July 11, 2024 (Thursday)

Time

Particulars

8:00 - 9:00

Registration (Workshop Venue) / Breakfast (Bajaj Dining Hall)

9:00 - 9:05

Introduction (Workshop Co-Chair)

9:05 – 9:25

Welcome Address (Madan Pillutla, Dean, ISB)

9:25 – 9:30

Introduction (Sumit Kunnumkal, Area Leader and Professor, Operations Management, ISB)

9:30 – 10:30

Keynote: Kamalini Ramdas (London Business School)

The Rewards and Perils of Running Field Experiments to Improve Access to Life-Improving Services in Emerging Markets 

In this talk, Professor Ramdas will share learnings from working with academic and practitioner teams over the past ten years to design and implement scalable field interventions aimed at improving access to life-improving services in emerging markets.  Professor Ramdas will discuss research journeys from ideas to implementation in healthcare delivery, preventive healthcare and information access. In doing so Professor Ramdas will highlight the rewards, the obstacles faced, and the planned next steps in research pathways targeted to contribute towards sustainable development.

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15

Session I: Healthcare Operations

1.     Diwakar Gupta, The University of Texas at Austin

“The Impact of List Diving on Post-Transplant Outcomes and Racial Inequity”

Discussant: Sarang Deo, Indian School of Business

2.     Sriram Tirumalai, Texas Christian University

“Inequity in (Process of) Care: Evidence from Value-Based Purchasing in Medicare”

Discussant: Diwakar Gupta, The University of Texas at Austin

12:30 – 13:45

Lunch (Bajaj Dining Hall)

14:00 – 15:30

Session II : Data-Driven Problems in Operations

1.     Ashwin Venkatraman, The University of Texas at Dallas

“News Event-Driven Forecasting of Commodity Prices”

Discussant: Pranav Jindal, Indian School of Business

2.     Himanshu Arha, Indian School of Business

“A Structural Analysis of Freight Delays in the Indian Railway Network”

Discussant: Debjit Roy, Indian School of Management, Ahmedabad

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee Break

16:00– 17:30

Session III : Supply Chain Management

1.     T.T. Niranjan, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

“Human Decision-making in a Classic Inventory Management Task: An Eye Tracking Investigation”

Discussant: Sridhar Seshadri, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2.     Prashant Chintapalli, The University of Western Ontario

“Managing Product-reusability under Supply Disruptions”

Discussant: Vishwakant Malladi, Indian School of Business

19:00 – 22:00

Dinner: Executive Housing Mirror Pool

July 12, 2024 (Friday)

Time

Particulars

8:00 – 9:00

Breakfast (Bajaj Dining Hall)

9:10 – 9:30

Introduction (Sarang Deo, Deputy Dean, Faculty and Research, Professor, Operations Management, ISB)

9:30 - 10:30

Keynote: Jan Fransoo (Tilburg University)

Retail Operations in Emerging Markets: Digital Transformation of the Traditional Retail Channel

Across emerging markets, 50 million nanostores – of which more than 10 million kiranas in India – serve about 4 billion consumers with their daily groceries. Collectively, they are the largest client of many multinational manufacturers of consumer-packaged goods. These mom-and-pop operated stores are undergoing a multi-faceted digital transformation, that has the power to improve the livelihoods of millions of shopkeepers and to increase the access to affordable food for billions of consumers. In his talk, Professor Fransoo will present recent research findings of empirical and model-based work that help understand the operational dynamics and strategic performance of the channel, and outline further research opportunities for both empirical and model-based researchers.

10:30 – 11:00

Poster Session/Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30

Session IV: Public Sector Operations in Emerging Markets

1.     Govind Kumawat, Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur

“Procure All, Nothing, or Partly: Optimal Scheme for Implementing Crop Minimum Support Price”

Discussant: Abhishek Roy, Temple University

2.     Omkar D Palsule, Indian Institute of Management, Indore

“Price Subsidies with or without Physical Procurement: Impact on Quality, Profits, and Welfare”

Discussant: Sripad Devalkar, Indian School of Business

12:30 – 13:45

Lunch (Bajaj Dining Hall)

13:45 – 15:15

Session V: Sustainability and Climate Risk

1.     Piyal Sarkar, Penn State University

“Trade credit contracts to coordinate weather risk in supply chains”

Discussant: Vasudha Nukala, Indian School of Business

2.     Subhankar Saha, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

“Scaling Sustainable Agriculture Interventions through Equipment Sharing: Achieving Triple Bottom Line Performance”

Discussant: Maya Ganesh, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-17:00

Session VI: OM Models for Innovation

1.     Abhishek Roy, Temple University

“Collaborative New Product Development: Co-creating with a Shared Supplier in the Presence of a Competitor”

Discussant: Prashant Chintapalli, The University of Western Ontario

2.     Abhishek Deshmane, Georgia Institute of Technology

“Digital Recommendations to Guide Cultural Experiences: Experimental Evidence at the Van Gogh Museum”

Discussant: Kashish Arora, Indian School of Business

17:00 – 17:15

Concluding Remarks (Sripad Devalkar, Associate Professor, Operations Management, ISB)