Chunming (Victor) Shi

Best Paper Award, Frontiers of Engineering Management, 2023

Best Paper Award (Management Science Division), Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual Conference, 2023

Highly Commended Paper Award, Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020

Wilfrid Laurier University Merit Award, 2017

Honourable Mention Award, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference, 2017

Best Paper Award, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada

Washington State University, Ph.D. in Operations Management

National University of Singapore, Master of Engineering; University of Science and Technology of China, Double Bachelor Degrees in Engineering and Business Administration

Management Science, Low-Carbon Operations, Big Data and Intelligent Decision-Making, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management

Full Professor (with tenure) of Management Science, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2022.07 – Present

Associate Professor (with tenure) of Management Science, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2012.07 – 2022.06

Director, Centre for Supply Chain Management, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2012.08 – 2013.07

Assistant Professor of Management Science, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2007.07 – 2012.06

• Shi, Y., Li, X., Gong, Y., Venkatesh, V.G., Cao, C., Koh, L., & Shi, V. (2025). "Carbon trade finance: a perspective of supply chain management," International Journal of Production Research, pp. 1-3.
• Yu, J., Zhang, X., Li, J., & Shi, V. (2025). "Building Resilient Water Supply Systems Through Economic Instruments: Evidence from a Water Resource Fee-to-Tax Reform," Systems, Vol. 13, No. 11, p. 984.
• Li, Z., Lyu, R., Shi, V., & Chai, J. (2025). "Optimal production strategies for manufacturer with renewable energy supply fluctuations and financial risk mitigation," International Journal of Production Research, pp. 1-21.
• Zhou, W., Espahbod, S., Shi, V., & Nketiah, E. (2025). "Understanding Consumers’ Adoption Behavior of Driverless Delivery Vehicles: Insights from the Combined Use of NCA and PLS-SEM," Sustainability, Vol. 17, No. 13, p. 5730.
• Xia, X., Huang, Z., Shi, V., & Zhao, S. (2025). "Progressive carbon tax and carbon emission reduction technology advancement in outsourced low-carbon supply chains," Computers & Industrial Engineering, p. 111307.
• Li, J., Liang, J., Shi, V., & Zhu, J. (2025). "The benefit of manufacturer encroachment considering consumer’s environmental awareness and product competition," Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 349, No. 2, pp. 1087-1107.
• Zhang, Y., Heydari, M., Kezhong, J., & Shi, V. (2025). "Unveiling the Social Fabric: The Impact of China’s Rural Subsistence Allowance System on Community Isolation," The Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 61, No. 4, pp. 536-555.
• Li, J., Chen, Y., Liao, Y., Shi, V., & Zhang, H. (2025). "Managing strategic inventories in a three-echelon supply chain of durable goods," Omega, Vol. 131, p. 103204.
• Wang, J., Shi, Y., Shi, V., & Venkatesh, V.G. (2024). "Should we keep the tradition or follow the trend? The optimal live-streaming e-commerce mode selection in a sustainable and circular supply chain under competition," Annals of Operations Research, pp. 1-29.
• Zhang, X., Deng, G., Nketiah, E., & Shi, V. (2024). "Enhancing Recycling Participation: Behavior Factors Influencing Residents’ Adoption of Recycling Vending Machines," Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 14, No. 11, p. 1071.
• Cai, H.H., Abbass, K., Lu, Q., & Shi, V. (2024). "Probing the CSR-pro-environmental behavior linkage: Insights into green reputation and chief sustainability officer influence," Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 369, p. 122300.
• Lu, Q., Liao, C., Shi, V., & Xu, Z. (2024). "Implementation mode selection for blockchain technology in green product traceability," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 276, p. 109372.
• Li, J., Wang, H., Shi, V., & Sun, Q. (2024). "Manufacturer's choice of online selling format in a dual-channel supply chain with green products," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 318, No. 1, pp. 131-142.
• Huang, X., Guo, P., Shi, V., & Wang, X. (2024). "Government subsidy design: knowledge transfer in R&D networks considering risk attitudes and reputation effects," International Journal of General Systems, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 730-754.
