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Tunay Tunca

Tunay Tunca

Dean's Professor of Management Science and Operations Management

PhD, Stanford University

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Tunay Tunca is the Dean’s Professor of Management Science and Operations Management at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland. He received his M.S. in Management Science from University of Rochester, and M.S. in Financial Mathematics and Ph.D. in Business Administration from Stanford University. Prior to joining University of Maryland, he was an Associate Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology at Stanford GSB. Professor Tunca has also been a visiting scholar at the Sloan School of Business at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania, Yahoo Inc., and Hewlett-Packard. His research interests are in economics of operations management focusing on theoretical and empirical analysis of supply chains, innovative operations, and sharing economy business models. His work has won awards and recognitions from Management Science, M&SOM, iFORM, POMS, and CSAMSE. He is the winner of several teaching awards at the Smith School, including the Allen J. Krowe Teaching Excellence Award in 2014 and 2019, and Distinguished Teaching Awards in 2015-2019. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the journals Management Science and M&SOM.

News

Eight Professors Earn Krowe, Legg Mason, Smith Honors

Eight faculty members earned Maryland Smith teaching honors last week, as part of an annual tradition at the business school.

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May the Force Be With San Francisco or Los Angeles

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — A bidding war has started between San Francisco and Los Angeles for a new George Lucas art museum. Two professors at…

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Smith School Launches Business Analytics Degree

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Dec. 1, 2016) — Companies looking for business insights based on data will have a chance to partner with the…

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Research

How Sellers Can Make Group Buying Work for Them

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The Win-Win of Buyer Intermediated Finance

A Different Way For Suppliers To Get The Cash Flow They Need

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The Pros and Cons of Open Source

When Open Source Generates Value (And When It Doesn’t)

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Insights

Why IBM Wanted Red Hat

And why IBM’s priciest acquisition is worth the money

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How Uber and Lyft Could Find Profit

Study Finds Two Counterintuitive Keys to Ride-Hailing Success

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Why Less Is More For Rideshare Apps

Giving More to Drivers, Riders Can Benefit All, Study Shows

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