Ming Fan is an assistant professor in information systems at University of Washington Business School. He received his Ph.D. degree in information systems management from the University of Texas at Austin. He is an associate editor of Decision Support Systems and serves on the editorial board of Decision Sciences and Journal of Database Management.
Research Interests
- E-business strategies
- Contract theory
- Computer and Internet adoption
- Reputation systems in online markets
- Use of IT in financial services industry and supply chain management
Teaching
Dr. Ming Fan teaches Integrating the Enterprise, an information technology course for the MS/MBA program, Fundamentals of Business Information Technologies, and Ph.D. seminars. Before joining University of Washington, Dr. Fan taught MBA and undergraduate programs at Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame. He has also conducted executive seminars on IT strategies for senior managers in manufacturing and high-tech industries.
Books
- Electronic Commerce and the Revolution in Financial Markets, with Sayee Srinivasan, Jan Stallaert and Andrew B. Whinston. Thomson Learning, 2002.
- Electronic Commerce for Financial Services Industry, with Andrew B. Whinston, Qi Li et al. China Higher Education Press, 2004.
Media Mention
- UW Students Pitched their Export Campaign for Chinese Brew in Beijing, Puget Sound Business Journal, February 22, 2008. (PDF file)
- Who cares? Free Software Magazine, January 23, 2007. (PDF file)
- A Bad Bet on a Futures Market, Fortune, August 1, 2003. (PDF file)
- Clicks vs. Bricks, South Bend Tribune, October 2, 2000.
Selected Journal Publications
"Short-Term and Long-Term Competition between Providers of Shrink-Wrap Software and Software as a Service," with Subodha Kumar and Andrew B. Whinston.
European Journal of Operations Research, forthcoming.
"Selling or Advertising: Strategies for Providing Digital Media Online,"
with Subodha Kumar and Andrew B. Whinston. Journal of Management
Information Systems 24 (3), 2008, 143-166.
"A Supply Chain Model with Direct and Retail Channels," with Aussadavut Dumrongsiri,
Apurva Jain, and Kamran Moinzadeh. European Journal of Operations Research
187 (3), 2008, 691-718.
"Evaluation and Design of Online Cooperative Feedback Mechanisms for
Reputation Management," with Yong Tan and Andrew B. Whinston. IEEE
Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering 17 (2), 2005, 244-254.
"E-Loyalty: Elusive Ideal or Competitive Edge?" with Sarv Devaraj and Rajiv Kohli.
Communications of the ACM 46 (9), 2003, 184-191.
"Decentralized Mechanism Design for Supply Chain Organizations Using
an Auction
Market," with Jan Stallaert and Andrew B. Whinston. Information Systems
Research 14 (1), 2003, 1-22.
"Antecedents of B2C Channel Satisfaction and Preference:
Validating E-Commerce Metrics," with Sarv Devaraj and Rajiv Kohli. Information Systems Research 13 (3), 2002, 316-333.
"The Internet and the Future of Financial Markets," with Jan
Stallaert and Andrew B. Whinston. Communications of the ACM 43 (11),
November, 2000, 83-88.
(PDF file)
Awards and Grants
- Faculty advisor, the winning team of the First East-West MBA All-Star Case Challenge, 2008.
- Lex N. Gamble Family Award for Excellence in the Field of E-Commerce, University of Washington Business School, 2004
- Salesforce.com Grant for course development, 2004
- Microsoft ERP and CRM Software Grant for ERP course development, 2003
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Research Grant on E-Commerce, 2000-2001
- Houston Endowment President's Excellence Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 1998
Contact Info
Mackenzie 345
University of Washington Business School
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200
Email: mfan@u.washington.edu
Phone: (206) 543-7525
Fax: (206) 543-3968