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Felipe
Caro, Ph.D. Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles 110 Westwood Plaza, Suite B420, CA 90095, U.S.A. Phone: (310) 206-0416, Fax: (310) 206-3337 Email: felipe.caro (at) anderson.ucla.edu |
2005 – Present |
UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES. Anderson School of Management. Decisions, Operations
& Technology Management (DOTM). |
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Full Professor,
2018-. |
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Founder and Faculty
Director of MS in Business Analytics, 2015-. |
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Bing and Alice Liu Yang
Term Chair in Management, 2020-2023. |
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Associate Professor
with tenure, 2013-2018. |
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Assistant
Professor, 2005-2013. |
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1999 – 2001 |
UNIVERSITY OF
CHILE. Industrial Engineering Department, Santiago, Chile. Full-time Instructor
with teaching and research responsibilities. |
2001 – 2005 |
MASSACHUSETTS
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Ph.D. in Operations Management, Sloan School of
Management, Cambridge, U.S.A. |
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1993 – 1999 |
UNIVERSITY OF
CHILE, Faculty of Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Santiago, Chile. |
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Industrial
Engineer, 1999 (graduated with Highest Honors). |
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B.Sc. in
Engineering, 1998 (graduated with Highest Honors). |
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2023 MSOM
Society Responsible Research Award. |
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2020 La Force
Award for Leadership. |
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2019 Risk
Analysis Best Paper Award. |
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2015 MSOM
Meritorious Service Award (received also in 2010, 2012 & 2014). |
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2014 ENRE
Best Publication Award in Natural Resources. |
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2013 Eric
and "E" Juline Faculty Excellence in Research Award. |
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2013 ecch
Production & Operations Management Award and New Case Writer Award. |
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2013 MSOM
Best Paper Award, Finalist. |
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2012 EURO
Excellence in Practice Award, Finalist. |
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2010 INFORMS
Junior Faculty Interest Group Paper Competition, First Prize. |
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2010 Revenue
Management and Pricing Practice Award, Finalist. |
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2009 Franz
Edelman Laureate. |
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2008
Deloitte Consulting Award for Management Field Study Achievement. |
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2007 Robbins
Assistant Professor Teaching Award. |
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2004 MSOM
Student Paper Competition, Finalist. |
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2001 MIT
Presidential Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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1999 Best Industrial
Engineering Graduate, University of Chile. Awarded by the Chilean School of
Engineers. |
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Caro, F., A. Sáez
De Tejada Cuenca. 2023. Believing
in Analytics: Managers' Adherence to Price Recommendations from a Decision
Support System. Manufacturing &
Service Ops. Management 25(2) 524-542. 2019 POMS Behavior in OM Best Junior Scholar Paper Award (A. Sáez De
Tejada Cuenca). |
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Sáez De Tejada
Cuenca, A., F. Caro, L. Lane, A. 2021. Mend Your
Supply Chain to Prevent a Disaster. IESE
Insights 160 74-81. Takeaways clip
(also in Spanish). |
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Caro, F., L.
Lane, A. Sáez De Tejada Cuenca. 2021. Four
Myths About Unauthorized Subcontracting. Sloan Management Review 63(1) 41-45. |
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Caro, F., L.
Lane, A. Sáez De Tejada Cuenca. 2021. Can
Brands Claim Ignorance? Unauthorized Subcontracting in Apparel Supply Chains.
Management Science 67(4) 2010-2028.
Featured article (blog
link), 2018 POMS Sustainable
Operations Best Student Paper Award (A. Sáez De Tejada Cuenca), 2023 MSOM
Responsible Research Award. |
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Caro, F., V.
Martínez-de-Albéniz. 2020. Managing
Online Content to Build a Follower Base: Model and Applications. INFORMS Journal on Optimization 2(1)
57-77. |
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Blanco, C., F.
Caro, C. Corbett. 2020. Do
Carbon Abatement Opportunities Become Less Profitable Over Time? A Global
Firm-Level Perspective Using CDP Data. Energy Policy 138 (Article 111252). |
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Caro, F., G. Kök,
V. Martínez-de-Albéniz. 2020. The
Future of Retail Operations. Manufacturing
& Service Ops. Management 22(1) 47-58. |
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Caro, F., F.
Babio, F. Peña. 2019. Coordination
of Inventory Distribution and Price Markdowns for Clearance Sales at Zara.
In Operations in an Omnichannel World,
S. Gallino and A. Moreno (Editors), Springer Series in Supply Chain
Management. |
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Chen, L., F.
