Margaret P. Pierson

Ph.D. Candidate
Decisions, Risk and Operations Division
Columbia Business School
Uris Hall, Cubicle 4H
3022 Broadway
New York, NY 10027-6902
Email: mpierson05 (at) gsb.columbia.edu
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Education

Ph.D. candidate Decisions, Risk and Operations Division, Columbia University (Expected May 2010).
M.S. Operations Research, Columbia University, 2005.
B.S. Operations Research, Columbia University, 2004.

Working papers

Allon, G., A. Federgruen and M. Pierson "Does it pay to reduce your customers’ wait? An empirical industrial organization study of the fast-food drive-thru industry based on structural estimation methods.", Submitted. [PDF]
Allon, G., A. Federgruen and M. Pierson "Price Competition Under Multinomial Logit Demand Function with Random Coefficients", In Preparation
Federgruen, A. and M. Pierson "Price Competition and the Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions", In Preparation
Pierson, M. and Garrett van Ryzin "Inventory Management with Cash Constraints", In Preparation

Cases

Pierson, M. and Garrett van Ryzin "Frogtek: Mobile Technology for Micro-Retailing", Piloting in Operations Strategy Course (Spring 2010)

Interests

Tennis, Running, Sailing, Travel

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