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About Arda Yenipazarli

Arda Yenipazarli is Professor of Operations Management at the College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University. He obtained a Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Warrington College of Business at University of Florida and joined Georgia Southern University in August 2012.

Yenipazarli’s research interests include green supply chain management, sustainable technologies, production planning and inventory control, and applications of game theory for sustainable production and distribution systems. His research investigates the profitability and efficiency of green operations launched in order to comply with environmental legislations and/or translate corporate sustainability liabilities into profits. His research also has implications for policy makers concerned with designing efficient environmental legislations. Yenipazarli has recently published papers in European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Operations Research Letters and Annals of Operations Research. He earned the 2016 Gary M. Davis Excellence in Research Award for his research activities at Georgia Southern University, and is the recipient of the 2017 ENRE (INFORMS Subdivision on Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment) Young Researcher Prize.

Yenipazarli teaches the core Operations Management and Business Statistics courses at Georgia Southern University, in addition to the MBA Operations course on Statesboro campus. Prior to teaching at Georgia Southern University, he taught Operations Management and Business Systems courses at University of Florida. Yenipazarli’s teaching interests include operations management, production and service operations economics, new product development and innovation, sustainable operations, and international operations and logistics.

Yenipazarli serves as an ad-hoc referee for Decision Sciences Journal, IIE Transactions, European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Naval Research Logistics, International Journal of Production Economics, Omega, The International Journal of Management Science, International Journal of Production Research, and Journal of Cleaner Production. He is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), The Section on Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment (ENRE), Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society (MSOM), and Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). He served as the treasurer of Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) of INFORMS between 2014 and 2016, and in the INFORMS Student Affairs Committee between 2015 and 2016.

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2020 - Present Member, Governance Committee, Parker College of Business, Georgia Southern University
2019 - Present Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review (TRE)
2014 - Present Member, Alpha Iota Delta - International Honor Society
2011 - Present Member, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
2009 - Present Member, The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
2020 Member, Freeman Chair Committee, Parker College of Business, Georgia Southern University
2019 - 2020 Volunteer, For the Love of Blue, Georgia Southern University
2017 - 2020 Facilitator, Professional Development Day, Parker College of Business, Georgia Southern University
2019 Chair, Sustainability, Technology and Innovation. In: DSI Annual Meeting
2018 - 2019 Co-Chair, Environment & Sustainability Cluster, Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment (ENRE), INFORMS
2018 Panelist, New Faculty Development Consortium, DSI Annual Meeting
2017 - 2018 Member, MBA Assessment Group, Parker College of Business, Georgia Southern University
2016 - 2018 Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Parker College of Business, Georgia Southern University
2017 Academic Resume Reviewer, Career Fair, INFORMS
2015 - 2017 Member, Student Affairs Committee
2014 - 2016 Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee, Parker College of Business, Georgia Southern University
2014 - 2016 Treasurer, Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG), INFORMS
2015 Co-Chair, Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Paper Competition, INFORMS
2014 - 2015 Member, University Conduct Board, Georgia Southern University
2014 Judge, ENRE Best Publication Awards, INFORMS
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Honors and Awards

  • Recipient, Certificate of High Honor, Sabanci University (2003-2007)
  • Fellowship, Alumni, University of Florida (2007-2012)
  • Recipient, Summer Research Award, Georgia Southern University (2013)
  • Recipient, Summer Research Award, Georgia Southern University (2015-2017)
  • Recipient, Gary M. Davis Excellence in Research Award, Georgia Southern University (2016)
  • Recipient, Young Researcher Award, Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment Section (ENRE) of INFORMS (2017)
  • Recipient, Summer Research Award, Georgia Southern University (2021)

Courses

  • Operations Management (MGNT 3430)
  • Applied Stats & Optimization (BUSA 3132)
  • Production Planning (MGNT 9662)
  • Management of Operations for Competitive Advantage (MGNT 7430)
  • Managerial Operations Analysis II (QMB 4702)
  • Business System I (ISM 3254)

Education

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2012 Ph.D. in Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Florida
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2007 B.S. in Manufacturing Systems and Industrial Engineering, Sabanci University
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Contact Information

PO Box 8036
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 479-8010
Office: COBA 2224

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Book Chapters (2)

Refereed Research Monograph (1)

Refereed Journal Publications (16)

Conference and Workshop Presentations (22)