Ming Fan is an associate professor in information systems at Foster School of Business, University of Washington. He received his B.S. from Nanjing University, China and Ph.D. degree in information systems management from the business school in 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
- Outsourcing and contract theory
- Information Economics
- Computer and Internet adoption
- Reputation systems in online markets
- Use of IT in financial services and retail industries
Teaching
He 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. Chinese translation (金融市场中的电子商务与革新) published by Peking University Press.
- 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, 196(2), 2009, 661-671.
"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
- Dean's Junior Faculty Research Award, Michael G. Foster School of Business, 2008
- 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
Email: mfan@u.washington.edu
Phone: (206) 543-7525
Fax: (206) 543-3968Mackenzie 345
Foster School of Business, University of Washington
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200