Research

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Research Interests

  • Methodology
    • Economic Models, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Operations Research.
  • Applications
    • Topics: Strategic Interactions in Supply Chains: Buyer-supplier Relationships; Coopetition.
    • Fields: Supply Chain Management; New Product Development; Retail and E-Commerce; Digital Platforms.
    • Interdisciplinary: Interface of Operations with Economics, Marketing, Information Systems, and Strategy.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Shubham Gupta#, Abhishek Roy*, Subodha Kumar, Ram Mudambi (2023). “When Worse Is Better: Strategic Choice of Vendors with Differentiated Capabilities in a Complex Cocreation Environment.” Management Science 69(5):2833-2851. #PhD Student. *Corresponding author. SSRN Link
    • Honorable Mention, POMS College of Product Innovation and Technology Management Best Student Paper Competition, POMS 2020. (Canceled due to Covid-19).
  2. Abhishek Roy*, Stephen M. Gilbert, and Guoming Lai (2022). “The Implications of Strategic Inventory for Short-Term vs. Long-Term Supply Contracts in Non-Exclusive Reselling Environments.” Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 24(5):2629-2647. *Corresponding author. SSRN Link
  3. Abhishek Roy, Stephen M. Gilbert, and Guoming Lai (2019). “The Implications of Visibility on the Use of Strategic Inventory in a Supply Chain.” Management Science 65(4): 1752-1767. SSRN Link
    • Winner, Charnes Fellowship Award for Best Paper at IROM Doctoral Research Symposium, Fall 2016.

Translational Research

  1. Abhishek Roy (2023). “The New Competitive Edge in the Supply Chain: How Co-creation Can Unlock the Genius of Your Suppliers.” Fox Business Review 2(1):2-7. Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, USA.

Book Chapters

  1. Abhishek Roy (2011). “State of the Industry: Warehousing in India – The SMART Way.” The Warehousing Handbook 2:12-34. Hamburg Media Private Limited, Mumbai, India.

Invited for Revision

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Prasenjit Mandal and Abhishek Roy*. “Distribution Contracts for Digital Content Supply Chains in the Presence of Piracy.” Under 2nd round review at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Major Revision in 1st round review. *Corresponding author. SSRN Link
    • Finalist, DSI Chapter Best Paper Award, DSI 2024.
    • Winner, Best Overall Conference Paper Award, NEDSI 2024.
    • Winner, Bryant University Best Paper Award in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, NEDSI 2024.
  2. Jingjing Weng†, Abhishek Roy, and Subodha Kumar. “If the Blockchain Could Block: Strategic Blockchain Adoption by Manufacturer as Deterrence to the Selling of Counterfeits by Retailer.” Preparing for resubmission for 2nd
    round review at Management Science. Major Revision in 1st round review. †PhD Student. SSRN Link
    • Finalist, Best Paper Award, WITS 2023.
    • Winner, 3rd Year or Above Student Best Paper, Fox School of Business PhD Student Research Competition,
      2024.

Book Chapters

  1. Abhishek Roy and Subodha Kumar. E-commerce in India – Policies, Platforms, and Practices: A Comparison with the Global E-Commerce Landscape. Under 2nd round review, in Avik Sarkar and Ahmed Timoumi (Eds.), E-commerce Policy Landscape in India. Routledge India (Taylor & Francis Group).

Manuscripts Under Initial Review

  1. Abhishek Roy. Co-creation in New Product Development: “Collaborating with a Shared Supplier in the Presence of a Competitor.”
    • Winner, Bryant University Best Paper Award in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, NEDSI 2022.
  2. Abhishek Roy* and Ganesh Balasubramanian. To Commit or Not to Commit: The Implications of Long-Term vs. Short-Term Contract Choice on Cost-Sharing in Collaborative New Product Development.
    • Winner, Bryant University Best Paper Award in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, NEDSI 2025.

Working Papers

Research in Progress

Research Awards

  • 2025
    • 54th Annual Conference of the North-East Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI 2025). Hershey, PA, USA.
      • Winner, Bryant University Best Paper Award in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, for the paper, ”Collaborative New Product Development: The Implications of Long-term vs. Short-term Contract Choice on Cost-sharing in Vertical Channels,” with Ganesh Balasubramanian.
  • 2024
    • 55th Annual Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI 2024). Phoenix, AZ, USA.
      • Finalist, DSI Chapter Best Paper Award, for the paper, ”Distribution Contracts for Digital Content Supply Chains in the Presence of Piracy,” with Prasenjit Mandal.
    • 53rd Annual Conference of the North-East Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI 2024). Cambridge, MA, USA.
      • Winner, Best Overall Conference Paper Award, for the paper, ”Distribution Contracts for Digital Content Supply Chains in the Presence of Piracy,” with Prasenjit Mandal.
      • Winner, Bryant University Best Paper Award in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, for the paper, ”Distribution Contracts for Digital Content Supply Chains in the Presence of Piracy,” with Prasenjit Mandal.
  • 2023
    • 33rd Workshop On Information Technologies and Systems (WITS 2023). Hyderabad, TS, India.
      • Finalist, Best Paper Award, for the paper, “If the Blockchain Could Block: Strategic Blockchain Adoption by Manufacturer as Deterrence to the Selling of Counterfeits by Retailer,” with Jingjing Weng and Subodha Kumar.
  • 2022
    • 51st Annual Conference of the North-East Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI 2022). Newark, NJ, USA.
      • Winner, Bryant University Best Paper Award in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, for the paper, “Co-creation in New Product Development: Collaborating with the Competitor in the Presence of a Shared Supplier.”
  • 2020
    • 31st Production and Operations Management Society Annual Conference (POMS 2020). Minneapolis, MN, USA. Canceled due to Covid-19.
      • Honorable Mention, POMS College of Product Innovation and Technology Management Best Student Paper Competition, for the paper, “When Worse Is Better: Strategic Choice of Vendors with Differentiated Capabilities in a Complex Co-Creation Environment,” with Shubham Gupta, Subodha Kumar, and Ram Mudambi. Student: Shubham Gupta.
  • 2019
    • XXIII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management (SOM 2019). Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, UP, India.
      • Winner, SAS Best Paper Award, for the paper, “Information Preferences in the Supply Chain Under Strategic Inventory and Demand Uncertainty,” with Stephen M. Gilbert and Guoming Lai.
    • 50th Annual Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI 2019). New Orleans, LA, USA.
      • Finalist, the Elwood S Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award, for the dissertation, “Essays on Strategic Interactions in Vertical Supply Chains and Multi-sided Markets.”
  • 2016
    • 3rd Dept. of Information, Risk, and Operations Management Fall PhD Research Symposium. The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business. Austin, TX, USA.
      • Winner, Charnes Fellowship Award for Best Paper at IROM Doctoral Research Symposium, for the paper, “The Implications of Visibility on the Use of Strategic Inventory in a Supply Chain.”