• Wang, W., Li, L., Shi, V., & Espahbod, S. (2024). "Carbon emission accounting and reduction for buildings based on a life cycle assessment: a case study in China’s hot-summer and warm-winter region," Sustainability, Vol. 16, No. 14, p. 5842.
• Lu, Q., Liao, C., Chen, M., Shi, V., Hu, X., & Hu, W. (2024). "Platform financing or bank financing in agricultural supply chains: The impact of platform digital empowerment," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 315, No. 3, pp. 952-964.
• Obuobi, B., Awuah, F., Nketiah, E., Adu-Gyamfi, G., Shi, V., & Hu, G. (2024). "The dynamics of green innovation, environmental policy and energy structure for environmental sustainability; Evidence from AfCFTA countries," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 197, p. 114409.
• He, P., Shi, V., Zhang, J., & Chen, X. (2024). "Channel strategy and the management of fake reviews in a catering platform service supply chain," Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 243, p. 122824.
• Gao, F., Nketiah, E., & Shi, V. (2024). "Understanding and Enhancing Food Conservation Behaviors and Operations," Sustainability, Vol. 16, No. 7, p. 2898.
• Zhang, X., Nketiah, E., Shi, V., & Cheng, J. (2024). "Who Will Save Energy? An Extension of Social Cognitive Theory with Place Attachment to Understand Residents’ Energy-Saving Behaviors," Sustainability, Vol. 16, No. 1, p. 213.
• Wamba, S.F., Queiroz, M.M., Jabbour, C.J.C., & Shi, C.V. (2023). "Are both generative AI and ChatGPT game changers for 21st-Century operations and supply chain excellence?," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 265, p. 109015.
• Guo, X., Bian, J., Wu, P., Shi, V., & Chen, H. (2023). "Probabilistic product design with regret-anticipated consumers," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 263, p. 108917.
• Li, J., Yang, X., Shi, V., & Cai, G. (2023). "Partial centralization in a durable‐good supply chain," Production and Operations Management, Vol. 32, No. 9, pp. 2775-2787.
• Zhang, P., Shi, V., Shao, L., & Liu, Y. (2023). "When can a manufacturer benefit from adding a direct sharing channel?," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 309, No. 1, pp. 371-386.
• Wang, S., Song, H., Shi, V., Zhang, Z., & Gong, C. (2023). "Quality investment strategies in a complementary supply chain with an unreliable supplier," Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, Vol. 19, No. 8, pp. 5641-5670.
• Jiang, K., Zhang, Y., & Shi, V. (2023). "Perception-reality bias: the differences in government trust across income groups," Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 14, p. 1157828.
• Shi, H., Xu, F., Cheng, J., & Shi, V. (2023). "Exploring the evolution of the food chain under environmental pollution with mathematical modeling and numerical simulation," Sustainability, Vol. 15, No. 13, p. 10232.
• Zheng, M., Cui, N., Zhang, Y., Zhang, F., & Shi, V. (2023). "Inventory policies and supply chain coordination under logistics route disruption risks," Sustainability, Vol. 15, No. 13, p. 10093.
• Yu, X., Xu, H., Lou, W., Xu, X., & Shi, V. (2023). "Examining energy eco-efficiency in China's logistics industry," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 258, p. 108797.
• Zhao, L., Luo, Z., Deng, G., & Shi, V. (2023). "Prediction of corrosion failure probability of buried oil and gas pipeline based on an RBF neural network," Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol. 11, p. 1148407.
• Zhang, Y., Xie, Y., Shi, V., & Yin, K. (2023). "Dynamic characteristics and evolution analysis of information dissemination theme of social networks under emergencies," Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 13, No. 4, p. 282.
• Li, X., Wu, M., Shi, C., & Chen, Y. (2023). "Impacts of green credit policies and information asymmetry: From market perspective," Resources Policy, Vol. 81, p. 103395.
• Liu, W., Liu, X., Shi, X., Hou, J., Shi, V., & Dong, J. (2023). "Collaborative adoption of blockchain technology: A supply chain contract perspective," Frontiers of Engineering Management, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 121-142.
• Li, H., Chen, H., Chai, J., & Shi, V. (2023). "Private label sourcing for an e-tailer with agency selling and service provision," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 305, No. 1, pp. 114-127.
• Heydari, M., Lai, K.K., Shi, V., & Xiao, F. (2023). "Public health risk evaluation through mathematical optimization in the process of PPPs," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 20, No. 2, p. 1175.
• Chen, M., Shi, V., & Wei, X. (2022). "Environmental regulations, R&D intensity, and enterprise profit rate: Understanding firm performance in heavy pollution industries," Frontiers in Environmental Science, Vol. 10, p. 1077209.
