S. Alex Yang
Associate Professor of Management Science and Operations
BS (Tsinghua) MS (Northwestern) PhD MBA (Chicago)
Alex's main areas of research and teaching are supply chain finance, FinTech, business analytics, value chain management, risk management, and platform economy. His research has appeared in top management and finance academic journals such as Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Journal of Financial Economics. He holds editorial positions at several prestigious international academic journals. Alex has extensive experience in teaching MBA, EMBA and Executive Education Programmes, both in English and Chinese.
He has working and consulting experience in companies, financial institutions, and international organizations. He is currently collaborating with companies in the area of supply chain finance, FinTech, and business analytics.
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- sayang@london.edu
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- S. Alex Yang CV
- Interface of Operations Management and Finance
- Trade Credit and Supply Chain Finance
- FinTech
- Operations Management under Financial Distress
- Supply Chain Management
- Risk Management
- Platform Governance
2022
Dynamic Trade Finance in the Presence of Information Frictions and FinTech
Lee H; Tang C; Yang S A; Zhang Y
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2022 In Press
Improving Dispute Resolution in Two-Sided Platforms: The Case of Review Blackmail
Papanastasiou Y; Yang S A; Zhang A H
Management Science 2022 Accepted
Inventory financing under Risk-Adjusted-Return-On-Capital criterion
Zhang Y; Li P; Yang S A; Huang S
Naval Research Logistics 2022 Vol 69:1 p 92-109
Platform Tokenization: Financing, Governance, and Moral Hazard
Chod J; Trichakis N; Yang S A
Management Science 2022 In Press
The impact of trade credit provision on retail inventory: an empirical investigation using synthetic controls
Chen C; Jain N; Yang S A
Management Science 2022 Accepted
2021
Trade credit insurance: operational value and contract choice
Yang S A; Bakshi N; Chen C J
Management Science 2021 Vol 67:2 p 875-891
2020
Trade credit in supply chains: multiple creditors and priority rules
Yang S A; Birge J R
Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management 2020 Vol 14:1-2 p 5-22
2019
Financing suppliers under performance risk
Tang C S; Yang S A; Wu J
Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management 2019 Vol 12:2-3 p 135-151
Trade credit and supplier competition
Chod J; Lyandres E; Yang S A
Journal of Financial Economics 2019 Vol 131:2 p 484-505
2018
Sourcing from suppliers with financial constraints and performance risk
Tang C S; Yang S A; Wu J
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2018 Vol 20:1 p 70-84
Trade credit, risk sharing, and inventory financing portfolios
Yang S A; Birge J R
Management Science 2018 Vol 64:8 p 3469-3970
2017
Can small firms survive and benefit from delayed payments?
Yang S A
London Business School Review 2017 16 October
Trade credit in competition: a horizontal benefit
Peura H; Yang S A; Lai G
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2017 Vol 19:2 p 263-289
When customers anticipate liquidation sales: managing operations under financial distress
Birge JR; Parker R P; Wu M X; Yang SA
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2017 Vol 19:4 p 657-673
2015
The supply chain effects of bankruptcy
Yang S A; Birge J; Parker R
Management Science 2015 Vol 61:10 p 2320-2338
2007
A model of taxable portfolio with many assets
Birge J R; Yang S
Journal of Banking and Finance 2007 Vol 31 p 3269-3290
2021
Improving dispute resolution in two-sided platforms: the case of review blackmail
Papanastasiou Y; Yang S A; Zhang A H
Social Sciences Research Network
2020
Advance selling to ease financial distress
Papanastasiou Y; Xiao S; Yang S A
Social Sciences Research Network
Capacity expansion in service platforms: financing vs. employment
Peura H; Yang S A
Social Sciences Research Network
Decentralized governance on two-sided platforms: crowdsourcing, learning, and debiasing
Kwan A; Yang S A; Zhang A H
Social Sciences Research Network
The role of FinTech in mitigating information friction in supply chain finance
Lee H-H; Yang S A; Kim K
Social Sciences Research Network
2019
Financing inventory under bank capital regulation and seller orchestration
Zhang Y; Huang S; Yang S A
Social Sciences Research Network
Teaching portfolio
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Masters Degrees core courses
A key part of our Masters programmes curriculum.
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Data Analytics for Managers
Data Analytics for Managers
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Data Analytics for Managers
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Masters Degrees electives
Optional courses providing a deep dive into specialist areas.
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Advanced Business Analytics
The primary objective of this course is to enhance the participants’ ability to use analytics to develop insights in a wide range of business situations. We will work on five in-depth real-world case studies developed by the instructor. For each case, we will start with breaking down what seems to be a complex and ill-structured problem to simpler subproblems that are amenable to analysis. Through a mixture of lectures and workshops, we will use data analysis (visualization, regression) and modelling techniques (Monte-Carlo simulation, decision-tree analysis, optimization) to build progressively more sophisticated models that allow us to evaluate possible alternatives, make sensible recommendations, and serve as the basis for communicating findings and influencing decisions. After each session, participants will have the opportunity to further refine the models developed in class and prepare a presentation for the management of the company featured in the case study. PROGRAMMES WITH THIS ELECTIVE
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Business Resilience
Business Resilience PROGRAMMES WITH THIS ELECTIVE
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Digital Deep Dive
Digital Deep Dive PROGRAMMES WITH THIS ELECTIVE
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San Francisco Global Experience
Digital Innovation and Disruption PROGRAMMES WITH THIS ELECTIVE
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Advanced Business Analytics