• Phone: 617-383-9196
  • E-Mail:  ren@bu.edu
  • Website: http://smgpublish.bu.edu/ren/
  • Office: 655
    • Office Hours: By Appointment
  • Address: Boston University School of Management
    595 Commonwealth Avenue
    Boston, MA 02215
  • Education Open or Close

    Ph D, The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania, Operations and Information Management, 2003.

    MS, The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania, Operations Research, 2001.

    MA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Applied and Agricultural Economics, 1998.

    BS, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, Business and Economics with Honors, 1995.

  • Current CoursesOpen or Close

    GSM OM725 B1 Creating Value Through Operations and Technology

    GSM OM725 C1 Creating Value Through Operations and Technology

  • PublicationsOpen or Close

    Journal Articles:

      Wang, X., Ren, Z., (2013). A Tale of Two Games: Global Strategies of Multinational Companies in China’s E-commerce Market (Cover Story).

      Wang, X., Ren, Z., (2012). How to Enter China’s E-commerce Market and Be Successful. Sloan Management Review, 54(1), . MIT..

      Robb , D., Fei, L., Lai, R., Ren, Z., (2012). Inventory in Mainland China: Historical, Industry, and Geographic Perspectives. International Journal of Production Economics, 135(1), 440-450. Elsevier..

      Griffiths, F., Cave, J., Boardman, F., Ren, Z. J., Pawlikowska, T., Ball, R., Clarke, A., Cohen, A. B., (2012). Social Networks - the Future for Health Care Delivery.. Social Science & Medicine, 75(12), 2233-2241. Elsevier..

      Ren, Z., Wen, N., Graves, S., (2012). Ship-Pack Optimization in a Two-Echelon Distribution System. European Journal of Operational Research, 220(3), 777-785. Elsevier.

      Ren, Z., Theokary, C., (2011). An Empirical Study of the Relations between Hospital Volume, Teaching Status and Service Quality. Production and Operations Management, 20(3), 303–318. Wiley..

      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. Sage.

      Ren, Z., Wang, X., (2011). How High-Performing Organizations Manage Disruptions (invited paper; in Chinese). Tsinghua Business Review , 1(1-2), 115-120. Tsinghua University..

      Ren, Z., Cohen, M., Ho, T., Terwiesch, C., (2010). Information Sharing in a Long-Term Supply ChainRelationship: The Role of Customer Review Strategy. Operations Research, 58(1), 81-93. INFORMS..

      Ren, Z., Zhou, Y., (2008). Call-center Outsourcing: Coordinating Staffing Level and Service Quality. Management Science, 54(2), 369-383. Hanover, MD.

      Shwartz, M., Ren, Z., 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., Cohen, M., Ho, T., Terwiesch, C., (2005). An Empirical Analysis of Forecast Sharing in the Semiconductor Equipment Industry. Management Science, 51(2), 208-220. Hanover, MD.

      Ren, Z., (2003). An Empirical Analysis of Forecast Sharing in the Semiconductor Equipment Supply Chain. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 5(1), 70-73. Linthicum, MD.

      Ren, Z., Cohen, M., Ho, T., Terwiesch, C., (2003). Measuring Imputed Costs in the Semiconductor Equipment Supply Chain. Management Science, 49(12), 1653-1670. Hanover, MD.

    Book Chapters:

      Ren, Z., (2011). "Information Sharing in Supply Chains" Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. New York: Wiley.

      Ren, Z., Zhou, Y., (2011). "Service Outsourcing" Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. New York: Wiley.

  • General ServiceOpen or Close

    Service to the School:

      Boston University, Faculty Policy or Development, APT Member, approximately 40 hours spent for the year. (September 1, 2012 - Present).

      Boston University, Curriculum Development Activities, PDC Member, approximately 40 hours spent for the year. (September 1, 2011 - December 31, 2012).

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  • DirectorshipOpen or Close

    Board of Directors, Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute.

    President, Chinese Entrepreneur Association.