Operations, Information & Technology

Our focus in the operations, information, and technology area is on the management of systems, processes, and networks.

Examples include health care systems, product design and manufacturing processes, supply networks, information systems, energy and environmental systems, homeland security systems, and social networks. We employ methods from the fields of operations research, game theory, econometrics, computer science, probability and statistics, and exploit the growing availability of data.

Recent Journal Articles in Operations, Information & Technology

Li Chen, Hau L. Lee
Management Science. September
2017, Vol. 63, Issue 9, Pages 2795-2812

Companies that source from emerging economies often face supplier responsibility risks, namely, financial and reputational burdens that the companies have to bear when their suppliers’ engagement in noncomplying labor and...

Bar Ifrach, Gabriel Weintraub
The Review of Economic Studies. July
2017, Vol. 84, Issue 3, Pages 1106-1150

In this paper we introduce a new computationally tractable framework for Ericson and Pakes (1995)- style dynamic oligopoly models that overcomes the computational complexity involved in computing Markov perfect equilibrium...

Dan A. Iancu, Nikolaos Trichakis, Gerry Tsoukalas
Management Science. April
25 , 2017, Vol. 63, Issue 6, Pages 1730-1761

We study the inefficiencies stemming from a firm’s operating flexibility under debt. We find that flexibility in replenishing or liquidating inventory, by providing risk-shifting incentives, could lead to borrowing costs...

Can Wang, Mardy Beggs-Casin, Lawrence M. Wein
Journal of Forensic Sciences. April
3 , 2017

Ballistic imaging systems can help solve crimes by comparing images of cartridge cases, which are recovered from a crime scene or test-fired from a gun, to a database of images...

Shi Chen, Hau L. Lee
Management Science. April
2017, Vol. 63, Issue 4, Pages 1105-1025

We consider a project supply chain where a manufacturer carries out a sequence of tasks, and each task requires certain key materials from a supplier. Since a fixed-price contract cannot...

Hau L. Lee, Glen Schmidt
Production & Operations Management . April
2017, Vol. 26, Issue 4, Pages 617-632

Past research (along with our experience) suggests that a firm’s supply chain (i.e., value chain) plays an integral role in its ability to not only reduce cost via process innovation,...

Diana Negoescu, Kostas Bimpikis, Margaret Brandeau, Dan A. Iancu
Management Science (forthcoming).
2017

This paper was selected as a finalist for the 2014 Pierskalla award 

Currently available medication for treating many chronic diseases is often effective only for a subgroup of patients, and biomarkers...