Faculty Profile

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Buket AVCI

Full-time Faculty

Assistant Professor of Operations Management (Education)

Lee Kong Chian School of Business
LKCSB

Education

2014

PhD. in Technology and Operations Management
INSEAD

2009

MSc. in Management
INSEAD

2007

MSc. in Industrial Engineering
Bogazici University

2005

BSc. in Industrial Engineering
Bogazici University

Current Position(s) Held

2013 - Now

Assistant Professor of Operations Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Research Interests

  • Sustainable Operations Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Behavioral Operations Management

Awards, Recognition and Honors

  • SMU Most Promising Teaching Award Nominee, 2016
  • Deans Teaching Honor List, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, 2016
  • Deans Teaching Honor List, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, 2015
  • Finalist in the 2012 MSOM Student Paper Competition
  • Second Prize in the 2012 POMS College of Supply Chain Management Student Paper Competition
  • INSEAD Doctoral Scholarship, 2007-2012
  • Passed INSEAD PhD qualification examination with distinction
  • Ranked 1st in the Turkish National University Entrance Exam among over 1.3 million students
  • Ranked 1st in the graduating class of 2005
  • IBM Travel Grant for the MSOM Conference, June 2009
  • TUBITAK National Scholarship Program for MSc Students, 2006-2007
  • Haci Omer Sabanci Foundation Scholarship, 2000-2005

Research

  • Electric Vehicles with a Battery Switching Station: Adoption and Environmental Impact, joint with Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine, Management Science, 61(4), 772-794, 2015
      - Second Prize in the 2012 POMS College of Supply Chain Management Student Paper Competition
      - Finalist in the 2012 MSOM Student Paper Competition
  • Comparison as Incentive: Newsvendor Decisions in a Social Context, with Zeina Lout, Jurgen Mihm, Elena Belavina and Steff en Keck, Production and Operations Management, 23(2), 303-313, 2014
  • Optimal Staffing with Endogenous Goals, joint with Ioana Popescu and Francis de Vericourt, Working Paper
  • Sustainable Sourcing and Capacity Investment in Urban Water Management, joint with Onur Boyabatli and Stefano Galelli, Work in Progress
  • Sustainable Practices in Agriculture: Community Supported Agriculture, joint with Li Bin, Work in Progress
  • Optimal Location Problem of a Battery Switching Infrastructure Provider, joint with Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine, Work in Progress