Overview
Saša Pekeč is the Peterjohn-Richards Distinguished Professor in the Decision Sciences Area at the Fuqua School of Business. Professor Pekeč research is interdisciplinary and revolves around decision-making in complex competitive environments. He is a founding board member of the INFORMS Section on Auctions and Market Design, and has published articles in Management Science, Operations Research, as well as in top academic journals in other fields such as economics, mathematics and psychology. Professor Pekeč is teaching data-driven decision-making courses across Fuqua’s executive and daytime MBA programs.
Professor Pekeč’s consulting experience includes banking, internet, pharmaceutical, retail, and telecommunications industries. He serves on the Supervisory Board of Atlantic Grupa, one of the leading FMCG companies in SE Europe, and was a member of the Council of Economic Advisors to the President of Croatia from 2010 to 2015.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Peterjohn-Richards Distinguished Professor of Business Administration
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2023 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Professor of Business Administration
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2019 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Recent Publications
Optimal Price/Advertising Menus for Two-Sided Media Platforms
Journal Article · April 1, 2021 CiteA primal-dual approach to analyzing ATO systems
Journal Article Management Science · November 1, 2020 We study assemble-to-order (ATO) problems from the literature. ATO problems with general structure and integrality constraints are well known to be difficult to solve, and we provide new insight into these issues by establishing worst-case approximation gu ... Full text CiteManaging Innovation Spillover in Outsourcing
Journal Article Production and Operations Management · October 1, 2020 When an innovator outsources the manufacturing of an innovative product to a contract manufacturer (CM) which is also a competitor in the end market, the potential innovation spillover may be a serious concern. We study an innovator’s outsourcing decision ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Random Utility 2000
ConferenceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1999 - 2001View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Rutgers University New Brunswick ·
1996
Ph.D.