Professor Jeff Jia joined KFUPM Business School, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Kingdom on August, 2026 as a Distinguished Professor in Supply Chain Management at. Professor Jia holds a PhD in Supply Chain Management from Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University (UK), awarded in 2010. Professor Jia’s research has been focusing on strategic Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (SCM) and has had significant impact on the supply chain policy and private sectors.

Professor Jia has been recognized as a Top 2% social scientist in the Stanford-Elsevier World’s Top Scientists ranking for four consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025). Prof. Jia has published more than 200 publications in peer reviewed journals including Journal of Operations Management (UTD/FT), International Journal of Operations and Production Management (ABS4); British Journal of Management (ABS4), European Journal of Operational Research (ABS4), Information Systems Journal (ABS 4) among others. He has published 6 books in English and Chinese. Prof. Jia’s Google Scholar citation count stands at over 14,000 with an H-index of 64 (August 2026).

Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK, 2005-2009
PhD in Supply Chain Management (awarded in 2010)

MRes (Master of Research Methodology awarded in 2006)

Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK, 2003-2005
MBA in Strategic Procurement Management

Digital supply chains

Sustainability supply chains

Supply chain risk management

Chen, L., Li, T., Jia, F.* and Schoenherr, T. (2022). “The impact of COVID-19 government measures on manufacturers’ stock market valuations: Evidence from China”, Journal of Operations Management,  69(3), 404-425. (ABS 4*; UTD)

Wu, Z. and Jia, F. (2018). “Toward a Theory of Supply Chain Fields — Understanding the Institutional Process of Supply Chain Localization”. Journal of Operations Management, 58-59, 27-41. (ABS 4*; UTD)

Jia, F., Xu, Y., Chen, L. and Fernandes, K. (2023). “Does supply chain concentration improve sustainability performance: The role of operational slack and information transparency”, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 45(1), 269-300. (ABS 4)

Jia, F., Li, D., Liu, G., Sun, H., & Hernandez, J. E. (2020). Achieving loyalty for sharing economy platforms: an expectation–confirmation perspective. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 40(7-8), 1067-1094. (ABS 4)

Chen, L., Yan, F., Jia, F. and Wang, Y. (2026). “The Impact of ESG Performance on Trade Credit: The Role of Operations and Supply Chain Management Factors”,   Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review.

Du, K., Jia, F.*, Chen, L. and Yang, Y. (2026). “Impact of Supplier Instability on Supply Chain Financing: A Social Systems Theory Perspective”, International Journal of Production Economics, 110012.

Liu, W., Wang, J., Jia, F.* and Choi. T. (2022). Blockchain Announcements and Stock Value: A Technology Management Perspective, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 42(5), 713-742. (ABS 4)

Fu, W., Zhang, M., Zhao, X. and Jia, F.* (2022). “Interplay between Servitization and Platforms: A Longitudinal Case Study”, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 42(4), 471-499. (ABS 4)

Yang, Y., Jiang, Y., Jia, F., & Chen, L. (2023). The impact of supplier instability on corporate social responsibility performance over the firm lifecycle: a social systems theory perspective. British Journal of Management, 34(3), 1259-1281. (ABS 4)

Yao, A., Jia, F., Jiang, L., Shi, Z. and Wei, Q. (2025). “Artificial Intelligence Customer Service Adoption Strategy in Platform Supply Chain: Strategic Interactions and Consumer Automation Aversion”. European Journal of Operational Research. (equal contributions) (ABS 4)