Di Fan Assistant Professor, Institute of Textiles and Clothing
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Emaild.fanpolyu.eduhk


336 Citations Source: Scopus
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20122021
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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 (Level C of Australian system) 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 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, and Decision Sciences. He is serving the editorial review boards of?Journal of Operations Management?and?Decision Sciences.?
He has received several research awards including the IACMR 2017 Presidential Award of Responsible Research, 2018 Bank of China (Macau) research excellence award and 2020 Jack Meredith Best Paper Award of Journal of Operations Management. His research findings? were featured by The Guardian, Vogue Business, South China Morning Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age (Melbourne), Brisbane Times, Yahoo! UK, UCLA Anderson review, Macao Daily and etc.?
Dr Fan’s teaching experiences span various aspects of fashion business, including operations management, sourcing & logistics, enterprise systems, project management, decision making methods and business statistics. He had served as the program leader of Master of Supply Chain Management (MUST) and Master of Project Management (ANU).
TeachingThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University:
ITC3205T: Sustainability in Fashion and Textiles
ITC 512: International Trade and FDI in Textiles & Fashion
ITC 4068M: Merchandising Management:
ITC514: Sourcing and Logistics:
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The Australian National University:
Tools & Techniques in Business Project Management
Enterprise Systems in Business
Business Decision Making
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Macau University of Science and Technology:
Business Statistics
Project Management
Decision-making Methods
Introduction to Management Information System
Operations Management
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Research interestsSelected publications:
"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.?
2020 Jack Meredith Best Paper Award
Featured article of Journal of Operations Management.
2018-2019 Wiley top downloaded paper.
Reported by 16 media outlets including The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age (Melbourne), Yahoo! UK & Ireland, Western Australia Today, Brisbane Times.
"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.?
Reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, National Radio News and Canberra FM
"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.
Inaugural IACMR Responsible research Award paper,
Reported by UCLA Anderson Review and INFORMS Newsroom.
"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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Research grants:
2022-2024: Locking in International Buyer-Supplier Relationships: Evidence from the US-China Trade War: PI. HKD$ 447,993. GRF. Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.
2020-2023: Diffusion of Corporate Social Responsibility in International Fashion Supply Chains: A Social Exchange Perspective: PI. HKD$498,400.?Start-up Fund for New Recruits. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
2020-2021: Risk-based decision making for production resumption in the global supply chain: Evidence from the COVID-19 outbreak:?Co-PI. Higher Education Bureau of Macau. MOP$ 220,300.
2019-2020: The Consequences and Antecedences of Environmental and Occupational Safety Incidents: A Supply Chain Perspective. PI. CBE Early Career Researcher Grant. Australian National University. AUD$14,540
2018-2019: The Impacts of Safety Accident on Chinese Manufacturer's firm value: An event study analysis. Macau Foundation, PI. MOP$30,000
2016-2017: The Impacts of OHSAS 18001 Certification on the Operating Performance of Chinese Firms in Manufacturing and Service Industries. Macau Foundation, PI. MOP$30,000
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In the Media:
“Trump’s Tariffs Did, In Fact, Hurt U.S. Importers” (2021/11/15), UCLA Anderson Review. https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/trumps-tariffs-did-in-fact-hurt-u-s-importers/
“Tokyo Olympics: silence is golden at Games as Western teams keep quiet over suspected use of Xinjiang cotton by Chinese brands” (2021/8/1), South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3143389/tokyo-olympics-silence-golden-games-western-teams-keep-quiet-over
“Will Uzbekistan cotton reap the benefits of Xinjiang’s alleged labour abuses?” (2021/5/17). South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3133792/will-uzbekistan-cotton-reap-benefits-xinjiangs-alleged-labour
“How brands should approach sustainability in China” (2021/5/5), Vogue Business. https://www.voguebusiness.com/consumers/how-brands-should-approach-sustainability-in-china
“Chinese branch of Better Cotton Initiative challenges headquarters and says it has found no evidence of Xinjiang forced labour” (2021/3/29), South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3127501/chinese-branch-better-cotton-initiative-challenges-headquarters
“Xinjiang Maelstrom Rocks Burberry, Adidas, Uniqlo—and Mega Brands Scrub XUAR Statements” (2021/3/25), Sourcing Journal. https://sourcingjournal.com/topics/labor/china-h-m-nike-xinjiang-forced-labor-weibo-boycott-cotton-sourcing-270427/
“The verdict on the world’s largest free trade deal: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership covers 50 per cent of global textile and apparel exports.” (2020/11/19), Vogue Business.https://www.voguebusiness.com/companies/what-rcep-means-for-fashion
“Fashion’s cotton supply caught in crossfire of US-China trade war” (2020/9/16), Vogue Business.https://www.voguebusiness.com/sustainability/us-ban-cotton-xinjiang
“Debt-laden firms are more likely to risk work safety: study” (2020/4/22), Australian National University.https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/debt-laden-firms-are-more-likely-to-risk-work-safety-study
“Risky business: Sharp debt increases can hit worker safety, study finds” (2020/4/16), Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times.https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/risky-business-sharp-debt-increases-can-hit-worker-safety-study-finds-20200421-p54lqc.html
“Hubris behind corporate unethical behaviour” (2020/11/19), Australian National University.https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/hubris-behind-corporate-unethical-behaviour
“Hubris in well-performing companies can lead to trouble: study” (2019/11/19), Sydney Morning Herlad, The Age, Brisbane Times, Western Australia Today.https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/hubris-in-well-performing-companies-can-lead-to-trouble-study-20191118-p53bkx.html
“Big profits can fuel bad corporate behaviour, new research shows” (2019/11/18), The Guardian, Yahoo! News.https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/19/big-profits-can-fuel-bad-corporate-behaviour-new-research-shows
“Your Chinese Supplier Pollutes – It Dents Your Stock Price?” (2017/9/19), UCLA Anderson Review.https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/polluting-manufacturers/
“粵港澳大灣區與台共享商機” (2017/10/20), Macao Daily.https://www.cyberctm.com/zh_TW/news/detail/2017579


