- Faculty
Li Chen
- Emerson Professor of Manufacturing Management
- Area Chair for Operations, Technology, and Information Management
- Department Editor, Production and Operations Management
- Faculty Fellow, Cornell Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society
Biography
Li Chen is the Emerson Professor of Manufacturing Management and professor of operations, technology, and information management in the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. He currently serves as the Area Chair for Operations, Technology and Information Management at SC Johnson.
Chen’s research interests include supply chain management, operations strategy, and data-driven analytics. He has published research works in top-tier journals in the operations management field such as Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Production and Operations Management, where he also serves as a department editor. He is a coauthor of a freely available text analytics R package named STS. Prior to his academic appointments, Chen was a cofounder and lead scientist at TrueDemand Software. He earned his PhD in management science and engineering from Stanford University.
Education
PhD Stanford University, 2005
Research
- Chen, Li; Lee, Hau; Yao, Shiqing. "Tariffs and Supply Chain Diversification under Scale Economies"Production and Operations Management. (forthcoming).
- Chen, Li; Cui, Yao; Liu, Jingchen; Liu, Xiaoyan. "Bonus Competition in the Gig Economy"Production and Operations Management. 35.5 (2026): 1729-1746
- Chen, Li; Lee, Hau; Yao, Shiqing. "Ultra-Fresh Fashion: Creating Demand with Freshness and Agility"Management Science. 72.4 (2026): 3371-3389
- Chen, Li; Mankad, Shawn. "A Structural Topic and Sentiment-Discourse Model for Text Analysis"Management Science. 71.7 (2025): 5767–5787
- Bae, Junhyun; Chen, Li; Yao, Shiqing. "Service Capacity and Price Promotion Wars"Management Science. 68.12 (2022): 8757-8772
- Chen, Li. "Fixing Phantom Stockouts: Optimal Data-Driven Shelf Inspection Policies"Production and Operations Management. 30.3 (2021): 689-702
- Chen, Li; Lee, Hau. "Sourcing Under Supplier Responsibility Risk: The Effects of Certification, Audit, and Contingency Payment"Management Science. 63.9 (2017): 2795–2812
- Chen, Li; Lee, Hau. "Bullwhip Effect Measurement and Its Implications"Operations Research. 60.4 (2012): 771-784
- Chen, Li. "Bounds and Heuristics for Optimal Bayesian Inventory Control with Unobserved Lost Sales"Operations Research. 58.2 (2010): 396-413
- Chen, Li; Lee, Hau. "Information Sharing and Order Variability Control under a Generalized Demand Model"Management Science. 55.5 (2009): 781-797
Awards
- Best Teaching Award (2023) Cornell-Tsinghua Finance MBA Program
- Faculty Research Award (2022) Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
- Best Teaching Award (2022) Cornell-Tsinghua Finance MBA Program