Professor
Hongtao ZHANG
Operations Management
Professor
imhzhang@ust.hk
Hongtao ZHANG

Research Interests

  • Value of information and incentives for information exchange
  • Supply chain management
  • Coordination of global operations
  • Coordination in production and service systems

Academic Qualification

  • PhD MIT, Operations Research 
  • MS Peking University, Control Theory and Systems Science
  • BS Peking University, Mechanics

Academic And Professional Experience

  • Professor of ISOM, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, present
  • Associate Professor of ISOM, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002 - June 2014
  • Assistant Professor of ISMT, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1995 - 2002
  • Senior Management Consultant, CSC Consulting, 1990 - 1994

Selected Publications

Articles
  • Li, T., and Zhang, H., "Gaining by ceding - bounded wholesale pricing for information sharing in a supply chain", Production & Operations Management, 2023, 32(3), 829-843.
  • Lee, H., and Zhang, H., "Introduction to the Special Issue on Innovations and Sustainability", Production & Operations Management, 2019, 28(12), 2929-2929.
  • Zhang, H., Lee, C. Y., and Li, T., “The Value of Specific Cargo Information for Substitutable Modes of Inland Transport”, Transportation Research Part E, 85, 2016, 23-39.
  • Li, T., and Zhang, H., “Information sharing in a supply chain with a make-to-stock manufacturer”, Omega, 50, 2015, 115-125.
  • Guo. L, Li T., and Zhang, H., "Strategic Information Sharing in Competing Channels", Production and Operations Management, 23, 10, 2014, 1719-1731
  • Li T., Tong, S., and Zhang, H., "Transparency of Information Acquisition in a Supply Chain", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 16, 3, Summer 2014, 412-424
  • Ha, A. Y., Tong, S., and Zhang, H., “Sharing demand information in competing supply chains with production diseconomies”, Management Science, 57, 3, 2011, 566-581
  • Li, L., and Zhang, H., “Confidentiality and information sharing in supply chain coordination”, Management Science, 54, 8, 2008,1467-1481
  • Stein, W. E., Rapoport, A., Seale, D. A., Zhang, H., and Zwick, R., “Batch queues with choice of arrivals: Equilibrium analysis and experimental study”, Games and Economic Behavior, 59, 2, 2007, 345
  • Bodoff, D., Levecq, H., and Zhang, H., “EDGAR on the internet: The welfare effects of wider information distribution in an experimental market for risky assets”, Experimental Economics, 9, 4, 2006, 361-381
  • Bodoff, D., and Zhang, H. “Corporate disclosure dissemination: When more is less”, Decision Support Systems, 35(4), 2003, 455-466
  • Zhang, H., “Vertical information exchange in a supply chain with duopoly retailers”, Production and Operations Management, 11, 4, 2002, 531-547

Service Activities Within Profession

  • Senior Editor, Production and Operations Management (2012-present)    

Professional Association Memberships

  • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

Honors

  • Awarded the Franklin Prize for teaching excellence, MBA non-required and MSc. category, Spring 2021
  • Nominated for the Franklin Prize for teaching excellence, MBA non-required and MSc. category, Spring 2013
  • Nominated for the Franklin Prize for teaching excellence, MBA non-required and MSc. category, Spring 2006
  • Awarded the Franklin Prize for teaching excellence, UG 1st year category, Spring 2003
  • Nominated for the Franklin Prize for teaching excellence, MBA required course category, Fall 2000