Soo Haeng Cho

PHONE

412-268-5744

OFFICE

POS - Posner Hall - Room 370

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Operations Management

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles - Ph D - 2008
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MS - 2001
Seoul National University - BS - 1999

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Supply chain management, global operations strategy, healthcare operations, innovation management

USEFUL LINKS

Personal Website

PUBLICATIONS

• Incentives in contests with heterogeneous solvers

(author(s): Ersin Korpeoglu, Soo-Haeng Cho) Management Science

• Newsvendor mergers

(author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Xin Wang) Management Science

• Optimal award scheme in innovation tournaments

(author(s): Laurence Ales, Soo-Haeng Cho, Ersin Korpeoglu) Operations Research

• Contracting for on-time delivery in the U.S. influenza vaccine supply chain

(author(s): Tinglong Dai, Soo-Haeng Cho, Fuqiang Zhang) Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 18(3), 2016; 332-346

• Aggregating smallholder farmers for alleviating poverty in emerging economies: models and analyses

(author(s): Jaehyung An, Soo-Haeng Cho, Christopher Tang) Production & Operations Management 24(9), 2015; 1414-1429

• Combating strategic counterfeiters in licit and illicit supply chains

(author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Xin Fang, Sridhar Tayur) Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 17(3), 2015; 273-289

• Simultaneous location of trauma centers and helicopters for emergency medical service planning

(author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Hoon Jang, Taesik Lee, John Turner) Operations Research 62(4), 2014; 751-771

• Stability and endogenous formation of inventory transshipment networks

(author(s): Xin Fang, Soo-Haeng Cho) Operations Research 62(6), 2014; 1316-1334

• Capacity allocation under retail competition: uniform and competitive allocations

(author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Christopher Tang) Operations Research 62(1), 2014; 72-80

• Horizontal mergers in multitier decentralized supply chains

Management Science 60(2), 2014; 338-355

• Advance selling in a supply chain under uncertain supply and demand

(author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Christopher Tang) Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 15(2), 2013; 305-319

• A large U.S. retailer selects transportation carriers under diesel price uncertainty

(author(s): John Turner, Ben Peterson, Soo-Haeng Cho, Sunder Kekre, Alan Scheller-Wolf) Interfaces 4(42), 2012; 365-379

• The optimal composition of influenza vaccines subject to random production yields

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 12(2), 2010; 256-277

• Optimal pricing and rebate strategies in a two-level supply chain

(author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Kevin McCardle, Christopher Tang) Production and Operations Management 18(4), 2009; 426-446

• The adoption of multiple dependent technologies

(author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Kevin McCardle) Operations Research 57(1), 2009; 157-169

• A simulation-based process model for managing complex design projects

(author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Steven Eppinger) IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 52(3), 2005; 316-328

WORKING PAPERS

• Combating child labor: incentives and information disclosure in global supply chains

(author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Xin Fang, Sridhar Tayur, Ying Xu)

• Cooperative approaches to managing social responsibility in supply chains: joint auditing and information sharing

(author(s): Xin Fang, Soo-Haeng Cho)

• Green technology development and adoption: competition, regulation, and uncertainty - a global game approach

(author(s): Xin Wang, Soo-Haeng Cho, Alan Scheller-Wolf)

• Healthcare supply chain: Improving efficiency through contract redesign
  Handbook of Healthcare Analytics: Theoretical Minimum for Conducting 21st Century Research on Healthcare Operations

(author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Hui Zhao)

• Innovation tournaments with multiple contributors

(author(s): Laurence Ales, Soo-Haeng Cho, Ersin Korpeoglu)

• Supply chain expansion and integration

(author(s): Gizem Korpeoglu, Ersin Korpeoglu, Soo-Haeng Cho)

