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Rahmani, Morvarid

Morvarid Rahmani

Assistant Professor
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Research
Innovation and Team Management
Knowledge-intensive Project Management
Supply Chain Collaboration
Service Operations
Social Sustainability
Education
Ph.D. Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management
M.A. Economics, UCLA
M.S. Electrical Engineering, UCLA
M.S. Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
B.S. Industrial Engineering, University of Science and Technology
Biography

Morvarid Rahmani is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management, at the Scheller College of Business, at Georgia Tech. She received her Ph.D. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. She also received three masters degrees: Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Economics.

Dr. Rahmani’s research focus is on Innovation and Social Sustainability. Her research brings together the operational perspective of process improvement and the economic perspective of innovation and collaboration. Her research appeared in Management Science, and Production and Operations Management, and has been recognized by INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper and MSOM Best Student Paper competitions.

Dr. Rahmani has taught Core Operations Management in Full-time and Evening MBA programs, and a seminar course on Managing Service and Product Development in the PhD program. She has received the Brady Family Award for Faculty Teaching Excellence at the Scheller College of Business, and the CTL/BP Faculty Teaching Excellence Award at Georgia Tech. She has also been recognized as a Face of Inclusive Excellence at Georgia Tech.

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Papers on SSRN

Awards & Recognitions
  • Service Science Best Paper Competition Finalist, INFORMS
  • CTL/BP Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Georgia Tech (Awarded $3000)
  • TIMES Best Working Paper Competition Award (3rd place), INFORMS
  • Brady Family Award for Faculty Teaching Excellence, Georgia Tech (Awarded $5000)
  • Face of Inclusive Excellence Award, Georgia Tech
  • Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow, Georgia Tech (Awarded $1000)
  • MSOM Best Student Paper Competition Finalist, INFORMS
Working Papers

  • Arora, P., M. Rahmani, and K. Ramachandran, 2016, Serving Distressed Individuals: Balancing Advisory and Service Delivery Efforts in Nonprofits

  • Gui, L., M., Rahmani and A., Atasu, 2016, The Implications of Recycling Technology Choice on Collective Recycling.

  • Rahmani, M., K. Ramachandran. 2017. The Effect of Flexibility in Delegating Innovation
Published Papers