Hongyan Liang

• Ph.D., Business Administration (Operations Management), Kent State University, 2017
• M.A., Financial Economics, Ohio University, 2012
• B.A., Economics, Shanxi University, 2010

• Lecturer of Business Administration, Business Administration, University of Illinois, 2018 to present
• Instructor of Business Administration, Business Administration, University of Illinois, 2017-2018
• Instructor, Kent State College of Business Administration, 2013-2016
• Data Analyst (Summer Intern), Roulston Research, 2011

• Liu, Z., & Liang, H. (2022). Permanent layoff and consumer credit card loss forecasting. Managerial Finance, emerald insight.  link >
• Shen, F., Guo, Q., Liang, H., & Liu, Z. (2022). Responses in Divergence of Opinion to Earnings Announcements: Evidence from American Depository Receipts. International Journal of Managerial Finance, Emerald Insight, (March 2022).  link >
• Lai, S., Liang, H., Liu, Z., Pu, X., & Zhang, J. (2022). Ownership concentration among entrepreneurial firms: The growth-control trade-off. International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, 78 (March 2022), 122-140.  link >
• Liang, H., Guiffrida , A., Liu, Z., Patuwo , B., & Shanker, M. (2021). A Generalized Stochastic Cost–Volume–Profit Model. systems, MDPI, 9 (4).  link >
• Liang, H., & Liu, Z. (2021). The impact of bank liquidity risk on risk-taking and bank lending: evidence from European bank. Journal of Finance & Banking Review, GATR Journals, 6 (2), 82-97.  link >

• RC Evans Data Analytics Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021-2023
• Disruption & Innovation Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021-2022
• Excellent Teacher's List, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018-2022

• Journal Reviewer, International Journal of Managerial Finance, 2022 to present

Supply Chain Management; Operations Management/Research; Management Science; Business Analytics; Data Analytics; Statistics; Quantitative Methods & Analysis; Purchasing and Supply Management; Strategic Sourcing; Project Management; SAP/ERP Solutions

Supply chain coordination; Production and operations management; Closed-loop supply chain; Value-added recovery; Pricing management; Product returns, Third party reverse logistics; Supply chain delivery performance; Risk management

• Operations Management (BADM 275) Operations Management is about developing, producing, and delivering goods and services that meet and exceed customer expectations. In this course, students will be introduced to decision making frameworks and techniques for effectively and efficiently managing operations through coordinated efforts across different organizations in a supply chain and across multiple areas within an organization. These multiple areas could be consumer analytics, research and development, finance, engineering, marketing, human resource management, sourcing, information systems, logistics, and accounting.

• Management Decision Models (BADM 374) Introduction to methods of operations research from an executive or managerial viewpoint, emphasizing formulation of business problems in quantitative terms; industrial applications of linear programming, dynamic programming, game theory, probability theory, queuing theory, and inventory theory.

• Operations Strategy (BADM 375) Students will learn how organizations can gain and sustain competitive advantage through their operations capabilities. The course content will cover manufacturing and service contexts across industries such as airline, consulting, entertainment, healthcare, hospitality, information technology, and retail. Cases and examples will be used to explore technologies such as blockchain and internet of things (IOT), issues such as supply chain risk and social responsibility, and business models such as alliances and sharing economy.