KSU’s SCM research gets grant from National Science Foundation
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At present, the university is conducting a research project involving supply chain management and the project has been awarded a $225,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The project is entitled “Collaborative Research on Studies of Multichannel Opaque Service Enterprises.”
George Cai, assistant professor of management, has focused the research on the travel industry when using online retail outlets such as Priceline.com. This research focuses on building mathematical models to help suppliers and retailers determine pricing, channel distribution and revenue management.
A second part of the grant, totaling $225,000, has been given to Cai’s research partner, Xiuli Chao, professor of industrial and operations engineering at the University of Michigan.
The grant is unique and novel in the sense that rarely a college of business administration gets funded by the National Science Foundation.
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