MSOM iFORM SIG Best Paper Award

2025 Winner(s)

Winning material: Inventory Productivity and Stock Returns in Manufacturing Networks

Purpose of the Award

The Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM) iFORM (Interface of Finance, Operations, and Risk Management) SIG (Special Interest Group) invites nominations for the best published paper(s) on an iFORM subject award. This is the second year that the M&SOM iFORM SIG Best Paper Award will be given.

Information:

To see the past winning papers, click on the author's name.

Click here for award application information. 

Past Awardees

2025
Winner(s)
Deepak Agrawal
Nikolay Osadchiy, Emory University, Goizueta Business School
2023
Winner(s)
David R. Hardoon, Union Bank of the Philippines, and Aboitiz Data Innovation
Adrienne Heinrich, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Center of Excellence, Union Bank of the Philippines, and Aboitiz Data Innovation
Stephanie Kelley, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Canada
Anton Ovchinnikov, Queen's University
Michael Pinedo, Stern Business School, New York University
Yuqian Xu, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill
Lingjiong Zhu, Department of Mathematics, Florida State University
Finalist
Susan Feng Lu
Jiri Chod, University of Rochester
Brett Hemenway Falk, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Lauren Xiaoyuan Lu, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Nikolaos Trichakis, Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Gerry Tsoukalas, University of Pennsylvania & Boston University
S. Alex Yang, London Business School
2022
Winner(s)
Ravi Anupindi, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Jun Li, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Yixin Iris Wang, University of Michigan
Di Wu, University of Michigan
Runner-Up
Simone Marinesi , The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Volodymyr Babich, Georgetown University
Gerry Tsoukalas, University of Pennsylvania & Boston University
Finalist
Rowena Gan
Sameer Hasija, INSEAD
Kevin B. Hendricks, School of Business and Economics, Wilfred Laurier University
Brian W. Jacobs, Graziadio Business School, Pepperdine University
Nitish Jain, INSEAD
Panos Kouvelis, Washington University, St Louis
Serguei Netessine, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Vinod R. Singhal, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
Gerry Tsoukalas, University of Pennsylvania & Boston University
Fasheng Xu, Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management
2021
Winner(s)
Mark Weber , IBM Research; MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab

Henry Aspegren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Jiri Chod, University of Rochester
Nikolaos K. Trichakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gerry Tsoukalas, University of Pennsylvania & Boston University
Finalist
Simone Marinesi , The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Yasin Alan , Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University

Elena Belavina, INSEAD, France
Vishal Gaur, Cornell University, The Johnson School
Gerry Tsoukalas, University of Pennsylvania & Boston University
2020
Winner(s)
John R. Birge, The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
S. Alex Yang, London Business School
Finalist
Gangshu Cai, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University
Süleyman Demirel, Facebook
Shiming Deng, School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Chaocheng Gu, Jinan University, School of Management
Roman Kapuscinski, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Yanhai Li, School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University
Man Yu, HKUST Business School
2019
Winner(s)
Tunay Tunca, University of Maryland
Weiming Zhu, University of Navarra
2018
Winner(s)
Dan Iancu, Stanford University
Nikolaos Trichakis, Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Gerry Tsoukalas, University of Pennsylvania & Boston University
Finalist
Jiri Chod, University of Rochester
Mert Hakan Hekimoğlu
Burak Kazaz
Scott Webster, Arizona State University
2016
Winner(s)
Jiri Chod, University of Rochester
Jianer Zhou
2015
Winner(s)
Haresh Gurnani , University of Miami
Mehmet Gümüs , McGill University
Saibal Ray , McGill University
2014
Winner(s)
Lode Li
Martin Shubik
Matthew J. Sobel