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Achievements and Research Interest/Area of Research Interests
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Area of RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Multichannel and Omnichannel Retailing
- Technology-Induced Disruptions
- Sharing Economy
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- Blockchain Applications
Courses Taught
XLRI Xavier School of Management
- Management Information System (MIS) (2021-22)
- Management Information System: Technical and Social Perspective (MISTSP) (2021-22)
Indian Institute of Management Amritsar
- Business Computing (2020-21, 2021-22)
- Fundamentals of Blockchain (2021-22)
- Management Information System (2020-21)
- AI Application for Managers (2020-21)
Intellectual Contributions (Publications)
Journal Articles-Refereed
- Saha, K., & Bhattacharya, S. (2021). ‘Buy Online and Pick Up In-Store’: Implications for the Store Inventory. European Journal of Operational Research.
- Mandal, P., Basu, P., & Saha, K. (2021). Forays into Omnichannel: An Online Retailer’s Strategies for Managing Product Returns. European Journal of Operational Research.
- Saha, K., & Bhattacharya, S. (2020). Look Before You Leap: Economics of Being an Omnichannel Retailer. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 13(3), 256-268.
Chapters in Scholarly Books
- Basak, S., Shekhar, S., & Saha, K. (2019). Sustainable Supply Chain Development: An Energy Management Approach. In M. Kumar, G. Putnik, K. Jayakrishna, V. Pillai, & L. Varela (Eds.), Emerging Applications in Supply Chains for Sustainable Business Development (pp. 81–102).
- Basak, S., Saha, K., & Shekhar, S. (2018). Energy Management and Auditing in Indian MSMEs: A Business Ecosystem Perspective. In L. Carvalho & E. Truant (Eds.), Maintaining Sustainable Accounting Systems in Small Business (pp. 152–178).
Paper Presentations-Refereed
- Saha, K., & Mishra, S. (2020, April 23-27). Integration of Crowd-Sourced Deliveries – Opportunities for ‘Greening’ the Retail Logistics. Accepted for Presentation at the 2021 POMS 31st Annual Conference.
- Mandal, P., Basu, P., & Saha, K. (2019, December 27-29). Managing Product Returns in Omnichannel Retailing: Product Categories and Return Channel Choices. Presented at the 13th edition of Conference on the Digital Economy (CODE), Kolkata, India.
- Saha, K., & Bhattacharya, S. (2019, June 15-19). Decisions on Third-Party Managed Showrooms: An Economic Analysis. Accepted for Presentation at the 26th EurOMA Conference, Helsinki, Finland.
- Saha, K., Ghosh, A., & Parthiban, R. (2018, December 13-15). New Theoretical Elements of Design Thinking Impacting ICT4D Performance: Theorizing from GPower, a CINI-Accenture Initiative in India. Accepted for Presentation at the 6th PAN-IIM World Management Conference, IIM Bangalore, India.
- Ghosh, A., Saha, K., & Parthiban, R. (2017, December 18-20). Theorizing Design Thinking for ICT4D: Insights from Accenture-CINI Initiative towards Development and Empowerment of Adolescent Girls in India. Presented at the 5th Biennial Indian Academy of Management Conference, IIM Indore, India.
- Saha, K., & Bhattacharya, S. (2017, September 4-5). Economic Perspective of Omnichannel: A Preliminary Analysis. Presented at the11th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (MCIS). Genova, Italy: Association of Information Systems (AIS).
- Basak, S., & Saha, K. (2016, December 22-24). Designing Procurement and Pricing Policies for Perishable Goods: Implications for a Retailer Offering Multiple Quality-Buckets. Accepted for Presentation at the XX Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management, ABV- Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior.
- Basak, S., Saha, K., & Ghosh, A. (2015, December 16-18). Towards a Theory of Pricing and Procurement Decision for Diminishing Quality of Perishable Goods for Maximizing Profits. Accepted for Presentation at the 3rd PAN-IIM World Management Conference, IIM Indore, India.
- Bhattacharya, S., & Saha, K. (2015, August 13-15). Perceptions about Agility Enablers and their Relative Importance: A Collation. Presented at the 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Association of Information Systems (AIS).
Cases Developed for Teaching Purpose
- Basak, S., Shekhar, S., & Saha, K. (2017). Energy Management in MSMEs: Operational Challenges & Opportunities. In V. Sahay & P. R. S. Sharma (Eds.), ET Cases: Select Cases in Management. Mumbai: Times of India.
- Bagchi, S., Bhadra, S., Saha, K., & Ghosh, A. (2017). Commonality in Diversity: Findings from Multiple Indian Start-Ups. In V. Sahay & P. R. S. Sharma (Eds.), ET Cases: Cases in Management. Mumbai: Times of India.
- Saha, K., Dhyani, P., Sen, K., & Ghosh, A. (2016). Analytics for All – How Analytics Can Solve Organizational and Individual Problems Simultaneously: A Case from the Global Learning Industry. In V. Sahay & P. R. S. Sharma (Eds.), ET Cases: Handbook of Management Cases. Mumbai: Times of India.
- Saha, K., & Ghosh, A. (2015). Challenges of managing knowledge at SUAN and CINI: Same or Different? In A. Garg, K. K. Ray, & S. K. Mitra (Eds.), ET Cases: Cases in Management (Strategy and General Management). Mumbai: Times of India.
Other Professional Activities
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Association for Information Systems (AIS)
- The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
- Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
- International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making
- Telemedicine Society of India (TSI)