BHARADWAJ KADIYALA portrait
  • Assistant Professor, Ois Operations & Info Systems

Research Summary

The central theme in my research is to design mechanisms that better coordinate dynamic interactions involving exchange of information and/or products between trading parties/organizations. I am interested in operational problems that naturally arise due to strategic considerations both at the upstream interface involving supply chains firms and at the downstream interface in retail. I employ optimization, game-theoretic, and empirical methodologies to study these problems.

Education

  • M.S., Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University
  • Ph.D., Operations Management, University of Texas at Dallas

Biography

Bharadwaj is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at David Eccles School of Business School, University of Utah. Broadly, his research explores the role of economic incentives in better managing supply and demand sides of the market. On the supply side, his research explores the interplay between statistical learning and economics of information sharing in dynamic supply chain partnerships. On the demand side, his research empirically estimates the impact of delayed incentive promotions on customer purchase behavior and explores its implication on retailers’ operational decisions. Some of his research has been accepted in Management Science and is currently under revision at Management Science and M&SOM. Bharadwaj has also collaborated with fashion and travel technology companies, such as Neiman Marcus and Sabre, to also provide insights of practical relevance through his research. He received his Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of Texas at Dallas in September 2017.