Ganesh Balasubramanian

Dr. Ganesh Chembai Balasubramanian is an Assistant Professor at the Dubai Business School, University of Dubai, and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Luxembourg. He holds a Ph.D. in Management (Operations and Decision Sciences) from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). Ganesh’s research spans supply chain management, logistics, and international trade. Using game-theoretic models, he studies inventory, pricing, and product distribution decisions to generate actionable managerial insights. His doctoral dissertation examined inventory and technology adoption in decentralized supply chains. His work has been published in premier journals, including Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (FT50), Naval Research Logistics (ABS 3), International Journal of Production Economics (ABS 3), and Electronic Commerce Research (ABS 2). His research has received international recognition: he won the Bryant University Best Paper Award at the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI) Conference, USA, in 2025, and the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), USA, honored him with the Emerging Economies Doctoral Student Award for the Asia Pacific region in 2022. Ganesh serves as a reviewer for several premier journals, including Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Transportation Research Part E, Review of Industrial Organization, and International Journal of Production Economics. Ganesh is passionate about teaching and mentoring students. He teaches core courses in logistics, supply chain management, research methods, and game theory.