Tao Lu

Associate Professor

Operations and Information Management

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Education/Professional Certification

Ph.D., 2016, M.Phil., 2013, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
BBA,  2011, Beijing Jiaotong University

Biography

Tao Lu is an associate professor at the Department of Operations and Information Management, University of Connecticut. Prior to joining UConn, he taught at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University in the Netherlands. His research interests lie broadly in supply chain management, transport logistics, gig economy platforms, sustainable and socially responsible operations. His work has been published (or forthcoming) in premier academic journals such as Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research, Information Systems Research, Production and Operations Management, and Transportation Science. He is serving as an Associate Editor of the Service Science journal. 

Selected Publications

Tao Lu and Brian Tomlin. Credible cheap-talk communication of private demand information on both the forecast average and accuracy. Management Science. Forthcoming. 

Tao Lu. Can a supplier’s yield risk be truthfully communicated via cheap talk?   Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Forthcoming. 

X. Lin, Tao Lu, X. Wang, G. Kou. Mergers between on-demand service platforms: The impact on consumer surplus and labor welfare.  Information Systems Research. Forthcoming.

Tao Lu and Brian Tomlin (2023). Forewarned is forearmed? Contingent sourcing, shipment information and supplier competition.  Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 25(5): 1796-1813.

Tao Lu, Zhichao Zheng and Yuanguang Zhong (2023). Maximizing the benefits of an on-demand workforce: Fill rate-based allocation and coordination mechanisms.  Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 25 (6), 2216-2232. 

Tao Lu and Brian Tomlin (2022). Sourcing from a self-reporting supplier: Strategic communication of social responsibility in a supply chain. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(2), 902-920.

Alberto Giudici, Tao Lu, Clemens Thielen, Rob Zuidwijk (2021). An analysis of the stability of hinterland container transport cooperation. Transportation Science 55(5):1170-1186

Tao Lu, Ying-Ju Chen, Jan C. Fransoo and Chung-Yee Lee (2020). Shipping to heterogeneous customers with competing carriers. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 22(4): 850-867. 

Tao Lu, Chung-Yee Lee and Loo-Hay Lee (2020). Coordinating pricing and empty container repositioning in two-depot systems. Transportation Science 54(6):1697–1713.

Tao Lu, Ying-Ju Chen, Brian Tomlin and Yimin Wang (2019). Selling co-products through a distributor: The impact on product line design. Production and Operations Management 28(4): 1010-1032. 

Tao Lu, Jan C. Fransoo and Chung-Yee Lee (2017). Carrier portfolio management for shipping seasonal products. Operations Research 65(5), 1250-1266.