• Ma, K., Bai, L., Sun, Y., Pan, T., Shi, V., & Zhang, Y. (2022). "Selection of New Projects Considering the Synergistic Relationships in a Project Portfolio," Buildings, Vol. 12, No. 9, p. 1460.
• Bai, L., Sun, Y., Shi, H., Shi, C., Bai, J., & Han, X. (2022). "Dynamic assessment modelling for project portfolio benefits," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 73, No. 7, pp. 1596-1619.
• Zhou, W., Wang, H., Shi, V., & Chen, X. (2022). "A decision model for free-floating car-sharing providers for sustainable and resilient supply chains," Sustainability, Vol. 14, No. 13, p. 8159.
• Zheng, Y., Liu, L., Shi, V., Huang, W., & Liao, J. (2022). "A resilience analysis of a medical mask supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation modeling approach," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 19, No. 13, p. 8045.
• Yan, X., Liu, W., Shi, V., & Liu, T. (2022). "On-demand service platform operations management: a literature review and research agendas," Modern Supply Chain Research and Applications, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 105-121.
• Hu, J., Zhang, Y., Wang, L., & Shi, V. (2022). "An evaluation index system of basic elderly care services based on the perspective of accessibility," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 19, No. 7, p. 4256.
• Zhou, L., Liu, W., Shi, C.V., & Guowei, H. (2022). "Platform service supply chain management: challenges and solutions," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 247.
• Gajpal, Y., Appadoo, S.S., Shi, V., & Hu, G. (2022). "Optimal multi-stage group partition for efficient coronavirus screening," Annals of Operations Research, pp. 1-17.
• Zhang, Y., Hong, J., Li, X., & Shi, V. (2022). "The impacts of quality system integration and relationship quality on quality performance in supply chains: an empirical investigation in China," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 116-133.
• Xie, Y., Li, Y., Shi, V., & Lu, Q. (2022). "An Orthogonal Matching Pursuit Variable Screening Algorithm for High‐Dimensional Linear Regression Models," Scientific Programming, Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 6446903.
• Li, Q., Shaw, N., & Shi, V. (2022). "Exploring Communication and Networks Using Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of a Utility Company's Asset Management Programme," Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM), Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 1-25.
• Zheng, J., Zhang, Q., Xu, Q., Xu, F., & Shi, V. (2022). "Synchronization of a supply chain model with four chaotic attractors," Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 6390456.
• Liao, Y., Peng, Y., Shi, S., Shi, V., & Yu, X. (2022). "Early box office prediction in China’s film market based on a stacking fusion model," Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 308, No. 1, pp. 321-338.
• Zhang, P., Xia, B., & Shi, V. (2021). "The dual-channel retailer’s channel synergy strategy decision," Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, Vol. 16, No. 7, p. 3184.
• Liu, W., Liang, Y., Tang, O., Shi, V., & Liu, X. (2021). "Cooperate or not? Strategic analysis of platform interactions considering market power and precision marketing," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 154, p. 102479.
• Tu, X., Shi, V., Zhang, M., & Lv, G. (2021). "The impact of residents’ online consumption on offline consumption—an ordered probit semi-parametric estimation method," Sustainability, Vol. 13, No. 18, p. 10047.
• Xu, X., Wang, C., Li, J., & Shi, C. (2021). "Green transportation and information uncertainty in gasoline distribution: evidence from China," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Vol. 57, No. 11, pp. 3101-3119.
• Zhang, Z., Song, H., Gu, X., Shi, V., & Zhu, J. (2021). "How to compete with a supply chain partner: Retailer's store brand vs. manufacturer's encroachment," Omega, Vol. 103, p. 102412.
• Zhang, M., Shi, H., & Shi, V. (2021). "Social insurance contributions ratio and productivity of private enterprises in the heavy pollution industry: evidence from China," Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 311, p. 127592.
• Li, H., Ru, S., Shi, V., Zhang, P., & Pu, G. (2021). "The effect of government subsidy policy for Foreign capital R&D from the perspective of global supply chains: An empirical analysis with time lag and propensity score matching," Sustainability, Vol. 13, No. 15, p. 8188.
• Wan, Q., Yang, S., Shi, V., & Qiu, M. (2021). "Optimal strategies of mobile targeting promotion under competition," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 237, p. 108143.
