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I study how a larger party within a supply chain could use its superior knowledge about its partner, who is considered to be financially constrained, to help its partner gain access to cheap finance. In particular, I ...

Managing scarce resources plays a significant role in hospital operations. Effective use of resources (e.g., operating rooms, specialized doctors, etc.) allows hospitals to efficiently provide high-quality care to patients. ...

The thesis comprises of three essays. The first essay is titled "Do more US airports need slot controls? A welfare based approach to determine slot levels." It analyzes the welfare effects of slot controls on major US ...

Population growth and economic development lead to increasing demand for travel and pose mobility challenges on capacity-limited air traffic networks. The U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) has been operated near the ...

Connectivities among people are amplified with recent advancements in internet technology increasing the number of communication channels. Information spread over these networks strengthen the social influence among ...

This dissertation introduces and analyzes research problems related to Retail Operations and Humanitarian Logistics. In Retail Operations, the inventory that ends up as unsaleable at primary markets can be significant (up ...

In this dissertation, we propose the study of a family of network design problems that arise in a wide range of practical settings ranging from telecommunications to data management. We investigate the use of heuristic ...

Dynamic pricing problems have received considerable attention in the operations management literature in the last two decades. Most of the work has focused on structural results and managerial insights using stylized models ...

Innovation has been acknowledged by both researchers and practitioners as a vital tool to yield growth and maintain competitive advantages. However, firms face stiff challenges in managing innovations. Developing new product ...

Traditional work in operations management has focused on topics such as supply chain contracts and pricing, studying design of efficient contracts and optimal pricing policies. After these optimal solutions and recommendations ...