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. Geng, X., Hall, N., Mallipeddi, R. R., Tan, Y. (2025) The Business of Sports: An Operations Perspective Production and Operations Management , Accepted (2025).

  2. Mallipeddi, R. R., Demirezen, E., Kumar, S., Gopal, R. (2023). Dynamics of Competition on Openness Strategies and Software Maintenance, MIS Quarterly, 48(3), 1239-1262. [Link]

  3. 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]

  4. 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]

  5. 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

  6. 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. Chen, Y., Mallipeddi, R. R., Akturk, M. S., Mahajan, A. ESG Violations and Sales Performance: Evidence from Transaction-Level Data [Under Review at Manufacturing and Service Operations Management].

  2. Mallipeddi, R. R., Sriskandarajah, C., Stauffer, J., Zhu, Y. Improving Organ Exchange Transplant Success: Empirically Driven Chain Optimization Framework [Under Review at Production and Operations Management].

  3. do Rego Ferreira Lima, M., Craig, N., Bendoly, E., Mallipeddi, R.R Optimal Responsiveness Thresholds and User-Facing Investments in IoT-supported Conditional-Based Maintenance [Under Review at Production and Operations Management].

  4. Carera, P.T., Boyer, K., Mallipeddi, R.R On the Ball: Maintaining Service Quality through Mergers & Acquisitions [Target: Journal of Operations Management].

  5. 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].

  6. Mallipeddi, R. R., Mittal, C., Stauffer, J., Zhu, Y. Jumping the Queue: Managing Early and Same-Day Appointments [Reject & Resubmit at Decision Sciences Journal].

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