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Joann de Zegher
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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.
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"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.
"Are Bans Effective Despite Limited Enforcement? Evidence from High Seas Management."
Bastani, Hamsa, and Joann de Zegher, MIT Sloan Working Paper 5743-19. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, December 2019.
"Sustaining Rainforests and Smallholders by Eliminating Payment Delay in a Commodity Supply Chain–It Takes a Village."
de Zegher Joann, Dan Iancu, and Erica Plambeck, Working Paper. 2019.
"Designing Contracts and Sourcing Channels to Create Shared Value."
de Zegher, Joann F., Dan A. Iancu, and Hau L. Lee. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Vol. 21, No. 2 (2019): 271-289. Online Appendix.
"Crowdsourcing Market Information from Competitors."
de Zegher, Joann and Irene Lo, MIT Sloan Working Paper 5888-19. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, March 2019.
"Stable Matching in Informal Smallholder Supply Chains."
Camelo, Sergio, Joann de Zegher, Dan Iancu, and Daniela Saban, MIT Sloan Working Paper 5744-18. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, March 2019.
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