Michael Ketzenberg

Michael Ketzenberg

Lisa '85 and Peter H. Currie '85 Chair in Business, Department of Information and Operations Management; Ph.D. Program Coordinator
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Biography

Michael Ketzenberg is a Professor of Information and Operations Management at the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University and also holds a courtesy appointment with the Department of Finance. His research falls under the umbrella of supply chain management and focuses on the value and use of information for inventory management and management of closed loop supply chains, with significant overlap between the two. Michael also has broad interest in data analytics, with particular emphasis on machine learning applications in the area of FinTech.  Dr. Ketzenberg’s research work has been published in several academic journals, among them, Harvard Business Review, Production and Operations Management, Management Science, European Journal of Operational Research, and Journal of Operations Management.

Prior to joining the Mays faculty, Professor Ketzenberg taught for six years at Colorado State University and for one year at George Mason University. He has over eight years of professional work experience as a project manager and systems developer.

Education

  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • MBA, Vanderbilt University
  • BS, Carnegie Mellon University

Publications

A more profitable approach to product returns
Abbey, J. (2018, July 23). A more profitable approach to product returns. Retrieved from https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/a-more-profitable-approach-to-product-returns/ Full Text
An inverse newsvendor model to set the optimal number of customers in a capacitated environment
Choi, S., & Ketzenberg, M. (2018). An inverse newsvendor model to set the optimal number of customers in a capacitated environment. International Journal of Production Economics, 196, 188–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.11.017 Full Text
Assessing impacts of store and salesperson dimensions of retail service quality on consumer returns
Ertekin, N., Ketzenberg, M., & Heim, G. R. (2019). Assessing impacts of store and salesperson dimensions of retail service quality on consumer returns. Production and Operations Management, 29(5), 1232–1255. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13077 Full Text
Expiration dates and order quantities for perishables
Ketzenberg, M., Gaukler, G. M., & Salin, V. (2018). Expiration dates and order quantities for perishables. European Journal of Operational Research, 266(2), 569–584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.10.005 Full Text

Research Interests

Retail operations

Business analytics

Consumer returns

Sustainable operations

Food waste

Supply chain management

Retail operations and service systems

Sustainable and humanitarian operations

AI

Data analytics and decision support