Wen Zhang

Professional Summary

Wen Zhang is an associate professor of Management at the Hankamer School of Business. He earned his doctoral degree in Management Science from Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas). He also holds an MS in Supply Chain Management from UT Dallas and a BEng in Materials Science from Nanchang University. Currently, Zhang is teaching Procurement and Materials Management. Before joining Baylor, Zhang also taught undergraduate courses at UT Dallas. His research focuses on behavioral operations management, healthcare operations & sustainable systems, and market design & strategic sourcing.

Education

• 2020 - PhD - Management Science, The University Of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
• 2015 - MS - Supply Chain Management, The University Of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
• 2007 – BE - Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China

Courses

• MGT 3333 - Procurement and Materials Management

Research Interests

• Behavioral Operations Management
• Healthcare Operations & Sustainable Systems
• Market Design & Strategic Sourcing

Selected Publications

• Wen Zhang, Sina Shokoohyar, Anyan Qi, Elena Katok. (2025). Coordination for Assembly. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 27(6), 1905-1922.
• Wen Zhang, Elena Katok. (2025). To Stop or Not, That Is the Question: When Should a Buyer Hit the Brakes for Supply Base Rationalization? Omega, 136, 103328.
• Chenzhang Bao, Min Kyung Lee, Wen Zhang. (2025). Boosting or Undermining? Unveiling the Two-Sided Effect of Updates in Medical Crowdfunding Campaigns. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 26(3), 668-728.
• Zhang, W., Chen, Q., & Katok, E. (2021). “Now or Later?” When to Deploy Qualification Screening in Open-Bid Auction for Re-Sourcing. Operations Research, 69(6), 1715-1733.
• Pavlov, V., Katok, E., & Zhang, W. (2021). Optimal contract under asymmetric information about fairness. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24(1), 305-314.