Lai Wei

Lai Wei is an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at the Carroll School of Management, Boston College. She received her Ph.D. in Technology & Operations at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. She also holds a bachelor degree in Economics from Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

Her research focuses on retail management. She is a problem-driven researcher and her research topics are motivated by emerging retail practice and customer behavior. Specifically, she has worked on the following topics: (1) omni-channel and e-commerce logistics, (2) inventory management, and (3) product strategy and pricing analytics.

Department

• Business Analytics

PUBLICATIONS

• Lai Wei, Roman Kapuscinski, and Stefanus Jasin “Shipping Consolidation across Two Warehouses with Delivery Deadline and Expedited Options for E-commerce and Omnichannel Retailers”.

• Lai Wei, Stefanus Jasin, and Linwei Xin. “On the Deterministic Approximation of Lost-Sales Inventory System with Sequential Probabilistic Service Level Constraint”.

EDUCATION

• B.A., Antai College of Economics & Management
• Ph.D., Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

RESEARCH INTERESTS

omni-channel and e-commerce logistics, inventory management, and product strategy and pricing analytics