Wenting Li
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Business Administration Building 451 H ASU Tempe campus tempe, AZ 85281
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Mail code: 4706Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentBusiness Administration (Supply Chain Management)
W. P. Carey School of Business
University College London (UCL) & Peking University M.B.A. (2021)
Sichuan University B.Eng. in EIE | B.S. in Econ (2015)
Supply Chain Financing; Artificial Intelligence; Social Justice
Complex Adaptive Supply Networks Research Accelerator (CASN-RA)
Li, W., Choi, T. Y., & Rogers, D. S. (2023). Fintechs and SME Suppliers: Liquidity through Digitization. Supply Chain Management Review, 27(3), 30-37. https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/fintechs-sme-suppliers-liquidit…
Choi, T. Y., Bizri, S., & Li, W. (2023, October 4). How Fintech Is Making Smaller Suppliers More Resilient. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2023/10/how-fintech-is-making-smaller-suppliers-more-re…
- AI in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Li, W., Jiang, Y., Wang, Y., & Xu, H., AI-Powered Adaptive Optimization in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.
Finalist of MSOM Data-Driven Challenge (London Business School 2025), Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Journal (M&SOM)
(In collaboration with Merck and Harvard Medical School)
Major Revision (fast track) at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
2. Sustainability, Resilience and Supply Chain Network
Li, W. and Wang, Y., A Procurement Advantage in Disruptive Times: New Perspectives on ESG Strategy and Firm Performance (May 5, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4817562 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4817562
Winner of E. Grosvenor Plowman Award (2024) CSCMP, ARS best paper
Selected Presentation:
- Early-Career Sustainable Operations Management Workshop, 2025, Leeds School of Business, CU Boulder, CO. Discussant: Dr. Gil Souza
- Supply Chain Finance & Risk Management Workshop, 2025, Olin Business School, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO. Discussant: Dr. Onur BOYABATLI
Under review at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Huang S, Li, W., & Zheng W. Walking the Talk: Supply Chain Statements and Realities under Geopolitical Tension.
(Special Issue on Business and Its Interrelationship with Democratic Resilience, Geopolitics, and Society in a Time of Change)
Proposal Under Review at Management Science
Brintrup, A., Li, W., Quansah, E., Johnston, D., Rogers, D. S. & Choi, T. Y. Toward a Theory of AI for Complex Adaptive Supply Networks.
(In collaboration with the Supply Chain AI Lab at University of Cambridge)
Major Revision at International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
Zhou, Z., Hughes, M., Li, W., & Rogers, D. S. U.S. or China, Who Benefited from the CHIPS Act?
Under review at Journal of Business Logistics
3. Supply Chain Financing
Li, W., Mesquita, L., Choi, T. Y. & Rogers, D. S. Escaping the Liquidity Extraction Trap: A Process Theory of Structural Justice in Supplier Ecosystems.
Reject & Resubmit (2024) at Academy Management Review (Dissertation Chapter 1)
Li, W., Rogers, Z., Leuschner, R., Rogers, D. S. & Choi, T. Y. Bilateral Opportunism in Buyer-Supplier Relationships: Evidence from Payment Behavior. Targeting (Dissertation: ch. 2)
(In collaboration with Calculum, a supply chain fintech in Miami)
Li, W., Chen, V. Yin, R. & Choi, T. Y. SMEs’ Development Fairness under Trade Credit Distribution. (Dissertation: ch. 3)
Li, W. Liquidity Shock and Supply Chain Adaptation: The Case of Banking Regulation of Basel III.
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SCM 355 | Procurement & Supply Mgmt |
| SCM 355 | Procurement & Supply Mgmt |
| SCM 355 | Procurement & Supply Mgmt |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SCM 355 | Supply Management |
M&SOM conference (data-driven challenge), London Business School, 2025, London, UK
Early-Career Sustainable Operations Management Workshop, 2025, CU Boulder, CO. Discussant: Dr. Gil Souza
DSI Annual Conference, 2024 Phoenix
INFORMS Annual Conference, 2024 Seattle
CSCMP ARS Annual Conference, 2024 Nashville (E. Grosvenor Plowman Best Paper Award)
POMS Annual Conference, 2024 Minneapolis
INFORMS Annual Conference, 2023 Phoenix
POMS Annual Conference, 2023 Orlando
TA:
SCM 355: Supply Management (Instructor: Dr. Thomas Choi) Fall 2023
SCM 520: Strategic Procurement (Instructor: Dr. Thomas Choi) Fall 2024
University Graduate Fellowship: $9250 (2021-2022) ASU
Research Grant: Analyst - Local Semiconductor Supply Chain Mapping Project,$18,750/$75,000. (2022 Summer). Dr. Dale Rogers, Dr. John Fowler, Wenting Li, and Rohan Korde. Funded by ASU KE
Research Grant: ESG and Supply Chain Resilience $9000 (2024 Summer). Funded by the New Governace Lab, W. P. Carey School of Business, ASU
Nominated for the 2023 CSCMP Bowersox Doctoral Symposium (Orlando, FL)
Winner of E. Grosvenor Plowman Award (2024) CSCMP ARS best research paper (Nashville, TN)
Finalist of M&SOM Data Challenge (London Business School 2025), Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Journal (M&SOM) (London, UK)
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
Complex Adaptive Supply Networks Research Accelerator-ASU (CASN-RA)
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), United Nations
Future Earth
Session Chair, POMS 2025 Annual Conference: Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability. Atlanta 2025
Session Chair, INFORMS 2024 Annual Conference: 1. Supply Chain Finance and Fintech; 2. Strategies in ESG and Contractual Decisions. Seattle 2024
Session Chair, INFORMS 2023 Annual Conference: 1. Fairness and Equity: Interpretation and Intervention; 2. Emerging Topics in Supply Chain Empirical Research. Phoenix 2023
Volunteer coordinator, Journal of Operation Management Mini Conference, Tempe, 2023
Ad-hoc reviewer for the Decision Sciences Institute and Academic Research Symposium (ARS), the Council of Supply Chain Management Professional's (CSCMP) conference.
Web Content Editor, Complex Adaptive Supply Networks Research Accelerator (CASN-RA), ASU, 2023 -
Founder, Kinstrust (Fintech Platform in Supply Chain Financing)
CEO, Hebei Cashmere Supply Chain Managment. Ltd.
Project Manager, Bohai Commodity Exchange (BOCE)
MBA, University College London (UCL)