Taxable portfolios present challenges for optimization models with even a limited number of assets. Holding many assets, however, has a distinct tax advantage over holding few assets. In this paper, we develop a model that takes an extreme view of a portfolio as a continuum of assets to gain the...

We consider a platform in which multiple sellers offer their products for sale over a time horizon of T periods. Each seller sets its own price. The platform collects a fraction of the sales revenue and provides price-setting incentives to the sellers to maximize its own revenue. The demand for...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the approval and safe public use of pharmaceutical products in the United States. The FDA uses postmarket surveillance systems to monitor drugs already on the market; a drug found to be associated with an increased risk of adverse events...

Chapter 1. Primer on Operations, Finance, and Their Interface -- Chapter 2. Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing -- Chapter 3. Blockchain -- Chapter 4. FinTech and OpTech -- Chapter 5. Supply Chain Finance -- Chapter 6. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Robots -- Chapter 7. Analytics, IoT...

The complexity and opacity of the network of interconnections among firms and their supply chains inhibits understanding of the impact of management decisions concerning the boundaries of the firm and the number and intensity of its relationships with suppliers and customers. Using recently...

George Dantzig introduced the world to the power of optimization, creating trillions of dollars of value and saving countless years of life across the globe. In this laudation, John Birge describes the fascinating life and incredible accomplishments of a scholar whose footprints led the way to...

We examine how supply chain activity reflects into credit risk during different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on CDS spreads and US-China supply chain links. We find considerable effects on credit risk propagation. CDS spreads for firms with China supply chain partners increase...

Chapter 1. Primer on Operations, Finance, and Their Interface -- Chapter 2. Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing -- Chapter 3. Blockchain -- Chapter 4. FinTech and OpTech -- Chapter 5. Supply Chain Finance -- Chapter 6. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Robots -- Chapter 7. Analytics, IoT...