

   VOOV Meeting
   Meeting ID:
   189-053-384

14:30 - 15:00

Break

15:00 - 16:30

Concurrent Session 2 & Career Fair

   Session 2A

    Zoom Meeting

Empirical Research in Operations Management
Session Chair: Jing Wu & Zi’ang Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Do Financial Innovations Affect IT Investment?
Ziyi Wang*, Ruiqi Liu, Jimmy Yong Jin, Xin Xu

Local Opioid Abuse and Corporate Innovation
Chang Shi*, Chong Chen, Tao Yuan

Labor Coordination and Division: Human Capital Investment in Supply Chains
Zi’ang Wang*, Ling Cen, Michael Hertzel, Jing Wu

   Session 2B

    Zoom Meeting

Production and Inventory Management
Session Chair: Jin Yao, The University of Hong Kong

How Does Risk Hedging Impact Operations? Insights from a Price-setting Newsvendor Model
Jin Yao*, Liao Wang, Xiaowei Zhang

Managing Hybrid Manufacturing/ Remanufacturing Inventory Systems with Random Production Capacities
Suting Liu*, Xiting Gong

Sampling-Based Approximation for Series Inventory Systems
Zhanyue Wang*, Kairen Zhang, Xiangyu Gao, Sean Xiang Zhou

Primal-dual Algorithm for Online Integrated Production and Transportation Problem in a Make-to-order Environment
Yuejuan Zhu*, Zhixue Liu, Feng Li

   Session 2C

    Zoom Meeting

Smart City Operations (I)
Session Chair: Kai Pan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Vehicle Rebalancing in the Shared Micromobility System with Crowdsourcing Relocation Riders
Ding Zou*, Kai Pan, Yulan Wang, Zuo-Jun Max Shen

Capacity Sharing for Bicycle-Sharing Firms Under Demand Uncertainty
Ziliang Jin*, Kai Pan, Zuo-Jun Max Shen, Wenxin Xu

Data-Driven Chance-Constrained Planning for Distributed Energy Generation
Shiyi Jiang*, Jianqiang Cheng, Boshi Yang, Feng Qiu, Kai Pan

A General Matching Function of Ride-sourcing Markets
Jintao Ke*, Xinwei Li, Hai Yang, Hai Wang

   Session 2D

    Zoom Meeting

Analytics and Optimization
Session Chair: Yi Xiong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Debiasing Samples from Online Learning Using Bootstrap
Yi Xiong*, Ningyuan Chen, Xuefeng Gao

Consumer Choice Models and Estimation: A Review and Extension
Mengying Xue*, Qi Feng, J. George Shanthikumar

Screening with Limited Information: The Minimax Theorem and A Geometric Approach
Ruiqin Wang*, Zhi Chen, Zhenyu Hu

Sublinear Regret for Learning POMDPs
Yi Xiong*, Xuefeng Gao, Ningyuan Chen, Xiang Zhou

   Session 2E

    Zoom Meeting

Best Student Paper Competition (II)
Session Chair: Xingyu Fu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

When Should the Regulator Allow/ Prohibit Inter-Temporal Transfer of Emission Permits?
Xingyu Fu*, Ying-Ju Chen, Guillermo Gallego, Pin Gao, Mengqian Lu

Innovative Business Models in Ocean-Bound Plastic Recycling
Zhuoluo Zhang*, Opher Baron, Gonzalo Romero, Sean Xiang Zhou

Optimizing Initial Screening for Colorectal Cancer Detection with Adherence Behavior
Ruijie Zhang*, Yan He, Yini Gao, Zhichao Zheng

Asymmetric Information of Product Authenticity on C2C E-Commerce Platforms: How Can Inspection Services Help?
Linqiu Li*, Xin Fang, Yunfong Lim

   Career Fair

    VOOV Meeting
   Meeting ID:
   189-053-384

16:45 - 17:00

Announcement of Best Student Paper Awards

Zoom Meeting

9 January 2022, Sunday

09:00 - 10:30

Concurrent Session 3

   Session 3A

    Zoom Meeting

Revenue Management and Pricing
Session Chair: Zhuoluo Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dynamic Pricing under Trade-in Programs
Zhuoluo Zhang*, Murray Lei, Sean Xiang Zhou

Prices vs. Quantities Revisited: Optimal Regulation under Market Uncertainty
Guokai Li*, Pin Gao, Zizhuo Wang

Approximation Algorithm for Bundling
Mina M Iravani*, Guillermo Gallego, Masoud Talebian

Data-driven Robust Dual-Sourcing Inventory Management Under Purchase Price and Demand Uncertainties
Xing Xiong*, Yanzhi Li, Wenguo Yang, Huaxiao Shen

Cyclic Pricing with Waiting Customers and Population Dynamics
Xiaoxiao Li*, Yimin Yu, Zheyi Li

   Session 3B

    Zoom Meeting

Smart City Operations (II)
Session Chair: Yihang Yang, City University of Hong Kong

Fleet Repositioning for Vehicle Sharing Systems: The Optimality of Balanced Myopic Policy
Yihang Yang*, Yimin Yu, Qian Wang, Junming Liu

A Stable Matching Approach for Crowdsourcing Last-mile Delivery
Nian Zhang*, Zhixue Liu, Feng Li, Zhou Xu

