Tao Li is currently an Associate Professor at the Shandong University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Management Science and Engineering from Shanghai Maritime University, China in 2019. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Hefei University of Technology from 2023 to 2025. His research interests include the interface of supply chain management and game theory. He has published research papers in some well-established journals, including the Journal of the Operational Research Society, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Kybernetes.