{"id":22,"date":"2014-01-28T20:40:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T01:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/yasinalan\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:03:40","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/yasinalan\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research Interests\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Retail operations, supply chain management, airline operations<\/p>\n

Research Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alan Y., M. Kurtulus, A. Nakkas. 2026. The impact of planogram design and display fees on retail category management<\/a>. Production and Operations Management<\/em> 35<\/strong>(5) 2019-2036<\/p>\n

Ahuja V., Y. Alan, M. Ar\u0131kan. 2025. The role of route-level decisions in the efficiency and resilience of airline operations: Evidence from the Wright Amendment repeal<\/a>. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management<\/em> 27<\/strong>(2) 460-478.<\/p>\n

Alan Y., M. Kurtulus, A. Nakkas. 2024. Retail category management with slotting fees<\/a>. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management<\/em> 26<\/strong>(3) 1119-1136. Online Supplement<\/a><\/p>\n

Nakkas A., Y. Alan, M. Kurtulus. 2020.\u00a0Category captainship in the presence of retail competition<\/a>.\u00a0Production and Operations Management\u00a0<\/em>29<\/strong>(2), 263-280.<\/p>\n

Alan Y., M. Kurtulus, C. Wang. 2019.\u00a0The role of store brand spillover in a retailer’s category management strategy<\/a>.\u00a0Manufacturing & Service Operations Management\u00a0<\/em>21<\/strong>(3) 620-635.\u00a0\u00a0Online Supplement<\/a><\/p>\n

Alan Y., V. Gaur. 2018.\u00a0\u00a0Operational investment and capital structure under asset-based lending<\/a>. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management<\/em>\u00a020<\/strong>(4) 637-654.<\/p>\n

Alan Y., M. Lapre. 2018.\u00a0Investigating operational predictors of future financial distress in the U.S. airline industry<\/a>. Production and Operations Management <\/em>27<\/strong>(4), 734-755.<\/p>\n

Alan Y., J. Dotson, M. Kurtulus. 2017.\u00a0On the competitive and collaborative implications of category captainship<\/a>. Journal of Marketing\u00a0<\/em>81<\/strong>(4) 127-143.<\/p>\n

Alan Y., G. Gao, V. Gaur. 2014.\u00a0Does inventory productivity predict future stock returns? A retailing industry perspective.<\/a>\u00a0Management Science\u00a0<\/em>60<\/strong>(10) 2416-2434.\u00a0Online Appendix<\/a><\/p>\n

Practitioner Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ahuja, V., Y. Alan, M. Arikan. 2026. Resolve the conflict between efficiency and resilience.<\/a> MIT Sloan Management Review<\/em> (forthcoming)<\/p>\n

Book Chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alan Y., V. Gaur. (2011) Category and Inventory Management<\/a>. Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science<\/p>\n

Working Papers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Khorasani, S., Y. Alan, M. Kurtulus. Costly information design in retail supply chains.<\/p>\n

Alan, Y., X. Barriola, W. Schmidt. The resilience benefits of store brands during supply disruptions.<\/p>\n

Alan, Y., M. Kurtulus, A. Maslov, C. Wang. On the strategic implications of store brand sourcing.<\/p>\n

Alan, Y., M. Kurtulus, A. Maslov, C. Wang. The strategic role of store brands under retail competition: Implications for retailer and manufacturer profits.<\/p>\n

Alan, Y., V. Gaur. How fast should a cash-constrained firm grow? Strategies that balance growth and survival.<\/p>\n

United States Patents<\/strong><\/p>\n

Handley J., Y. Alan, J. Earl. (2012)\u00a0<\/span>Systems and methods for analyzing performance of a print device in a managed print service. United States Patent 8180665<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Handley J., Y. Alan. (2013) Inventory management system in a print-production environment.<\/span>\u00a0United States Patent 8577757<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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