Faculty
Zhaohui Wu
Professor
Supply Chain Logistics Management

Zhaohui Wu

541-737-3514

wuz@bus.oregonstate.edu

Faculty
Zhaohui Wu
Overview
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Background
Publications

Background

Education

Ph.D. Supply Chain Management, Arizona State University, 2003; MBA, Bowling Green State University, 1997;  BA, Xian Foreign Language Institute P.R. China, 1990.

Service

  • Associate Editor: Journal of Supply Chain Management (2015-present)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, 2017- Associate Editor., Decision Sciences Journal, 2017-
  • Associate Editor: Journal of Operations Management (2007- present)
  • Editorial Review Board: Journal of Supply Chain Management (2007- 2015), Decision Sciences Journal (2006-2008)
  • Track Chair, Production & Operations Management Society Annual Conference, (2011-2013)
  • Associate Program Chair, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, (2012, 2014)
  • Coordinator, 2009, 2010 Operation Management Division Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management
  • Advisory Boards: PACCESS (2006-2012), IfWizard (2012-present)

Publications

Book
Supply Chain

“Wind Power Energy Technology and Environmental Impact Assessment”

Power generation for the existing electrical grid is largely based on the combustion of fossil fuels. Global concerns have been raised regarding the environmental sustainability of the system due to life cycle impacts, including land losses from fuel extraction and impacts of combustion emissions. An approach to reduce carbon emissions of fossil fuel-based energy employs the conversion of wind energy to electrical energy. The work presented describes modern wind power plants and provides an environmental assessment of a representative wind park from a life cycle perspective. The empirical analysis uses commercially available data, as well as information from an existing wind power plant. The life cycle assessment (LCA) study for a modern wind farm in the northwestern U.S. found that environmental benefits of avoiding typical electricity production greatly outweigh the impacts due to wind turbine construction and maintenance. Effects of component reliability, varying capacity factors, and energy portfolio are explored.
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Hannes Hapke, Zhaohui Wu, Karl Haapala and Ted Brekken "Wind Power Energy Technology and Environmental Impact Assessment" in S. G. McNall, J. Hershauer, and G. Basile (eds.,) The Business of Sustainability: Trends, Policies, Practices and Stories of Success, I, II, III. New York: Praeger Press. 2011

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Academic Journal
Supply Chain

“Creating Integrated Business and Environmental Value within the Context of China's Circular Economy and Ecological Modernization”

This paper investigates the challenges and opportunities of how firms and organizations can and will be able to strike a better balance between economic growth and environmental stewardship in the context of China’s emerging ‘circular economy’ policy paradigm and based on ecological modernization theoretic approaches. Based on three company case studies in the information technology and electronic industries in China, we identify and demonstrate how a blended business and environmental value can be created from adopting a sustainable supply chain management approach. The adoption of a sustainable supply chain management approach is rapidly becoming a key business challenge and opportunity in China and other large emerging economies around the world, where our greatest environmental management challenges currently reside and will continue to exist for many years to come. The value creation framework proposed in research focuses on evaluating three case study companies who appear in various stages of an electronic industry supply chain. Value creation within a supply chain can provide the impetus for organizations to adopt circular economy, sustainable supply chain practices, for competitive reasons. In addition, we describe how a value proposition can be evaluated at two levels of analysis, a more specific micro-level and a more general meso-level of analysis. The four major business value dimensions include cost reduction, revenue generation, resiliency, and legitimacy and image. The initial findings are that a variety of opportunities exist for electronic firms in emerging and developing countries, while results from this study provide an important scholarly foundation to develop and refine sustainable supply chain management practices in emerging and developing economies.
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J Park, J Sarkis and Zhaohui Wu "Creating Integrated Business and Environmental Value within the Context of China's Circular Economy and Ecological Modernization" Journal of Cleaner Production 1494-1501 pages 2010 View on: Google Scholar

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Academic Journal
Supply Chain

“Exploring Supply Managers' Intrapreneurial Ability and Relationship Quality.”

This article examined the degree to which a supply manager's intrapreneurial ability influences the quality of individual-level relationships with internal customers and the supplier's account executive. The moderating influence of the buyer's firm-level commitment to the supplier and how these relationships subsequently impact supplier performance were explored. The study assessed the supply manager's intrapreneurial ability using survey data gathered from 110 supply managers across a variety of industries. In key supplier relationships, a supply manager's intrapreneurial ability positively influences the quality of internal and external relationships. The firm's commitment to the supplier weakens the relationship between intrapreneurial ability and relationship quality. The findings highlight the value of individual skills to enhance relationships The ability to behave intrapreneurially shapes the quality of internal and supplier relationships. However, only the supply manager's relationship with the supplier's account executive is related to supplier performance. By examining the impact of intrapreneurial ability on individual-level relationships with internal customers and supplier's account executive, a more comprehensive view of business-to-business relationship management in the supply chain is gained.
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Michelle Steward, Zhaohui Wu and Janet Hartley "Exploring Supply Managers' Intrapreneurial Ability and Relationship Quality." Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing 1-12 pages 2010 View on: Google Scholar

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Supply Chain

“Thinking Differently About Purchasing Portfolios: An Assessment of Sustainable Sourcing”

Purchasing portfolios are a well accepted part of the supply chain literature. Yet during a recent data collection effort we observed that a number of leaders in sustainable supply chain management were not organizing their purchasing portfolios in the manner suggested by Kraljic (1983). Specifically, we found evidence of organizations buying what would traditionally be leveraged commodities in a manner more suited to strategic suppliers. This manuscript describes the observed phenomena and then uses theory to try and explain our observations. The end result is a modified sustainable purchasing portfolio model.
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Mark Pagell, Zhaohui Wu and M. Wasserman "Thinking Differently About Purchasing Portfolios: An Assessment of Sustainable Sourcing" Journal of Supply Chain Management 57-73 pages 2010 View on: Google Scholar

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