Chen Fangruo is also MUTB Professor of International Business, Columbia University Business School. He has published extensively in many of the field's top academic journals such as "Management Science" and "Operations Research," addressing issues in production/distribution planning, procurement auctions, supplier management, supply chain coordination, supply chain information sharing, incentive contracts, salesforce incentives, etc. Professor Chen received the prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (USA), 1997. In 2004, he received the Overseas Chinese Young Investigator Award from the National Natural Science Foundation of China. In 2005, he was appointed the Distinguished Visiting Professor by the Chinese Academy of Science. In 2006, he was named the Chang Jiang Scholar by the Ministry of Education, China.

Professor Chen held, and continues to hold, numerous leadership positions in his profession: Area Editor for Operations Research, Departmental Editor for Management Science, Senior Editor for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Editorial Board Member of Marketing Science. In 2006, he served as the President of the Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society in the United States (MSOM). In 2007, he founded the Overseas Chinese Scholars Association in Management Science and Engineering. He is the current President of OCSAMSE.

• F. Chen and W. Xiao. Are target-based rebates good for the manufacturer? In preparation.
• F. Chen, L. Lu and H. Zhang. Penalty mechanisms and product quality. In preparation.
• F. Chen, J. Li and H. Zhang. Capacity allocation in a supply chain with a dominant retailer. In preparation.
• F. Chen, J. Li and H. Zhang. Retail competition, capacity allocation, and supply chain performance. Working paper, Columbia Business School and Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Under revision.)
• F. Chen and W. Xiao. 2008. Incentive Contracts, Information Acquisition, and Production Planning. Working Paper, Columbia Business School. (Previous title “Salesforce Incentives,Information Acquisition, and Production Planning.”)
• F. Chen and W. Xiao. 2008. On Compensation Schemes for Sales Agents with SuperiorMarket Information. Working Paper, Columbia Business School. (Previous title “Sales Contests and Production Planning.”)
• F. Chen. 2007. Auctioning Supply Contracts. Management Science 53(10), 1562-1576.
• Bernstein, F., F. Chen, and A. Federgruen. 2006. Coordinating Supply Chains with Simple Pricing Schemes: The Role of Vendor Managed Inventories. Management Science 52(10), 1483-1492.
• Chen, F. and B. Yu. 2005. Quantifying the Value of Leadtime Information in a Single-Location Inventory System. M&SOM 7(2), 144-151.
• Chen, F. 2005. Salesforce Incentives, Market Information, and Production/Inventory Planning. Management Science 51 (1), 60-75.
• Chen, F. and R. Samroengraja. 2004. Order Volatility and Supply Chain Costs. Operations Research 52 (5), 707-722.
• Chen, F. 2003. Information Sharing and Supply Chain Coordination. In the Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science, Vol. 11, Supply Chain Management: Design, Coordination, and Operation, edited by A.G. de Kok and S.C. Graves, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
• Chen, F., A. Federgruen, and Y.-S. Zheng. 2001. Near-Optimal Pricing and Replenishment Strategies for a Retail/Distribution System. Operations Research 49 (6), 839-853.
• Chen, F., A. Federgruen, and Y.-S. Zheng. 2001. Coordination Mechanisms for a
• Distribution System with One Supplier and Multiple Retailers. Management Science 47 (5), 693-708.
• Chen, F. and J.-S. Song. 2001. Optimal Policies for Multi-Echelon Inventory Problems with Markov Modulated Demand. Operations Research 49 (2), 226-234.
• Chen, F. 2001. Market Segmentation, Advanced Demand Information, and Supply Chain Performance. M&SOM (Manufacturing and Service Operations Management) 3 (1), 53-67.
• Chen, F. 2000. Salesforce Incentives and Inventory Management. M&SOM (Manufacturing and Service Operations Management) 2 (2), 186-202.
• Chen, F. 2000. Effectiveness of (R,Q) Policies in One-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Systems with Deterministic Demand and Backlogging. Naval Research Logistics 47, 422-439.
• Chen, F. and R. Samroengraja. 2000. The Stationary Beer Game. Production and Operations Management (a special issue on teaching supply chain management) 9, 19-30.
• Chen, F. 2000. Optimal Policies for Multi-Echelon Inventory Problems with Batch Ordering. Operations Research 48, 376-389.
• Chen, F. and R. Samroengraja. 2000. A Staggered Ordering Policy for One-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Systems. Operations Research 48, 281-293.

• F. Chen and A. Federgruen. Mean-Variance Analysis of Basic Inventory Models.
• F. Chen and A. Ziv. Marketing-operations analysis for the provision of incentives for a multitask salesforce.
• F. Chen and B. Yu. A Supply Chain model with Asymmetric Capacity Information.

• "Beer Game: A Supply Chain Simulation." 2008.
• "Supply Chain Simulations (I)-(IV)." 1997; revised 2002.