On the afternoon of March 23, 2023, Professor Jeff Jia from the University of York in the UK was invited to give a presentation titled "The impact of government COVID-19 measures on manufacturers' stock market evaluations: the role of labor intensity and operational slip" in Conference Room 317 of the main building.
Professor Jeff Jia explains his research content from three aspects: 1. the formation of the global supply chain pattern; 2. Supply chain crisis under the epidemic; 3. Supply chain management under the epidemic. Professor Jeff Jia mentioned that the competition in the 21st century is no longer between enterprises, but between supply chains. The supply chain crises under the epidemic mainly include: 1. supply side shocks; 2. Demand side impact; 3. Confidence shock. The epidemic will have a serious impact on the global supply chain system. When the epidemic is under control, that is, the occurrence of supply chain disruptions is point like, with a certain number of occurrences and a certain duration. Enterprises need to build stability, resilience, robustness, and other capabilities. Professor Jeff Jia gave a detailed explanation of supply chain management under the COVID-19 epidemic in combination with his paper, and the report was well received by the teachers and students attending the meeting.
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Jeff Jia is the Chair Professor of Supply Chain Management at the School of Management at the University of York (ranked 150th in the world) in the UK and an Executive Member of the Executive Committee of the European Institute of Operations Management. Published over 100 papers (including 72 first author or corresponding author papers) in high-level international journals such as UTD24, ABS4, and ABS3, with a total of over 5300 citations and an H-index of 40. Three first author papers were selected as ESI high cited papers and six English monographs were written. He has presided over 17 international and domestic scientific research projects, including the World Wide Fund for Nature project, the British Natural Science Foundation, the Newton Foundation, the National Social Science Fund general project, the Ministry of Education humanities and social science research project, etc. Received 8 scientific research awards, including the second place in the Best Paper in Operations and Management category at the AOM Annual Conference.
