Christopher S. Tang

Christopher Tang is a distinguished professor and the holder of the Carter Chair in Business Administration at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. 

A scholar of global supply chain management, Tang’s interest in his field began in the private sector when he worked for IBM to solve internal production planning problems. Exposure to real-life industry projects motivated his academic research, where he developed teaching cases on microfinancing for the poor, mobile platforms for developing economies and new business models in the age of the Internet, among other topics.

Tang has been a consultant to numerous corporations, including Amazon, HP, IBM, Nestlé  and Accenture. He has published six books and in addition to being a regular contributor to IndustryWeek, he has written for the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Financial Times, China Daily, Fortune, Bloomberg Law and The Guardian.