Nicos Savva

Professor Savva’s current research focuses on hospital operations and healthcare management. His research has appeared in leading journals such as Management Science, M&SOM, Production & Operations Management, and Nature Biotechnology. He is an Associate Editor of Management Science, M&SOM and senior editor of Production & Operations Management. He holds an honorary appointment at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation trust, a large hospital system based in London, and has acted as a consultant to hospitals, biotech companies, high-tech start-ups, retail firms and a hedge fund. He has also taught at The Wharton School, Columbia GSB, and at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

He holds a PhD in Management Science, an MPhil in Finance (Financial Engineering) and a BA in Physics, all from the University of Cambridge.

Journal Publications

• Economies of Scale and Scope in Hospitals, with Michael Freeman and Stefan Scholtes, Management Science, Forthcoming. An earlier version of this paper won the 2016 MSOM Student Paper competition (M. Freeman).

• A Review of the Healthcare-Management (Modeling) Literature Published in M&SOM, with Pinar Keskinocak, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Forthcoming. 20th Anniversary Invited Article.

• Proactive Customer Service: Opertional Benefits and Economic Frictions, with Kraig Delana and Tolga Tezcan, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Forthcoming. Finalist of the 2018 IBM Best Student Paper Award Competition (K. Delana).

• Can Yardstick Competition Reduce Waiting Times? with Tolga Tezcan and Ozlem Yildiz, Management Science, (2019) 65(7), 3196-3215. Finalist for the 2020 Service Management SIG Best Paper Award.

• Crowdsourcing Exploration, with Yiangos Papanastasiou and Kostas Bimpikis, Management Science, (2018) 64(4), 1727-1746.

• Gatekeepers at Work: An Empirical Analysis of a Maternity Unit, with Michael Freeman and Stefan Scholtes, Management Science, (2017) 63 (10), 3147-3167. An earlier version of this paper was a finalist for the 2014 Pierskalla Award.

• Dynamic Pricing in the Presence of Social Learning and Strategic Consumers, with Yiangos Papanastasiou, Management Science, (2017) 63(4), 919-939. Finalist for the 2020 Best OM Paper in Management Science Award.

• Is IT Enough? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India's Agriculture Markets, with Chris Parker and Kamalini Ramdas, Management Science, (2016) 62 (9), 2481-2503.

• Signaling New Product Reliability with After-Sales Service Contracts, with Nitin Bakshi and Sang-Hyun Kim, Management Science, (2015) 61(8), 1812-1829.

• The Role of Equity, Royalty and Fixed Fees in Technology Licensing to University Spin-Offs, with Niyazi Taneri, Management Science, (2015) 61(6), 1323-1343.

• Opt-Out Options in New Product Co-Development Partnerships, with Stefan Scholtes, Production and Operations Management, (2014) 23(8), 1370-1386.

• "Nursevendor Problem": Personnel Staffing in the Presence of Endogenous Absenteeism, with Linda Green and Sergei Savin, Management Science, (2013) 59(10), 2237-2256.

• Physician Workload and Hospital Reimbursement, with Adam Powel and Sergei Savin, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, (2012) 14(4), 512-528.

• Investment under uncertainty with price ceilings in oligopolies, with Fabien Roques, Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, 33 (2009) 507-524.

Working Papers

• Unintended Consequences of Hospital Regulation: The Case of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, with Chris Chen, Under revision. Second place POMS Healthcare Management competition.

• Scarcity Strategies Under Quasi-Bayesian Social Learning, with Yiangos Papanastasiou and Nitin Bakshi. 2015