External positionsSenior Lecturer, Australian National University
Jan 2019 → Jul 2020
Assistant Professor, Macau University of Science and Technology
Sep 2015 → Dec 2018

KeywordsHD28 Management. Industrial Management
Supply chain management
sustainability





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Research output Research output per year 2012 2018 2020 2021 2021 336 Citations
8 h-Index
17 Journal article
1 Conference article published in proceeding or book
1 Review article

Research output per year

Research output per year



Does interest alignment between hotels and online travel agencies intensify review manipulations?Chen, Y., Tang, T., Li, Y. & Fan, D., Mar 2021, In: Industrial Management and Data Systems. 121, 6, p. 1435-1456 22 p.Research output: Journal article publication ? Journal article ? Academic research ? peer-review


1 Citation(Scopus)








Gaining customer satisfaction through sustainable supplier development: The role of firm reputation and marketing communicationFan, D., Xiao, C., Zhang, X. & Guo, Y., Oct 2021, In: Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 154, 102453.Research output: Journal article publication ? Journal article ? Academic research ? peer-review









Sustainability risk in supply bases: The role of complexity and couplingFan, D., Lo, C. K. Y. & Zhou, Y., Jan 2021, In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 145, 102175.Research output: Journal article publication ? Journal article ? Academic research ? peer-review
Open Access

5 Citations(Scopus)








The effects of supply chain diversification during the COVID-19 crisis: Evidence from Chinese manufacturersLin, Y., Fan, D., Shi, X. & Fu, M., 2021, In: Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review.Research output: Journal article publication ? Journal article ? Academic research ? peer-review







The impact of inspection on the sustainable production strategy: Environmental violation and abatement in emerging marketsMa, X., Fan, D., Zhou, Y. & Yang, C. H., Jun 2021, In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 150, 102294.Research output: Journal article publication ? Journal article ? Academic research ? peer-review










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Prizes
2018-2019 Wiley top downloaded paper (2020)Fan, Di (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (research)


2020 Jack Meredith Best Paper AwardFan, Di (Recipient) & Lo, Kwan Yu (Recipient), Aug 2020
Prize: Prize (research)


Bank of China (Macau) Research Excellent AwardFan, Di (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (research)


Outstanding ReviewerFan, Di (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (research)


Responsible research in management inaugural IACMR presidential awardFan, Di (Recipient), 2017
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Activities Activities per year 2019 2019 2020 2021 2021 4 Editorial work for journals

Activities per year




Journal of Operations Management (Journal)Di Fan (Editorial board member)
2021 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work ? Editorial work for journals


Journal of Operations Management (Journal)Di Fan (Special topic editor)
2020 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work ? Editorial work for journals


Decision Sciences (Journal)Di Fan (Editorial board member)
2020 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work ? Editorial work for journals


International Journal of Production Economics (Journal)Di Fan (Special topic editor)
2019 → 2021
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work ? Editorial work for journals






Press / Media
The verdict on the world’s largest free trade deal: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership covers 50 per cent of global textile and apparel exportsDi Fan
19/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media


Tokyo Olympics: silence is golden at Games as Western teams keep quiet over suspected use of Xinjiang cotton by Chinese brandsDi Fan
1/08/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media


How brands should approach sustainability in ChinaDi Fan
5/05/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media


Chinese branch of Better Cotton Initiative challenges headquarters and says it has found no evidence of Xinjiang forced labourDi Fan
29/03/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media


Xinjiang Maelstrom Rocks Burberry, Adidas, Uniqlo—and Mega Brands Scrub XUAR StatementsDi Fan
25/03/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media



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