Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

[1] Devalkar, S. K., M. G. Sohoni, and P. Arora (2017). Ex-post Funding: How Should a Resource-Constrained Non-profit Organization Allocate its Initial Funds? Production and Operations Management 26 (6), 1035-1055

• • Mention in press: Forbes India (November 6, 2017)

[2] Arora, P. and R. Subramanian (2019). Improving Societal Outcomes in the Organ Donation Value Chain. Production and Operations Management 28 (8), 2110-2131

• • Winner, 2016 INFORMS Public Sector Operations Research (PSOR) Best Paper Award

  • Mention in press: ORMS Tomorrow Fall/Winter 2019 (February 5, 2019)

[3] Arora, P., M. Hora, V. R. Singhal, and R. Subramanian (2020). When do Appointments of Corporate Sustainability Executives Affect Shareholder Value? Journal of Operations Management 66 (4), 464-487 

[4] Arora, P., W. Wei, and S. Solak (2021). Improving Outcomes in Child Care Subsidy Voucher Programs under Regional Asymmetries. Production and Operations Management 30 (12), 4435-4454 

• • 2019 Public Service Endowment Grant (UMASS Amherst)

[5] Arora, P., M. Rahmani, and K. Ramachandran (2022). Doing Less to Do More? Optimal Service Portfolio of Non-profits that Serve Distressed Individuals. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24 (2), 883-901

• • Winner, 2024 MSOM Best Paper Award

  • Honorable Mention, 2021 MSOM Society Award for Responsible Research in OM

  • Finalist, 2019 INFORMS Service Science Best Paper Award

[6] Arora, P. (2023). Rainbow Operations: Let’s Add LGBTQ+ Colors to "Doing Good with Good Operations." Published (available online) at Production and Operations Management

[7] Wei, W., P. Arora, and S. Solak (2024). Allocation of Funds in Bilevel Subsidy Welfare Programs. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 26 (4), 1435-1453

• Finalist, 2023 INFORMS Service Science Best DEIJ Paper Award 

• Honorable Mention, 2023 POMS College of Sustainable Operations Best Student Paper Award 

Under Review/Revision

[8] Adebola, O., P. Arora, C. Zhang (2022). Farm Equipment Sharing in Emerging Economies. Under Major Revision for second round of review at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

• Finalist, 2022 INFORMS Public Sector Operations Research (PSOR) Best Paper Award

• Winner, 2022 People’s Choice Award, Early-career Sustainable Operations Workshop

Book Chapter

[9] Arora, P., M. Rahmani, and K. Ramachandran (2022). The Impact of Scalability on Advisory and Service Delivery Efforts of Nonprofits. In H. Yang, R. Qiu, and W. Chen, eds. AI and Analytics for Public Health, Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, Springer: Cham, Switzerland, 205-213

• • Winner, 2020 INFORMS-CSS Best Conference Paper Award

[10] Arora, P. and S. K. Devalkar (2024). Linking Nonprofit Operations and Donor Preferences to Improve Societal Benefits. In G. Berenguer and M. G. Sohoni, eds. Nonprofit Operations and Supply Chain Management: Theory and Practice, Springer. (Forthcoming) 

Research in Progress

[11] Wei, W., P. Arora, and S. Solak (2021). Subsidizing Social Welfare Programs: Contracted Slots or Vouchers?

[12] Thompson, K., P. Arora, B. Flicker (2024). Labeling the Supply Chain: Signaling Supply Chain Transparency to Consumers Through Eco-Labels