Saibal Ray

McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management

Assistant Professor

1001 Sherbrooke St. (W)

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1.

Optimal Pricing and Inventory Control Policy in Periodic-Review Systems with Fixed Ordering Cost and Lost Sales

Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 117-136, 2006
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Frank (Youhua) Chen, Saibal Ray and Yuyue Song
City Univ. of Hong Kong - College of Business, Dept of Management Sciences, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Memorial University of Newfoundland
Downloads 530 (114,820)
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pricing, stochastic demand, joint pricing and inventory control, dynamic programming, (s, S) policy, lost sales, fixed cost

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Price Matching Strategy: Implications of Consumer Behaviour and Channel Structure

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Dec 2018
Arcan Nalca, Saibal Ray and Tamer Boyaci
Queen's University - Smith School of Business, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and ESMT European School of Management and Technology
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Product Differentiation and Capacity Cost Interaction in Time and Price Sensitive Markets

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Jan 2007
Tamer Boyaci and Saibal Ray
ESMT European School of Management and Technology and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 349 (186,561)
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Product Differentiation, Pricing, Delivery-Time Guarantees, Time-Based Competition, Capacity

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Customer Lead Time Management When Both Demand and Price are Lead Time Sensitive

European Journal of Operational Research ,Vol. 153, No. 3, pp. 769-781, 2004
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Saibal Ray and Elizabeth Jewkes
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and University of Waterloo
Downloads 330 (198,238)

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Delivery time strategy, Investment and capacity analysis, Economics of queues

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An Integrated Operations-Marketing Model for Innovative Products and Services

International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 95, No. 3, pp. 327-345, 2005
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Saibal Ray
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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Newsvendor problem, Demand Uncertainty, Pricing, Attribute levels, Operations-marketing interface

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Shipping Fees or Shipping Free? A Tale of Two Price Partitioning Strategies in Online Retailing

Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Dec 2010
Mehmet Gumus, Shanling li, Wonseok Oh and Saibal Ray
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 290 (227,709)

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Retail, E-Commerce Pricing Strategy, Price Partitioning, Free Shipping, Shipping & Handling Costs

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Optimal Prices and Trade-In Rebates for Durable, Remanufacturable Products

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 208-228, Summer 2005
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Saibal Ray, Tamer Boyaci and N. Aras
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, ESMT European School of Management and Technology and Bogazici University
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trade-in rebates, pricing, remanufacturing, durable products, product-age profile

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Structural Properties of Buyback Contracts for Price-Setting Newsvendors

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Yuyue Song, Saibal Ray and Shanling li
Memorial University of Newfoundland, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and McGill University
Downloads 251 (263,879)
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Price-setting Newsvendor, Buyback Contract, Supply Chain Performance, Demand Curvature

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The Impact of Capacity Costs on Product Differentiation in Delivery Time, Delivery Reliability and Price

Production and Operations Management, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 179-197, 2006
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Tamer Boyaci and Saibal Ray
ESMT European School of Management and Technology and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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Product Differentiation, Capacity Management, Time-based Customer Service, Delivery Time Guarantee, Pricing

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Short-Term Housing Rentals and Corporatization of Platform Pricing

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Mar 2019
Han Zhu, Mehmet Gumus and Saibal Ray
School of Management Science and Engineering, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 228 (290,049)
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sharing economy, online house-rental platforms, pricing strategy, long-term rentals

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Tailored Supply Chain Decision-Making Under Price-Sensitive Stochastic Demand and Delivery Uncertainty

Management Science, Vol. 51, No. 12, pp. 1873-1891, 2005
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Saibal Ray, Yuyue Song and Shanling li
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Memorial University of Newfoundland and McGill University
Downloads 219 (301,530)
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pricing, stochastic demand, random delivery times,multiechelon inventory,customized supply

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Supply Side Story: Risks, Guarantees, Competition and Information Asymmetry

