Education:

• Master of Science in Business Administration, Korea University Business School, August 2007
• Bachelor of Business Administration, Korea University Business School, August 2005

Research Interest:

• Service Operations Management
• Business and Information Technology
• Green Supply Chain

Education:

• M.S. in Information Management  (Arizona State University)
• M.S. in Agribusiness Marketing (Arizona State University)
• B.A. in Diplomacy and International Trade  (Foreign Affairs College)

Research Interests:

• Services Operations
• Services Outsourcing
• Self Service Technology
• Buyer-Supplier Relationships in Service Operations
• Social Network Theory

Progress towards Research and Publications:

• Li, M. and Choi, T. Y., 2009.  Triads in services outsourcing: Bridge, bridge decay and bridge transfer.  Journal of Supply Chain Management 45(3): 27-39.
• Li et al., 2009.  Inventory-A Double Edged Sword in Supply Chain Management, a chapter in the book series on Western Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences,  Renmin University Press, 2009, forthcoming.
• Barratt, M., Choi, T. Y., and Li, M.  Qualitative case studies in operations management: Trends and future research implications (1992-2007).  Revise and resubmit at Journal of Operations Management.
• Li, M., Choi, T.Y., Wang, Y.M., and Crawford, A.  Inter-customer interactions in self service setting: Implications for perceived service quality and repeat purchasing intentions.  Under review at Production and Operations Management.
• Li, M. and Choi, T.Y. Services Outsourcing Paradox: When to give away the core and when to keep the non-core?  Working Paper.

Awards and Recognitions:

• 2007 - Supply Chain Management Department Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship Award
• 2007 – Finalist for the Chen Hahn Best Paper Award by the Operation Management Division of the Academy of Management Conference.

Education:

• M.Eng., Industrial & Operations Engineering (Manufacturing focus), 2003, (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
• M.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, 2002, (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
• B.E., Mechanical Engineering, 1994, (Korea University, Seoul, Korea)

Research Areas:

• Buyer-supplier relationships, network embeddedness, supply chain & network design, supply chain strategy (supply base rationalization, supply chain integration), social network theory, social capital theory, organization theory, systems theory

Research in Progress :

• “Expanding the Buyer-Supplier Relationship Taxonomy: Integration of “Strong-Weak Tie” Concept,” Yoousoon Kim & Thomas Choi – Working paper
• “Re-thinking Buyer-Supplier Relationship: A Structural Embeddedness Perspective,” Yoousoon Kim & Thomas Choi – Working paper
• "Network Embeddedness Effects on Firm's Performance: Implications for Strategic Supplier Evaluation Practices," Yoousoon Kim & Thomas Choi - Working paper
• “The Structural Embeddedness View: Network Positional Strategy and Sources of Inter-organizational Competitive Advantage,” Yoousoon Kim – Working paper
• “Supply Base Rationalization: Theory-Building from Eight Cases,” Thomas Choi, Robert Monczka, Yoousoon Kim – Working paper

Publications:

• Choi, T.Y. and Kim, Y. “Structural Embeddedness and Supplier Management: A Network Perspective,” Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2008, 44 (4): 5-13.

Working Papers:

• Kim, Y., Choi, T.Y., Skilton, P. “The Relevance of Buyer-Supplier Relationship Structure for Innovation in the Supply Chain”
• Kim, Y., Choi, T.Y., Dooley, K., and Yan, T. “Structural Analysis of Supply Networks”
• “Supply Base Rationalization: Theory-Building from Eight Cases,” Thomas Choi, Robert Monczka, and Yusoon Kim.
• “Supply Networks and Relational Dynamics: Triads and Tetrads,” Yusoon Kim and Jamison Day.
• “Supply Triads and Performance Implications: Tertius Gaudens Versus Tertius Iungens,” Yusoon Kim.

Technical Report:

• “CAPS Report on Supply Base Rationalization: Toyota, BMW, IBM, Samsung, Pratt-Whitney, Raytheon, Eli Lilly, and Bristol-Meyers Squibb,” by Robert Monczka, Thomas Choi, and Yusoon Kim.  CAPS Research, Tempe, AZ.  Currently in the final phase of preparation.

Research Grant:

• “Buyer-Supplier Relationships at Toyota: A Network Embeddedness Perspective,” CAPS Research, $30,000, all direct expenses, Thomas Choi and Yusoon Kim, 2008-present.

Awards and Honors:

• First Prize Winner ($12,000), Doctoral Dissertation Grant Competition, Institute for Supply Management, 2009.
• Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Arizona State University, 2009.
• Distinguished SCM Doctoral Fellowship, Arizona State University, 2007-08.

