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Damian Beil

(734) 936-5934

dbeil@umich.edu

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Donald C. Cook Professor of Business Administration

Professor of Technology and Operations

Chair of Technology and Operations

Education

PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003

Academic Areas

Technology and Operations

Research

Deep Blue

WDI Publishing

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Biography

Damian Beil is the Area Chair for the Technology & Operations group at Ross. He teaches the MBA operations management core and an elective on strategic sourcing. In his research, Beil develops mathematical models to analyze complex problems in sourcing. His primary research interests are in strategic sourcing, supply chain management, and market design across a variety of settings and industries. He serves as an Associate Editor for Management Science, Operations Research, and Naval Research Logistics, and is on the Editorial Board of INFORMS Analytics Collections. Prior to joining Michigan, Beil received a BA in Mathematics from New College and a PhD in Operations Research from M.I.T.

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Course Spotlight: Michigan Ross MSCM Students Deliver Actionable Solutions and Recommendations to Global Organizations for Supply Chain Consulting Studio 2022

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Course Spotlight: Michigan Ross MSCM Students Deliver Actionable Solutions and Recommendations to Global Organizations for Supply Chain Consulting Studio 2022

Using My Master of Supply Chain Management Learnings to Solve a Real-World Problem during a Global Case Competition

Student Voices

Using My Master of Supply Chain Management Learnings to Solve a Real-World Problem during a Global Case Competition

Procurement Mechanisms with Post-Auction Pre-Award Cost-reduction Investigations

Authors

Chen, Q., Beil, D., Duenyas, I.

Published Date

2022

Authors

Chen, Q., Beil, D., Duenyas, I.

Source

Operations Research

Volume

Issue

Pages

3035-3628

The Role of Feedback in Dynamic Crowdsourcing Contests: A Structural Empirical Analysis

Authors

Jiang, Z., Huang, Y., Beil, D.

Published Date

2022

Authors

Jiang, Z., Huang, Y., Beil, D.

Source

Management Science

Volume

Issue

Pages

4755-5555

Running Online Experiments Using Web-Conferencing Software

Authors

Li, J., Leider, S., Beil, D., Duenyas, I.

Published Date

2021

Authors

Li, J., Leider, S., Beil, D., Duenyas, I.

Source

Journal of the Economic Science Association

Volume

Issue

Pages

167–183

Supplier Sustainability Assessments in Total-Cost Auctions

Authors

K. Aral, D. Beil, and L. Van Wassenhove

Published Date

2021

Authors

K. Aral, D. Beil, and L. Van Wassenhove

Source

Production and Operations Management

Volume

Issue

Pages

902-920

The Role of Problem Specification in Crowdsourcing Contest for Design Problems: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

Authors

Z. Jiang, Y. Huang, and D. Beil

Published Date

2021

Authors

Z. Jiang, Y. Huang, and D. Beil

Source

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volume

Issue

Pages

637-656

Split-Award Auctions: Insights from Theory and Experiments

Authors

Chaturvedi, A., Katok, E., Beil, D.

Published Date

2018

Authors

Chaturvedi, A., Katok, E., Beil, D.

Source

Management Science

Volume

Issue

Pages

71-89

When to Deploy Test Auctions in Sourcing

Authors

Beil, D., Chen, G., Duenyas, I., See, B.

Published Date

2018

Authors

Beil, D., Chen, G., Duenyas, I., See, B.

Source

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volume

Issue

Pages

232-248

Bid-Taker Power and Supply Base Diversification

Authors

Zhixi Wan, Damian R. Beil

Published Date

2014

Authors

Zhixi Wan, Damian R. Beil

Source

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volume

Issue

Pages

300-314

Split Award Auctions for Supplier Retention

Authors

Aadhaar Chaturvedi, Damian R. Beil, Victor Martinez de Albinez

Published Date

2014

Authors

Aadhaar Chaturvedi, Damian R. Beil, Victor Martinez de Albinez

Source

Management Science

Volume

Issue

Pages

1719-1737

Does Pooling Purchases Lead to Higher Profits?

