Fasheng Xu

Fasheng Xu is a tenure-track assistant professor of supply chain management. He teaches classes in supply chain management. His general research agenda lies in the interface of operations, finance, and economics. Much of his current research is focused on studying the emerging operations issues in the contexts of supply chain finance, crowdfunding platform, and blockchain technology. Moreover, he is also interested in issues broadly arising in information economics, social and economic networks, and the design and operations of online marketplaces/platforms. He received a B.S. in industrial engineering and operations research from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and a Ph.D. in operations management from Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis.

Research Topics

• Supply Chain Finance
• Crowdfunding
• ICO and Tokenomics
• Blockchain Economics
• Social Operations Management
• Social and Economic Networks
• Information Economics

Awards and Honors

• Finalist, 2022 MSOM iFORM SIG Best Paper Award Competition - INFORMS
• 2022 Guttag Junior Faculty Award - Whitman School of Management
• 2021 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award - M&SOM
• Honorable Mention, 2022 POMS College of SCM Best Student Paper Competition - POMS
• Top 10% of Authors on SSRN by both All-time and New Downloads - SSRN
• Finalist, 2021 INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Paper Competition - INFORMS
• Finalist, 2021 INFORMS Section on Finance Best Student Paper Competition - INFORMS
• Winner, 2020 POMS PITM Best Student Paper Competition - POMS
• Research Fellow - Boeing Center for Supply Chain Innovation, Olin Business School
• Moog Scholar, Olin Business School - Washington University in St. Louis
• 2nd Place, Regional Final of Global Student Challenge - Supply Chain Finance Community
• Doctoral Fellowship (2013 - 2018), Olin Business School - Washington University in St. Louis
• Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Top 5%) - Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Selected Publications

"Blockchain-Enabled Deep-Tier Supply Chain Finance", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2022 (with Dong, L., Qiu, Y.) "Impact of Traceability Technology Adoption in Food Supply Chain Networks", Management Science, 2022 (with Dong, L., Jiang, P.) "The Value of Smart Contract in Trade Finance", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2022 (with Wang, X.) "A Supply Chain Theory of Factoring and Reverse Factoring", Management Science, 2021 (with Kouvelis, P.) "Development of a multi-scale model for customer perceived value of electric vehicles", International Journal of Production Research, 52(16), 4820-4834, 2014 (with Miao, R., Zhang, K., Jiang, Z.)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Washington University in St. Louis (2013 — 2019)
• Bachelor's degree Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2010 — 2013)