• He, P., Wang, Z., Shi, V., & Liao, Y. (2021). "The direct and cross effects in a supply chain with consumers sensitive to both carbon emissions and delivery time," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 292, No. 1, pp. 172-183.
• Gong, B., Shi, C.V., Li, X., & Cheng, J. (2021). "Do the subsidies help or hurt the remanufacturing closed‐loop supply chain?," Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 961-973.
• Gong, Y., Yang, X.Q., Ran, C.Y., Shi, V., & Zhou, Y.F. (2021). "Evaluation of the sustainable coupling coordination of the logistics industry and the manufacturing industry in the Yangtze river economic belt," Sustainability, Vol. 13, No. 9, p. 5167.
• Li, J., Hu, Z., Shi, V., & Wang, Q. (2021). "Manufacturer's encroachment strategy with substitutable green products," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 235, p. 108102.
• Zhang, Z., Song, H., Shi, V., & Yang, S. (2021). "Quality differentiation in a dual-channel supply chain," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 290, No. 3, pp. 1000-1013.
• Huang, Y., Li, J., Qi, Y., & Shi, V. (2021). "Predicting the impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on food supply chains and their sustainability: A simulation study," Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Vol. 2021, No. 1, p. 7109432.
• Li, J., Yi, L., Shi, V., & Chen, X. (2021). "Supplier encroachment strategy in the presence of retail strategic inventory: centralization or decentralization?," Omega, Vol. 98, p. 102213.
• Zhang, P., Xu, X., Shi, V., & Zhu, J. (2020). "Simultaneous inventory competition and transshipment between retailers," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 230, p. 107781.
• Li, J., Yang, S., Shi, V., & Zhai, S. (2020). "Partial vertical centralization in competing supply chains," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 224, p. 107565.
• Chen, Y., Liu, L., Shi, V., Zhang, Y., & Zhu, J. (2020). "The Optimization of a Virtual Dual Production‐Inventory System under Dynamic Supply Disruption Risk," Complexity, Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 7067502.
• Zheng, Y., Liu, L., Shi, V., Liu, B., & Huang, W. (2020). "Price Cap Models in Pharmaceutical Online‐to‐Offline Supply Chains," Complexity, Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 7471948.
• Li, H., Yang, S., Kang, H., & Shi, V. (2020). "“Buy online, pick up in store” under fit uncertainty: to offer or not to offer," Complexity, Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 3095672.
• He, P., He, Y., Shi, C.V., Xu, H., & Zhou, L. (2020). "Cost-sharing contract design in a low-carbon service supply chain," Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 139, p. 106160.
• Li, Q., Wang, S., Shaw, N., & Shi, V. (2019). "Supply chain partner communication in a managed programme in the UK water industry: a case study with social network analysis," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 16, No. 21, p. 4211.
• Liu, W., Wang, D., Long, S., Shen, X., & Shi, V. (2019). "Service supply chain management: a behavioural operations perspective," Modern Supply Chain Research and Applications, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 28-53.
• He, Y., He, P., Xu, F., & Shi, C. (2019). "Sustainable tourism modeling: Pricing decisions and evolutionarily stable strategies for competitive tour operators," Tourism Economics, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 779-799.
• Li, J., & Shi, V. (2019). "The benefit of horizontal decentralization in durable good procurement," Omega, Vol. 82, pp. 13-23.
• Huang, Q., Yang, S., Shi, V., & Zhang, Y. (2018). "Strategic decentralization under sequential channel structure and quality choices," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 206, pp. 70-78.
• He, Y., Li, S., Xu, H., & Shi, C. (2018). "An in-depth analysis of contingent sourcing strategy for handling supply disruptions," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 67, No. 1, pp. 201-219.
• Lu, Q., Shi, V., & Huang, J. (2018). "Who benefit from agency model: A strategic analysis of pricing models in distribution channels of physical books and e-books," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 264, No. 3, pp. 1074-1091.
• He, Y., Huang, H., Li, D., Shi, C., & Wu, S.J. (2018). "Quality and operations management in food supply chains: a literature review," Journal of Food Quality, Vol. 2018, No. 1, p. 7279491.
• Bai, L., Shi, C., Guo, Y., Du, Q., & Huang, Y. (2018). "Quality risk evaluation of the food supply chain using a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model and failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis," Journal of Food Quality, Vol. 2018, No. 1, p. 2637075.
