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Dr. Ruhai Wu

Associate Professor

Department / Academic Area

Faculty, Marketing

Biography

Ruhai Wu is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the DeGroote School of Business. His research expertise spans industrial and retail marketing strategies, including pricing, advertising, channel relationships, customer relationship management, and digital platform management. Dr. Wu employs both game-theoretic modelling and empirical analysis to examine the strategic behaviours of firms and consumers and their impacts on market outcomes. His work has been published in leading journals in Marketing, Information Systems, and Operations Management, and he has received more than ten competitive research grants from prestigious agencies such as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Dr. Wu’s recent projects explore topics such as e-commerce platform pricing and management, information asymmetry in supply chains, dynamic pricing in competitive markets, communication in joint consumption, and livestream e-commerce. He is also an active doctoral supervisor.

Articles

Publications

Journals

The Impact Of Brand Equity On Vertical Integration In Franchise Systems

Mohammad Kayed    Manish Kacker    Ruhai Wu    Farhad Sadeh

Journal     2025

Journal Of Retailing

When Karma Strikes Back: A Model Of Seller Manipulation Of Consumer Reviews In An Online Marketplace

Ruhai Wu    Chun Qiu

Journal     2023

Journal Of Business Research

Channel Governance Through Brand Equity

Mohammad Kayed    Manish Kacker    Ruhai Wu    Farhad Sadeh

2022

Buyer Preferences For Auction Pricing Rules In Online Outsourcing Markets: Fixed Price Vs. Open Price

Zhijuan Hong    Ruhai Wu    Yan Sun    Kunxiang Dong

Journal     2020

Electronic Markets

Other

Platform Pricing In The Presence Of Cross-platform Network Effects

Z Ji    Ruhai Wu

Conference    2024

Proceedings Of The Annual Hawaii International Conference On System Sciences

Channel Governance Through Brand Equity

Mohammad Kayed    Manish Kacker    Ruhai Wu    Farhad Sadeh

2022

Channel Governance Through Brand Equity: How Brand Equity Shapes Distribution Channel Structure

Mohammad b Kayed    Manish Kacker    Ruhai Wu    Farhad Sadeh    Lee-chin family institute for strategic business studies Michael

2021

Management Response To Online Customer Reviews In Distribution Channel: A Perspective Of Manufacturers

D Li    Ruhai Wu    H Wang

Conference    2019

Proceedings Of The Annual Hawaii International Conference On System Sciences

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