RESEARCH INTERESTS

TOPICAL

● Technology Management

● Social Networks

● Social Responsibility

METHODOLOGIES

● Analytical: Optimization | Game Theory | Optimal Control Theory

● Empirical: Econometric Modeling | Event Studies

● Data-driven Modeling



PUBLICATIONS

  1. Mallipeddi, R. R., Demirezen, E., Kumar, S., Gopal, R. (2023). Dynamics of Competition on Openness Strategies and Software Maintenance, MIS Quarterly, Forthcoming (2023).

  2. Kumar, S., Mallipeddi, R. R. (2022). Impact of Cybersecurity on Operations and Supply Chain Management: Emerging Trends and Future Research Directions, Production and Operations Management, 31(12), 4488-4500. [Link] | [PDF]

  3. Akturk, M. S., Mallipeddi, R. R., Jia, X. (2022). Estimating Impacts of Logistics Processes on Online Customer Ratings: Consequences of Providing Technology-Enabled Order Tracking Data to Customers, Journal of Operations Management, 68(6-7), 775-811. [Link] | [PDF]

  4. Mallipeddi, R. R., Kumar, S., Sriskandarajah, C., Zhu, Y. (2022). A Framework for Analyzing Influencer Marketing in Social Networks: Selection and Scheduling of Influencers, Management Science, 68(1), 75-104. [Link] | [SSRN Version]

    Featured Article: Invited for Management Science Review Blog. Link to Blog

    ● 2018 IBM Service Science Best Student Paper Award, INFORMS 2018 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 2018

  5. Mallipeddi, R. R., Janakiraman, R., Kumar, S., Gupta, S. (2021). The Effects of Social Media Content Created by Human Brands on Engagement: Evidence from Indian General Election 2014, Information Systems Research, 32(1), 212-237. [Link] | [SSRN Version]


WORKING PAPERS

  1. Mallipeddi, R. R. Kumar, S. Secure the Chain: Supply Chain Cybersecurity Issues in the Era of Industry 4.0. [Status: Revise & Resubmit at Production and Operations Management].

  2. Mallipeddi, R. R., Mittal, C., Stauffer, J., Zhu, Y. Jumping the Queue: Managing Early and Same-Day Appointments [Status: Under Review at Journal of Operations Management (Special Issue on Empirically Grounded Analytics)].

  3. Geng, X., Hall, N., Mallipeddi, R. R., Tan, Y. The Business of Sports: An Operations Perspective [Status: Under Review at Production and Operations Management].

  4. Chen, Y., Mallipeddi, R. R., Akturk, M. S., Mahajan, A. Does News Coverage of ESG Violations Affect Brand Sales? An Empirical Analysis [Status: To be submitted to Manufacturing and Service Operations Management].

  5. Mallipeddi, R. R., Sriskandarajah, C., Stauffer, J., Zhu, Y. Modeling Single-Donor Organ Chain Exchange Network [Status: To be submitted to Production and Operations Management].

  6. Mallipeddi, R. R., Mahajan, A., Kumar, S. The Effects of Negative Media on Supply Chain Networks [Status: To be submitted to Management Science].

  7. Mallipeddi, R. R., Jia, X., Mahajan, A. The Impact of Board Member Gender Diversity on Supply Network Structure [Status: Revising to Resubmit].