The MSOM Society Student Paper Competition: Extended Abstracts of 2000 Winners

Each year the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Society of INFORMS conducts a student paper competition. In Volume 2, Issue 2 of M&SOM, we published the extended abstracts of the 1999 winners in the hopes that this could become an annual event. Our hopes have become a reality. Sridhar Seshadri and Ravi Anupindi, New York University, cochaired the 2000 competition. The judges for the final round were Garrett van Ryzin, Columbia University; Yehuda Bassok, University of Southern California; and Michael Pinedo, New York University. The first-prize winner received $400, while second prize received$200. Prizes were awarded at the INFORMS meeting in San Antonio, Texas in November 2000. All finalists received a $50.00 discount coupon redeemable at an "e-tailer." The winners and their faculty mentors were: First Prize Jérémie Gallien, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Faculty Mentor: Lawrence M. Wein, MIT "Design and Analysis of a Smart Market for Industrial Procurement" Second Prize Serguei Netessine, University of Rochester Faculty Mentors: Gregory Dobson and Robert A. Shumsky, University of Rochester "Flexible Service Capacity: Optimal Investment and the Impact of Demand Correlation" M&SOM would like to congratulate the winners as well as all five finalists. The extended abstracts of these papers follow.