Degrees

• Ph.D., 1992, Carnegie Mellon University
• M.S., 1989, Carnegie Mellon University
• B.E., 1987, Indian Institute of Technology

Specialties

• Operations management
• Supply chain and Logistics Management
• Business Process Analysis
• Marketing and Operations Interface

Research Interests

• Supply chain management
• Game theory applications
• Interface issues with economics and marketing

Selected Publications

“A Bargaining Model for a First-Time Interaction Under Asymmetric Beliefs of Supply Reliability,” Management Science (with Shi).

“Durable Products with Multiple Used Goods Markets: Product Upgrade and Retail Pricing Implications,” Marketing Science, to appear (with Yin, Ray, Animesh)

“Control-Cooperation Interfaces in Global Strategic Alliances: A Situational Typology and Strategic Responses,” Journal of International Business Studies (with Luo and Shenkar)

“Optimal Ordering Decisions with Uncertain Cost and Demand Forecast Updating,” Management Science (with Tang).

"Delivery-Date and Capacity Management in a Decentralized Internal Market," Naval Research Logistics (with Erkoc and Wu)

"Supply Contracts in Manufacturer-Retailer Interactions with Manufacturer-Quality and Retailer-Effort Induced Demand," Naval Research Logistics (with Erkoc).

“Resale Price Maintenance Contracts with Retailer Sales Effort: Effect of Flexibility and Competition,” Naval Research Logistics (with Xu)

"Strategic Supply Chain Structure Design for a Proprietary Component Manufacturer," Production and Operations Management, to appear (with Xu and Desiraju)

“Optimal Return Policy under Demand Uncertainty,” Journal of Retailing, conditional accept (with Sharma and Grewal)

“Supply Management in Assembly Systems with Random Yield and Random Demand,” IIE Transactions (with Akella and Lehoczky).

"Optimal Ordering Policies in Assembly Systems with Random Demand and Random Supplier Delivery,” IIE Transactions (with Akella and Lehoczky)

“Optimal Lot-Sizing Policy with Incentives for Yield Improvement,” IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing.

"Control of Batch Processing Systems in Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Facilities," IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing (with Anupindi and Akella)

Teaching & Professional Experience

Senior Editor – Production and Operations Management
Senior Editor – Journal of Flexible Services and Manufacturing
Area/Associate Editor – IIE Transactions

Member: INFORMS, MSOM, and POMS.

Teaching in Undergraduate, Graduate, and Executive MBA programs

Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Member of Technical Staff, Lucent Technologies (Bell Laboratories)