Prof. SHUM Stephen Wan Hang
岑運亨教授
Dean (CB)
Professor
Address
12-232, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Phone
+852 34428571
Email
Qualifications
PhD - Operations Research (MIT)
BSc - Electrical Engineering (UCLA)
BSc - Mathematics (UCLA)
Biography
Professor Stephen Shum is currently Interim Dean for College of Business. He has been Associate Provost for the University and Associate Dean for the Colleage of Business. He conducts research in
- Strategic Supply Chain Management and Resilience
- Customer-Centric Pricing and Inventory Management
- Public Policy, Sustainability, and Socially-Beneficial Operations
- Information Economics and Omni-Channel Operations
He has received RGC GRF grant for numerous research projects. He was awarded the Dean's Research Excellence Award in 2019 and the College of Business Teaching Excellence Award in 2020. He is an Associate Editor of Naval Research Logistics and Journal of the Operations Research Society, and he is on the Editorial Review Board of Produciton and Operations Management.
Professor Shum received his PhD in Operations Research from MIT. Prior to that, he received his BSc degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from UCLA. He enjoys cooking during his free time.
Research Grants
PI: "Supply Chain Management Under Panic Buying and Hoarding", General Research Grant - Hong Kong Research Grants Council, (2022-2023), Stephen Shum
PI: "Dynamic Sourcing Management with Quality Uncertainty and Consumer Learning", General Research Fund - Hong Kong Research Grants Council, (2019-2021), Stephen Shum
PI: "Inventory Management with Scarcity Effect and Lost-Sales", General Research Fund - Hong Kong Research Grants Council, (2017-2019), Stephen Shum
PI: "Just-in-Time, Cost Uncertainty and Strategic Customers", General Research Fund - Hong Kong Research Grants Council, (2014-2016), Shum, Chen and Liu
PI: "Supply Chain Contracting and Customer Substitution Behavior under Retail Competition", General Research Fund - Hong Kong Research Grants Council, (2011-2014), Shum and Liu
PI: "Contracting, Renegotiation and Competition in Supply Chains", General Research Fund - Hong Kong Research Grants Council, (2008-2010), Shum and Simchi-Levi
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Publications
Journal Publications and Reviews
Zhao, Xiaoyan; Lo, Venus; Shum, Stephen / Improving Affordability and Accessibility for Socially-Beneficial Services via Government Incentives. May 2026; In: Naval Research Logistics.
Gao, Yuanhao; Liu, Guangwu; Shum, Stephen / Supply chain flexibility with link disruptions. January 2026; In: Operations Research Letters. Vol. 64
Jahangiri, Ladan; Shum, Stephen; Pfeiffer, Dirk U.; Leung, Chi Fai; P. Marques, Ana Rita; St-Hilaire, Sophie / An economic model to assess biosecurity management strategies for marine fish farms in Hong Kong SAR. March 2023; In: Aquaculture. Vol. 567
Lei, Yong; Liu, Qian; Shum, Stephen / Managing return policies with consumer resale. March 2022; In: Naval Research Logistics. Vol. 69, No. 2, pp. 241-256
Wang, Jiayun; Shum, Stephen; Feng, Gengzhong / Supplier's pricing strategy in the presence of consumer reviews. January 2022; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 296, No. 2, pp. 570-586
Lu, Jizhou; Feng, Gengzhong; Shum, Stephen; Lai, Kin Keung / On the value of information sharing in the presence of information errors. November 2021; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 294, No. 3, pp. 1139-1152
Zhang, Tao; Li, Gang; Cheng, T. C. Edwin; Shum, Stephen / Consumer Inter-Product Showrooming and Information Service Provision in an Omni-Channel Supply Chain. October 2020; In: Decision Sciences. Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 51
Lei, Yong; Liu, Qian; Shum, Stephen / Warranty pricing with consumer learning. December 2017; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 263, No. 2, pp. 596-610
Shum, Stephen; Tong, Shilu; Xiao, Tingting / On the impact of uncertain cost reduction when selling to strategic customers. March 2017; In: Management Science. Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 843-860
Chen, Xin; Hu, Peng; Shum, Stephen; Zhang, Yuhan / Dynamic stochastic inventory management with reference price effects. November 2016; In: Operations Research. Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 1529-1536
Hu, Peng; Shum, Stephen; Yu, Man / Joint inventory and markdown management for perishable goods with strategic consumer behavior. January 2016; In: Operations Research. Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 118-134
Chen, Xin; Shum, Stephen; Simchi-Levi, David / Stable and coordinating contracts for a supply chain with multiple risk-averse suppliers. March 2014; In: Production and Operations Management. Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 379-392
Liu, Qian; Shum, Stephen / Pricing and capacity rationing with customer disappointment aversion. September 2013; In: Production and Operations Management. Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 1269-1286
Chen, Ying-Ju; Shum, Stephen; Xiao, Wenqiang / Should an OEM retain component procurement when the CM produces competing products?. September 2012; In: Production and Operations Management. Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 907-922
Other Outputs
岑運亨; 陳家樂; 黃敏剛 / 香港城市大學商學院—了解世界 裝備自己. June 2025; GCEO思考圖譜.
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