Yossi Aviv

Biography

Yossi Aviv is a Professor of Operations Strategy at the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University. He received his B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering and Management and M.Sc. degree in Operations Research and Systems Analysis from the Technion, Israel, in 1990 and 1993, respectively. He also holds a Ph.D. degree in Management Science from Columbia University’s Graduate Business School. Professor Aviv has held an academic position at the Olin Business School of Washington University in St. Louis, where he last served as the Dan Broida Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management, and the Chair of the Operations and Manufacturing Management area. Professor Aviv develops and applies operations research models and methods to study problems related to supply chain management and revenue management. His research has focused on strategic inventory positioning in distribution networks, collaborative forecasting, and dynamic pricing. He has held several key editorial positions, among them being a Department Editor for Management Science. Professor Aviv has consulted in the defense, services, and electronics industries.  He has been teaching courses on quantitative decision modeling, operations management, and supply chain management, at the undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, and Ph.D. levels. He has also taught for INSEAD (Singapore and France), London Business School (LBS), Stern School of Business (NYU), Indian School of Business (IBS), Fudan University (Shanghai, China), University of Science and Technology (China), Université du Luxembourg, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

Research Interests

• Supply chain management
• Revenue management
• Strategic inventory positioning in distribution networks
• Collaborative forecasting
• Dynamic pricing

Courses Taught

• Operations Management

Academic Background

M.Sc., Operations Research and Systems Analysis, 1993
Technion

B.Sc., Industrial Engineering and Management, 1990
Technion

Awards & Appointments