2019

First Place

Jing-Sheng Song, Duke University; Yue Zhang, Pennsylvania State University: “Stock or Print? Impact of 3D Printing on Spare Parts Logistics”

Yuqian Xu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Anindya Ghose, New York University; Binqing Xiao, Nanjing University: “Mobile Payment Adoption: An Empirical Investigation on Alipay”

Second Place

Vernon Hsu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Jing Wu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “The Financing Role of Inventory: Evidence from China’s Metal Industries”

Third Place

Zhong-Zhong Jiang, Northeastern University; Guangwen Kong, University of Minnesota; Yinghao Zhang, University of Cincinnati: “A Behavioral Investigation of Workers’Relocation in On-Demand Platforms”

Bin Cao, South China University of Technology; Xin Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; T.C.E. Cheng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Yuanguang Zhong, South China University of Technology; Yong-Wu Zhou, South China University of Technology: “Inventory and Financial Strategies with Capital Constraints and Limited Joint Liability”

Yixuan Liu, The University of Texas, Austin; Xiaofang Wang, Renmin University; Stephen Gilbert, The University of Texas, Austin; Guoming Lai, The University of Texas, Austin: “Pricing, Quality and Competition at On-Demand Healthcare Service Platforms”

2018

First Place

Boxiao Chen, University of Illinois; Xiuli Chao and Hyun-Soo Ahn, University of Michigan: "Coordinating Pricing and Inventory Replenishment with Nonparametric Demand Learning" (PDF)

Second Place

Dongyuan Zhan, University College London; Zhixi Wan, University of Oregon and Didi; and Leon Zhu, University of Southern California: "Harnessing the Double-edged Sword via Routing: Information Provision on Ride-hailing Platforms" (PDF)

Chen Jin, Kartik Hosanagar, and Senthil Veeraraghavan of University of Pennsylvania: "Do Ratings Cut Both Ways? Impact of Bilateral Ratings on Platforms"

Third Place

Ling Dong, Washington University in St. Louis; Sammi Tang, University of Miami; and Brian Tomlin, Dartmouth College: "Production Chain Disruptions: Inventory, Preparedness, and Insurance"

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2017

First Place

Xi Chen, New York University; Will Ma and David Simchi-Levi of MIT; and Linwei Xin, University of Chicago: "Dynamic Recommendation and Checkout Under Inventory Constraint"

Second Place

Weihua Zhang and Hao Zhang, University of British Columbia: "Analytical Solution to a Partially Observable Process Control Problem by a Dual Method"

Third Place

Linwei Xin, University of Chigago and David A. Goldberg, Georgia Institute of Technology: "Distributionally Robust Inventory Control When Demand Is a Martingale"

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2016

First Place

Qiuping Yu, Gad Allon, and Achal Bassamboo: “How Do Delay Announcements Shape Customer Behavior?” 

Second Place

Duo Shi, Lingxiu Dong, and Fuqiang Zhang: “3D Printing vs. Traditional Flexible Technology: Implications for Manufacturing Strategy” 

Third Place

Zhang Yue, Li Chen, and Jing-Sheng Song: “Serial Inventory Systems with Markov-Modulated Demand: Derivative Bounds, Asymptotic Analysis, and Insights” 

Xiaole Wu and Liang Guo: “Capacity Sharing between Competitors” 

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2015

First Place

Ming Hu and Yun Zhou: “Dynamic Matching in a Two-Sided Market” 

Second Place

Yuanguang Zhong, Zhichao Zheng, Mabel Chou, and Chung-Piaw Teo: “ Pooling and Dynamic Allocation Policies to Deliver Differentiated Service” 

Third Place

Luyi Yang, Laurens Deboy, and Varun Guptaz: “Trading Time in a Congested Environment" 

Honorable Mention

Tunay I. Tunca and Weiming Zhu: “Buyer Intermediation in Supplier Finance”

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2014

First Place

Yueshan Yu, Xin Chen, and Fuqiang Zhang: “Dynamic Capacity Management with General Upgrading” 

Second Place

Li Chen, Wei Luo, and Kevin Shang: “ Measuring the Bullwhip Effect with Material Flow Data: Biases and Remedies” 

