Mahyar Eftekhar

Mahyar Eftekhar

Associate Professor,
Department of Supply Chain Management
  • eftekhar@asu.edu
  • Phone: 480-727-3903
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  • BA 433 Tempe, AZ 85287
  • Mail code: 4706
    Campus: Tempe
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Mahyar Eftekhar is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the W. P. Carey School of Business. His research primarily focuses on nonprofit operations management, including health and humanitarian operations. His work has been published in esteemed journals such as Production and Operations Management, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and the Journal of Operations Management. He is also a Senior Editor for Production and Operations Management.

He has been honored with several awards, including the DARPA Young Faculty Award, DSI Outstanding Early Career Award, Buffa Outstanding Dissertation Award, and the POMS Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management Best Paper Awards.

Education
  • Ph.D. Operations Management, HEC Paris School of Management, France
  • M.S. Production & Operations Management, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  • B.S. Industrial Engineering, Azad University (South Tehran), Iran
Research Interests
  • Health and humanitarian operations management
  • Disaster response operations
  • Nonprofit operations management

 

 

Publications

  • De La Torre Pacheco, S., M. Eftekhar, C. Wu. 2023. Improving the Quality of In-kind Donations: A Field Experiment. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 25(5): 1677-1691.

  • Parsa, I., M. Eftekhar, C.J. Corbett. 2022. Does Better Governance Relax the Efficiency Squeeze Experienced by Non-profit Organizations? Production and Operations Management. 31(8): 3288-3303.

  • Eftekhar, M., J-S. J. Song and S. Webster. 2022. Pre-Positioning and Local-Purchasing for Emergency Operations Under Budget and Supply Uncertainty. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 24(1): 315-332.

  • Gu, L., I. O. Ryzhov, M. Eftekhar. 2021. The Facts on the Ground: Evaluating Humanitarian Fleet Management Policies Using Simulation. European Journal of Operational Research. 293(2): 681-702.

  • Keshvari Fard, M., M. Eftekhar, F. Papier. 2019. An Approach for Managing Operating Assets for Humanitarian Development Programs. Production and Operations Management. 28(8): 2132-2151.

  • Eftekhar, M., H. Li, L.N. Van Wassenhove, S. Webster. 2017. The Role of Media Exposure on Coordination in the Humanitarian Setting. Production and Operations Management. 26(5): 802-816.

  • Yoo, E., W. Rand, M. Eftekhar, E. Rabinovich. 2016. Determinants of Information Diffusion on Social Media During Humanitarian Crises. Journal of Operations Management. 45 123-133.

  • Eftekhar, M., L.N. Van Wassenhove. 2016. Fleet management policies for humanitarian organizations: beyond the utilization-residual value trade-off. Journal of Operations Management. 44 1-12.

  • Eftekhar, M. 2015. Fleet Management In Humanitarian Sector. Decision Sciences. (Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award). 46(2) 447-453.

  • Eftekhar, M., A. Masini, A. Robotis, L.N. Van Wassenhove. 2014. Vehicle procurement policy for humanitarian development programs. Production and Operations Management. 23(6) 951-964.
Courses
2023 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SCM 345 Logistics Management
SCM 345 Logistics Management
SCM 541 Logistics in the Supply Chain
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SCM 345 Logistics Management
SCM 345 Logistics Management
SCM 541 Logistics in the Supply Chain
2021 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SCM 541 Logistics in the Supply Chain
SCM 344 Applied Logistics Management
SCM 541 Logistics in the Supply Chain
SCM 541 Logistics in the Supply Chain
2021 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SCM 541 Logistics in the Supply Chain
2020 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SCM 493 Honors Thesis
SCM 541 Logistics in the Supply Chain
2020 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SCM 541 Logistics in the Supply Chain
2019 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SCM 493 Honors Thesis
SCM 541 Logistics in the Supply Chain
Honors / Awards
  • 2020 Dean's Excellence in Research Summer Grant
  • 2019-2020 Dean's List for Teaching Impact
  • 2019 Dean’s Excellence Award in Research
  • 2018 DARPA Young Faculty Award
  • 2017 Carol J. Latta Memorial DSI Emerging Leadership Award for Outstanding Early Career Scholar
  • Winner, 2017 POMS College of Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management Best Paper Award
  • Runner-up, 2015 POMS College of Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management Best Paper Award
  • 2014 Elwood S. Buffa Outstanding Dissertation Award from Decision Sciences Institute
Editorships
  • Production & Operations Management, Senior Editor, 2017-present
  • Production & Operations Management, Editorial Review Board, 2015-2017
  • Journal of Operations Management, Editorial Review Board, 2018-present
  • Ad-hoc Reviewer:  European Journal of Operational Research; Management Science; Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
Professional Associations

Production and Operations Management Society (POMS); The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

Service
  • Track Co-chair (Public Sector OR): INFORMS Annual Meeting 2022, Indianapolis.
  • Track Co-chair (Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management): POMS Conference 2019, DC
  • Track Co-chair (Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management): POMS Conference 2018, Houston
  • Track Chair of 2018 Elwood S. Buffa Outstanding Dissertation Award (DSI)
  • POMS HOCM VP, 2018-2019
  • Session Chair for multiple POMS and INFORMS conferences since 2010
Expertise Areas
Business Analytics
Data Analysis
Nonprofit Operations Management
Operations Management
Operations Strategy
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