Academic Appointments


  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Graduate School of Business

Honors & Awards


  • Honorary Doctorate, Erasmus University of Rotterdam (2008)
  • Honorary Doctorate, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2006)
  • Fellow, Manufacturing and Service Operations Society (2001)
  • Fellow, INFORMS (2005)
  • Fellow, Production and Operations Management Society (2005)
  • Fellow, National Academy of Engineering (2010)

Professional Education


  • BSocSc, Hong Kong University, Economics and Statistics (1974)
  • MSC, London School of Economics, Operational Research (1975)
  • PhD, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Operations Research (1983)

Current Research and Scholarly Interests


Using value chains to accelerate and support innovations, entrepreneurship developments using value chains to create values in developing economies; global supply chain management with digital technologies

2024-25 Courses


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