Meng Li

Meng Li is a professor and holds the positions of founder and director of the Bauer Human-Centered AI Lab, SCM PhD coordinator, and endowed C.T. Bauer Professor of AI at C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston. His recent research interests revolve around human-centered AI. His research contributions have been published in esteemed journals, including Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, Strategic Management Journal, and Nature Sustainability. Additionally, he serves as a Special Issue co-Editor and Senior Editor for Production and Operations Management, a Special Issue co-Editor for Journal of Operations Management, and a Special Issue co-Editor and Department Editor for Decision Sciences Journal. He has secured research funding from notable companies like Shell and HPE.

Education

Ph.D., Operations Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2013

Research Interests

• Managerial Behavior
• Human-Algorithm Interaction

Academic Honors and Awards

• Global Business Management Award, IEOM Conference, 2023
• Lucile and Leroy Melcher Excellence in Research Award, 2023
• Shell Sustainbility Research Grant ($100,000), 2022
• Runners-up for the INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper, 2022
• Best paper for the POMS College of Operational Excellence Best Paper Competition, 2022
• Finalist for the 2021 MSOM Service Management SIG award, 2021
• Rutgers Research Council Award, Rutgers University, 2020
• Catalyst Grant from the Provost’s Fund for Research, Rutgers University, 2020
• Second Place of JFIG Paper Competition, 2019
• Finalist of 2019 Informs Best Service Science Paper Award, 2019

Publications

• Baixun Li, Meng Li, Chao Liang, "Cry-wolf syndrome in recommendation," Production and Operations Management, forthcoming.
• Meng Li, Yan Liu, "Managerial regret and inventory pricing," Management Science, forthcoming.
• Meng Li, Yunchuan Liu, "Beneficial product returns in supply chains," Production and Operations Management, forthcoming.
• Ruomeng Cui, Meng Li, Shichen Zhang, "AI and procurement," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, forthcoming.
• Meng Li, Tao Li, "AI automation and retailer regret in supply chains," Production and Operations Management, 2022, 31(1), 83-97.
• Ruomeng Cui, Jingyun Li, Meng Li, Lili Yu, "Wholesale price discrimination in global sourcing," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2021, 23(5), 1096-1117
• Jialu Li, Meng Li, Xuan Zhao, "Transshipment between overconfident newsvendors," Production and Operations Management, 2021, 30(9), 2803-2813.
• Ruomeng Cui, Meng Li, Qiang Li, "Value of high-quality logistics: Evidence from a clash between SF Express and Alibaba," Management Science, 2020, 66 (9), 3879-3902
• Meng Li, "Overconfident distribution channels," Production and Operations Management, 2019, 28(6), 1347-1365.
• Xianjin Du, Meng Li, Brian Wu, "Incumbent repositioning with decision biases," Strategic Management Journal, 2019, 40(12), 1984-2010
• Meng Li, Nicholas Petruzzi, "Technical Note—Demand uncertainty reduction in decentralized supply chains," Production and Operations Management, 2017, 26(1), 156-161.
• Meng Li, Nicholas Petruzzi, Jun Zhang, "Overconfident competing newsvendors," Management Science, 2017, 63(8), 2637-2646.
• Alain Bensoussan, Metin Çakanyildirim, Meng Li, Suresh P. Sethi, "Managing inventory with cash register information: Sales recorded but not demands," Production and Operations Management, 2016, 25(1), 9-21.