Faculty

Hirofumi Matsuo

Department of Business Economics

Director of Institute for International Strategy

Professor

Email: hmatsuo@tiu.ac.jp
Last updated: August 4, 2023 10:06 am

⬛ Education

1984 Ph.D. - Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1979 M.E. - Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics, Kyoto University
1977 B.A. - Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics, Kyoto University

⬛ Teaching and Research Interests

Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Service Operations Management, Production Planning and Scheduling

⬛ Academic Appointments

2021- Professor, Tokyo International University
2020-2021 Professor, Okayama Shoka University
2004-2020 Professor, Kobe University
1999-2004 Professor, University of Tsukuba
1995-1999 Professor, University of Texas at Austin
1989-1995 Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
1984-1989 Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin

⬛ Fellowships & Grants

2017-2021, 2013-2016, 2010-2012, 2002-2004, 2000-2001 JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
1997-1999 Fred H. Moore Centennial Professorship in International Management
1988-2020 Global Research Fellow, IC2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin

⬛ Selected Publications/Conference Papers

โ€œLong-Term Service Agreement in Power Systems,โ€ Foundations and Trendsยฎ in Technology, Information and Operations Management: Vol. 16, No. 3โ€“4, pp 288-303. (coauthored with Panos Kouvelis, Yixuan Xiao, Quan Yuan)
โ€œLong-term Service Agreement in Electricity Supply Chain with Renewable Energy Penetration,โ€ Production and Operations Management, 2023, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 1830-1845. (coauthored with Panos Kouvelis, Yixuan Xiao, Quan Yuan)
Operations Management and Strategy in the Era of Technological Revolution: Proceedings of the 6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management,ใ€€Sankeisha, Co., Ltd., (co-edited with Jose A. D. Machuca, Yoshiki Matsui, Hiroki Sano and Junichi Tomita), 2022.
โ€œBespoke Supply-Chain Resilience: The Gap between Theory and Practice,โ€ Journal of Operations Management, 2022, Vol. 68, No. 5, pp. 515-531. (coauthored with M. A. Cohen, S. Cui, S. Doetsch, R. Ernst, A. Huchzermeier, P. Kouvelis, H. L. Lee, A. A. Tsay)
โ€œIntegrating Vertical and Horizontal Capacity Coordination for Risk Management in the Semiconductor Supply Chain,โ€ The Journal of Japanese Operations Management and Strategy, 2019, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 18-33. (coauthored with J. Zhang)
โ€œPutting Supply Chain Resilience Theory into Practice,โ€ forthcoming in Management and Business Review. (coauthored with M. A. Cohen, S. Cui, S. Doetsch, R. Ernst, A. Huchzermeier, P. Kouvelis, H. L. Lee, A. A. Tsay)
โ€œBenchmarking Global Production Sourcing Decisions: Where and Why Firms Offshore and Reshore,โ€ Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2018, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 389-402. (coauthored with M. A. Cohen, S. Cui, R. Ernst, A. Huchzermeier, P. Kouvelis, H. L. Lee, M. Steuber, A. A. Tsay)
โ€œThe Effect of Risk Aversion on Distribution Channel Contracts: Implications for Return Policies,โ€ International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, Vol. 176, pp. 29-40. (coauthored with S. Ohmura )
โ€œImplications of the Tohoku Earthquake for Toyotaโ€™s coordination mechanism: Supply chain disruption of automotive semiconductors,โ€ International Journal of Production Economics, 2015, Vol. 161, pp. 217-227.
โ€œHorizontal Coordinating Contracts in the Semiconductor Industry,โ€ European Journal of Operational Research, 2014, Vol. 237, pp.887-897. (coauthored with X. Wu, P. Kouvelis, H. Sano )
โ€œHorizontal Capacity Coordination for Risk Management and Flexibility: Pay ex ante or Commit a Fraction of ex post Demand?โ€ Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2013, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 458-472. (coauthored with X. Wu, P. Kouvelis )
โ€œMeasuring Changes in Quality Management: An Empirical Analysis of Japanese Manufacturing Companies,โ€ Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 2009, Vol.20, No. 12, 1337-1374. (coauthored with R. Arauz, H. Suzuki )
โ€œInnovating Innovation: The Case of Seven-Eleven Japan,โ€ International Commerce Review: ECR Journal, 2007, Vol. 7, No. 2, 104-114. (coauthored with S. Ogawa )
