Dr. Yangchun (Chris) Xiong
Lecturer in Operations Management

Research

Overview

Yangchun’s current research themes focus on two key areas:

• Disruptive Technologies Adoption
• Sustainability In Supply Chain Management

His first research theme primarily investigates how disruptive technology-supported operations practices (e.g., blockchain, big data analytics, and VR) affect firms’ performances and explores marginal conditions related to these practices. One of his research projects exploring the mitigating role of blockchain-supported supply chains in a COVID-19 context was published in the International Journal of Operations & Production Management (ABS 4). This research represents one of the earliest empirical studies focused on how firms can deploy disruptive technology to survive in the dynamic COVID-19 context and highlights how both managers and future researchers should consider the importance of emerging technologies adoption in emergency situations.

His second research theme focuses on investigating the outcomes of environmental and social responsibility violation events in the OM scope. One of his studies, published in Transportation Research Part E (ABS 3), examined the financial impacts of focal firms’ environmental violations on their supply chain partners and further explored whether associated financial losses are contingent on environmental transparency and supply chain diversity.

He welcomes PhD applications or collaborative PhD supervision in these two research areas or in relevant research methodologies.

Teaching

Undergraduate

Management Information Systems - MAN00006I

Publications

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