Liuzhongzhi

Arizona State University, Doctorate of Philosophy in Business Administration, Major in Supply Chain Management, Graduated July 2017.

·         Dissertation Title: Understanding and Leverage Crowd Development in Crowdsourcing

·         Dissertation Committee: Thomas Kull (Chair), Kevin Dooley, Adegoke Oke.

University of San Diego, International Master of Business Administration, Emphasis in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Graduated May 2012.

Hunan University, Changsha, China. Bachelor and Master of Business Administration, Major in Enterprise Management, Graduated May 2005.

·         Research and Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University, W.P.Carey School of Business, Supply Chain Management, Tempe, AZ (2012-2017)

·         Business Consultant, IFEN GmbH, Munich, Germany (2011.12)

·         Business assessment and strategic consulting, including operation strategy development and distribution channel management.

·         Operational Analyst and Strategic Planning Director, Hoisting Machinery Branch of Zoomlion, Changsha, Hunan, China (2007-2010)

·         Designed a market analysis system to locate the potential market for Hoisting Machinery, which increased sales revenue by 150%

·         Drafted operational reports and gave performance presentations

·         Served as an advisor on the cost analysis to facilitate the decision making process of sales manager

·         Awarded “Best Performance Employee in 2009” and promoted as director in Strategic Planning Department

·         Production Manager, Shinho Hardware, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China (2005-2007)

·         Reduced employee turnover by 15% percent through readjusting benefits & compensation while maintaining the same total labor cost

·         Transformed the performance appraisal system based on key performance measures: quality, delivery and cost

·         Served as liaison between my foreign boss and colleagues and mitigated the culture difference

·         2017 Teaching Competition for Young Scholar at Soochow University, Frist Prize

·         Class taught

Research seminar on open innovation

Supply Chain Management

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Management (MBA)

SCM 355 Supply Management– Intermediate course required by operations and supply chain management major, spring 2016.

·         Teaching assistant

SCM300 Global Supply Operations – Introductory course required by all business majors. Teaching assistant for five sessions (regular, hybrid, and online).

SCM463 Global Supply Chain Management - Intermediate course for operations and supply chain management majors. Teaching assistant for one session.

SCM355 Supply Management – Intermediate course for operations and supply chain management majors. Teaching assistant for two sessions (regular and online).

Research Grant

·  An Exmination on the Crowd Emergence Mechanims in Tournament-based Crowdsourcing. 2019.01 - 2022.12

Academic Publications

··  · Liu, Z., Hatton, R., Kull, T., Dooley, K., & Oke, A. Is a Large Award Truly Attractive to Solvers? The Impact of Award Size on Crowd Size in Innovation Contests. Journal of Operations Management (forthcoming).

··  · Liu, Z., Prajogo, D., & Oke, A. (2016). Supply Chain Technologies: Linking Adoption, Utilization and Performance. Journal of Supply Chain Management. 52 (4), 22-41.

   · Kull, T., Yan, T., Liu, Z., & Wacker, J. (2014). The Moderation of Lean Manufacturing Effectiveness by Dimensions of National Culture: Testing Practice-culture Congruence Hypotheses. International Journal of Production Economics, 153, 1-12.

Papers Under-review/Working Papers

· Liu, Z., McCardle, J., Kull, T., & Krumwiede, D. Examining the Technical and Social Foundations of Mass Customization Capability: A Capability Hierarchy View. Status: first revision at IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

··  · Zhao, M., Liu, Z., & Lai, F. Topic Modeling in Text Mining: A Review on its Application and Recent Development. Status: revision for submission.

··  · Yin, Q., Zhao, M., Liu, Z., & Lai, F. Understanding the Antecedents of Crowd Diversity in Tournament-based Crowdsourcing: Empirical Evidence from Topcoder. Status: manuscript writing.

··  · Liu, Z., Hatton, M., Chen M., & Kull, T. Crowd Performance in Tournament-Based Crowdsourcing: Does the Composition of a Crowd Make a Difference? Status: manuscript writing. Targeting Production and Operations Management.

··  ·Yin, Q., Zhao, M., Liu, Z., & Lai, F. Evaluating Crowd Growth Rate and its Determinants in Tournament-based Innovation Crowdsourcing, Status: data analysis. Targeting Journal of Operations Management.

Conference Proceedings

· Liu, Z. McCardle, J., Kull, T., & Krumwiede. A Hierarchical Capability Model of Innovation and Mass Customization. Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2016. No. 1. Academy of Management, 2016.

· Liu, Z., Prajogo, D., & Oke, A. Drivers and Effects of the Utilization of Supply Chain Technologies. Proceedings of the 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2015.

        ·Best student paper finalist at 2015 AOM Conference (OICS division)

· McCardle, J., Kull, T., Liu, Z., & Krumwiede, D. Core Capabilities, Decision Norms, and Organizational Innovation. Proceedings of the 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2015.