陈方若教授学术报告通知

第一场学术报告

时间: 2014-03-06, 上午 10:00-11:40am

地点: 25A三层Classroom A

Topic: On the competition between two modes of product recovery: Remanufacturing and Refurbishing

Professor Fangruo Chen (Joint work with Yao Chen)

Columbia Business School

The markets for recovered products in China typically consist of both remanufactured and refurbished products. The government requires that the remanufactured product match the quality level of the new product, while no such requirements exist for the refurbished product. Furthermore, remanufacturing is a relatively new phenomenon in China, whereas the refurbishing industry is old, widespread, and largely unregulated. Compared to the new product, the two types of recovered products enjoy a cost advantage, but they suffer from a lower willingness-to-pay in the consumer market simply because they are not new. These observations lead to a game-theoretic model consisting of three players: an OEM providing the new product, a remanufacturing firm, and a refurbishing firm. The goal is to understand what equilibrium market structures may arise and how the equilibrium outcome depends on some of the key model parameters. Special attention is paid to the competition between the remanufacturer and the refurbisher, with potential implications for the government’s role in cultivating the remanufacturing industry.

第二场报告

时间: 2014-03-06, 下午 3:00-4:40pm

地点: 25A三层Classroom A

主题：“做学问的快乐”

Professor Fangruo Chen

Columbia Business School

本讲座主要针对在读博士生和在职年轻学者。我们将就以下问题展开讨论：如何成为一名优秀的博士生？如何做研究、写论文、直到论文顺利发表？博士之后的路还相当漫长，成功的学术生涯需要什么前提条件、会遇到哪些困难、需要什么样的努力？这样一条人生之路快乐吗？(希望与听众有较多的互动)