Authors

Bin Hu, Izak Duenyas, Damian R. Beil

Published Date

2013

Authors

Bin Hu, Izak Duenyas, Damian R. Beil

Source

Management Science

Volume

Issue

Pages

1576-1593

Price-Quoting Strategies of an Upstream Supplier

Authors

Bin Hu, Damian R. Beil, Izak Duenyas

Published Date

2013

Authors

Bin Hu, Damian R. Beil, Izak Duenyas

Source

Management Science

Volume

Issue

Pages

2093-2110

Simple Auctions for Supply Contracts

Authors

Izak Duenyas, Bin Hu, Damian R. Beil

Published Date

2013

Authors

Izak Duenyas, Bin Hu, Damian R. Beil

Source

Management Science

Volume

Issue

Pages

2332-2342

Using a Dual-Sourcing Option in the Presence of Asymmetric Information about Supplier Reliability: Competition vs. Diversification

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Zhibin (Ben) Yang, Goker Aydin, Volodymyr Babich

Published Date

2012

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Zhibin (Ben) Yang, Goker Aydin, Volodymyr Babich

Source

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volume

Issue

Pages

202-217

When Does it Pay to Delay Supplier Qualification? Theory and Experiments

Authors

Wan, Z., Beil, D. R., and E. Katok

Published Date

2012

Authors

Wan, Z., Beil, D. R., and E. Katok

Source

Management Science

Volume

Issue

Pages

2057–2075

A Pooling Analysis of Two Simultaneous Online Auctions

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Lawrence M. Wein

Published Date

2009

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Lawrence M. Wein

Source

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volume

Issue

Pages

33 - 51

RFQ Auctions with Supplier Qualification Screening

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Zhixi Wan

Published Date

2009

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Zhixi Wan

Source

Operations Research

Volume

Issue

Pages

934-949

Solving Truckload Procurement Auctions Over an Exponential Number of Bundles

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Richard Chen, Shervin AhmadBeygi, Amy Cohn, Amitabh Sinha

Published Date

2009

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Richard Chen, Shervin AhmadBeygi, Amy Cohn, Amitabh Sinha

Source

Transportation Science

Volume

Issue

Pages

493-510

Supply Disruptions, Asymmetric Information, and a Backup Production Option

Authors

Yang, Z. B., Aydin, G., Babich, V., and D. R. Beil

Published Date

2009

Authors

Yang, Z. B., Aydin, G., Babich, V., and D. R. Beil

Source

Management Science

Volume

Issue

Pages

192–209

Total-Cost Procurement Auctions: Impact of Suppliers' Cost Adjustments on Auction Format Choice

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Dimitris Kostamis, Izak Duenyas

Published Date

2009

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Dimitris Kostamis, Izak Duenyas

Source

Management Science

Volume

Issue

Pages

1985-1999

An Inverse-Optimization-Based Auction Mechanism to Support a Multi-Attribute RFQ Process

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Lawrence M. Wein

Published Date

2003

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Lawrence M. Wein

Source

Management Science

Volume

Issue

Pages

1529¿1545

Sequencing surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy: insights from a mathematical analysis

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Lawrence M. Wein

Published Date

2002

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Lawrence M. Wein

Source

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volume

Issue

Pages

279-286

Analysis and Comparison of Multimodal Cancer Treatments

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Lawrence M. Wein

Published Date

2001

Authors

Damian R. Beil, Lawrence M. Wein

Source

IMA Journal of Mathematics Applied to Medicine and Biology

Volume

Issue

Pages

343-376

The Handbook of Integrated Risk Management in Global Supply Chains

Authors

Damian Beil, Göker Aydin, Volodymyr Babich, Zhibin Yang

Published Date

2011

Authors

Damian Beil, Göker Aydin, Volodymyr Babich, Zhibin Yang

Source

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Decentralized Supply Risk Management

Panos Kouvelis, Lingxiu Dong, Onur Boyabatli, Rong Li

2010 Tutorials in Operations Research

Authors

Damian Beil

Published Date

2010

Authors

Damian Beil

Source

INFORMS

Procurement Auctions

John J. Hasenbein

Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science

Authors

Damian Beil

Published Date

2010

Authors

Damian Beil

Source

Wiley

Supplier Selection

James J. Cochran

Business Transformation Residency

Operations Management

Strategic Sourcing