😀 about me

I focus on developing and applying arificial intelligence models to enhance operations and supply chain management. I am currently an assistant professor at University of Sussex Business School (USBS). Also, I am an visiting research fellow at Leeds University Business School (LUBS). I obtained my PhD degree at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPolyU) and completed AI course and projects at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). During my master studies at Macau University of Science and Technology, I worked on projects related to supply chain relationship.

I am particularly interested in sustainable operations management, natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning applications, healthcare operations, fashion business and supply chain, supply chain innovation, etc.

📝 News

• 2026.2 A theoretical paper on interdisciplianry knowledge exchange has been accepted for the EurOMA 2026 conference. See you in Vienna! Conference
• 2025.9 An empirical paper that explores the performance impact of sustainability reporting has been accepted in IJPE. Paper
• 2025.6 I am happy to share will be joining University of Sussex Business School as an assistant professor in 25/26 academic year. News
• 2024.3: A methodology paper is accepted at AOM 2024 . Look forward to seeing you all in Chicago! Conference
• 2024.2: A paper is accpeted at EurOMA 2024. Look forward to seeing you all in Barcelona! Conference

📝 Working papers

• Exchange of Knowledge Between OM and Other Disciplines: A Review of Blockchain Research
• EventMining: Natural Language Processing-based Event Discovery for Online Business Information
• Managing the Unexpected: A Large-Scale Data-Driven Event Analysis on Emerging Sustainability Events

📝 Selected Publications

IJPE 2025

Better to Talk More? The Impact of Sustainability Reporting on Productivity and Market Response from Signaling and Stakeholder Perspectives

Mingze Xu, Christina Wong, Chee Yee Wong, Sakun Boon-itt

• International Journal of Production and Economics, 2025
• Presented at AOM, EurOMA
• Methodology Feature: Event study using Secondary data

JCB 2021

From corporate environmental responsibility to purchase intention of Chinese buyers: The mediation role of relationship quality

Mingze Xu, Ivan Ka Wai Lai, Huajun Tang

• Journal of Consumer Behaviour. 2021.
• Methodology Feature: Survey methodology using primary data.
• This study explores the mediating effects of relationship quality between supplier CER and BRPI.