Ke Fu is a Professor in School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University. Dr. Fu's research focuses on operations and supply chain management. He has published a number of research papers in such academic journals as Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management,  and Production and Operations Management. He is the principal investigator of five projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China. Dr. Fu received his Ph.D. degree from HKUST under the supervision of Professor Chung-Yee Lee.

Research Areas

Operations management, supply chain management, inventory management, remanufacturing, supply chain finance

Education

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, HKUST, Hong Kong, 2006

M.Phil., Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, HKUST, Hong Kong, 2001

B.S., Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China, 1999

Professional Experiences

Professor, School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University, 2022-

Head, Department of Management, Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University, 2019-2022

Professor, Department of Management, Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2013-2022

Associate Professor, Department of Logistics Engineering & Management, Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2008-2013

Assistant Professor, Department of Logistics Engineering & Management, Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2006-2008

Selected Publications 

Fu K*, Hsu VN, Lee C-Y. 2006. Inventory and Production Decisions for an Assemble-to-Order System with Uncertain Demand and Limited Assembly Capacity, Operations Research, 54(6), 1137–1150.

Fu K*, Hsu VN, Lee C-Y. 2009. Optimal Component Acquisition for a Single-product, Single-period Assemble-to-Order System with Expediting, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 11(2), 229–236.

Fu K, Hsu VN, Lee C-Y*. 2011. Approximation Methods for the Analysis of a Multi-component, Multi-product Assemble-to-order System,  Naval Research Logistics, 58(7), 685–704.

Miao Z, Yang F, Fu K*, Xu D. 2012. Transshipment service through crossdocks with both soft and hard time windows, Annals of Operations Research, 192(1), 21–47.

Fu K, Xu J, Miao Z. 2013. Newsvendor with Multiple Options of Expediting, European Journal of Operational Research, 226, 94–99.

Miao Z, Fu K*, Xia Z, Wang Y. 2017. Models for Closed-Loop Supply Chain with Trade-ins, Omega, 66, Part B, 308–326.

Miao Z, Mao H, Fu K*, Wang Y. 2018. Remanufacturing with trade-ins under carbon regulations, Computers and Operations Research, 89, 253–268.

Fu K, Gong X, Liang G*. 2019. Managing perishable inventory systems with product returns and remanufacturing, Production and Operations Management, 28(6), 1366-1386.

Fu K, Gong X, Hsu VN, Xue J*. 2021. Dynamic Inventory Management with Inventory-based Financing, Production and Operations Management, 30(5), 1313-1330.

Deng S, Fu K, Xu J*, Zhu K. 2021. The supply chain effects of trade credit under uncertain demands, Omega, 98, 102113, 1-13.

Hu S, Fu K, Wu T*. 2021. The role of consumer behavior and power structures in coping with shoddy goods, Transportation Research Part E, 155, 102482.

Fu K, Wang C, Xu J*. 2022. The impact of trade credit on information sharing in a supply chain, Omega, 110, 102633, 1-13.

Fu K, Li Y*, Mao H*, Miao Z*. 2022. Firms' production and green technology strategies: the role of emission asymmetry and carbon taxes, European Journal of Operational Research, 305(3), 1100-1112.

Chen X, Fu K, Tang Y*. 2022. Impact of Customer Bounded Rationality on On-Demand Service Platforms", IISE Transactions, 2023, 1049-1061.

Hu S, Zhu X, Fu K*. 2023. Optimal trade-in and refurbishment strategies for durable goods, European Journal of Operational Research, 309(1), 133-151.

Fu K, Lai G, Shang W, Xu J. 2024. Group buying between competitors: exogenous and endogenous power structures, Production and Operations Management, 33 (10), 1997-2013.

Hu S, Zhu S X, Fu K*. 2025. Equilibrium analysis of the seller’s fulfillment channels and sales channels, European Journal of Operational Research, 320, 544-558.

Research Grants (PI)

National Natural Science Foundation of China: “Effective Management of Multi-Product Assemble-to-order Systems,” 2008-2010

National Natural Science Foundation of China: "Study on Competition and Coordination of Joint Procurement in a Supply Chain," 2011-2013

National Natural Science Found for Excellent Young Scholars: "Operations and Supply Chain Management," 2013-2015

National Natural Science Foundation of China: "Inventory and Production Policies for Perishable Systems with Remanufacturing," 2017-2020

National Natural Science Foundation of China: "Product Pricing and Inventory Policy with Consumer Profiling," 2022-2025

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities: "Study on Data-Driven Operations Management," 2019-2020

Teaching

Data, Model, and Decisions, MBA, 2015-present

Operations Research, Undergraduate, 2006-present