Karan Girotra

Cornell Tech

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Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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http://www.girotra.com

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1.

Ideas are Dimes a Dozen: Large Language Models for Idea Generation in Innovation

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Aug 2023
Karan Girotra, Lennart Meincke, Christian Terwiesch and Karl T. Ulrich
Cornell Tech, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and The Wharton School
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innovation, idea generation, creativity, creative problem solving, LLM, large-scale language models, AI, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT

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Idea Generation and the Quality of the Best Idea

INSEAD Business School Research Paper No. 2009/65/TOM
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2014
Karan Girotra, Christian Terwiesch and Karl T. Ulrich
Cornell Tech, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and The Wharton School
Downloads 2,531 (9,691)
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Creativity, Brainstorming, Innovation, Idea Generation, Idea Selection, Team, Group, Individuals

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Bike-Share Systems: Accessibility and Availability

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 15-04
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 26 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2019
Ashish Kabra, Elena Belavina and Karan Girotra
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Cornell Tech
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Online Grocery Retail: Revenue Models and Environmental Impact

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 14-37, INSEAD Working Paper No. 2015/06/TOM
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2015
Elena Belavina, Karan Girotra and Ashish Kabra
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell Tech and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 1,190 (31,097)
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Electric Vehicles with a Battery Switching Station: Adoption and Environmental Impact

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2013/108/TOM
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2014
Buket Avci, Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine
Independent, Cornell Tech and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 1,101 (34,695)
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The Operational Advantages of Threshold Discounting Offers

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2016/41/TOM
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 05 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2016
Simone Marinesi, Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell Tech and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 900 (46,125)
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Threshold Discounting, Groupon, Crowdsourcing, Strategic Customers, Business Model Innovation

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Recovering Global Supply Chains from Sourcing Interruptions: The Role of Sourcing Strategy

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2016/58/TOM
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2021
Nitish Jain, Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine
London Business School, Cornell Tech and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 794 (54,784)
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supply chain, sourcing interruption, supplier diversification, long-term relationships, empirical analysis, time to recovery

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Empirical Evidence for Domain Name Performance

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2012/41/TOM
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 09 May 2012
Karan Girotra and Karl T. Ulrich
Cornell Tech and The Wharton School
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Domain Names, Naming, Branding, Euphony, Phonology, Linguistics

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Business Model Innovation for Sustainability

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2013/77/TOM
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Jul 2013
Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine
Cornell Tech and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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Interesting, Important and Impactful Operations Management

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 30 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 11 May 2019
Gerard P Cachon, Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine
The Wharton School - Operations, Information and Decisions Department, Cornell Tech and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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Operations Management, Fragmentation, M&SOM, New Research Areas, Innovation

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Managing Global Sourcing: Inventory Performance

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2013/65/TOM
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2013
Nitish Jain, Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine
London Business School, Cornell Tech and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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The Use and Value of Social Information in Selective Selling of Exclusive Products

Forthcoming at Management Science
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2019
Ruslan Momot, Elena Belavina and Karan Girotra
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Cornell Tech
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The Relational Advantages of Intermediation

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2012/19/TOM
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2012
Elena Belavina and Karan Girotra
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Cornell Tech
Downloads 551 (87,462)
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Global Sourcing, Intermediairies, Supply Chain Relationships, Relational Contracts, Flexibility, Li & Fung, Repeated Games

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Customer Preference and Station Network in the London Bike Share System

Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 18-20
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 11 May 2019
Pu He, Fanyin Zheng, Elena Belavina and Karan Girotra
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Cornell Tech
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Matching in Labor Marketplaces: The Role of Experiential Information

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2023
Ken Moon, Jiding Zhang, Elena Belavina and Karan Girotra
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Arizona State University (ASU) - Department of Information Systems, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Cornell Tech
Downloads 532 (91,637)
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Choice modeling and estimation, Empirical operations management, Information friction, Market intermediaries, Marketplace design, Matching with costly inspection, Online labor markets

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Private vs. Pooled Transportation: Customer Preference and Design of Green Transport Policy

Forthcoming at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2023
Kashish Arora, Fanyin Zheng and Karan Girotra
Indian School of Business, Columbia University - Columbia Business School and Cornell Tech
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Empirical Operations Management, Ride-hailing Services, Congestion Management, Choice Model, Structural Estimation, Machine Learning

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A Review of Choice Modeling in the Marketing-Operations Management Interface

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 17-60, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 17-85
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Aug 2017
Andres Musalem, Marcelo Olivares, Sharad Borle, Hai Che, Christopher T. Conlon, Karan Girotra, Sachin Gupta, Kanishka Misra, Julie H. Mortimer, Gustavo Vulcano and Fanyin Zheng
Universidad de Chile, University of Chile, Rice University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Columbia University, Cornell Tech, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Boston College, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella - School of Business and Columbia University - Columbia Business School
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Choice Models, Marketing-Operations Interface, Econometrics, Empirical Research

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Valuing R&D Projects in a Portfolio: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Mar 2010
Karan Girotra, Christian Terwiesch and Karl T. Ulrich
Cornell Tech, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and The Wharton School
Downloads 351 (148,310)
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product development, pharmaceuticals, development pipeline, portfolio properties, backup projects, portfolio management

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Information Acquisition Through Customer Voting Systems

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2013/99/TOM
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2013
Simone Marinesi and Karan Girotra
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Cornell Tech
Downloads 264 (199,805)
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Customer Voting Systems, Information Sharing, Crowdsourcing, Crowdvoting, Strategic Customers, Open Operationstions

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R&D Spending: Dynamic or Persistent?

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2018/03/TOM
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 10 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2018
Christophe Pennetier, Karan Girotra and Jurgen Mihm
INSEAD, Cornell Tech and INSEAD
Downloads 251 (209,999)
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R&D Strategy, R&D Spending, Variability in R&D Spending, Innovation, Arellano–Bond GMM Estimation

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Synchronizing Global Supply Chains: Advance Purchase Discounts

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Synchronizing Global Supply Chains: Advance Purchase Discounts

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/07/DS/TOM
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 12 Feb 2010
Wenjie Tang and Karan Girotra
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cornell Tech
Downloads 125 (386,221)
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Synchronizing Global Supply Chains: Advance Purchase Discounts

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2010
Wenjie Tang and Karan Girotra
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cornell Tech
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The Strategic Perils of Delayed Differentiation

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Mar 2010
Karan Girotra and Krishnan S. Anand
Cornell Tech and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 109 (425,478)
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Postponement, Flexibility, Strategic Committment, Supply Chain Management

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Using Advance Purchase Discount Contracts: Operational Cost, Cost Opacity, and Timing

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Jan 2015
Wenjie Tang and Karan Girotra
NUS Business School - Department of Decision Sciences and Cornell Tech
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Online Compendium to the book chapter 'Threshold Discounting: Operational Benefits, Potential Drawbacks, and Optimal Design'

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 07 Sep 2017
Simone Marinesi, Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell Tech and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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Pricing, Revenue Management, Groupon, Strategic consumers, Operations

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Liveops Inc.: The Contact Centre Reinvented

INSEAD Working Paper No. 6097
Posted: 27 Feb 2017
Konstantinos I. Stouras, Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine
UCD, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Cornell Tech and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

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work-from-home contact centers, virtual contact centers, on-demand service platforms, online communities

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First Ranked First to Serve: Strategic Agents in a Service Contest

Posted: 30 Nov 2015
Konstantinos I. Stouras, Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine
UCD, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Cornell Tech and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

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work-from-home call centers, service contest, strategic servers, server priorities, service operations