Atalay Atasu

Professor of Technology and Operations Management

The Bianca and James Pitt Chair in Environmental Sustainability

Academic Director, INSEAD Sustainable Business Initiative

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Research Areas

Sustainable Operations Management
Circular Economy
Extended Producer Responsibility

Teaching Areas

Operational Excellence
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability
Responsible Operations
Responsible Enterprise

Biography

Dr. Atalay Atasu's research focus is on socially and environmentally responsible operations management, with topics of interest including the circular economy, extended producer responsibility, and environmental regulation. His research appeared in Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Harvard Business Review and California Management Review. He received a number of awards, including the Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award (winner 2007, runner up 2014), Wickham Skinner Early Career Research Award (2012), and Paul Kleindorfer Award in Sustainability (2013). He serves as Editor for the POM Sustainable Operations Department, and as associate editor for MSOM.

Atalay Atasu is and is co-directing the new INSEAD Business Sustainability Programme at INSEAD.

Publications

Journal Article

Cool K., Atasu A., Furr N. (2024).

Make a Stronger Business Case for Sustainability.

MIT Sloan Management Review, 66(1), pp72-75.

Journal Article

Atasu A., Ciocan D. F., Desir A. (2024).

Price Delegation With Learning Agents.

Management Science, 70(8), pp5540-5556.

Book Chapter

Huang X., Atasu A. (2024).

Operational Implications of Environmental Regulation (2024).