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 examines the design of technologies and algorithms that address supply chain challenges in developing and emerging markets, by combining methods from large-scale field work, optimization, computer science, econometrics, and action research.
She holds an MS in econometrics and management science from Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a PhD from Stanford University.
Joann de Zegher is Founder and President of PemPem, which develops mobile supply chain management software for micro-enterprises in commodity supply chains.
Featured Publication
"Companies’ Contribution to Sustainability Through Global Supply Chains."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.
Olumurejiwa Fatunde, Andre Calmon, Joann F. de Zegher, and Gonzalo Romero. Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3792639, Working Paper. March 2023.
de Zegher, Joann F., Boyu Liu, Lisa Rende Taylor, and Mark Taylor, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6541-21. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, December 2022.
de Zegher, Joann and Irene Lo, MIT Sloan Working Paper 5888-19. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, September 2020.
Bastani, Hamsa, and Joann de Zegher, MIT Sloan Working Paper 5743-19. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, August 2020.
de Zegher Joann, Dan Iancu, and Erica Plambeck, Working Paper. December 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.
Legislation enacted by the EU to curb deforestation represents an important step forward, but gaps undermine its effectiveness.
Prof. Joann de Zegher is looking at whether a digital platform could be used to efficiently crowdsource market information.
