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| Karan Girotra |
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Technology & Operations Management,
INSEAD,
Fontainebleau,
CEDEX, 77305
France |
karan.girotra@insead.edu
http://www.girotra.com
+33-1 60 72 9119
+33-1 60 72 9240 (Fax) |
Academic Employment |
Assistant Professor of Technology & Operations Management, INSEAD, 2007-
Teaching Fellow and Doctoral Candidate, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (2002-2007) |
| Education |
PhD, Managerial Sciences and Applied Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2007.
A.M., Managerial Sciences and Applied Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2007.
B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 2002. |
| Research Interests |
Innovation Management, Multi-Stage Innovation Processes (such as Drug Development, Movies, etc.)
Global Sourcing, Retail Operations, Financial Impact of Firm Operations, Economics of Supply Chain Management and Design. |
| Articles in Refereed Journals |
[1] Anand K. S. and K. Girotra, “The Strategic Perils of Delayed Differentiation”, Management Science, 53:5, May 2007, pp. 697-712.
Selected as the featured article.
[2] Girotra K., C. Terwiesch and K. T. Ulrich, “Valuing R&D Projects in a Portfolio: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry,” Management Science, 53:9, September 2007, pp. 1452-1466.
Finalist, student paper competition, annual meeting of the Eastern Finance Association, 2006. |
| Articles under Review |
| [3] Girotra K., C. Terwiesch and K. T. Ulrich, “Idea Generation and the Quality of the Best Idea,” 2007, Revision invited at Management Science. |
| Pedagogical Material |
[4] Girotra, K., C. Terwiesch, K. T. Ulrich, “New Drug Development at Merck & Co.,” Case Study, The Wharton School, November 2004.
[5] Girotra, K., C. Terwiesch, K. T. Ulrich, “Pharmanopoly,” Design and production of a board game and associated teaching materials for an in-class exercise on managing the drug development pipeline. Used for executive education programs at The Wharton School, INSEAD and Merck & Co. |
| Other Articles |
| [6] Kumar A., G. Batra, K. Girotra and S. Juneja, “Demand Estimation for Delhi Transport Corporation,” Proceedings of National Conference on Transportation Systems. pp 733-744. 2002, Phoenix Publishing House, New Delhi. |
| Awards |
MSOM Meritorious Service Award, 2007
OPIM Outstanding Scholar Award, 2005; (The award recognizes excellence in research and teaching, among PhD students at the OPIM Department, Wharton School)
OPIM Outstanding Scholar Award, 2003
Wharton Doctoral Fellowship, 2002-2006
Students Undergraduate Research Award, Indian Institute of Technology, 2000
National Talent Scholarship, Government of India, 1996-2002 |
| Research Grants |
Dell Computers, 2007 ($80,000)
Merck & Co., New Drug Development 2004-2005 ($60,000) (joint with Christian Terwiesch and Karl T. Ulrich)
Wharton-NSF, Grant on Supply Chain Collaboration, 2004 ($5,000)
Wharton-NSF, Grant on Supply Chain Collaboration, 2005 ($4,000)
Costume Gallery Inc., Demand forecasting 2004-2005 ($15,000) |
| Teaching Experience |
INSEAD
- MBA Core Course on Operations
- PHD Course on Supply Chain Management
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| Non-Academic Positions |
Co-Founder, OpinionStar Inc. (a revolutionary approach to online recommendations, venture formed with students from MBA elective class on problem solving), 5/05-
Co-Founder, TerraPass Inc., (provider of environmental impact remediation services with over 3000 customers, and US$3MM in annual sales, venture formed with students from MBA elective class on problem solving), 8/04-
Researcher, Mechatronic Systems, ABB Corporate Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany, 4/01-9/01
Research Associate, E-commerce and Auctions, IBM India Research Labs, Delhi, India, 4/00-7/02 |
| Professional Affiliations |
| American Economic Association, Econometric Society, INFORMS, Production and Operations Management Society |
| Consulting |
| Merck & Co., NTT DoCoMo, Bevan Manufacturing (catalogue retailer), Costume Gallery (manufacturer of dance costumes), Delhi Transport Corporation |
| Service |
Referee for Operations Research, Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
Wharton representative on university-wide graduate student government |
| Invited Talks |
Strategic Perils of Delayed Differentiation
- Technology and Operations Management Seminar Series, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, December 2005.
- Workshop on Information Systems Economics, Irvine, CA, December 2005.
- Multi-Echelon Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2005. (Acceptance Rate ~10%).
- Annual meeting of the Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society, Chicago, IL, June 2005.
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 2004.
- Wharton-Lehigh-NSF Consortium on Supply Chain Collaboration, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.
- Wharton Applied Economics Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.
Valuing R&D Projects in a Portfolio (previously known as Managing Development Failures)
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006.
- Technology and Operations Management Seminar, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, February 2006.
- Operations Management Group Seminar, Sloan School of Management, MIT, Boston, MA, February 2006.
- Operations and Information Technology Seminar, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, CA, March 2006.
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2005.
- Operations Management Brown-Bag, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA September 2005.
- Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society, Chicago, 2005.
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 2004.
- Wharton Applied Economics Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.
Structuring the Development Pipeline
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006.
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2005.
- Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society, Boston, MA, 2006.
Measuring R&D Performance
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006.
Information, Inventories and Competitive Advantage
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006.
Administration of Advance Purchase Discounts
- POMS Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, May 2007.
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 2007.
Idea Generation & the Quality of the Best Idea
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 2007.
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| References |
Karl T. Ulrich
CIBC Professor and Chair
Operations and Information Management
The Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania
547 JMHH, 3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
+1 215 898 6727
ulrich@wharton.upenn.edu
Gérard P. Cachon
Fred Sullivan Professor,
Professor of Operations and Information Management,
The Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania
543 JMHH, 3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
+1 215 573 8743
cachon@wharton.upenn.edu
Christian Terwiesch
Associate Professor
Operations and Information Management
The Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania
548 JMHH, 3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
+1 215 898 8541
terwiesch@wharton.upenn.edu
Krishnan S. Anand
Assistant Professor
Operations and Information Management
The Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania
570 JMHH, 3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
+1 215 898 1175
anandk@wharton.upenn.edu |
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