Papers &
Publications
Humanitarian Response and the Coordination Dilemma: Navigating Efficacy, Earnings, and Ethics
Area: Disaster response operations
Book chapter: Handbook on Humanitarian Supply Chain Management. Edward Elgar Publishing
Reducing Food Waste in Production: A Field Experiment in Ghana
with Yanchong (Karen) Zheng, Xinming Liu, and Richard Boso
(Available at SSRN: here)
Area: Development OM
Method: Field experiment
Finalist for the INFORMS 2024 PSOR Best Video Competition
with Chao Wu and Joline Uichanco
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2024)
Area: Nonprofit OM
Method: optimization.
Finalist for the INFORMS 2024 Service Science Best Cluster Paper Award.​
Revisiting Coordination in Humanitarian Operations: The Role of Coordination Structures
with Iman Parsa, Luk Van Wassenhove, and Scott Webster
(Working Paper)
Area: Disaster response operations
Method: Game theory
with Donald Jenkins, Foad Mahdavid Pajouh, and Paul Kirshen
Production and Operations Management (2024)
Area: Disaster response operations
Method: network optimization.
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with Sindy De La Torre Pacheco and Chao Wu
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2023)
Area: Nonprofit OM
Method: field experiment.​
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Does Better Governance Relax the Efficiency Squeeze Experienced by Non-profit Organizations?
with Iman Parsa and Charles Corbett
Production and Operations Management (2022)
Area: Nonprofit OM
Method: econometrics.
Finalist, 2019 POMS College of HOCM Best Paper Award
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Pre-Positioning and Local-Purchasing for Emergency Operations Under Budget and Supply Uncertainty
The Facts on the Ground: Evaluating Humanitarian Fleet Management Policies Using Simulation
with Liyi Gu and Ilya Ryzhov
European Journal of Operational Research (2021)
Area: Humanitarian development programs
Method: simulation modeling.
Finalist, 2019 POMS College of HOCM Best Paper Award
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An Approach for Managing Operating Assets for Humanitarian Development Programs
The Role of Media Exposure on Coordination in the Humanitarian Setting
Evaluating Information Diffusion Speed and its Determinants in Social Media Networks during Humanitarian Crises
with Eunae Yoo, William Rand, and Elliot Rabinovich
Journal of Operations Management (2016)
Area: Disaster response operations
Method: econometrics.
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