Faculty Directory

Margaret P. Pierson

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

E-Mailmargaret.p.pierson@tuck.dartmouth.edu

Phone603-646-6439

DegreePhD, Columbia University, 2010; MS, Columbia University, 2005; BS, Columbia University, 2004

AREAS OF EXPERTISEOperations management, supply chain management, retail and service operations, industrial organization, structural estimation

Current Research Topics

Competitive impact of managerial decisions in modern supply chain operations; impact of customer behavior in retail and service operations

Selected Publications

With G. Allon and A. Federgruen, “How Much is a Reduction of Your Customers’ Wait Worth? An Empirical Study of the Fast-Food Drive-Thru Industry Based on Structural Estimation Methods,” Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Fall 2011

Working Papers

With G. Allon and A. Federgruen, “Price Competition Under Multinomial Logit Demand Function with Random Coefficients”; with A. Federgruen, “Price Competition and the Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions”; with A. Federgruen and G. Van Ryzin, “Inventory Management with Cash Constraints”; with G. Van Ryzin, “Inventory Monitoring in Micro Retailing: Predicting Downstream Stock-Outs”; “Impact of Price Fluctuations on Consumer Purchasing Behavior: An Empirical Study of Gasoline Retail”

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Tuck School, 2012–present; Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, 2010–12 

Nonacademic positions: Operations Research Consultant, JDA Software, 2006

Editorial positions: Ad Hoc Reviewer: Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management