Caro, C. Corbett, X. Ding. 2019. Estimating
the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Widespread Adoption of Potential
Technology Solutions to Reduce Water Use and Pollution: Application to
China's Textile Industry. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 79 (Article 106293). |
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Blanco, C., F.
Caro, C. Corbett. 2019. Managing
Safety-Related Disruptions: Evidence from US Nuclear Power. Risk
Analysis 39(10) 2197-2213.
2019 Risk Analysis Best Paper Award. |
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Caro, F., R.
Sadr. 2019. Internet
of Things (IoT) in Retail: Bridging Supply and Demand. Business Horizons 62(1) 47-54. |
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Caro, F., P.
Chintapalli, K. Rajaram, C.S. Tang. 2019. Can
Buyer Consortiums Improve Supplier Compliance? In Revisiting Supply Chain Risk, Springer Series in Supply Chain
Management, George A. Zsidisin and Michael Henke (Editors), Springer, New
York, NY. |
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Caro, F., P.
Chintapalli, K. Rajaram, C.S. Tang. 2018. Improving
Supplier Compliance Through Joint and Shared Audits. Manufacturing & Service Ops. Management 20(2) 161-388. |
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Blanco, C., F.
Caro, C. Corbett. 2017. An
Inside Perspective on Carbon Disclosure. Business Horizons 60(5) 635-646. |
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Blanco, C., F.
Caro, C. Corbett. 2016. The
State of Supply Chain Carbon Footprinting: Analysis of CDP Disclosures by US
Firms. Journal of Cleaner
Production 135 1189-1197. |
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Caro, F., A. Das
Gupta. 2015. Robust
Control of the Multiarmed Bandit Problem. Annals of Operations Research 317(2) 461-480. |
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Caro, F., V.
Martínez-de-Albéniz. 2015. Fast
Fashion: Business Model Overview and Research Opportunities. In Retail Supply Chain Management:
Quantitative Models and Empirical Studies, 2nd Edition, Narendra Agrawal
and Stephen A. Smith (Editors), Springer, New York, NY. |
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Caro, F., V.
Martínez-de-Albéniz, P. Rusmevichientong. 2014. The
Assortment Packing Problem: Multiperiod Assortment Planning for Short-Lived
Products. Management Science
60(11) 2701-2721. |
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Caro, F., V.
Martínez-de-Albéniz. 2014. How Fast Fashion
Works: Can It Work for You, Too? IESE
Insights 21 58-65. |
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Caro, F., C.
Corbett, T. Tan, R. Zuidwijk. 2013. Double-Counting
in Supply Chain Carbon Footprinting. Manufacturing
& Service Ops. Management 15(4) 545-558. |
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Caro, F., V.
Martínez-de-Albéniz. 2013. Operations
Management in Apparel Retailing. Boletín
de Estadística e Investigación Operativa 29(2) 103-116. |
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Caro, F., J.
Gallien. 2012. Clearance
Pricing Optimization for a Fast-Fashion Retailer. Operations Research 60(6) 1404–1422. |
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Caro, F., K.
Rajaram, J. Wollenweber. 2012. Process
Location and Product Distribution with Uncertain Yields. Operations Research 60(5) 1050-1063. |
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Caro, F., V.
Martínez-de-Albéniz. 2012. Product
and Price Competition with Satiation Effects. Management Science 58(7) 1357-1373, First Prize in 2010 INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group Paper
Competition. |
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Caro, F., D.
Simchi-Levi. 2012. Optimal
Static Pricing for a Tree Network. Annals
of Operations Research 196(1) 137-152. |
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Epstein, R., M.
Goic, A. Weintraub, J. Catalán, P. Santibáñez, R. Urrutia, R. Cancino, S.
Gaete, A. Aguayo, F. Caro (corresponding author). 2012. Optimizing
Long-Term Production Plans in Underground and Open Pit Copper Mines. Operations Research 60(1) 4-17. Lead article and 2014 ENRE Best
Publication Award in Natural Resources. |
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Caro, F., J.
Gallien, M. Díaz, J. García, J.M. Corredoira, M. Montes, J.A. Ramos, J.
Correa. 2010. Zara
Uses Operations Research to Reengineer Its Global Distribution Process. Interfaces 40(1) 71–84. |
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Caro, F., J.
Gallien. 2010. Inventory
Management of a Fast-Fashion Retail Network. Operations Research 58(2) 257–273. Lead article and featured
on journal website. |
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Caro, F., O.S.
