ISB – POMS Workshop 2016

The 4th ISB – POMS workshop is aimed at showcasing cutting edge academic research in the area of Data Driven Decisions and Supply Chains.

Date	December 19 - 20, 2016
Time	06:00 am - 06:00 pm IST
Location	Hyderabad Campus Open in Google Maps

About the Event

Topics: The objective of the workshop is to demonstrate interesting applications of data driven decision making, with a special focus in the area of supply chains. We invite for submissions on topics such as, but not limited to, sustainability, healthcare delivery and policies, non-profit operations, retail operations, service operations, inventory management, pricing and revenue management, energy systems management, network and social graph analysis.

All analysis methodologies (analytical modeling, empirical modeling, experiments) are welcome and the emphasis is on rigorous execution of these methodologies and practical relevance of the results.

Format: The workshop will comprise a single track of approximately ten high-quality presentations over 1.5 working days. The presentations will primarily consist of academic talks of around 30 minutes followed by (MSOM SIG-style) discussants. There will also be 1-2 talks from industry experts.

David Simchi Levi

Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and Chairman of Opalytics

Christopher S. Tang

University Distinguished Professor and the holder of the Edward W. Carter Chair in Business Administration at the UCLA Anderson School of Management

Submission

Submission guidelines: To be considered for the workshop, authors are requested to submit an extended abstract of four pages via email to isb_poms@isb.edu by October 09, 2016. It should describe the contextual motivation of the research problem, a brief discussion of methodology used, main results, and policy / managerial implications. The cover letter should also clearly state whether the submission is towards the presentation track or towards the poster session.

Submissions will be peer-reviewed and final decisions regarding all acceptances will be communicated by October 21, 2016.

Schedule

December 19, 2016
Time	Particulars
8:00 - 9:00	Registration (Workshop Venue) / Breakfast (Bajaj Dining Hall)
9:00 - 9:25	Welcome Address (Sridhar Seshadri, Sr. Associate Dean Faculty & Research, ISB)
9:25 – 9:30	Introduction (Milind Sohoni, Senior Associate Dean Faculty Alignment and Registrar Office, ISB)
09:30 - 10:30	Keynote: David Simchi-Levi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
10:30 - 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 -12:30	Session I : Analytical models in Supply Chains Haresh Gurnani, Wake Forest University, “Multichannel Distribution strategy – Selling to a Competing Buyer under Limited Supplier Capacity” Apurva Jain, University of Washington, “Impact of retailers with knowledge of supplier's inventory on supply chain performance” Sripad Devalkar, Indian School of Business, “Crop Diversification = Profit and Risk: Role of Intermediaries”
12:30-14:00	Lunch (Bajaj Dining Hall)
14:00 - 16:15	Session II : Empirical research in OM - I T T Niranjan, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, “Deliberate discounting of feedback in dynamic decision making: Insights from a multi method study” Priyank Arora, Georgia Institute of Technology, “When do appointments of corporate sustainability executives affect shareholder value?” Vinayak Deshpande, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Queue now or Queue later: An empirical study of callers redial behaviors”
16:15 - 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:30	Poster session (AC8 Board Room)
19:00 - 21:30	Dinner: Executive Housing Mirror Pool

December 20, 2016
Time	Particulars
8:00 – 9:00	Breakfast (Bajaj Dining Hall)
9:00 – 9:05	Introduction (Sarang Deo, Deputy Dean, Faculty and Research, Professor, Operations Management, ISB)
09:05 - 10:05	Keynote: Chris Tang (University of California, Los Angeles)
10:05 - 10:15	Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:00	Session II: Empirical Research in OM Vinayak Deshpande, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Queue now or Queue later: An empirical study of callers redial behaviours”
11:00 - 12:30	Session III: Sustainable Operations Anant Mishra, George Mason University, “Towards improving Factory Working Conditions in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis of Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment Factories” Suresh Muthulingam, Pennsylvania State University, “Does Learning from Inspections Affect Environmental Performance? – Evidence from Unconventional Well Development in Pennsylvania”
12:30 -14:00	Lunch (Bajaj Dining Hall)
14:00 – 16:15	Session IV : Sustainable Operations Sarv Devaraj, Neeley School of Business, “Re-examining impacts of electronic medical records (EMRs) on Hospital Performance: Moving beyond adoption to experience, functionality and complexity of environment” Lavanya Marla, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Robust Ambulance Allocation Using Risk-based Metrics” Omkar D. Pasule Desai, Indian Institute of Management, Indore, “Spillover Benefits of Marketing Exclusively to Free Patients at Aravind Eye Hospital”
16:15 - 16:30	Concluding Remarks (Sridhar Seshadri, Senior Associate Dean Faculty & Research, ISB)
16:30 - 16:45	Coffee Break