I am Deepak Agrawal (pronouns: he/him), a Visiting Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University. I received my PhD in Information Systems and Operations Management from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School in 2025, where I was advised by Professor Nikolay Osadchiy. My dissertation, titled "Efficiency, Resiliency, and Value Addition in Supply Networks," was selected as one of the finalists for the "Industry Studies Association Dissertation Award 2026".

My research looks at supply chains as networks rather than as a firm and its direct partners. I study how a firm’s position in the extended supply network, often several tiers away from final demand, shapes its operational efficiency, the share of value it captures, and how risk and reward reach it through suppliers and customers it shares with others. My paper (with Nikolay Osadchiy) on inventory productivity and stock returns in manufacturing networks (M&SOM, 2024) received the 2025 MSOM iFORM SIG Best Paper Award.

I am passionate about applying these network methods to other areas such as sustainability, technology adoption, retail, and healthcare. In healthcare, I study how hospital prices are negotiated and what price transparency rules change for payers, providers, and patients. I am excited to talk more about my other work in progress or how we can collaborate when we meet, in person or virtually.

Research Interests: Empirical Operations, Global Supply Networks, OM-Finance Interface, Healthcare Networks, Sustainability