Third Place

Ye Lu, Youhua (Frank) Chen, Miao Song, and Xiaoming Yan: “Optimal Pricing and Inventory Control Policy with Quantity-Based Price Differentiation" 

Honorable Mention

Yangfang Zhou, Alan Scheller-Wolf, Nicola Secomandi, and Stephen Smith: “Merchant Management of Electricity Surpluses: Storage vs. Disposal”

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2013

First Place

Chen, Jiguang; Hu, Qiying; Song, Jing-Sheng: “Contract Types and Supplier Incentives for Quality Improvement”

Second Place

Simchi-Levi, David; Wang, He; Wei, Yehua: “Increasing Supply Chain Robustness through Process Flexibility and Strategic Inventory”

Third Place

Chenz, Ying-Ju; Zhou, Junjie: “The Benefit of Sequentiality in Social Networks”

Honorable Mention

Lou, Wei; Shang, Kevin: “Managing Inventory Systems with Trade Credit and Payment Defaults”

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2012

First Place

Wei Luo and Kevin Shang: “Integrating Inventory Replenishment and Cash Payment Decisions”

Second Place

Tracy R. Lewis, Fang Lin, Jing-Sheng Song: “A Dynamic Method for Achieving Sustainable Quality Supply”

Third Place

Ho-Yin Mak, Ying Rong, Zuo-Jun Max Shen: “Infrastructure Planning for Electric Vehicles with Battery Swapping”

Honorable Mention

Shanshan Hu, Zhixi Wan, Qing Ye, Wei Chi: “Developing Supplier Capacity: Cost-Sharing Mechanisms and Experimental Tests”

Tong Wang: “Demand Estimation and Ordering under Censoring: Stock-Out Timing Is (Almost) All You Need”

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2011

First Place

Xiaole Wu and and Fuqiang Zhang: “Efficient Supplier or Responsive Supplier? An Analysis of Sourcing Strategies under Competition”

Second Place

Rachel R. Chen and coauthors Esther Gal-Or, and Paolo Roma: “Opaque Distribution Channels for Competing Service Providers: Posted Price vs. Name-Your-Own-Price Mechanisms”

Third Place

Jun Li, Nelson Granados, and Serguei Netessine: “Are Consumers Strategic? Structural Estimation from the Air-Travel Industry”

Honorable Mention

Qi Feng and Lauren Xiaoyuan Lu: “Supply Chain Contracting under Manufacturer and Retailer Competition: Bilateral Bargaining vs. Stackelberg" 

Guoming Lai, Wenqiang Xiao, and Jun Yang: "Supply Chain Performance under Market Valuation: An Operational Approach to Restore Efficiency”

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2010

First Place

Rachel R. Chen, University of California at Davis and coauthor Paolo Roma, University of Palermo: “Group Buying of Competing Retailers”

Second Place

Jianxi Luo, MIT and coauthors Daniel E. Whitney and Christopher L. Magee of MIT and Carliss Y. Baldwin of Harvard Business School: “Hierarchy in Industry Architecture:Transaction Strategy under Technological Constraints&rdqu;

Third Place

Zhijian Cui, INSEAD and coauthor Christoph Loch, Jurgen Mihm: “Stakeholders' Influence on Product Design Decisions with Exogenous Uncertainty”

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2009

First Place

Lai Guoming and coauthors Laurens Debo and Ling Nan, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University: “Manager Incentives for Channel Stuffing with Market-Based Compensation&rdqu;

Second Place

Zhu Leon and coauthor Hao Zhang, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California: “Optimal Pre-order Discount and Information Release”

Third Place

Chen Li and coauthor Hau Lee, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University: “Rediscover the Bullwhip Effect: On the Measurement and Interpretation with Aggregate Data”

Honorable Mention

Wang Yulan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, “Two-Wholesale-Price Contracts in a Three-Tier Supply Chain”

Pengfei Guo and Baozhuang NiuLiu Heng of Xi'an with with coauthors Yuan Li, Yi Liu and Heng Liu, Jiaotong University: “How Specific Investment and Absorptive Capacity Affect Manufacturer's Knowledge Acquisition”