Ruxian Wang portrait

Ruxian Wang, PhD

Professor
Academic AreaOperations Management & Business Analytics
Academic AreaInnovation & Entrepreneurship
Areas of InterestOperations Management, Data Analytics, Revenue Management and Pricing, Discrete Choice Models

Ruxian Wang is a Professor of Operations Management & Business Analytics at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Prior to joining JHU Carey, he worked in Hewlett-Packard Company for several years as a research scientist. His research and teaching interests include revenue management and pricing, discrete choice models, data-driven decision making, assortment planning, operations management, and supply chain management. His articles have appeared in several flagship journals in these fields, such as Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research, and Production and Operations Management.

Education

  • Ph. D, Operations Research, Columbia University
  • M.Phil., Operations Research, Columbia University
  • MS, Applied Mathematics, Nanjing University
  • BS, Applied Mathematics, Nanjing University

Research

Selected publications

  • Wang, R. 2022. “The Threshold Effects on Consumer Choice and Pricing Decisions," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24 (1) 448 – 466
  • Wang, R. 2022. “What Is the Impact of Non-Randomness on Random Choice Models?" Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24 (1) 485 – 503
  • Wang, R. 2021. “Discrete Choice Models and Applications in Operations Management", INFORMS 2021 TutORials in Operations Research, (2021) 199 - 226
  • Wang, R., M. Dada, O. Sahin. 2019. "Pricing Ancillary Service Subscriptions," Management Science, 65 (10) 4712 – 4732
  • Wang, R. 2018. "When Prospect Theory Meets Consumer Choice Models: Assortment and Pricing Management with Reference Prices," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 20 (3) 583 – 600
  • Wang, R., O. Sahin. 2018. "The Impact of Consumer Search Cost on Assortment Planning and Pricing," Management Science, 64 (8) 3649 – 3666
  • Wang, R., Z. Wang. 2017. "Consumer Choice Models with Endogenous Network Effects," Management Science, 63 (11) 3944 – 3960
  • Gallego, G., R. Wang. 2014. "Multi-Product Price Optimization and Competition under the Nested Logit Model with Product-Differentiated Price Sensitivities," Operations Research, 62 (2) 450 – 461

Teaching

Current

  • Data Analytics

Previous

  • Operations Management

Honors and distinctions

  • Senior Editor for the Production and Operations Management (POM) Journal, 2019 –
  • Secretary/Treasurer of the INFORMS Revenue Management & Pricing (RM&P), 2020 – 2021
  • Panelist for National Science Foundation (NSF), 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Outstanding Service Award, the Production and Operations Management Society, 2019
  • Teaching Innovation Fund Award, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, 2018
  • Management Science Meritorious Service Award, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
  • M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021
  • Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • Rustgi Family Fund in Entrepreneurship, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, 2021
  • The Black & Decker Research Fund, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, 2014, 2017
  • Practice Award of the INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section, 2012