Rate My Professor Jade Chu

Chu's teaching interests include Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Supply Management, Sustainability, Distribution and Logistics. Her research focuses on supply chain disruptions from upstream and downstream perspectives, decision-making processes in buyer-supplier relationships during stable and disruptive periods, and consumer responses to supply chain issues such as sustainability and transparency in food chains. She utilizes multi-stage experimental studies to interconnect decisions across buyers, suppliers, and consumers. Key publications include "Supply Chain Transparency: Consumer Reactions to Incongruent Signals" (Journal of Operations Management, 2022, co-authored with D.A. Mollenkopf, S.T. Peinkofer, and others), which has received over 120 citations; "Size Matters: The Influence of Supplier Size on Buyer's Usage of Mediated Power in Positive and Negative Supplier-Induced Disruptions" (International Journal of Logistics Management, 2024, with Yanji Duan); and "Agility in Supply Chains and Operational Performance Outcomes: Investigating the Contingent Influence of Supply Uncertainty and Product Complexity" (2024, with Prashant Srivastava, Karthik N.S. Iyer, and Mohammed Rawwas). The John Deere Endowed Faculty Fellowship, currently held by Chu and established by Deere & Company, supports faculty research and scholarship in business to enhance student preparedness for employer expectations.