Education:

• M.B.A., Finance and Real Estate, Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine 2007
• B.A., Honors Economics, University of California, Irvine 2005

Experience:

• Senior Consultant, Enterprise Risk Services at Deloitte.
  Consulted with firms in consumer business and health care industries on managing and reducing process risk with a focus on IT and ERP systems.
• Asurent Technologies
  Sales and asset management of cellular infrastructure and fiber optic network equipment.

Research Interests:

• Sustainability and supply management
• Supply network design, social network thory, and network embeddedness
• Buyer behavior and decision-making

Education:

• M.S. in Supply Engineering and Logistics, 2003 (The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK)
  • Project: Strategic technology management in large logistics providers: the case of information technology investments in TNT Logistics United Kingdom
• B.S. in Computer Sciences, 1996 (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
  • The UFMG Computer Sciences program was ranked #1 in Brazil in the year 1996

Experience:

• Co-founder and CEO of a high tech services provider for the motor transportation industry in Brazil
• Consulting services for large carriers and third-party logistics providers in Brazil
• Teaching at post-graduate level in Brazil

Research Areas:

• Supply Chain Integration
• IT for Supply Chain Management
• Transportation Management and Multi-modalism
• Inventory inaccuracy

Papers under review:

• Examining the Role of Brick-and-Mortar and Internet Retail Channels on Inventory Record Inaccuracy (with Mark Barratt and Elliot Rabinovich)
  • Production and Operations Management

Working papers:

• Interorganizational Integration and Operational Performance in the Logistics Triad: the Role of Interorganizational Systems Fit (with Elliot Rabinovich)
• A model of supply chain network failure: are e-markets and e-networks complements or substitutes?

Affiliations:

• Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
  • VP for Education, Arizona Roundtable, since Aug 2008
• Acting liaison for Arizona State University (ASU)
• Decision Sciences Institute

Education:

• B.Eng., Management Information System, 2003, (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law) Wuhan, China
• M.S.in progress, Management Science, 2004-2006, Thesis will be defended in 2008, (Fudan University) Shanghai, China
• Doctoral candidate, 2006-present, (Arizona State University), Tempe, AZ; Supply Chain Management major Dissertation title: Aligning actions and incentives in buyer-supplier product design

Research Areas:

• Buyer-supplier collaboration, new product innovation, bullwhip effect, strategic outsourcing, supply networks

Publications:

• “Inventory Management and the Bullwhip Effect during the Current Recession: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector”, Kevin Dooley, T. Yan, Srimathy Mohan and Mohan Gopalakrishnan, accepted for publication at Journal of Supply Chain Management.
•  “Entry timing in a secondary market: when to trade?” T. Yan and Kevin Dooley, accepted for publication at International Journal of Production Economics.
• “The procurement function’s role in strategic outsourcing from a process perspective,” J. Carter and T. Yan, 2007, Int. J. Procurement Management, Vol. 1, Nos. 1/2 (210-226)
• “How Procurement Managers View Low Cost Countries and Geographies: A Perceptual Mapping Approach,” J. Carter, Arnold Maltz, T. Yan and Elliot Maltz, 2008, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol. 38 (3): 224-243
• "The Application of System Dynamics in Managing Procurement Disruption Risk." T. Yan and Hongyu Li, 2006, System Engineering
• “The application of principal-agent model in choosing the right operation pattern in international franchising”. T. Yan and Hongyu Li, 2006, Logistic Science and Technology March, No.3, P.72-74 & 77
• “A multi-criterion method based on AHP used to classify inventory items”, T. Yan and Hongyu Li, 2005, Logistic Science and Technology, No.11, 2005, P.34-37

Submittals Under Review:

• “Managing Backlog Variation in Order Fulfillment: the Case of Internet Retailers”, T. Yan, Elliot Rabinovich, Kevin Dooley and Philip T. Evers, under review at IJPE.
• “The impact of eastern and western culture on supplier selection decision making”, J. Carter, Arnold Maltz, Elliot Maltz, Mark Goh and T. Yan, under review at Decision Science.
• “Structural Analysis of Supply Networks”, Yoousoon Kim, Thomas Choi, Kevin Dooley and T. Yan, Under review at Journal of Operations Management.

Presentations:

• “Buyer-supplier collaborative product design: an inter-firm alignment perspective”, Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Decision Science Institute, T. Yan (2009)
• "Entry timing in a secondary market: when to trade?" Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Decision Science Institute, T. Yan (2007)
• “Entry timing in a secondary market: when to trade?” Presentation at the Annual INFORMS conference, T. Yan (2007)

Scholarships and Grants:

• Distinguished Doctoral Student Fellowship, department of supply chain management, 2008-2009
• 2009-2010 ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Grant, $2000

Professional Affiliations:

• Decision Sciences Institute (DSI)
• Academy of Management (AOM)