Julie Niederhoff

PhD, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis

Research Topics

• Supply chain contracting
• Behaviors related to supply chain
• Operations
• Supply chain management
• Behavioral operations
• Decision making in operations

• Undergraduate: Introduction to Supply Chain Management (SCM 265)

Professor Niederhoff’s research interests focus on the role of individual level human bias in decision making. She uses methodology from experimental economics and behavioral game theory as well as psychology to measure personal preferences and group dynamics.  She thenmeasures how those factors influence individual and team performance in supply chain contexts such as contracting, manufacturing, and inventory control in order to better understand the human element of supply chain decision making.

SSRN Page: http://ssrn.com/author=1910957

• "Using Separable Programming to Solve the Multi-Product Multi-Constraint Newsvendor Problem and Extensions", European Journal of Operational Research, 176 (2), 941-955, 2007
• "On the Benefits of Operational Flexibility in a Distribution Network with Transshipment", Omega, The International Journal of Management Science, 39 (3) 350-361, 2011, (with Wu, D., and Tang, S.)
• "Supplier Behavior and the Effectiveness of Coordination Contracts", Working Paper, Syracuse University, 2013, (with Kouvelis, P.)
• "Fairness in Selling to the Newsvendor", Working Paper, Syracuse University, 2013, (With Wu, X.)
• "Generous, Spiteful, or Profit-Maximizing Suppliers in a wholesale contract: A behavioral study", Working Paper, Syracuse University, 2013, (With P. Kouvelis)

Leadership

• Behavioral Operations Conference - Conference Host -- 2009
• Behavioral Operations Conference Organizing Committee - Committee Member -- 2010

• Students compete in First Annual National Undergraduate Supply Chain Case Competition 5.1.13
  A team of Whitman supply chain management majors were invited to compete in the First Annual National Undergraduate Supply Chain Case Competition at the University of Minnesota, April 3-6, 2013. The competition brought together eleven of the top undergraduate supply chain a Read more>>
• More than 120 students participate in Behavioral Lab Drop-in Days 4.26.13
  The Whitman Behavioral Lab hosted two days of “Drop-In” research studies on Wednesday, April 24 and Thursday, April 25, 2013. Between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., students could stop by the research lab (WSOM 010) to complete a 30-minute research Read more>>