Research
My research agenda is built on empirically understanding how firms manage innovation and make better decisions in the face of risk: from the loss of value due to the information asymmetries and uncertainties between supply chain partners, to the wrong investments in a pharmaceutical firm’s portfolio of drug development projects.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
[4] Turcic, D., P. Markou, P. Kouvelis, and D. Corsten. (2023). “Automotive Procurement Under Opaque Prices: Theory with Evidence from the BMW Supply Chain." Management Science, Accepted.
[3] Markou, P., S. Kavadias, and N. Oraiopoulos. (2022). “Project Selection and Success: Insights from the Drug Development Process." Management Science, Accepted.
Winner 2018 INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper Award
[2] Markou, P. and D. Corsten. (2021). “Financial and Operational Risk Management: Inventory Effects in the Gold Mining Industry." Production & Operations Management, 30(12), pp. 4635-4655.
[1] Luffarelli, J., P. Markou, A. Stamatogiannakis, D. Goncalves. (2019). “The effect of corporate social performance on the financial performance of business‐to‐business and business‐to‐consumer firms." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 26(6), pp.1333-1350.
Book Chapters and Practitioner Articles
[3] Markou, P., D. Corsten, C. Carduck, and M. Koblbauer. (2019). “Commodity Risk Management at BMW: Price Indices and Contracts”. In Tate, W., Bals, L., and Ellram, L., eds. Supply Chain Finance: Risk Management, Resilience and Supplier Management, Kogan Page, Ch. 9, pp.177-194.
[2] Markou, P. and D. Corsten. (2017). “Linking Commodity Price Risk and Operations: Evidence from the Gold Mining Industry”. In Kouvelis, P., Dong, L., and Turcic, D., eds. Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management. 11(1-2), pp.165-185.
[1] Markou, P. and D. Corsten. (2017). “Trade Credit: A Fresh Look.” World Supply Chain Finance Report 2017. BCR Publishing, pp.14-16.
Working Papers
How Voting Rules Affect Expert Committee Deliberations and Decisions on Complex Problems - with T. Chan [Link to SSRN]
Collateral, Risk, and Borrowing Capacity - with R. Williams and J. Yang [Link to SSRN]
Finalist 2018 Financial Management Association (FMA) Best Paper Award
Suppliers as Liquidity Insurers - with D. Corsten and R. Gropp [Link to SSRN]