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Owen Wu
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Owen Wu

  • Associate Professor
  • Grant Thornton Scholar
  • Director - Research and Outreach, Institute for Environmental & Social Sustainability
Department: Operations & Decision Technologies
Campus: Bloomington


Areas of Expertise

Operations management for environmental sustainability: investment and operations management of energy resources, competition in electricity markets and supply chains, supply and demand management for energy and water resources, sustainable business models and policy frameworks. Operations management for social sustainability: welfare economics and social justice, humanitarian operations and governance, anti-corruption and supply chain transparency, well-being and engagement in education.

Academic Degrees

  • PhD in Management Science (with minor in Finance), University of British Columbia, 2006
  • MEng in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, 2001

Professional Experience

  • Chair, Sustainable Operations Special Interest Group, INFORMS, 2024-present
  • Vice President, Manufacturing & Service Operation Management Society, 2021-2022
  • Vice President, POMS College of Sustainable Operations, 2018-2020
  • Associate Professor, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2014-present
  • Assistant Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2006-2014
  • Lecturer, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, 2005
  • Advisor for 30+ projects in manufacturing, service, and energy industries
  • Guest Department Editor and Associate Editor for Manufacturing & Service Operation Management
  • Senior Editor for Production & Operations Management
  • Guest Associate Editor for Management Science

Awards, Honors & Certificates

  • Finalist, Best Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Paper Award by the Service Science Section of INFORMS, 2024
  • Best Publication in Environment and Sustainability by the Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment Society of INFORMS, 2023
  • Finalist, Best Paper Award, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 2023.
  • Innovative Teaching Award, Kelley School of Business, 2023.
  • Honorable Mention, MSOM Society Award for Responsible Research in Operations Management, INFORMS, 2022.
  • Grant Thornton Scholar Award, Kelley School of Business, 2019-2023.
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, MBA Program, Kelley School of Business, 2020 and 2021.
  • Distinguished Teaching Award, Doctoral Program, Kelley School of Business, 2019.
  • Trustee Teaching Award, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2018.
  • Paul Kleindorfer Award in Sustainability, Production and Operations Management Society, 2017.
  • Finalist, Trustee Teaching Award, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2017, 2016.
  • Teaching Excellence Award, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2011, 2009.
  • Meritorious Service Award for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, and for Operations Research, 2012.

Selected Publications

  • Peng, X., Wu, O. Q., and Souza, G. C. (2024). Renewable, flexible, and storage capacities: Friends or foes? Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 26(5) 1730-1749.
  • Wu, O. Q., Kapuscinski R., and Suresh S. (2023). On the distributed energy storage investment and operations. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25(6) 2277-2297.
  • Kotsi, T., Wu, O. Q., and Pedraza-Martinez, A.J. (2022). Donations for refugee crises: In-kind vs. cash assistance. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24(6), 3001-3018.
  • Wu, O. Q., Yücel, Ş., and Zhou, Y. H. (2022). Smart charging of electric vehicles: An innovative business model for utility firms. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 24(5), 2481–2499
  • Ahn, H.-S., Wang, D. D., and Wu, O. Q. (2021). Asset selling under debt obligations. Operations Research, 69(4), 1305–1323.
  • Al-Gwaiz, M., Chao, X., and Wu, O. Q. (2017). Understanding how generation flexibility and renewable energy affect power market competition. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 19(1), 114-131.
  • Wu, O. Q., and Kapuscinski, R. (2013). Curtailing intermittent generation in electrical systems. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 15(4), 578–595.
  • Wu, O. Q., Wang, D. D., and Qin, Z. (2012). Seasonal energy storage operations with limited flexibility: the price-adjusted rolling intrinsic policy. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 14(3), 455-471.
  • Wu, O. Q., and Babich, V. (2012). Unit-contingent power purchase agreement and asymmetric information about plant outage. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 14(2), 245-261.
  • Wu, O. Q., and Chen, H. (2010). Optimal control and equilibrium behavior of production-inventory systems. Management Science, 56(8), 1362-1379.
  • Chen, H., Wu, O. Q., and Yao, D. (2010). On the Benefit of Inventory-Based Dynamic Pricing Strategies. Production and Operations Management, 19(3), 249-260.
  • Chen, H., Frank, M. Z., and Wu, O. Q. (2007). U.S. retail and wholesale inventory performance from 1981 to 2004. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 9(4), 430-456.
  • Chen, H., Frank, M. Z., and Wu, O. Q. (2005). What actually happened to the inventories of American companies between 1981 and 2000? Management Science, 51(7), 1015-1031.

Edited on February 7, 2025

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