Christopher Chen

I am an assistant professor in the Operations, Decisions & Technologies department at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University and a research fellow with the Center for the Business of Life Sciences. My research interests lie at interface of operations management and finance. Specifically, I study the operational impact of regulatory changes under financial constraints with applications in supply chains and healthcare.

I received my PhD in Management Science & Operations at London Business School, advised by S. Alex Yang and Nicos Savva. Prior to the PhD, I was a consultant in portfolio optimization for the US Department of Defense as well as various intelligence agencies with Booz Allen Hamilton. I received my masters' in computer science and statistics from the George Washington University and my bachelors' in economics and biochemistry from Dartmouth College.

Education

• London Business School, London, UK, Ph.D. Candidate, Management Science & Operations (expected: June 2019)
• George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA , M.Sc. Computer Science, Statistics, May 2013
• Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA , B.A. Economics, Biochemistry, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, June 2009

Research

• Trade Credit Insurance: Operational Value and Contract Choice, with S. Alex Yang and Nitin Bakshi. Management Science (2021) 67.2: 875-891.
• Unintended Consequences in Hospital Regulation: The Case of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, with Nicos Savva. (Under Review) Management Science.
  • 2nd Place - 2019 POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management Best Paper Competition
• The Impact of Trade Credit Provision on Retail Inventory: An Empirical Investigation Using Synthetic Controls, with Nitish Jain and S. Alex Yang. (Major Revision) Management Science.
• Operations (Management) Warp Speed: Parsimonious Design for Rapid Deployment of Hospital Prediction and Decision Support Framework during a Pandemic, with Pengyi Shi, Jonathan Helm, Jeff Lim, Rodney Parker, Troy Tinsley, Jacob Cecil. (Major Revision) Production and Operations Management.