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 26 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2011
Mehmet Gumus, Saibal Ray and Haresh Gurnani
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Stony Brook University
Downloads 212 (310,997)
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Supply Risk Management, Asymmetric Information, Signaling, Guarantees, Stochastic Spot Market

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Bundling or Discounting? Field Experiments for Healthy and Unhealthy Food

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Feb 2025
Nymisha Bandi, Maxime C. Cohen and Saibal Ray
Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 200 (328,505)

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Retail promotions, bundling, discounting, field experiments, food choices

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Brand Positioning and Consumer Taste Information

ESMT Working Paper No. 17-01 (R1)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2017
Arcan Nalca, Tamer Boyaci and Saibal Ray
Queen's University - Smith School of Business, ESMT European School of Management and Technology and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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supply chain management, uncertain consumer taste, product introduction, product positioning, store brands, national brands, information acquisition, information sharing, vertical differentiation, horizontal differentiation

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The Effectiveness of Investment in Lead Time Reduction for a Make-to-Stock Product

IIE Transactions, Vol. 36, pp. 333-344, 2004
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Saibal Ray, Yigal Gerchak and Elizabeth Jewkes
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University - Department of Industrial Engineering and University of Waterloo
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Inventory model, Lead time reduction, Outsourcing, Investment Analysis

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Joint Bidding and Procurement Strategies Under Price Volatility

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Dec 2010
Xiaofeng Nie, Tamer Boyaci, Mehmet Gumus, Saibal Ray and Dan Zhang
affiliation not provided to SSRN, ESMT European School of Management and Technology, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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supply chain management, procurement strategy, pricing, supply risk, price volatility, price-dependent base-stock policy

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Joint Pricing and Inventory Policies for Make-to-Stock Products with Deterministic Price-Sensitive Demand

International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 97, No. 2, pp. 143-158, 2005
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Saibal Ray, Yigal Gerchak and Elizabeth Jewkes
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University - Department of Industrial Engineering and University of Waterloo
Downloads 153 (416,673)

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Operations-marketing integration, Price-sensitive demand, Mark-up pricing, EOQ model

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Coordination of Quantity and Shelf-Retention Timing in the Video Movie Rental Industry

IIE Transactions, Vol. 38, No. 7, pp. 525-536, 2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Yigal Gerchak, Richard Cho and Saibal Ray
Tel Aviv University - Department of Industrial Engineering, University of New Brunswick - Saint John and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
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Video rental Industry, Revenue Sharing Contracts, Supply Chain Coordination

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Competitive Price-Matching Guarantees Contingent on Product Availability

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Jun 2012
Arcan Nalca, Tamer Boyaci and Saibal Ray
Queen's University - Smith School of Business, ESMT European School of Management and Technology and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 127 (484,376)
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price matching guarantees, inventory, availability, stochastic demand, availability verification

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Returns Policies Between Channel Partners for Durable Products With Used Goods Markets

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 30 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2011
Mehmet Gumus, Saibal Ray and Shuya Yin
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Independent
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returns policy, used goods markets, forward-looking consumers, uncertain demand, decentralized channel, durable products

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Incentivizing Healthy Food Choices Using Add-on Bundling: A Field Experiment

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2024
Nymisha Bandi, Maxime C. Cohen and Saibal Ray
Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 116 (519,323)

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Healthy eating, Field experiment, Economic incentives, Bundling

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Capacity Selection Under Uncertainty with Ratio Objectives

European Journal of Operational Research , Vol. 143, No. 1, pp. 138-147, 2002
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Saibal Ray, Yigal Gerchak and Elkafi Hassini
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University - Department of Industrial Engineering and McMaster University
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Uncertainty modelling, Capacity expansion, Ratio objectives, Non-linear programming

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Returns Policies between Channel Partners for Durable Products

Marketing Science, Vol. 32, No. 4, 2013; pp. 622-643; DOI: 10.1287/mksc.2013.0784
Posted: 13 Nov 2013
Mehmet Gumus, Saibal Ray and Shuya Yin
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Independent

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returns policy, used goods, stochastic demand, decentralized channel, demand correlation