海角社区

Shanling Li

Title: 
Professor Emerita, Operations Management
Shanling Li
Contact Information
Email address: 
shanling.li [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate email address: 
gina.ceolin [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

Bronfman Building []
1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
H3A 1G5

Degree(s): 

PhD, Operations Management, University of Texas, Austin, USA
MSc, Industrial Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Biography: 

Shanling Li is Professor of Operations Management/Management Science at Faculty of Management of 海角社区, Canada. She served as Associate Dean of Research and International Relations between 2009 and 2013 and Director of Management Science Research Center at the Faculty in the period of 1999-2013. She also served as the area coordinator in management science between 2001 and 2004. She held Kuang Yamin Professorship at Jilin University and visiting positions at Xiamen University and Dalian University of Technology in China where she taught EMBA, PhD and MBA courses. She received her PhD in Operations Management (OM) with minor in Operations Research from University of Texas at Austin in 1991, and MS in Industrial Management from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1985. She has taught a diversity of courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels including Supply Management, Procurement and Distribution, The Internet and Manufacturing; Analysis of Production System; Technology Management; Total Quality Management and Operations Management.

Shanling Li has four active streams of research: (i) integration of OM with finance and marketing; (ii) technology and capacity management under uncertainties; (iii) supply chain management (SCM); and (iv) productivity analysis. The research on the integration of OM and finance focuses on the impact of operational and financial hedging on the choice between overseas and domestic suppliers facing a risk averse-firm. Li also considers the effect of advertising expenditure on pricing as well as market share of two opposite products in centralized and decentralized food chains. The research on technology and capacity management focuses on dynamic technology acquisitions as well as capacity investment planning. In supply chain management, Li focuses on analyzing the interaction between manufacturers and suppliers in a variety of business paradigms. Lastly, Li also conducted varies empirical works to study efficiency and productivity in various industries, including textiles and software. Her works appeared in Management Science (MS), Operations Research (OR), Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM), Production and Operations Management (POM), Information Systems Research (ISR), Journal of Operations Management (JOM), European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR), International Journal of Production Research (IJPR), International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE), Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS), Journal of Productivity Analysis (JPA) and Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (SEPS).

Shanling Li sits on the editorial boards for several journals. Among others, she currently serves as the associate editor for Production and Operations Management and also was an associate editor of IEEE. She served as a referee for many journals including IIE Transactions, IJPE, MS, MISQ OR, POM, EJOR, IJPE and others.

Curriculum vitae: 
Group: 
Professor Emeritus
Research areas: 
Corporate Social Responsibility
Health Management
Healthcare Collaboration
Helping Quebec Business
International Collaboration
Leadership & Governance
Risk Management
Social Innovation
Sustainable Development
Technology & Innovation
Selected publications: 

Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Gumus, M., S. Li, W. Oh and Ray, S., 鈥淎nalysis of Online Product Pricing and Shipping听Charges鈥, Production and Operations Management (forthcoming).

Pinsonneault, A., Li. S. and D. Tomiuk, 2010, 鈥淓ffect of Web Channel and Web听Information Richness on Satisfaction and Learning: A Study of Simple and Complex听Products鈥, Systemes d鈥橧nformation et Management, 4(15), pp. 141-16.

Li, S. and L. Wang, 2010, 鈥淥utsourcing and Capacity Planning in an Uncertain Global Environment鈥, European Journal of Operational Research, 207(1), pp. 131-141.

Li, S., J. Shang and S. Slaughter, 2010, "Why do Software Firms Fail? Capabilities,听Competitive Actions and Survival in the Software Industry from 1995 to 2007", Information听Systems Research, 21(3), pp. 631-654.

Li, S., Khodabakhshi, M. and G. R. Jahanshahloo, 2009, 鈥淯sing DEA to Assess Research听Productivity of Canadian Business Schools鈥, Mathematics Scientific Journal, 5(1), pp. 83-12.

Li, S., Murat, E.A. and Huang, W., 2009, 鈥淪election of Contract Suppliers under Price and听Demand Uncertainties in a Dynamic Market: A Stochastic Programming Approach鈥,听European Journal of Operational Research, 198(3), November, pp. 830-847.

