Research in Progress

In Progress

Whom to Blame? The Warranty Options and Product Failure Attribution

Wayne Fu

Examines how warranty design choices interact with product failure attribution, building on prior work connecting warranty length, reliability, and secondary markets.

In Progress

The Implications of Green Intention and Behavior

C.P. Su, Wayne Fu

Investigates the gap between firms' stated environmental intentions and actual operational behavior, and the downstream effects on performance and business risk.

In Progress

On-Time by Design: Ride-pooling Subsidies for Workers

W.M. Yeo, Wayne Fu

Explores the operational and policy design of ride-pooling subsidy programs aimed at improving worker punctuality and commute reliability.

Manuscripts Under Review

Under Review

Striving for Mediocrity: Evaluating Buyer and Competitor Pressure on Supplier Responses to Relative Environmental Performance

D. Cole, H.C. Su, Wayne Fu, T. Schoenherr

Under 2nd round review — Journal of Business Logistics

Under Review

Setting the Bar for Green: An Empirical Analysis of Emission Target Efficacy

K. Hsu, Wayne Fu, H.C. Su

Under review — International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Under Review

The Influence of Voluntary Environmental Disclosure on the Environmental Impact of Waste Reduction Activities

D. Cole, Wayne Fu, H.C. Su

Under review — Decision Science

Under Review

Strategic Buyer-Supplier Relationship Dissolution: Application through the Lens of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model

Y.S. Chen, S. Shen, Wayne Fu

Under review — Journal of Business Logistics

Peer-Reviewed Publications

2025

Budget Disclosure in Crowdfunding: Information Asymmetry and Cost Transparency

Fu, W., G. Shang, X. Tong

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 27(2), pp. 659–678

Love thy Neighbor, But Don't Pull Down Your Hedge: The Influence of Dependence Dynamics on Supplier Productivity

Kao, T.W., H.C. Su, Y. Ro, W. Fu

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 31(1), 100969

2024

Early Mover Advantages in Environmental Initiatives

Su, H.C., W. Fu, K. Linderman

Journal of Operations Management, 70(7), pp. 1155–1177

🏅 Honorable Mention — JOM Jack Meredith Best Paper Award, 2025
2022

Warranty Length, Product Reliability, and Secondary Markets

Fu, W., A. Atasu, N. Tereyagoglu

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 24(4), pp. 2240–2255

Featured in UM-Dearborn Reporter · Invited presentation, Vehicle Service & Warranty Lifecycle Summit, 2022

Does Increased Water Efficiency Improve Financial Performance? The Important Role of Operational Efficiency

Fu, W., B. Jacobs

International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 42(3), pp. 304–330

2021

The Implications of Efficiency Differences in Sustainable Development: An Empirical Study in the Consumer Product Industry

Fu, W., C.P. Su

Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(5), pp. 2489–2504

2020

Take Actions or Outsource? An Empirical Examination of Strategic Environmental Options on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Fu, W., H.C. Su

International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 40(6), pp. 753–776

2019

Are Hazardous Substance Rankings Effective? An Empirical Investigation of Changing Assessments of the Relative Hazards of Chemicals and Voluntary Emissions Reductions

Fu, W., B. Kalkanci, R. Subramanian

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 21(3), pp. 602–619

🏅 Honorable Mention — M&SOM Society Award for Responsible Research in Operations Management, 2020
Featured in Science Daily, Phys.Org, M&SOM Review, Georgia Tech Research Horizons, UM-Dearborn Reporter

Selected Presentations

Research Seminars

Jun 2025

"On-Time by Design: Ride-pooling Subsidies for Workers"

National Taiwan University · Taipei, Taiwan

May 2024

"The Role of Information in Operations"

National Chengchi University · Taipei, Taiwan

Jul 2023

"The Role of Waste Management Hierarchy in Sustainable Operations"

University of Groningen · Groningen, Netherlands

May 2023

"Does Increased Water Efficiency Improve Financial Performance?"

National Sun Yat-Sen University · Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Academic Conferences

Apr 2024

"The Impact of Target Types and Operational Efficiency on Greenhouse Gas Emission"

POMS Annual Meeting · Minneapolis, MN

Nov 2023

"Budget Disclosure in Crowdfunding: Information Asymmetry and Cost Transparency"

DSI Annual Meeting · Atlanta, GA

Jul 2023

"Green Intention and Behavior on Firm Performance and Business Risk"

EurOMA · Leuven, Belgium

Jul 2022

"The Strategic Benefits of Environmental Practices Adoption Speed"

EurOMA · Berlin, Germany

Industry Conferences

Oct 2023

"Whom to Blame? The Warranty Options and Product Failure Attribution"

Vehicle Service & Warranty Lifecycle Summit · Southfield, MI

Oct 2022

"Are Longer Warranties More Profitable?"

Vehicle Service & Warranty Lifecycle Summit · Southfield, MI