Justin Ren

Z. Justin Ren, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, is an Associate Professor of Operations and Technology Management and Dean’s Research Fellow at the Questrom School of Business. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute as well as the President of the Chinese Entrepreneur Association.

Professor Ren received his M.S. in Operations Research and Ph.D. in Operations and Information Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

EDUCATION

PhD, The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania, 2003 MS, The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania, 2001 MA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998 BS, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 1995

Companies

• Faculty Adviser Questrom MBA Energy & Environmental Sustainability Learning Community (2019)
• Affiliated Faculty Institute for Sustainable Energy, Boston University (2017)
• Founder Excelprof.com (2015)
• Associate Professor Boston University School of Management (2009)
• President Chinese Entrepreneur Association (www.ceaa.org) (2013 — 2015)
• Visiting Scholar and Research Affiliate MIT Sloan School of Management (2010 — 2014)
• Visiting Scholar MIT Sloan School of Management (2009 — 2010)
• Assistant Professor Boston University School of Management (2003 — 2009)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Ren, Z., Wang, X. (2020). "Why Does Misinformation Spread So Quickly?", California Management Review
• Ren, Z. (2019). "Melting the Ice Lessons from China and the West in the Transition to Electric Vehicles: The Critical Role of Public Charging Infrastructure", Independently Published
• Feng, T., Ren, Z., Zhang, F. (2019). "Capacity, Quality and Correlated Costs", Production and Operations Management, 28 (3), 682-699
• Tucker, A., Zheng, S., Ren, Z., Heineke, J., McLaughlin, A., Podell, A. (2018). "The Impact of Internal Service Quality on Preventable Adverse Events in Hospitals", Production and Operations Management, 27 (12), 2201-2212
• Ren, Z. (2016). Empirical Studies in Information Sharing."Handbook of Information Exchange in Supply Chain Management", Springer 27-38
• Zheng, S., Ren, Z., Heineke, J., Geissler, K. (2016). "Reductions in Diagnostic Imaging With High Deductible Health Plans", Medical Care, 54 (2), 110-117
• Ren, Z. (2014). "Business Analytics with Excel (VII) Simulate!: How to Use Excel to Make Optimal Business Decisions, Manage Money Better and Advance Your Career", Amazon Digital Services
• Ren, Z. (2014). "Business Analytics with Excel (VI) Optimize!: How to Use Excel to Make Optimal Business Decisions, Manage Money Better and Advance Your Career", Amazon Digital Services
• Ren, Z. (2014). "Business Analytics with Excel (V) Find Patterns!: How to Use Excel to Make Optimal Business Decisions, Manage Money Better and Advance Your Career", Amazon Digital Services
• Ren, Z. (2014). "Business Analytics with Excel (IV) DataTable and PivotTable: How to Use Excel to Make Optimal Business Decisions, Manage Money Better and Advance Your Career", Amazon Digital Services
• Ren, Z. (2014). "Business Analytics with Excel (III) Visualize!: How to Use Excel to Make Optimal Business Decisions, Manage Money Better and Advance Your Career", Amazon Digital Services
• Ren, Z. (2014). "Business Analytics with Excel (II) Build Models: How to Use Excel to Make Optimal Business Decisions, Manage Money Better and Advance Your Career", Amazon Digital Services
• Ren, Z. (2014). "Business Analytics with Excel (I) Get Equipped: How to Use Excel to Make Optimal Business Decisions, Manage Money Better and Advance Your Career", Amazon Digital Services
• Lai, R., Ren, Z., Robb, D. (2014). "Geographical influences on Chinese inventory: an exploratory study", International Journal of Inventory Research, 2 (3), 145-145
• Griffiths, F., Cave, J., Boardman, F., Ren, J., Pawlikowska, T., Ball, R., Clarke, A., Cohen, A. (2012). "Social networks--the future for health care delivery.", Soc Sci Med, 75 (12), 2233-2241
• Wang, X., Ren, Z. (2012). "How to Compete in China's E-Commerce Market", Mit Sloan Management Review, 54 (1), 17-19
• Wen, N., Graves, S., Ren, Z. (2012). "Ship-pack optimization in a two-echelon distribution system", European Journal of Operational Research, 220 (3), 777-785
• Robb, D., Liu, F., Lai, R., Ren, Z. (2012). "Inventory in mainland China: Historical, industry, and geographic perspectives", International Journal of Production Economics, 135 (1), 440-450
• Shwartz, M., Cohen, A., Restuccia, J., Ren, Z., Labonte, A., Theokary, C., Kang, R., Horwitt, J. (2011). "How Well Can We Identify the High-Performing Hospital?", Medical Care Research and Review, 68 (3), 290-310
• Theokary, C., Ren, Z. (2011). "An Empirical Study of the Relations Between Hospital Volume, Teaching Status, and Service Quality", Production and Operations Management, 20 (3), 303-318
• Ren, Z., Wang, X. (2011). "How High-Performing Organizations Manage Disruptions", Tsinghua Business Review 115-120
• Ren, Z., Cohen, M., Ho, T., Terwiesch, C. (2010). "Information Sharing in a Long-Term Supply Chain Relationship: The Role of Customer Review Strategy", Operations Research, 58 (1), 81-93
• Shwartz, M., Ren, J., Pekoz, E., Wang, X., Cohen, A., Restuccia, J. (2008). "Estimating a composite measure of hospital quality from the hospital compare database - Differences when using a Bayesian hierarchical latent variable model versus denominator-based weights", Medical Care, 46 (8), 778-785
• Ren, Z., Zhou, Y. (2008). "Call center outsourcing: Coordinating staffing level and service quality", Management Science, 54 (2), 369-383
• Terwiesch, C., Ren, Z., Ho, T., Cohen, M. (2005). "An empirical analysis of forecast sharing in the semiconductor equipment supply chain", Management Science, 51 (2), 208-220
• Cohen, M., Ho, T., Ren, Z., Terwiesch, C. (2003). "Measuring imputed cost in the semiconductor equipment supply chain", Management Science, 49 (12), 1653-1670
• Ren, Z., Stuebi, R., Adukonu, E., Wang, P., Zhang, T."Bringing Power and Progress to Africa: Research Review and Agenda-Setting for African Electricity Sector Advancement",
• Ren, Z., Fox-Penner, P., Jermain, D., Wang, P."THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION: The State of Transformation in China, the USA, and the World",

SELECTED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

• Ren, Z. MELTING THE ICE: The Critical Role of Public Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles, Research on Tap, Boston, 2019
• Wang, X. , Ren, Z. A Social Media Analysis of Measles’ Outbreak in 2018-2019, INFORMS annual meeting 2019, Seattle, 2019
• Ren, Z. MELTING THE ICE: The Critical Role of Public Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles, 3R Revolution Regional Roundtable, Boston, 2019
• Ren, Z. Mapping EV-Readiness for Cities, Digital Data Blitz, Boston, 2019
• Karimi, E. , Graves, S. , Ren, Z. Ship-pack Optimization in a Two-echelon Distribution System with Product Obsolescence, 2018 INFORMS MSOM Conference, INFORMS, Dallas TX, 2018
• Ren, Z. , Karimi, E. , Graves, S. Ship-Pack Optimization at Large Retailers, Consortium for Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER), Harvard Business School, Boston, 2017