Li Zou

Title
Professor
Email
Department
Management, Marketing and Operations Department
College
College of Business

Office Hours

Tuesday & Thursday 9:00 - 10:45 & 3:45-5:00

Areas of Expertise

Air Transport Economics; Air Cargo Logistics; International Business; Marketing and Supply Chain Management
Li Zou

Dr. Li Zou earned her Ph.D. in Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain Management from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has expertise in air transport economics, air cargo logistics, international business, marketing and supply chain management. She has conducted research on topics such as air cargo trade, air traffic seasonality, multimarket competition, airline alliances and pricing strategies, market entry/exit dynamics, fleet standardization, air cargo revenue management, inventory transshipments, and consumer multi-item purchasing behavior. Some of her studies have been published in leading academic journals such as Transportation Research A: Policy and Practice, Transportation Research E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Transport Policy, Journal of Air Transport Management, and International Journal of Production Economics.

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Business and Management, University of Maryland-College Park
  • BA 646: Air Cargo Logistics Management
  • BA 352: Bus Analyt for Decision Making
  • BA 604: Int'l Mgmnt & Aviation Policy
  • BA 426: International Aviation Mgmnt
  • BA 335: International Business
  • BA 410: Management of Air Cargo

Selected Journal Articles

Li Zou, Chunyan Yu, and Daniel Friedenzohn, "Assessing the Impacts of Northeast Alliance between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways," Transport Policy, Vol. 140, 2023, pp. 42-53.

Andrea Gualini, Li Zou, and Martin Dresner, "Airline Strategies during the Pandemic: What Worked?" Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 170, April, 2023, 103625.

Youngran Choi, Li Zou, and Martin Dresner, "The Effects of Air Transport Mobility and Global Connectivity on Viral Transmission: Lessons Learned from Covid-19 and its Variants," Transport Policy, Vol. 127, 2022, pp. 22-30 

Li Zou, Aisling Reynolds-Feighan, and Chunyan Yu, "Airline Seasonality: an Explorative Analysis of Major Low-Cost Carriers in Europe and the United States," Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol. 105, 2022. 

Aisling Reynolds-Feighan, Li Zou, and Chunyan Yu, "Seasonality in European and North American air transport markets: network structures and implications for airline performance and recovery," Transportation Journal, Vol. 61(3), 2022, pp. 284-304.

Li Zou and Chunyan Yu, “The evolving market entry strategy: a comprehensive study of Southwest and JetBlue,” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 132, 2020, pp. 682-695.  

Li Zou, Chunyan Yu, Dawna Rhoades, and Blaise Waguespack, “The pricing responses of non-bag fee airlines to the use of bag fees in the US air travel market,” Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol. 65, 2017, pp. 209-219.  

Li Zou and Xueqian Chen, "The Effect of Code-sharing Alliances on Airline Profitability," Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol. 58, 2017, pp. 50-57.

Li Zou, Chunyan Yu, and Martin Dresner, “Fleet Standardization and Airline Performance,” Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol. 49, 2015, pp. 149-166.

Li Zou, Chunyan Yu, and Martin Dresner, “The Application of Inventory Transshipment Modeling to Air Cargo Revenue Management,” Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 57, October 2013, pp. 27-44.

Li Zou, Chunyan Yu, and Martin Dresner, “Multimarket Contact, Alliance Membership, and Prices in International Airline Markets,” Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 48(8), March 2012, pp. 555-565.

Li Zou, Tae H. Oum and Chunyan Yu, “Assessing the Price Effects of Airline Alliances on Complementary Routes,” Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 47 (3), May 2011, pp. 315-332.  

Li Zou, Martin Dresner and Robert Windle, “Many Fields of Battle: How Cost Structure Affects Competition across Multiple Markets,” Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol. 45(1), January, 2011, pp. 21-40.  

Li Zou, Martin Dresner, and Robert Windle, “A Two-Location Inventory Model with Transshipments in a Competitive Environment,” International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 125 (2), June, 2010, pp. 235-250.

Xiang Wan, Li Zou, and Martin Dresner, “Assessing the Price Effects of Airline Alliances on Parallel Routes,” Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 45 (4), July, 2009, pp. 627-641.  

Selected Book Chapters

Chunyan Yu and Li Zou, "Air trade, air cargo demand, and network analysis: case of the United States," The International Air Cargo Industry: A Model Analysis, Vol. 9 of the Advances in Airline Economics Book Series, edited by James Nolan & James Peoples, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, 2022, pp. 207-240

Martin Dresner and Li Zou, "Air Cargo and Logistics," Air Transport Management: An International Perspective (2nd edition), edited by Lucy Budd & Stephen Ison, Routledge, 2020, Chapter 17, pp. 287-308

Martin Dresner and Li Zou, "Air Cargo and Logistics," Air Transport Management: An International Perspective (1st edition), edited by Lucy Budd & Stephen Ison, Routledge, 2017, Chapter 15, pp. 247-264

Air Transport Research Society (ATRS)