Dr. CHEN Liwen (陳立文)

PhD - Operations Management (The University of Texas at Austin)
MSc - Computer Science (National University of Singapore)
BSc - Applied Mathematics (Tsinghua University)             

Former

Author IDs

Biography

Dr. Liwen Chen joined the Marketing Department in July 2010. Previously he has taught in Appalachian State University as Visiting Assistant Professor and The University of Texas at Austin as Assistant Instructor. Dr. Chen received his PhD in Operations Management from The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests are Supply Chain Management and Operations Management and Marketing Interface research.

Qualifications/Experiences

Faculty Positions

Period

Department - Institution

Position

2010 - Now

Marketing - City University of Hong Kong

Assistant Professor

2004 - 2010

Information, Risk & Operations Management - The University of Texas at Austin

Teaching Assistant

2007 - 2008

Computer Information Systems - Appalachian State University

Visiting Assistant Professor

7/2007 - 8/2007

Information, Risk & Operations Management - The University of Texas at Austin

Assistant Instructor

 Working Experience

  • 2002 - 2004 Co-Founder and CEO, Beijing WebNewVision High-Tech Limited
  • 2001 - 2004 Co-Founder and CEO, Beijing Lyang Technology Co. Ltd
  • 2000 - 2001 Project Leader / Systems Analyst, Abacus International (Singapore)

Research Interests/Areas

  • Supply Chain Management
  • Operations Management - Marketing Interface
  • Distribution Channel / Pricing / Advertising / Retailing Management
  • E-commerce

Working Papers

  • Liwen Chen, Steve Gilbert, Yusen Xia (2010), "Competition and Long Capacity Lead Time: When and Why They can Be Good News to Firms?".
  • Liwen Chen, Yunchuan Liu, Steve Gilbert (2010), "Retailer Brand: To Keep It Private or Not?".

Services in CityU

Period

Name

Position

2011 - Now

Committee Against Sexual Harassment

Member

3/2013 - 2/2014

MBA Programme, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong

Assistant Director, China Market and Industry Relationship

Supervisory Experience

  • 2013 DBA Thesis - Qualifying Panel Member
  • 2013 DBA Thesis - Qualifying Panel Member
  • 8/2011 MBA Project - Supervising 4 MBA students
  • 2011 DBA Thesis - Qualifying Panel Member

Services outside CityU

External Academic Activities

Period

Organizer

Country

Role

2013 - Now

International Journal of Production Research

United Kingdom

Ad hoc reviewer

2011 - Now

Production & Operations Management

United States of America

Ad hoc reviewer

2010 - Now

European Journal of Operational Research

United Kingdom

Ad hoc reviewer

2010 - Now

INFORMS

United States of America

Blogger

2009 - Now

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Annual Meeting

United States of America

Ad hoc reviewer

Activities

Consultancy

Consultancy Experience and Executive Training

9/2013 - 4/2014

Human Health

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2013 - 4/2014

Radica Systems

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2013 - 4/2014

Sealed Air

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2012 - 3/2013

DBA Program, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong

Supervising student consultancy project

9/2012 - 3/2013

EMBA Program, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong

Supervising student consultancy project

9/2012 - 3/2013

East West Hospitality Group

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2012 - 3/2013

Human Health

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2012 - 3/2013

Gimmick House Limited

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2012 - 3/2013

Suzuran Bed (HK) Limited

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2012 - 3/2013

GP Acoustics (Hong Kong) Limited

GP Acoustics (Hong Kong) Limiteds

9/2011 - 3/2012

ALK ABELLO A/S

Supervising student consultancy project

9/2011 - 3/2012

Diversey Hong Kong Limited

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2011 - 3/2012

Yahoo! Hong Kong Limited

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2011 - 3/2012

Talika and Marketing (HK) Limited

Supervising student consultancy project

9/2011 - 3/2012

Tresor Group

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2011 - 3/2012

Yinger Fashion Group

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2011 - 3/2012

Yitian Group

Supervising student consultancy projects

9/2011 - 3/2012

Dental Bauhinia

Supervising student consultancy project

9/2011 - 3/2012

Shenzhen Xiangyunsha Trading Co., Ltd.

Supervising student consultancy project

1/2011 - 6/2011

Pearson Education Asia Ltd.

Supervising student consultancy projects

1/2011 - 6/2011

Zinch China

Supervising student consultancy projects

1/2011 - 6/2011

Nu Skin China

Supervising student consultancy projects

1/2011 - 6/2011

深圳众一国际旅行社

Supervising student consultancy projects

1/2011 - 6/2011

安徽安凯汽车股份有限公司

Supervising student consultancy project

10/2010 - 2/2011

Car2Go

Supervising student consultancy project

2007

Electric Reliability Council of Texas

Consultant

2005

Chevron Energy Solutions

UT-Chevron Operations Practicum

Prizes/Honours

  • 2011 Best Paper Award - Decision Sciences Institute