2017年12月19日下午，美国Santa Clara University 李涛老师应邀在主楼418会议室举行了一场以“A Responsive-Pricing Retailer Sourcing from Competing Suppliers Facing Disruptions”为题的学术讲座，管理与经济学院众多师生参加了本次学术交流活动。
       

       供应商中断相关性存在的原因很多，如产品和服务设计，地理位置接近度，共同供应商等等。实际上，在供应不确定性得到解决后，大多数零售商确实有能力调整产品价格。因此，研究一个响应定价零售商与相关供应商的采购问题变得非常重要。李老师研究了一个零售商面向两个相互竞争的具有独立或相关关系的两个供应商的供应链问题。两个供应商通过设定批发价格进行竞争，零售商通过设置交付时的零售价格对供应商做出响应。提出了三点主要结论：（1）降低生产成本是供应商进入市场的唯一途径，在不降低成本的情况下提高可靠性只会使进入更加困难。（2）供应商可靠性的提高可能会不利于其自身。（3）高度的中断相关性可能会使具有成本优势的供应商受益。最后，李老师回答了在场老师和同学的提问，聆听本次讲座的同学们纷纷表示深受启发。

主讲人介绍：
       Tao Li joined the Operations Management & Information Systems department in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University in Fall 2012 as an assistant professor. Professor Li’s research interests include supply chain management with a special emphasis on sourcing strategy with unreliable suppliers, supply chain coordination, and the operations-marketing interface. His scholarship has appeared in leading academic journals such as Production and Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research.
       Professor Li serves as a senior editor and a member of editorial review board for Production and Operations Management and the treasurer of the Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering. He has been a regular reviewer for top journals including Management Science, Operations Research, and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.