AWARDS AND HONORS

• INFORMS - INFORMS TIMES (Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section) Doctoral Dissertation Award - Dissertation Co-Chair of Ersin Körpeoğlu (2016)
• INFORMS Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Journal - Meritorious Service Award from Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2016)
• POMS College of Supply Chain Management - Finalist for POMS College of Supply Chain Management Best Student Paper (2015)
• Production & Operations Management Society - Runner-Up for the Wickham Skinner Early-Career Research Accomplishments Award (2015)
• POMS College of Sustainable Operations - The Third Prize for POMS College of Sustainable Operations Best Student Paper (2015)
• INFORMS Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Journal - Meritorious Service Award from Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2015)
• INFORMS Health Applications Society - The William Pierskalla Best Paper Award from INFORMS Health Applications Society (2014)
• INFORMS M&SOM - Finalist for INFORMS M&SOM Best Paper Award (2013)
• The Lave-Weil Prize from Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (2013)
• Berkman Faculty Development Fund from Carnegie Mellon University (2012)
• The William Pierskalla Runner Up Award from INFORMS Health Applications Society (2012)
• INFORMS M&SOM Society - M&SOM Meritorious Service Award (2012)
• Carnegie Mellon University - Berkman Faculty Development Fund (2009)
• INFORMS Decision Analysis Society - Finalist Award from INFORMS Decision Analysis Society Student Paper Competition (2007)
• INFORMS M&SOM Society - Second Prize from INFORMS M&SOM Student Paper Competition (2007)
• The American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Xerox/DTM Best Paper Award at the 13th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (2001)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• Tepper Strategic Planning Committee for Experience, Committee Member (2016 - )
• Member of Masters Educational Affairs Committee, Committee Member (2012 - )
• OM Faculty Recruiting, Committee Member (2015 - 2016)
• Operations Management Seminar Series, Workshop Organizer (2014 - 2015)
• OM Faculty Recruiting, Committee Member (2014 - 2015)
• Judge, 17th International Operations Case Competition (2012 - 2012)
• Gerald L. Thompson Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee, Committee Member (2012 - 2012)
• The 16th International Operations Case Competition, Faculty Advisor
• Judge, 15th International Operations Case Competition

PUBLIC SERVICE

• Arthur D. Little (2001 - 2003)
• Ford Motor Company (2000 - 2000)
• U. S. Army (1996 - 1998)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Associate Editor, Operations Research (2018 -)
• Associate Editor, Management Science (2017 -)
• Associate Editor, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2015 -)
• Editorial Review Board Member, Production & Operations Management (2015 -)
• Judge, INFORMS Health Applications Society, 2017 Pierskalla Award Committee (July 2017 - October 2017)
• Judge, POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management, Best Paper Competition (February 2017 - April 2017)
• Judge, POMS College of Supply Chain Management, Best Student Paper Competition (February 2017 - April 2017)
• Judge, INFORMS Health Applications Society, 2016 Pierskalla Award Committee (July 2016 - November 2016)
• Judge, INFORMS M&SOM Society, INFORMS M&SOM Best Student Paper Competition (July 2016 - November 2016)
• Judge, POMS College of Supply Chain Management, Best Student Paper Competition (February 2016 - May 2016)
• Session Chair, The 27th Annual POMS Conference (February 2016 - May 2016)
• Conference Paper Reviewer, M&SOM Sustainable Operations SIG Conference (February 2016 - March 2016)
• Session Chair, INFORMS Annual Meeting (November 2015 - November 2015)
• Committee Chair, INFORMS Health Applications Society, 2015 Pierskalla Award Committee (March 2015 - November 2015)
• Judge, INFORMS M&SOM Society, INFORMS M&SOM Best Student Paper Competition (July 2015 - October 2015)
• Judge, POMS College of Supply Chain Management, Best Student Paper Competition (February 2015 - May 2015)
• Judge, INFORMS M&SOM Society, INFORMS M&SOM Student Paper Competition (July 2014 - October 2014)
• Program Organizer, INFORMS M&SOM Society, The 2014 M&SOM Sustainable Operations SIG conference (January 2014 - June 2014)
• Session Chair, The 25th Annual POMS Conference (February 2014 - May 2014)

COURSES TAUGHT

• Operations Strategy (45864) 2017 Mini 4 Section: A, E, M
  2016 Mini 4 Section: A, E, M
  2015 Mini 4 Section: A, E
  2014 Mini 4 Section: A, E
  2013 Mini 3 Section: A, E

• Innovative and Sustainable Operations (47766) 2016 Mini 1 Section: A

• Dynamic Programming (47840) 2014 Mini 2 Section: A
  2012 Mini 2 Section: A
  2010 Mini 2 Section: A
  2008 Mini 2 Section: A

• OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (70371) 2013 Section: A, B

• Operations Strategy (45835) 2012 Mini 3 Section: A, E

• Production/Operations Management (70371) 2011 Section: A, B, A
  2009 Section: A, B, A

• Strategic Management of Operations (45835) 2011 Mini 3 Section: A, E

• Operations Management Project (45839) 2009 Mini 4 Section: A