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Yehua Wei

Professor of Business Administration
Fuqua School of Business

Overview


Yehua Wei is a professor of business administration in Decision Sciences at Fuqua School of Business. Professor Wei received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT in 2013. He taught Decision Models, Spreadsheet Modeling, and Probability & Statistics across different graduate programs. His research interest lies in the broad area of decisions under uncertainty. Specifically, he studies problems in flexibility design, dynamic resource allocation, vehicle routing, queueing networks, strategic routing, and e-commerce fulfillment. His research has been recognized by several awards, including the George Nicholson Paper Competition, Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice, MSOM Service Management SIG Best Paper Prize, and MSOM Practice-Based Research Competition.

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Business Administration · 2026 - Present Fuqua School of Business

Recent News Items


Published January 18, 2023
Fuqua Insights
Increasing cost-efficiency in online shopping deliveries
Published June 25, 2020
Chicago Booth Review
Ever closer to an optimally cost-efficient assembly-line operation
Published June 9, 2015
Harvard Business Review
Find the Weak Link in Your Supply Chain

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Recent Scholarly Works


Online Demand Fulfillment Problem with Initial Inventory Placement: A Regret Analysis

Journal article Operations Research · May 1, 2026 We study a joint inventory placement and online fulfillment model. In the beginning, the inventory is distributed to different warehouses. At each subsequent period, an order arrives from one of the demand regions, and the decision maker makes an irrevocab ... Full text Cite

Physical Metallurgy and Mechanical Properties of Ultrahigh Strength Steels

Journal article steel research international · March 2026 Ultrahigh strength steels (UHSSs) are crucial for heavy load‐bearing components in aerospace and automotive applications, such as aircraft landing gears, crankshafts, and fasteners. This review presents recent advancements in various categories of ... Full text Cite

Does the deepening of digital trade rules improve GVC positioning?– A product-level analysis

Journal article Chinese Management Studies · February 17, 2026 PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of deepening digital trade rules on the host country’s position in global value chains (GVCs) of partner countrie ... Full text Cite
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Education


Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2013 Ph.D.
University of Waterloo (Canada) · 2008 B.S.