Song, Y., Ray, S. and Li, S., 2008, 鈥淪tructural Properties of Buy-Back Contracts for Price-听Setting鈥, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 10(1), pp. 1-18.

Books and Edited Volumes

Li, S., 1994, Strategic Investment Planning with Technology Choice in Manufacturing听Systems, New York: Garland Publishing Inc., ISBN: 0815315945.

Chapters in Books

Li, S., Zhang, D. and Zhang, W., 鈥淎 Study of Corporate Social Responsibility on听Promoting Healthy Food by 12 Giant Food Companies (1980 鈥 2008)鈥, 2009, Obesity听Prevention: The Role of Society and Brain on Individual Behavior, edited by Dube, L.,听Bechara, A., Dagher, A., Drewnowski, A., LeBel, J., James, P., Richard, D. and Yada, R.

Cooper, W.W., Li, S., Seiford, L.M. and Zhu, J., 2004, 鈥淪ensitivity Analysis in DEA鈥,听DEA Handbook, edited by W.W. Cooper, L.M. Seiford and J. Zhu, Kluwer Academic听Publisher. ISBN: 978-4020-7797-5.

Li, S. and Tirupati, D., 1992, "Technology Selection and Capacity Planning for听Manufacturing Systems", Intelligent Design and Manufacturing, edited by Andrew听Kusiak, pp. 259-288, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-0471534730.

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

Awards

2010: Best Paper Award, "Why do Software Firms Fail? Capabilities, Competitive Actions, and Firm听Survival in the Software Industry from 1995 to 2007, Information Systems Research, 21(3), pp. 631-654.

2009-2012: Kuang Yamin Chair Professor (Honorary Appointment), Jilin University.听

1998: Distinguished Visiting Scholar Awards, National Natural Science Foundation of China, July

1983-1985: National Scholarship, the Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China,听

1982: United Nations Scholarship for Developing Countries, United Nations

Fellowships

Grants

2012-2015: FQRNT Team Grant;听Topic: Approches fond茅es sur l鈥檕ptimisation stochastique et les simulations afin d鈥檃tt茅nuer le risque听li茅 aux approvisionnements en m茅dicaments contre le cancer

2010-2011: CPRF (Canadian Research Purchasing Foundation);听Topic: Strategic Sourcing Considering Suppliers鈥 Quality

2011-2012: CIHR-India Team Grant;听Topic Foundational Work for a Brain-to-Society Diagnostic for Prevention of Childhood听Obesity and its Chronic Diseases Consequences

2010-2013: FQRSC Team Grant;听Topic: Comportement du consommateur et dynamique de production, distribution et comp茅tition en听alimention: 茅quilibrer la sant茅, le plaisir et les affaires, 脿 court et 脿 long terme

2009-2014: NSERC Individual Research (Discovery) Grant;听Topic: Integrated Operational and Financial Hedging in Outsourced and Insourced Supply听Chains

2004-2009: NSERC Individual Research (Discovery) Grant:听Topic: Strategic Airline Capacity Planning in the Presence of Dynamic Changing Demand听and Random Events

2000-2004: NSERC Individual Research (Discovery) Grant;听Topic: Capacity Expansion, Supplier Choice and Productivity Performance in High Tech听Industries

1996-2000: Individual Research (Discovery) Grant from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council听(NSERC) of Canada;听Topic: Capacity, Technology, Operations and Information Decisions in a Stochastic Environment

1992-1996: NSERC Individual Research (Discovery) Grant;听Topic: Multi-Product Capacity and Technology Planning Problem with Stochastic and听Dynamic Demands

1994-1995: NSERC Individual Research Equipment Grant鈥澨齌opic: Multi-Product Capacity and Technology Planning Problem with Stochastic and听Dynamic Demands

1994-1997: FQRSC Individual New Researcher Grant;听Topic: Capacity, Technology, Operations and Information Decisions in a Stochastic听Environment

Individual Faculty Small Research Grants;
1996: Topic: Choices of Technology and Distribution Channel

1994: Topic: Multi-job Cutting Stock Problem with Due Dates and Release Dates

1993: Topic: Jobs and Tool Sequencing in an Automated Manufacturing Environment

Individual Researcher Grant from National Natural Science Foundation, China:
1998: Topic: Operations Research / Operations Management Research Projects

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