Dear Colleagues:
I am writing to report the finalists for the 2021 iFORM Best Paper Award.
Before I begin, please allow me to thank the following members of the Selection Committee:
Dr. Lingxui Dong, Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. Mahesh Nagarajan, Sauder School of Business at The University of British Columbia
Dr. Kevin Shang, Duke's Fuqua School of Business
Here are the three finalist papers:
[1] Yasin Alan and Vishal Gaur. (2018). Operational investment and capital structure under asset-based lending. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 20(4), 637-654. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2017.0670
[2] Elena Belavina, Simone Marinesi, Gerry Tsoukalas (2020) Rethinking Crowdfunding Platform Design: Mechanisms to Deter Misconduct and Improve Efficiency. Management Science 66(11):4980-4997. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2019.3482
[3] Jiri Chod, Nikolaos Trichakis, Gerry Tsoukalas, Henry Aspegren, Mark Weber (2020) On the Financing Benefits of Supply Chain Transparency and Blockchain Adoption. Management Science 66(10):4378-4396. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2019.3434
Congratulations to the authors of these papers!
The winner will be announced at the MSOM Business Meeting during the INFORMS Conference.
Best regards
Onur Boyabatli, iFORM Chair
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Onur Boyabatli
Associate Professor of Operations Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Singapore Management University
Singapore
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