• Zhang, Y., Hafezi, M., Zhao, X., & Shi, V. (2017). "Reprint of “The impact of development cost on product line design and its environmental performance”," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 194, pp. 126-134.
• Jin, L., Duan, K., Shi, C., & Ju, X. (2017). "The impact of technological progress in the energy sector on carbon emissions: an empirical analysis from China," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 14, No. 12, p. 1505.
• Bai, L., Wang, H., Shi, C., Du, Q., & Li, Y. (2017). "Assessment of SIP buildings for sustainable development in rural China using AHP-grey correlation analysis," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 14, No. 11, p. 1292.
• Zhang, P., He, Y., & Shi, C.V. (2017). "Retailer's channel structure choice: Online channel, offline channel, or dual channels?," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 191, pp. 37-50.
• Zhang, P., He, Y., & Shi, C.V. (2017). "Transshipment and coordination in a two-echelon supply chain," RAIRO-Operations Research, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 729-747.
• Huang, Z., Yang, F., Wu, D.D., Shi, V., & Amirteimoori, A. (2017). "Decision-making modeling in service systems," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Vol. 2017, pp. 1-3.
• Yang, S., Shi, V., & Jackson, J.E. (2015). "Manufacturers׳ channel structures when selling asymmetric competing products," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 170, pp. 641-651.
• Yang, S., Liao, Y., Shi, C.V., & Li, S. (2015). "Joint optimization of ordering and promotional strategies for retailers: rebates vs. EDLP," Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 90, pp. 46-53.
• Yang, S., Munson, C.L., Chen, B., & Shi, C. (2015). "Coordinating contracts for supply chains that market with mail-in rebates and retailer promotions," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 66, No. 12, pp. 2025-2036.
• Yang, S., Zhao, X., Shi, V., Liao, Y., & Zhu, J. (2015). "Joint determination of salesforce compensation, production, and pricing decisions," International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 144-155.
• Xia, Y., Zu, X., & Shi, C. (2015). "A profit-driven approach to building a “people-responsible” supply chain," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 241, No. 2, pp. 348-360.
• Zhang, Y., Long, J., & Shi, C. (2015). "A comprehensive contingency management framework for supply chain disruption risk management," International Journal of Automation and Logistics, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 343-369.
• Zhang, Y., Shi, C., Gao, P., & Wang, F. (2014). "Repealing the LIFO inventory accounting choice? A review of LIFO and inventory management," American Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 4, No. 06, p. 351.
• Yang, S., Liao, Y., Shi, C.V., & Gao, C. (2014). "Heuristics for solving an internet retailer’s dynamic transshipment problem," Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 41, No. 11, pp. 5382-5389.
• Yang, S., Shi, C.V., Zhang, Y., & Zhu, J. (2014). "Price competition for retailers with profit and revenue targets," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 154, pp. 233-242.
• Shi, C.V., Yang, S., Xia, Y., & Zhao, X. (2011). "Inventory competition for newsvendors under the objective of profit satisficing," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 215, No. 2, pp. 367-373.
• Zhao, X., & Shi, C. (2011). "Structuring and contracting in competing supply chains," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 134, No. 2, pp. 434-446.
• Yang, S., Shi, C.V., & Zhao, X. (2011). "Optimal ordering and pricing decisions for a target oriented newsvendor," Omega, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 110-115.
• Shi, C.V., Zhao, X., & Xia, Y. (2010). "The setting of profit targets for target oriented divisions," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 206, No. 1, pp. 86-92.
• Shi, C., & Chen, B. (2008). "Pareto quantity flexibility contracts for a supply chain under multiple objectives," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 59, No. 5, pp. 685-692.
• Shi, C., & Chen, B. (2007). "Pareto-optimal contracts for a supply chain with satisficing objectives," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 751-759.
• Shi, C., & Cheok, A.D. (2002). "Performance comparison of fused soft control/hard observer type controller with hard control/hard observer type controller for switched reluctance motors," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C (Applications and Technologies).
• Zhang, Z., Song, H., Gu, X., Shi, V., & Zh