Rui Yin

Rui Yin

Associate Professor,
Department of Supply Chain Management
  • rui.yin@asu.edu
  • Phone: 480-965-2998
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  • BA 432 TEMPE, AZ 85287-4706
  • Mail code: 4706
    Campus: Tempe
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Rui Yin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Professor Yin joined ASU in 2007 after receiving her PhD degree in Operations Management from UCLA. Her research focuses on downstream demand management issues in retail operations, including pricing, inventory management and consume behavior; as well as upstream supply management issues such as sourcing and procurement strategies for firms to manage their multi-tier supply chains. Professor Yin has published research papers in Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, and International Journal of Production Economics, and she also serves on the editorial board of Journal of Business Logistics.

Education
  • Ph.D. University of California-Los Angeles 2007
  • M.S. National University of Singapore 2002
  • B.S. Peking University, China 2000
CV
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
  • Consumer-Driven Operations Models
  • Pricing and Revenue Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Operations-Marketing Interface
Publications
  • Wang, Y., R. Yin, X. Chen, S. Webster. 2022. Investment Efforts Under Complementary Sourcing: The Role of Market Risk and Endogenous Pricing. Forthcoming at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
  • Yang, Y., T. Y. Choi, C. Carter, R. Yin. 2022. Expanding the Boundaries of Buyer-Supplier Agency Problems: Moving from Dyad to Triad. Forthcoming at Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management.
  • Park, S., E., Rabinovich, C. S. Tang, R. Yin. 2020. The Impact of Disclosing Inventory-Scarcity Messages on Sales in Online Retailing. Journal of Operations Management 66, 534-552.
  • Park, S., E., Rabinovich, C. S. Tang, R. Yin, J. Yu. 2020. Technical Note: Should an Online Seller Post Inventory Scarcity Messages? Decision Sciences 51(5), 1288-1308.
  • Guan, Z., T. Ye, R. Yin. Channel Coordination under Nash Bargaining Fairness Concerns in Differential Games of Green Goodwill Accumulation. 2020. European Journal of Operational Research 285, 916-930.
  • Xu, K., R. Yin, Y. Dong. 2016. Stockout Recovery under Consignment: The Role of Inventory Ownership in Supply Chains. Decision Sciences. 47(1), 94-124.
  • Lee, C-Y, C. S. Tang, R. Yin, J. An. 2015. Fractional Price Matching Policies Arising from the Ocean Freight Service Industry. Production and Operations Management 24(7), 1118-1134.
  • Yin, R., H. Li, C. S. Tang. 2015. Optimal Pricing of Two Successive-Generation Products with Trade-in Options under Uncertainty. Decision Sciences 46(3), 565-595.
  • Yin, R., C. S. Tang. 2014. Optimal Temporal Customer Purchasing Decisions Under Trade-in Programs with Upfront Fees. Decision Sciences 45(3), 373-400.
  • Li, H., Y. Wang, R. Yin, T. J. Kull, T. Y. Choi. 2012. Target Pricing: Demand-side versus Supply-side Approaches. International Journal of Production Economics 136 (1), 172-184.
  • Tang, C. S., R. Yin. 2010. The Implications of Costs, Capacity, and Competition on Product Line Selection. European Journal of Operational Research 200, 439-450.
  • Yin, R., Y. Aviv, A. Pazgal, C. S. Tang. 2009. Optimal Markdown Pricing: Implications of Inventory Display Formats in the Presence of Strategic Customers. Management Science 55 (8), 1391-1408.
  • Elmaghraby, W., S. A. Lippman, C. S. Tang, R. Yin. 2009. Will More Purchasing Options Benefit Customers? Production and Operations Management 18 (4), 381-401.
  • Yin, R., K. Rajaram. 2007. Joint Pricing and Inventory Control with a Markovian Demand Model. European Journal of Operational Research 182, 113-126.
  • Tang, C. S., R. Yin. 2007. Joint Ordering and Pricing Strategies for Managing Substitutable Products. Production and Operations Management 16 (1), 138-153.
  • Tang, C. S., R. Yin. 2007. Responsive Pricing under Supply Uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research 182, 239-255.
Research Activity
  • Procurement and sourcing strategies in multi-tier supply chain management
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SCM 440 Quality Management/Measurement
SCM 440 Quality Management/Measurement
2024 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SCM 517 Business Process Analytics
SCM 517 Business Process Analytics
2024 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SCM 440 Quality Management/Measurement
SCM 791 Seminar
SCM 440 Quality Management/Measurement
2023 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SCM 517 Business Process Analytics
2023 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SCM 795 Continuing Registration
SCM 795 Continuing Registration
2023 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SCM 440 Quality Management/Measurement
SCM 799 Dissertation
SCM 792 Research
SCM 795 Continuing Registration
SCM 440 Quality Management/Measurement
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SCM 517 Data-Driven Quality Management
SCM 517 Data-Driven Quality Management
2022 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SCM 791 Seminar
2021 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SCM 517 Data-Driven Quality Management
SCM 517 Data-Driven Quality Management
2021 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SCM 440 Quality Management/Measurement
SCM 440 Quality Management/Measurement
2020 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SCM 517 Data-Driven Quality Management
SCM 517 Data-Driven Quality Management
2020 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SCM 791 Seminar
2019 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SCM 517 Data-Driven Quality Management
SCM 517 Data-Driven Quality Management
Work History

Arizona State University: 2007-present

Expertise Areas
Consumer Behavior
Inventory Management
Operations Management
Pricing
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