Drone-assisted On-time Delivery in Urban Areas
Wenqian Liu*, Lindong Liu, Xiangtong Qi

Synchronizing Ramp Operations Vehicles of Airport Baggage Handling Services
Yong Chen*, Gang Chen

   Session 3C

    Zoom Meeting

Interface Between OM and Marketing/IS
Session Chair: Junxue Zhang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Bundling Ancillary Services: Going Vertical or Horizontal?
Junxue Zhang*, Chenguang Wu, Ying-Ju Chen

Simultaneous or Sequential? Retail Strategies of a New Product and an Extended Warranty
Xiaolin Wang*

Should a Sharing Platform Adopt the Bilateral Review System?
Xuanqi Chen*, Gang Li, Shengli Li, Quan Zheng

Gaining Virtual or Real Value? Exploring the Impact of Virtual Reality Marketing Initiatives on Firm Value
Yangchun Xiong*, Hugo K.S. Lam, Sahar Karimi

   Session 3D

    Zoom Meeting

Responsible Operations Management
Session Chair: Jiahui Zhou, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Combating Collusion in Responsible Sourcing
Jiahui Zhou*, Shiqing Yao

Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chain: Green or Greenwashing
Yilin Shi*

Quality Certificate in Responsible Sourcing under Collusion Risk
Ruoxin Gao*, Shiqing Yao, Ruina Yang

Strategic Communications with Socializing Agents under Unknown Public Health Threats
Ailing Xu*, Qiaochu He, Ying Ju Chen

   Session 3E

    Zoom Meeting

Service Operations Management
Session Chair: Linggang Qi, City University of Hong Kong

Discrete Choice and Competition in Service Markets with Price- and Delay-Sensitive Customers
Linggang Qi*, Pang Zhan

Optimal Routing to Parallel Servers in Heavy Traffic
Heng-Qing Ye*

Optimizing Queues When Customers Commit the Sunk Cost Fallacy
Liutao Yang*, Shining Wu

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:30

Concurrent Session 4

   Session 4A

    Zoom Meeting

Supply Chain Management (II)
Session Chair: Jie Peng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Financial Reporting Comparability and Foreign Supply Chain Relations
Jie Peng*, Jing Wu, Xiangang Xin

Anticipatory Packing
Tongwen Wu*, Yanzhi Li

Drop-shipping Supply Chains with Return Option
Jingwei Su*

Behavior-Based Pricing under Social Effect
Yuanbing Miao*, Guang Xiao, Xiaomeng Guo

   Session 4B

    Zoom Meeting

Empirical Research in Operations Management (II)
Session Chair: Yu Xia, The University of Hong Kong

Vertical Integration and Resource Allocation: An Empirical Study in Chinese Movie Industry
Yu Xia*, Hailiang Chen

Protagonists in Digital Transformation: The Impact of Chief Digital Officers on Firm Performance
Minghao Zhu*, Hugo K.S. Lam, Feng Liu, Andy C.L. Yeung, T.C.E. Cheng

Quantifying Disruptive Innovation: From Management to Science
Jiang Li*, Chunli Wei, Dongbo Shi

The Bullwhip Effect in the Servitized Manufacturing Firms
Yimeng Niu*, Jing Wu, Zhibin Jiang

   Session 4C

    Zoom Meeting

Supply Chain Management (III)
Session Chair: Shuhan Wang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Does Safety Violation Propagate through Supply Chain?
Shuhan Wang*, Di Fan, Chris K.Y. Lo, Frank Wiengarten

Impacts of Recurrent SDMs on Global Supply Chain Configuration for New Products: A Study on Electric Vehicles during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Yiji Cai*, Shuyi Wang, George Q. Huang

Cross-channel Cooperation of Ecological Chain Products in an Entrepreneurship and Innovation Platform
Zerong Lyu*, Zhaofu Hong

An Integrated Location-Inventory Model for a Slow-Moving Product with Customer Waiting Time Consideration
Jie Chu*, Fe Fan, Kai Huang

   Session 4D

    Zoom Meeting

Interface Between OM and Finance
Session Chair: Zepeng Chen, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Crowdfunding or Bank Financing: Innovation with the Threat of Downstream Imitation and Market Uncertainty
Zepeng Chen*, Xiaomeng Guo, Guang Xiao, Fasheng Xu

The Financial Impact of Manufacturing Repurposing during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hugo Lam*

Capacity Co-opetition of Make-to-order Firms
Hua Xiao*, Min Gong, Zhaotong Lian

   Session 4E

    Zoom Meeting

Online Marketplace & Platform Operations
Session Chair: Venus Hiu Ling Lo, City University of Hong Kong

Omnichannel Assortment Optimization with Two-Stage Decisions
Venus Hiu Ling Lo*

Competition between Online and Offline Channels with Negative Social Interactions
Xue Zhao*, Xiaomeng Guo, Guang Xiao

Optimal Pricing and Return Policy and the Value of Freight Insurance for a Retailer Facing Heterogeneous Consumers with Uncertain Product Values
Jiaxin Lin*, Juliang Zhang, T.C.E. Cheng

To Keep Price Consistency or Not: Multi-Channel Retailing with Consumers’ Fairness Concern
Yumeng Li*, Xiaomeng Guo, Guang Xiao, Wenxin Xu

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* Paper presenter is listed as the first author.