Yoo. 2010. Indexability of Bandit
Problems with Response Delays. Probability
in the Engineering and Informational Sciences 24(3) 349-374. [Index
Tables]. |
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Caro, F., V. Martínez-de-Albéniz. 2010. The
Impact of Quick Response in Inventory-Based Competition. Manufacturing & Service Ops.
Management 12(3) 409-429. [Appx].
Finalist in 2013 MSOM Best Paper
Award. |
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Caro, F., V. Martínez-de-Albéniz. 2009. The Effect of Assortment
Rotation on Consumer Choice and Its Impact on Competition. In Consumer-Driven Demand and Operations
Management, S. Netessine, C.S. Tang (Editors), Springer Science+Business
Media, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-98026-3_3. |
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Caro, F., J.
Gallien. 2007. Dynamic
Assortment with Demand Learning for Seasonal Consumer Goods. Management Science 53(2) 276-292. Finalist in 2004 MSOM Student Paper
Competition. |
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Caro, F., T.
Shirabe, M. Guignard, A. Weintraub. 2004. School Redistricting: Embedding
GIS Tools with Integer Programming. The Journal of the Operational
Research Society 55(8) 836-850. |
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Caro, F., M.
Constantino, I. Martins, A. Weintraub. 2003. A
2-Opt Tabu Search Procedure for the Multi-Period Forest Harvesting Problem
with Adjacency, Green-up, Old Growth and Even Flow Constraints. Forest
Science 49(5) 738-751. |
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Caro, F., R.
Andalaft, X. Silva, A. Weintraub, P. Sapunar, M. Cabello. 2003. Evaluating
the Economic Cost of Environmental Measures in Plantation Harvesting Through
the Use of Mathematical Models. Production & Operations Management 12(3) 290-306. |
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Caro, F., V.
Martínez-de-Albéniz, B. Apaolaza. The
Value of Online Interactions for Store Execution. Under review. |
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Akchen, Y.,
F. Caro. On
Size Substitution and Its Role in Assortment and Inventory Planning.
Under review. |
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Caro, F., M.
Glanzer, K. Rajaram. Robust
Management of a Water Reservoir System Facing Climate Change. In preparation
for submission. |
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The
1st POMS Applied Research Challenge 2014 Awards. 2014. Production and Operations Management
24(3) 359-368. |
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Zara: Staying
Fast and Fresh. 2012. UCLA Anderson case [sample
page] and teaching note. Recipient
of the Production & Operations Management award and the New Case Writer
award in The Case Centre competition 2013. Among the
top 50 cases 1973-2023. |
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Zara
Uses Operations Research to Reengineer Its Global Distribution Process.
2009. Franz Edelman Award finalist video (45min). |
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Long
Term Optimization of Investment and Production Plans In Open-Pit and
Underground Copper Mines. 2007. In Proceedings
of the 33rd International Symposium on Application of Computers and
Operations Research in the Mineral Industry (APCOM 2007), E. J. Magri
(ed.), Santiago, Chile, 351-360. |
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Investigación Operativa y el
Medioambiente. 2005. Revista
Ecogen 3 7-8, Universidad Central, Santiago, Chile. |
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Dynamic Assortment Models
with Demand Learning for Seasonal Consumer Goods. 2005. Ph.D.
dissertation, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA. |
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Dynamic
Assortment with Demand Learning for Short Life-Cycle Consumer Goods.
2005. Manufacturing & Service Ops.
Management 7(1) 94-97. Extended Abstracts Winners MSOM Student Paper
Competition. |
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Optimizing
Long Term Planning for Underground Copper Mines. 2003. In Copper 2003: Volume I – Plenary Lectures,
Economics and Applications of Copper. G.E. Lagos, M. Sahoo, J. Camus
(Eds.), Santiago, Chile, 265-278. |
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Anna Sáez de Tejada
Cuenca. 2019. PhD Thesis,
Operations Management. UCLA Anderson School of Management. First placement:
McDonough School of Business – Georgetown University (post-doc) and IESE
Business School (tenure track). |
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Christian
Blanco. 2017. PhD Thesis (co-chair), Operations Management. UCLA Anderson
School of Management. First placement: Fisher College of Business – The Ohio
State University (tenure track). |
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Orietta
Verdugo. 2010. Master's Thesis, Leaders for Global Operations. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. First placement: Intel Corporation. |
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Rodolfo
Carboni. 2009. Master's Thesis (co-chair), Leaders for Global Operations.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. First placement: Amazon. |
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Juan Correa.