โ€œECR: a โ€˜freshโ€™ look from Japan,โ€ ECR Journal, 2002, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 17-27. (coauthored with Y. Takeda )
โ€œHuman Resource Planning in Knowledge-Intensive Operations: A Model for Learning with Stochastic Turnover,โ€ European Journal of Operational Research, 2001, Vol. 130, No. 1, pp. 169-189. (coauthored with S. K. Bordoloi )
โ€œA Mini-Line Approach for Pull Production,โ€ European Journal of Operational Research, 2000, Vol. 125, No. 2, pp. 340-358. (coauthored with R. Ahmadi )
โ€œFlexibility, Adaptability, and Efficiency in Manufacturing Systems,โ€ Production and Operations Management, 1999, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 133-150. (coauthored with S.K. Bordoloi, W.W. Cooper )
โ€œRepetitive Testing Strategies When the Testing Process is Imperfect,โ€ Management Science, 1998, Vol. 44, No. 10, 1367-1378. (coauthored with J. Ding, B.S. Greenberg )
โ€œProduct Growth Models for Medium-Term Forecasting of Short Life Cycle Products,โ€ Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 1998, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 169-196. (coauthored with A.A. Kurawarwala )
โ€œControl Policy for a Manufacturing System with Random Yield and Rework,โ€ Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 1997, Vol.95, No. 1, 149-175. (coauthored with L. Gong )
โ€œForecasting and Inventory Management of Short Life Cycle Products,โ€ Operations Research, 1996, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 131-150. (coauthored with A.A. Kurawarwala )
โ€œComponent Fixture Positioning/Sequencing for Printed Circuit Board Assembly with Concurrent Operations,โ€ Operations Research, 1995, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 444-457. (coauthored with J. Ahmadi, R. Ahmadi, D. Tirupati )
โ€œTwo-Stage Perishable Inventory Models,โ€ Management Science, 1993, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 633-649. (coauthored with C. Goh, B. S. Greenberg )
โ€œPerishable Inventory Systems with Batch Demand and Arrivals,โ€ Operations Research Letters, 1993, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 633-649. (coauthored with C. Goh, B.S. Greenberg )
โ€œA Crane Scheduling Problem in a Computer Integrated Manufacturing Environment,โ€ Management Science, 1991, Vol. 37, No. 5, 587-606. (coauthored with J. S. Shang, R. S. Sullivan )
โ€œThe Line Segmentation Problem,โ€ Operations Research, 1991, Vol. 39, No. 1, 42-55. (coauthored with R. Ahmadi )
โ€œA Stochastic Sequencing Problem for Style Goods with Forecast Revisions and Hierarchical Structure,โ€ Management Science, 1990, Vol. 36, No. 3, 332-347.
โ€œA Bottleneck-Based Beam Search for Job Scheduling in a Flexible Manufacturing System,โ€ International Journal of Production Research, 1989, Vol. 27, No. 11, pp. 1949-1961. (coauthored with Y. Chang, R. S. Sullivan )
โ€œA Knowledge-Based System for Stacker Crane Control in a Manufacturing Environment,โ€ IEEE Trans. on Syst., Man and Cybern, 1989, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 932-945. (coauthored with J. S. Shang, R. S. Sullivan )
โ€œA Controlled Search Simulated Annealing Method for the Single Machine Weighted Tardiness Problem,โ€ Annals of Operations Research, 1989, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 85-108. (coauthored with C. Suh, R. S. Sullivan )
โ€œThe Weighted Total Tardiness Problem with Fixed Shipping Times and Overtime Utilization,โ€ Operations Research, 1988, Vol. 36, No. 2, PP. 293-307.
โ€œProduction Planning of Style Goods with High Setup Costs and Forecast Revisions,โ€ Operations Research, 1986, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 226-236. (coauthored with G. R. Bitran, E. A. Haas )
โ€œThe Multi-Item Capacitated Lot Size Problem: Error Bounds of Manne's Formulations,โ€ Management Science, 1986, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 350-359. (coauthored with G. R. Bitran )
โ€œApproximation Formulations for the Single Product Capacitated Lot Size Problem,โ€ Operations Research, 1986, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 63-74. (coauthored with G. R. Bitran )
โ€œMulti-Plant MRP,โ€ Journal of Operations Management, 1985, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 183-203. (coauthored with G. R. Bitran, D. M Marieni, J. W. Noonan )

⬛ Institute for International Strategy

https://www.tiu.ac.jp/iis/members/matsuo.html

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