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Owen Q. Wu

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

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1309 E. Tenth Street

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1.

Smart Charging of Electric Vehicles: An Innovative Business Model for Utility Firms

Forthcoming in Manufacturing and Service Operations Management.
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 10 May 2021
Owen Q. Wu, Şafak Yücel and Yangfang Helen Zhou
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Downloads 539 (130,928)
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Electric Vehicles, Business Model Innovation, Smart-city Operations.

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Enhancing Anti-Corruption Measures in Humanitarian Aid Distribution

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 2023-4337527
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 11 May 2025
Paola Martin, Owen Q. Wu and Larysa Yakymova
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
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Anti-corruption, humanitarian aid, game theory, inspection, bribery

3.

Renewable, Flexible, and Storage Capacities: Friends or Foes?

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 28 May 2024
Xiaoshan Peng, Owen Q. Wu and Gilvan Souza
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and University of Tennessee
Downloads 410 (181,053)
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Renewable energy, flexible generation, energy storage, capacity investment, stochastic optimal control

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Donations for Refugee Crises: In-kind vs. Cash Assistance

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2023
Telesilla Kotsi, Owen Q. Wu and Alfonso J. Pedraza-Martinez
The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, Department of Operations and Business Analytics, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and University of Notre Dame
Downloads 359 (208,972)
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humanitarian operations, refugees, cash assistance, in-kind assistance, game theory

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Unit-Contingent Power Purchase Agreement and Asymmetric Information about Plant Outage

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1120
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2012
Owen Q. Wu and Volodymyr Babich
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business
Downloads 357 (209,635)
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unit-contingent contract, asymmetric information, Bayesian equilibrium, risk allocation

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Manufacturers' Competition and Subsidies to Suppliers

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 May 2010
Adam A. Wadecki, Volodymyr Babich and Owen Q. Wu
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Downloads 326 (231,171)
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Supply Risk, Competition, Shared Supplier, Subsidies

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Coordinating Energy Efficiency and Incentive-based Demand Response

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 16-68
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2019
Eric Webb, Owen Q. Wu and Kyle Cattani
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Downloads 270 (282,737)
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energy efficiency, demand response, energy efficiency gap, operational flexibility

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On the Distributed Energy Storage Investment and Operations

Forthcoming, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management.
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Jun 2023
Owen Q. Wu, Roman Kapuscinski and Santhosh Suresh
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and PayPal Inc.
Downloads 259 (308,710)
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Capacity investment, distributed energy storage, pooling, production smoothing

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Curtailing Intermittent Generation in Electrical Systems

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1170
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 29 May 2015
Owen Q. Wu and Roman Kapuscinski
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 188 (411,650)
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intermittent generation, wind power, curtailment, stochastic dynamic programming

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Watt's Next: Navigating the Surge in Electric Vehicle Adoption and its Implications for Grid Operations

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Oct 2025 Last Revised: 26 May 2026
Siddharth Prakash Singh, Karthik Murali, Owen Q. Wu and Mesut Yavuz
University College London - UCL School of Management, Oregon State University - College of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and University of Alabama
Downloads 186 (433,279)

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EV adoption, Managed charging programs, Vehicle-to-Grid, Stationary battery, Energy policy

11.

Public Transit Time and Fare Design: Ridership Maximization Under Income Disparity

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Jan 2026
Owen Q. Wu and Jingwei Zhang
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Cornell University
Downloads 180 (449,518)

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public transit, income disparity, product differentiation, public funding allocation

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Understanding How Generation Flexibility and Renewable Energy Affect Power Market Competition

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 15-77
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 04 May 2016
Majid Al-Gwaiz, Xiuli Chao and Owen Q. Wu
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Downloads 177 (433,279)
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Electricity market; supply function equilibrium; flexible/inflexible generators; intermittent (variable) generation; economic curtailment; production-based subsidies

13.

Seasonal Energy Storage Operations with Limited Flexibility

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1160
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Aug 2011
Owen Q. Wu, Derek D. Wang and Zhenwei Qin
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and DTE Energy
Downloads 170 (442,467)
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Energy storage, storage valuation, real options, natural gas, heurisitic policy

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Resource Allocation Under Utility Heterogeneity and Income Disparity: Redesigning the Community Solar Business Model

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 2023-4364961
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2023
Siddharth Prakash Singh and Owen Q. Wu
University College London - UCL School of Management and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Downloads 164 (459,428)

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Resource allocation, income disparity, welfare equity, community solar, environmental consciousness

15.

Dynamic Scheduling with Bayesian Updating of Customer Characteristics

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Feb 2025
Buyun Li, Xiaoshan Peng and Owen Q. Wu
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Downloads 159 (482,968)

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Queueing Scheduling, Bayesian Learning, Restless-Armed Bandit, Whittle Index

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Does Renewable Energy Renew Energy Efficiency?

Accepted to appear in Management Science
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 May 2022 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2026
Amrou Awaysheh, Christopher Chen and Owen Q. Wu
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Downloads 143 (518,102)

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energy efficiency, renewable energy, power purchase agreement, on-site energy generation, sustainability

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Does Energy Efficiency Imply Cost Efficiency? Revisiting Design and Operations of Combined Heat and Power Systems

Accepted to appear in Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, 0[10.1177/10591478261453969]
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2026
Wenbin Wang, Owen Q. Wu and Gilvan Souza
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and University of Tennessee
Downloads 138 (534,155)
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Combined heat and power (CHP), capacity investment, operational flexibility, energy efficiency, energy price volatility

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Supply Chain Design and Optimization with Applications in Energy Industry

Forthcoming, in Advances and Trends in Optimization with Engineering Applications, by S. Ahmed, M. Anjos, T. Terlaky (Editors), Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 16-39
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 05 May 2016
Owen Q. Wu and Yanfeng Ouyang
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Mathematics
Downloads 123 (588,531)

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Asset Selling Under Debt Obligations

Hyun-soo Ahn, Derek Wang, Owen Wu, Asset Selling under Debt Obligations, Operations Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Oct 2019
Hyun-Soo Ahn, Derek D. Wang and Owen Q. Wu
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Downloads 116 (626,371)
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asset selling, limited liability, bankruptcy cost, capacity constraint

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Incorporating Income Disparity and Utility Heterogeneity in Resource Allocation

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2025
Siddharth Prakash Singh and Owen Q. Wu
University College London - UCL School of Management and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Downloads 109 (664,543)
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Resource allocation, resource utility heterogeneity, income disparity, efficiency, incentive compatibility, water scarcity

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Utility-Owned Combined Heat and Power: Improving Reliability and Lessening Environmental Impact

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Nov 2019
Eric Webb, Gilvan Souza and Owen Q. Wu
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Tennessee and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Downloads 103 (684,672)

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combined heat and power (CHP), cogeneration, energy operations, environmental regulations

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Wind Power Intermittency and Profitability: The Role of Strategic Bidding

HEC Paris Research Paper No. MOSI-2025-1549
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2026
Ali Shantia, Owen Q. Wu, Roman Kapuscinski and Christopher Chen
HEC Paris - Operations Management and Information Technology, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Downloads 101 (725,554)

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Electricity market, wind intermittency, strategic bidding, Gaussian copula Shantia

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From Worker Engagement with Energy Management Systems to Energy Efficiency

Number of pages: 43
Donggyu Jeon, Amrou Awaysheh, Christopher Chen and Owen Q. Wu
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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Behavioral operations, Energy efficiency, Energy management systems (EnMS), Worker engagement, Empirical operations management