2007. Master's Thesis (co-chair), Leaders for Manufacturing. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. First placement: Dell Inc. |
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Nilton Jara.
2000. Industrial Engineering Thesis. University of Chile. First placement:
Everis IT Consulting. |
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Xinyi Guan.
2024. PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Jingwei
Zhang. 2023. PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Irem
Akcakus. 2023. PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Yi-Chun
Chen. 2022. PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Bobby
Nyotta. 2021. PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Daniel Yung.
2019. PhD Thesis, Operations Research. University of Chile. |
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Prashant
Chintapalli. 2018. PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Yu-Yu Lin.
2017. PhD Thesis, Electrical Engineering. UCLA. |
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Elissa
Loughman. 2016. Doctoral Thesis, Environment Science and Engineering. UCLA. |
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Sandeep
Rath. 2016. PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Aparupa Das
Gupta. 2014. PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Boyoun Choi.
2015. PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Jaehyung An.
2013. PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Onesun Steve
Yoo. 2010. PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Sarang Deo. 2007.
PhD Thesis, Operations Management. UCLA. |
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Wilfrid
Laurier University, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, January 20,
2023. |
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Temple
University, Fox School of Business, March 18, 2022. |
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University
of Michigan, Ross School of Business, October 15, 2021. |
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University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Geis College of Business, September 3, 2021. |
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Rotterdam
School of Management, Erasmus University, June 21, 2021. |
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Stanford
University, Graduate School of Business, May 19, 2021. |
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CUNY Baruch
College, Zicklin School of Business, March 26, 2021. |
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University
of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, January 22, 2021. |
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Georgia Tech
, Scheller College of Business, December 11, 2020. |
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Pontificia
Universidad Católica, FACEA, Santiago, January 7, 2020. |
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Universidad de
Los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Santiago, December 3, 2019. |
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Boston
University, Questrom School of Business, April 4, 2019. |
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Emory
University, Goizueta Business School, March 29, 2019. |
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Universidad de
Chile, Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Santiago, March 28, 2019. |
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UC
Riverside, Anderson Graduate School of Management, December 7, 2018. |
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UT Austin,
McCombs School of Business, April 6, 2018. |
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University
of Calgary, Haskayne School of Business, Calgary, March 16, 2018. |
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University
of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, March 2, 2018. |
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University
of Utah Eccles School of Business, April 7, 2017. |
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Arizona
State University W. P. Carey School of Business, March 3, 2017. |
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Penn State
Smeal College of Business, February 24, 2017. |
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The Wharton
School at UPenn, February 14, 2017. |
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UT Dallas
Naveen Jindal School of Management, December 2, 2016. |
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Harvard
Business School, April 18, 2016. |
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INSEAD,
Singapore, April 8, 2016. |
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Santa Clara
University, Leavey School of Business, March 7, 2016. |
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Cornell
University, Johnson Graduate School of Management, November 13, 2015. |
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Columbia
University, Graduate School of Business, September 22, 2015. |
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Cornell
Tech, April 13, 2015. |
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Yale School
of Management, November 20, 2014. |
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Dartmouth
College, Tuck School of Business, October 17, 2014. |
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Texas
A&M University, Mays Business School, February 21, 2014. |
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Universidad Adolfo
Ibánez, Escuela de Negocios, Chile, January 6, 2014. |
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RWTH Aachen
University, School of Business and Econ., Germany, July 7, 2013. |
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UC San
Diego, Rady School of Management, July 18, 2013. |
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UC
Riverside, Anderson Graduate School of Management, June 3, 2013. |
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MIT Sloan
School of Management, May 6, 2013. |
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University
of Washington, Foster School of Business, April 26, 2013. |
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USC Marshall
School of Business, October 26, 2012. |
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Northwestern
University, Kellogg School of Management, October 24, 2012. |
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New York
University, Stern School of Business, November 2, 2011. |
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Carnegie
Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, October 28, 2011. |
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UC Irvine,
Paul Merage School of Business, October 26, 2011 |
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Duke
University, Fuqua School of Business, October 14, 2011. |
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Stanford
University, Graduate School of Business, May 18, 2011. |
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UNC
Kenan-Flagler Business School, Junior Faculty Research Roundtable, April 9,
2011. |
