Faculty
Joann de Zegher is the Maurice F. Strong Career Development Professor and an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Her research focuses on the design of operational strategies, technological innovations and algorithms to advance social and environmental impact in informal, first-mile, and global supply chains.
She holds an MS in econometrics and management science from Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a PhD from Stanford University.
Thorlakson, Tannis, Joann F. de Zegher, and Eric F. Lambin. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences Vol. 115, No. 9 (2018): 2072-2077. Stanford Policy Research Brief. Sustainable Brands. GreenBiz. Science 360. Stanford News. Science Daily. Download Paper.
Bastani, Hamsa, and Joann de Zegher, MIT Sloan Working Paper 5743-19. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, December 2019.
de Zegher Joann, Dan Iancu, and Erica Plambeck, Working Paper. 2019.
de Zegher, Joann F., Dan A. Iancu, and Hau L. Lee. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Vol. 21, No. 2 (2019): 271-289. Online Appendix.
de Zegher, Joann and Irene Lo, MIT Sloan Working Paper 5888-19. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, March 2019.
de Zegher, Joann, B. Liu, Lisa Rende Taylor, and Mark Taylor, MIT Sloan Working Paper 5890-19. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, March 2019.
Prof. Joann de Zegher suggests that crowdsourcing price information from market participants through a carefully-designed information-sharing platform can improve decision-making and increase revenue.
The new professors bring interest and instruction in machine learning, human behavior, industrial organization, and more.
Source: African Eye Report
Prof. Joann de Zegher is looking at whether a digital platform could be used to efficiently crowdsource market information.
