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Mumin Kurtulus

Research

  1. Alan, Y., M. Kurtuluş, A. Nakkas. (2025). Planogram Design in the Presence of Store Brands and Shelf Display Fees. Accepted for publication in Production and Operations Management.
  2. Alan, Y., M. Kurtuluş, A. Nakkas. (2024). Retail Category Management with Slotting Fees. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 26(3), 1119–1136.
  3. Kurtuluş, M., A. Nakkas, and S. Ülkü. (2022). Allocation of Operational Decisions in Retail Supply Chains. IISE Transactions, 54(10), 976-987.
  4. Kurtuluş, M., R. C. Savaskan, C. Wang. (2020). Drivers and Implications of Direct-Store-Delivery in Distribution Channels. Production and Operations Management, 29 (11), 2621–2636.
  5. Nakkas, A., Y. Alan, M. Kurtuluş. (2020). Category Captainship in the Presence of Retail Competition. Production and Operations Management, 29(2), 263-280.
  6. Alan, Y., M. Kurtuluş, C. Wang. (2018). The Role of Store Brand Spillover in a Retailer’s Category Management Strategy. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 21(3), 620-635.
  7. Alan, Y., J. Dotson, and M. Kurtuluş. (2017). On the Competitive and Collaborative Implications of Category Captainship. Journal of Marketing. 81(4), 127-143.
  8. Galbreth, M., M. Kurtuluş, and M. Shor. (2015). How Collaborative Forecasting Can Reduce Forecast Accuracy. Operations Research Letters. 43 (4), 349-353.
  9. Kurtuluş, M., S. Ulku, J. Dotson, and A. Nakkas. (2014). The Impact of Category Captainship on Breadth and Appeal of Retail Assortment. Journal of Retailing. 90 (3), 379-392.
  10. Kurtuluş, M., A. Nakkas, and S. Ulku. (2014). The Value of Category Captainship in the Presence of Manufacturer Competition. Production and Operations Management.  23 (3), 420–430.
  11. Kurtuluş, M., S. Ulku, and L.B. Toktay. (2012). The Value of Collaborative Forecasting in Supply Chains. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 14 (1), 82-98. Winter 2012.  (Finalist in the EURO/INFORMS 2003 Management Science Strategic Innovation Competition on Market Coordination in Supply Chain Management.)
  12. Wang, T., A Atasu and M. Kurtuluş. (2012). A Multi-Ordering Newsvendor Model with Dynamic Forecast Evolution. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 14 (3), pp.472-484
  13. Kurtuluş, M., A. Nakkas. (2011). Retail Assortment Planning under Category Captainship. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 13 (1), pp.124-142. Winter 2011. (Awarded the ICI-Unilever research grant for €15,000)
  14. Kurtuluş, M., L.B. Toktay. (2011). Category Captainship vs. Retailer Category Management under Limited Retail Shelf Space. Production and Operations Management. 20 (1), pp.47-56. January/February 2011. (This paper won the Wickham Skinner Award for the Best Unpublished Paper at POMS in 2006).
  15. Kurtuluş, M., L.B. Toktay. (2004). Category Captainship: Who Wins, who Loses? ECR Journal. 4 (2), Winter 2004.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

  1.  On the Strategic Implications of Store Brand Sourcing (with Yasin Alan and Alexander Maslov). Reject and resubmit at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
  2. The Strategic Role of Store Brands Under Retail Competition: Implications for Retailer and Manufacturer Profits (with Yasin Alan, Alexander Maslov, and Chunlin Wang). Working Paper.
  3. Costly Information Design in Retail Supply Chains (with Sina Khorasani and Yasin Alan). Working Paper.

PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS

Kurtuluş, M. “Collaborative Forecasting in Retail Supply Chains.” Handbook of Information Exchange in Supply Chain Management edited by Albert Ha and Christopher Tang. Springer, 2017, 39-61.

Kurtuluş, M., L.B. Toktay. “Category Captainship Practices in the Retail Industry” Chap. 5 in Retail Supply Chain Management. Vol. 122, edited by Narendra Agarwal and Stephen Smith. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Springer. (Revised for the 2nd Edition of the Book)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Patrinley, J. R., Berkowitz, S. T., Zakria, D., Totten, D. J., Kurtulus, M., Drolet, B. J. (2020) Lessons from operations management to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Medical Systems. 44:129.

Anisimov V.V., and M. Kurtuluş. (2001). Markov retrial queuing models in light traffic conditions. Cybernetics and System Analysis, 36 (6).

Supply Chain Collaboration in the Retail Industry (in Turkish), Dergi L, September 2004.

Category Management and Category Adviser Arrangement: Consumer Impact with B. Toktay in the 11th International EurOMA Proc., Fontainebleau, FRANCE, June 2004.