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Hari Natarajan

Hari Natarajan

Associate Professor, Management

(305) 284-8587
Jenkins 414K
hari@miami.edu


Research Interests

  • Planning, Coordination, and Execution in IT-enabled Supply Chains
  • Design and Configuration of Infrastructure and Service Networks
  • Pricing and Revenue Management
  • Mathematical Programming and Discrete Optimization

Selected Publications

"Optimizing delivery fees for a network of distributors," Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (with Balakrishnan and Pangburn).

"Connectivity upgrading models for survivable network design," Operations Research (with Balakrishnan and Mirchandani).

"Joint dynamic pricing of multiple perishable products under consumer choice," Management Science (with Y. Akcay and S. H. Xu)

"Optimal configuration of a service delivery network: An application to a financial services provider," Production and Operations Management (with G. Meester, A. Mehrotra, and M. Seifert)

"Leveraging enterprise-wide purchase volumes: Optimal Supplier Assignment in Multi-division Firms," (with A. Balakrishnan), Revising for resubmission.

"Delivery fee design for logistics partnerships", Preparing for submission.


Teaching and Professional Experience

  • Visiting Researcher, University of Texas at Austin, 2002-2003
  • Instructor, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997-2002
  • Software Engineer, Tata Consultancy Services (Madras, India), 1996-1997
  • Colaborative research projects with several Fortune 500 companies including Armstrong World Industries, Capital One, and Corning; currently working on projects with Watsco and Intcomex

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2004
  • M.S., Pennsylvania State University, 2003
  • B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1996

Specialties

  • Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Revenue Management
  • Discrete Optimization
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