Karan Girotra
- Charles H. Dyson Family Professor of Management
- Department Editor, Management Science
Faculty Area
Interdisciplinary Theme
Faculty Expertise
- Artificial Intelligence
- Digital Transformation
- Business Model Innovation
- Innovation Management
- Supply Chains
- Online Retail
- Electric Vehicles
Contact
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Website
Biography
Karan Girotra is the Charles H. Dyson Family Professor of Management and professor of operations, technology and innovation at Cornell Tech and the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University. Girotra's recent research and teaching is focused on the promise and perils of technology—how technology can improve how we do things, enable new business models, favor new leadership styles, and at the same time lead to several excesses and unaccounted negative externalities. He has also studied new business models and economic institutions that help reduce carbon emissions, improve urban living, manage global supply chains, and make online-retail less loss-making.
Girotra was one of the founding faculty members of Cornell Tech and now leads its flagship studio-based education programs. He also leads the design and delivery of our executive education offerings and works closely with leaders in industry.
Girotra and his research collaborators have been recognized with multiple best paper awards, and his research contributions were recognized with the prestigious Wickham Skinner Early Career Research Award. His research on new business models (at the time) was summarized in the best-selling book, The Risk Driven Business Model. He has also won over 25 awards for his teaching on entrepreneurship and new business models and was featured in the Poets&Quants Best 40 under 40 business professors' lists.
In addition to his academic work, Girotra was one of the founders of TerraPass Inc., which the New York Times identified as one of the most noteworthy ideas of 2005. Since then, TerraPass has helped businesses and individuals reduce over hundred million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Prior to Cornell Tech, Girotra held the Paul Dubrule Sustainability Chair at INSEAD and earned a doctorate at the Wharton School and a bachelor's degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Selected Publications
- Arora, Kashish; Zheng, Fanyin; Girotra, Karan. "Private vs. Pooled Transportation: Customer Preference and Design of Green Transport Policy"Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. 26.2 (2024): 594-611
- Jain, Nitish; Girotra, Karan; Netessine, Serguei. "Recovering Global Supply Chains from Sourcing Interruptions: The Role of Sourcing Strategy"Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. 24.2 (2022): 846-863
- He, Pu; Zheng, Fanyin; Belavina, Elena; Girotra, Karan. "Customer Preference and Station Network in the London Bike Share System"Management Science. 67.3 (2021): 1329-1992
- Kabra, Ashish; Belavina, Elena; Girotra, Karan. "Bike-Share Systems: Accessibility and Availability"Management Science. 66.9 (2020)
- Momot, Ruslan; Belavina, Elena; Girotra, Karan. "The Use and Value of Social Information in Selective Selling of Exclusive Products"Management Science. 66.6 (2020)
- Cachon, Gerard; Girotra, Karan; Netessine, Serguei. "Interesting, Important and Impactful Operations Management"Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. 22.1 (2020): 214-222
- Pennetier, Christophe; Girotra, Karan; Mihm, Jurgen. "R&D Spending: Dynamic or Persistent?"Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. 21.3 (2019): 636-657
- Marinesi, Simone; Girotra, Karan; Netessine, Serguei. "The Operational Advantages of Threshold Discounting Offers"Management Science. 64.6 (2018): 2473-2972
- Tang, Wenjie; Girotra, Karan. "Using Advance Purchase Discount Contracts under Uncertain Information Acquisition Cost"Production and Operations Management. 26.8 (2017): 1553–1567
- Belavina, Elena; Girotra, Karan; Kabra, Ashish. "Online Grocery Retail: Revenue Models and Environmental Impact"Management Science. 63.6 (2017): 1781-1799
Awards and Honors
- Finalist, Best OM Paper in Management Science Award (2021) Management Science
- 40 under 40 Outstanding MBA professors (2016) Poets and Quants
- Wickham Skinner Early Career Research Award (2014)
Recent Courses
- NBAB 6750 - Digital Technology, AI and Innovation
- NBAE 6750 - Leading Digital Transformation and Innovation
- NCCY 5080 - Operations Management
- NRE 5410 - PhD Seminar: Empirical Research in Operations Management
Academic Degrees
- PhD The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2007
- MA The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2007
- Btech Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 2002