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University
of Michigan, Ross School of Business, March 18, 2011. |
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UC Berkeley,
Haas School of Business, October 29, 2010. |
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Washington
University at St. Louis, Olin School of Business, September 24, 2010. |
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The Wharton
School at UPenn, invited seminar for PhD class, February 25, 2010. |
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UT Austin,
McCombs School of Business, September 18, 2009. |
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INSEAD,
Fontainebleau, May 22, 2009. |
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Columbia
University, Graduate School of Business, November 4, 2008. |
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New York
University, Stern School of Business, October 3, 2008. |
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Universidad de
Chile, Rocket Science in Retail Workshop, Santiago, June 19, 2008. |
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The Wharton
School at UPenn, October 30, 2007. |
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INSEAD,
Fontainebleau, March 10, 2005. |
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UNC
Kenan-Flagler Business School, Feb 14, 2005. |
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University
of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, February 11, 2005. |
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New York
University, Stern School of Business, February 8, 2005. |
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University
of Chicago, Graduate Business School, February 3, 2005. |
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MIT Sloan
School of Management, October 18, 2004. |
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École Centrale Paris, Laboratoire Génie Industriel, Paris, June 28, 2004. |
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General
Electric (GE) Research, October 18, 2021. |
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Designer
Shoe Warehouse (DSW), June 22, 2021. |
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Empresas
Hites S.A., March 23, 2018. |
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Amazon - Supply
Chain Optimization Technologies, Seattle, January 27, 2016. |
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Invent
Analytics, Istanbul, Turkey, February 10, 2015. |
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Koton,
Istanbul, Turkey, February 9, 2015. |
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Gap Inc.,
San Francisco, September 30, 2014. |
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Li &
Fung Limited, Fung Academy, Hong Kong, August 22, 2013. |
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Oracle
Retail Science Group, October 4, 2012. |
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KUMPEN Forum
Retail Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, May 18, 2012. |
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La Polar,
Santiago, Chile, November 19, 2009. |
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Falabella,
Santiago, Chile, January 8, 2009. |
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Inditex-Zara,
Arteixo, Spain, July 7, 2005. |
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Department
Editor, Special Issue on Human-Algorithm Connection, Management Science, 2021-. |
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Department
Editor, Retail Operations, Production
and Operations Management, 2014-2021. |
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Associate
Editor, Management Science, 2017-. |
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Associate
Editor, Manufacturing & Service
Ops. Management, 2015-. |
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Senior
Editor, Production and Operations
Management, 2010-2021. |
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Invited
Associate Editor, Special Issue on Responsible Operations, Manufacturing & Service Ops.
Management, 2017. |
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Invited
Associate Editor, Special Issue on Practice-Focused Research, Manufacturing & Service Ops.
Management, 2014. |
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INFORMS
Teaching Prize Committee, 2020-. |
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INFORMS
Publications Committee, 2015-2018. |
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MSOM
Editor-in-Chief Search Committee, 2020. |
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MSOM
Vice-President of Meetings and Communications, 2017-2018. |
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MSOM Student
Paper Competition co-chair, 2013. |
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MSOM Supply
Chain Special Interest Group conference chair, 2011. |
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POMS Applied
Research Challenge, competition chair, 2013-. |
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POMS Wickham
Skinner Teaching Achievements Award Committee, 2015 & 2019. |
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The Case
Centre USA Board of Directors, 2015-2016. |
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Ad-hoc
referee for Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations
Management, Production and Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, Annals
of Operations Research, IIE
Transactions and the European
Journal of Operational Research. |
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Member of
INFORMS, the MSOM Society, and the POM Society. |
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UCLA
Anderson MS in Business Analytics, Faculty Director, 2015-. |
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UCLA
Anderson, DOTM Area Chair, 2020-. |
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UCLA
Anderson Strategic Plan Steering Committee, 2020-2022. |
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Easton
Technology Management Center, Faculty Advisory Board, 2011–2018. |
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UCLA
Anderson, DOTM Search Committee Chair, 2014-2019. |
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UCLA
Anderson Staffing Committee, 2013-2015. |
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UCLA
Anderson, DOTM PhD Program Coordinator, 2009-2013. |
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DOTM
Colloquium Series Coordinator, 2006-2009, 2014-2015. |
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UCLA
Academic Senate Legislative Assembly 2007-2009. |
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UCLA
Anderson Staffing Committee, non-voting member, 2008. |
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Teaching:
Operations and Technology Management (MBA core class), Global Supply Chain
Management (MBA elective), Dynamic Programming (PhD class), Excel for MBAs
(orientation workshop). |
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Contributor
to the UCLA
Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog. |
Los Angeles,
November 27, 2023 |