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Dr Di Fan
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Dr Di Fan

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Fan is currently an Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Before joining PolyU, he was an Assistant Professor at Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST, 2015-2018) and Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University (ANU, 2019-2020).

He is a researcher in the areas of sustainable operations management and global supply chain. He has published in prestigious academic journals including Journal of Operations Management, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management and Decision Sciences. He is an Associate Editor of Journal of Operations Management and Editorial board member of Decision Sciences

He has received several research related awards including the IACMR 2017 Presidential Award of Responsible Research, 2020 Jack Meredith Best Paper Award, 2022 Honorable Mention of Reviewer Service, and 2023 Best Reviewer Award of Journal of Operations Management.

His research findings and commentaries were featured by over 100 reports from international media including The Guardian, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Nikkei Asia, Vogue Business, Just Style, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age (Melbourne) and Hong Kong local media including South China Morning Post, Ming Pao, HKET, HKEJ and Headline Daily.

Dr Fan is currently the discipline leader of fashion business, and the program leader of Master of Sustainable Fashion and Innovation (PolyU). He had served as the program leader of Master of Supply Chain Management (MUST) and Master of Project Management (ANU). 

Research Interests

  • "Deviations from aspirational target levels and environmental and safety performance: Implications for operations managers acting irresponsibly". Journal of Operations Management. 2019; 65(6), 490-516. with Wiengarten, F., Pagell, M. & Lo, C. K. Y.
  • "Managerial Time Horizons and the Decision to Put Operational Workers at Risk: The Role of Debt." Decision Sciences. 2019; 50(3), 582-611. with Pagell, M., Wiengarten, F., Humphrey, P. & Lo. C.K.Y.
  • "Environmental Incidents and the Market Value of Firms: An Empirical Investigation in the Chinese Context." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. 2018; 20(3), 422-439. with Lo, C. K. Y., Tang, C. S., Zhou, Y. & Yeung, A. C. L.
  • "The differing impacts of operational and financial slack on occupational safety in varying market conditions." Journal of Operations Management, 2017; 52, 30-45. with Wiengarten, F., Lo, C. K. Y., & Pagell, M.
  • "OHSAS 18001 certification and operating performance: The role of complexity and coupling." Journal of Operations Management, 2014; 32(5), 268-280. with Lo, C. K. Y., Pagell, M., Wiengarten, F., & Yeung, A. C. L.
  • "Occupational health and safety issues in operations management: A Systematic and citation network analysis review." International Journal of Production Economics, 2014; 158, 334-344. with Lo, C. K. Y., Ching, V. & Kan, C. W.

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