Mission Statement

The Department seeks to publish papers at the interface of operations and economics that use economic modeling tools to study the interactions between cooperative or competitive firms and consumers. Papers that adopt a quantitative approach to analyze problems taking into account uncertainty and/or a dynamic environment are especially encouraged for submission. Topics include (but are not limited to) industrial organization theory as related to strategic interactions between firms which may be influenced by government regulations and/or have policy implications; game theory applications involving cooperative or non-cooperative behavior; contract design problems to provide incentives or to induce revelation of private information using adverse selection, moral hazard, or signaling techniques; procurement auctions; pricing; and consumer behavior. We welcome a wide variety of research methods including applied economic theory. Papers with analytical models accompanied by econometrics/empirical analysis are also encouraged. All published research must meet the high standard of rigor and novelty, and have broad managerial appeal. Questions regarding the suitability of papers for consideration can be directed to the department editor.

Departmental Editor

Professor Haresh Gurnani
Wake Forest University
gurnanih@wfu.edu

Senior Editors

Subramanian Balachander, Purdue University
Maxime Cohen, McGill University
Pedro Gardete, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Mehmet Gumus, McGill University
Liang Guo, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bin Hu, University of Texas at Dallas
Ming Hu, Universit of Toronto
Kinshuk Jerath, Columbia University
Oded Koenigsberg, London Business School
Harish Krishnan, University of British Columbia
Dimitri Kuksov, UT Dallas
Elie Ofek, Harvard University
Jeff Shulman, University of Washington
David Soberman, University of Toronto
Raphael Thomadsen, Washington University, St Louis
Shuya Yin, University of California - Irvine
Leon Zhu, University of Southern California