I am a Ph.D. candidate at Cornell S.C. Johnson School of Business. I am fortunate to be advised by Vishal Gaur. I have also had the privilege of working closely with Fanyin Zheng. My research builds on tools from economics, computer science, and statistics to develop data-driven solutions for problems in (i) Operations Management, and (ii) Marketplaces and Industrial Organization. I have a keen interest in structural estimation, causal inference, and predictive methodologies.
I obtained B.Tech in Industrial and Production engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, M.Sc. in Management from INSEAD, and Masters in Management from Cornell University .
Dissertation Committee
Research
[1] A Data-Driven Model of a Firm's Operations With Application to Cash Flow Forecasting
Kashish Arora and Vishal Gaur
Under Review at Management Science
Accepted at MSOM Supply-Chain SIG, 2022
Accepted at the Wharton Workshop for Empirical Research, 2021
[Abstract] [SSRN]
[2] Private vs. Pooled Transportation: Customer Preference and Design of Green Transport Policy
Kashish Arora, Fanyin Zheng and Karan Girotra
Under 2nd Round Review at Management Science
Honorable Mention, POMS College of Sustainable Operations Best Paper Award, 2021
1st Place, INFORMS Conference on Service Science Best Student Paper award, 2020
Accepted at the Wharton EMPOM, 2020 & the Marketplace Innovation Workshop, 2021
Invited for Presentation at Stanford GSB I.O. Seminar, 2021
[Abstract] [SSRN]
[3] An Unsupervised Learning Framework for Improving Sales Forecasts
Kashish Arora and Vishal Gaur
Work in Progress
[4] Matching Supply and Demand for Renewable Energy: The Case of Smart Meters
[5] Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Airline Delays
Kashish Arora
Working paper, Preliminary draft available on request
[Abstract]
Kashish Arora, Ariel Ortiz Bobea and Nagesh Gavirneni
Preliminary results available on request
News
Presented at EMPOM, 2021
Presented at MSOM 2021