M&SOM Best Paper Award

2025 Winner(s)

Winning material: Sustainability in the Fast Fashion Industry

Purpose of the Award

Each year, the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society selects one paper for the Management Science Best Paper Award. This paper is deemed most deserving for its contribution to the theory and practice of operations management. 

Information:

To see the past winning papers, click on the author's name.

Click here for award application information. 

Past Awardees

2025
Winner(s)
Javad Nasiry, INSEAD
Xiaoyang Long, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2024
Winner(s)
Karthik Ramachandran, Georgia Institute of Technology
Morvarid Rahmani, Georgia Institute of Technology
Priyank Arora , University of South Carolina
2023
Winner(s)
Haibing Lu, Santa Clara University
Linda Goler Blount, Black Women's Health Imperative
Michael A. Santoro, Santa Clara University
Michele Samorani, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University
Shannon L. Harris, Virginia Commonwealth University
Finalist
A. Gürhan Kök, College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University
Georgia Perakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hongqiao Chen, School of Management & Engineering, Nanjing University
Kevin Shang, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Ming Hu, University of Toronto
Owen Wu, Indiana University
Safak Yucel, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Yangfang (Helen) Zhou, Singapore Management University
2022
Winner(s)
Soo-Haeng Cho, Carnegie Mellon University
Sridhar Tayur, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
Xin Fang , Singapore Management University
Ying Xu, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Finalist
Anna Papush, MIT
Dan Iancu, Stanford University
Georgia Perakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gurhan Kok, Duke University
Hau Lee, Stanford University
Hessam Bavafa , University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Joann de Zegher , MIT

Jónas Oddur Jónasson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kevin Shang, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Markus Ettl , IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Pavithra Harsha, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Safak Yucel, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
2021
Winner(s)
Atalay Atasu, INSEAD
Beril Toktay, Georgia Institute of Technology
Can Zhang, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business
Turgay Ayer, Georgia Institute of Technology
Finalist
León Valdés, University of Pittsburgh
Antonio Moreno, Harvard Business School
Dan Iancu, Stanford University
Hau Lee, Stanford University
Joann de Zegher , MIT

Santiago Gallino
Terry Taylor , University of California - Berkeley
Tim Kraft, University of Virginia
Yanchong Zheng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2020
Winner(s)
Fei Gao
Xuanming Su, University of California - Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Finalist
Gérard P. Cachon
Kaitlin M. Daniels, Washington University in Saint Louis
Ruben Lobel, Airbnb
Terry Taylor , University of California - Berkeley
2019
Winner(s)
Ho-Yin Mak, University of California-Berkeley
Long He, National University of Singapore Business School
Ying Rong, Lehigh University
Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen, University of California, Berkeley
2018
Winner(s)
Ho-Yin Mak, University of California-Berkeley
Michael Lim, Seoul National University
Ying Rong, Lehigh University
Finalist
Bin Hong Alex Lee, MIT Operations Research Center
David Simchi-Levi , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gérard P. Cachon
Haim Mendelson, Stanford University
Kaitlin M. Daniels, Washington University in Saint Louis
Kris Johnson, MIT Operations Research Center
Robert Bray , Northwestern University
Ruben Lobel, Airbnb
2017
Winner(s)
Jason Acimovic, Penn State University
Stephen C. Graves, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Finalist
Haim Mendelson, Stanford University
KC Diwas
Robert L. Bray, Stanford University
Song-Hee Kim
Ward Whitt, Columbia University, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research Dept.
2016
Awardee(s)
Devavrat Shah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Srikanth Jagabathula, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vivek Farias, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2015
Awardee(s)
Chen Peng, UBER
Erik Hertzler, Intel
Feryal Erhun , Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Karl Kempf, Intel Corporation
2014
Awardee(s)
Philipp Afèche, Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
2013
Awardee(s)
Assaf Zeevi, Columbia University
Omar Besbes, Columbia University
Robert Phillips, Columbia University Business School
2012
Awardee(s)
Ioana Popescu, INSEAD
Victor F. Araman, American University of Beirut
2011
Awardee(s)
Francis de Véricourt, INSEAD
Jean-Philippe Gayon, Grenoble Institute of Technology
Saif Benjaafar, University of Michigan
2010
Awardee(s)
Xuanming Su, University of California - Berkeley, Haas School of Business
2009
Awardee(s)
Adam Mersereau, Kenan-Flagler School at University of North Carolina
Linus Schrage, Booth School of Business
University of Chicago
Nicole DeHoratius, University of Portland
2007
Awardee(s)
Jan A. Van Mieghem, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Martin A. Lariviere, Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University