Department of Operations and Business Analytics

Overview

The Department of Operations and Business Analytics (formerly the Department of Decision Sciences) is committed to excellence in teaching and research in the fields of statistics, production and operations management, and information systems.

At the undergraduate level the department oversees the operations and business analytics concentration (OBA), formerly known as ISOM. Our aim is to equip students with the decision-making, managerial, and technological skills necessary to succeed in a competitive business environment.

In the Oregon MBA program, courses in operations management are available through through the sustainable business practices specialization.

For those interested in pursuing a doctorate, the department manages the PhD program's operations management concentration

Department News

Faculty

Recent Research

Nagesh Murthy
Hanson, Sara, Lan Jiang, Jun Ye, and Nagesh N. Murthy. "Society or the Environment? Understanding How Consumers Evaluate Brand Messages About Corporate Social Responsibility Activities." Journal of Brand Management 26, no. 1: 21-34. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41262-018-0110-8.
January 2019
Yinchu Zhu
Zhu, Yinchu and Jelena Bradic. "Linear Hypothesis Testing in Dense High-Dimensional Linear Models." Journal of the American Statistical Association 113, no. 524: 1583-1600. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2017.1356319.
November 2018
Yinchu Zhu
Zhu, Yinchu and Jelena Bradic. "Significance Testing in Non-Sparse High-Dimensional Linear Models." Electronic Journal of Statistics 12, no. 2: 3312-3364. https://doi.org/10.1214/18-EJS1443.
October 2018
Nagesh Murthy
Hu, Xing, Zhixi Wan, and Nagesh N. Murthy. "Dynamic Pricing of Limited Inventory with Product Returns." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2017.0702.
August 2018
Zhibin (Ben) Yang
Yang, Zhibin, Xinxin Hu, Haresh Gurnani, and Huiqi Guan. "Multichannel Distribution Strategy: Selling to a Competing Buyer with Limited Supplier Capacity." Management Science 64, no. 5: 2199-2218. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2016.2702.
May 2018

Department of Operations and Business Analytics

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