Prof. Sumit Sarkar

Prof. Sumit Sarkar

Qualification : Ph.D.

Email : sumits@xlri.ac.in

Functional Area : Economics

Languages Known : English, Bangla

Brief Profile  

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7959-5657

WoS: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/402252

RePEc Short-ID: psa1534 https://ideas.repec.org/f/psa1534.html

 

Experience Detail  

  1. Full Professor, XLRI, from January 2019
  2. Associate Professor, XLRI, from August 2009 to December 2018
  3. Assistant Professor, XLRI, from June 2007 to July 2009
  4. Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur, India, from June 2006 to June 2007.
  5. Assistant Professor, IIM Kozhikode, India from June 2004 to June 2006.

 

 

Prof. Sumit Sarkar

Prof. Sumit Sarkar

Achievements and Research Interest/Area of Research Interests

Academic Distinction (Awards and Scholarships)

Fulbright Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship 2020-21.

https://www.usief.org.in/scholar-profile/scholarprofiledetails.aspx?fellowid=12196

Adminstrative Distinction

Other Achievements

Area of RESEARCH INTERESTS

  1. Applied Game Theory
  2. Experimental and Behavioural Economics
  3. Behavioural Operations
  4. Sports Analytics

 

Faculty Development Programs Attended

Courses Taught

  1. Microeconomics
  2. Managerial Economics
  3. Game Theory for Managers
  4. Experimental Economics for Managers
  5. Industrial Organization and competitive strategies
  6. Economics of Network Industries

Consultancy Undertaken

In-Company Programs

Conducted training programs for organizations: 

1. Aditya Birla Capital

2. Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd.

3. Tata Chemicals

4. Mashreq Bank (UAE)

5. NHPC

6. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

7. Oil India Ltd.

8. Indian Ordinance Factories.

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS (PUBLICATIONS)

Journal Articles-Refereed

Recent publications (from most recent)

2024

Bose, A. S., & Sarkar, S. (2024). Welfare implications of information sharing by integrated e-retailers. Applied Economics Letters (Online Jan 10, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2302868 [ABDC B; Scopus Q2]

2023

Mishra, S. K., & Sarkar, S. (2023). Can social media platforms charge their users?, Economics Letters 233 (December), 2069909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111415 [ABDC A; ABS 3]

Acha, R. K., & Sarkar, S. (2023). A note on bankruptcy auction with a fair bidder, Journal of Quantitative Economics, (online first). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40953-023-00372-9 [ABDC B]

Sarkar, S., & Kamath, S. (2023). Does luck play a role in the determination of the rank positions in football leagues? A study of Europe’s ‘big five’. Annals of Operations Research 325, 245–260. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04369-6 [ABDC A; ABS 3; Scopus Q1]

2022

Mitra, A., & Sarkar, S. (2022). Efficient Supply Chain Contracting with Loss-averse Players in Presence of Multiple Plausible Breaches, American Business Review, 25(2), Article 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37625/abr.25.2.270-292 [ABDC A]

Sarkar, S. (2022). Collaborative cheating and group confession: Findings from a natural experiment, Cogent Social Sciences, 8(1), 2069909 (Online). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2022.2069909 [Scopus Q2]

Kejriwal, S., Sheth, S., Silpa, P. S., Sarkar, S., & Guha, A. (2022). Attaining herd immunity to a new infectious disease through multi-stage policies incentivising voluntary vaccination. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 154C, 111710. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2021.111710 [Scopus Q1] 

Bose, A. S., & Sarkar, S. (2022). Delight or Disappointment? A Model of Signal-Based Other-Pleasing Choice. Journal of Choice Modelling, 42, 100327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocm.2021.100327 [ABDC B; Scopus Q1]

2021

Sarkar, S., & Bhala. S. (2021). Coordinating a closed loop supply chain with fairness concern by a constant wholesale price contract. European Journal of Operational Research, 295(1), 140-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.02.052 [ABDC A*; ABS 4]

2020

Sarkar, S. & Bhadouria, A. (2020). Manufacturer competition and collusion in a two-echelon green supply chain with production trade-off between non-green and green quality. Journal of Cleaner Production 253(C), 119904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119904 [ABDC A, Scopus Q1]

2019

Bose, A. S., & Sarkar, S. (2019). India`s e-Reverse Auctions (2017-2018) for Allocating Renewable Energy Capacity: An Evaluation. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 112, 762-774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.06.025 [Scopus Q1]

Sarkar, S. (2019). Gratitude, conscience, and reciprocity: models of supplier motivation when quality is non-contractible. European Journal of Operational Research 277(2), 633-642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.02.047 [ABDC A*; ABS 4]

Sarkar, S. & Bose, A. S. (2019). Gift-selection for close recipients: how perceived similarity of preferees affect giver`s attitude. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 36(1), 24-32. https://do.org/10.1108/JCM-12-2017-247 [ABDC A; Scopus 1]

Published Research Monographs

 

 

Scholarly Books

 

  1. Sarkar, S (2015) Outthink - How to use Game Theory to outsmart your competition Publisher: Sage Publications, November, 2015
  2. Sarkar, S (2009) Network Industries  Economic Aspects of Compatibility, Technology Licensing and R&D Investments in Systems Market, Publisher: VDM Publishing House, Germany; July 2009

 

 

Chapters in Scholarly books

Conference Proceedings-Refereed

Paper Presentations-Refereed

  1. 2019. Economic Science Association (ESA) World Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 4-7, 2019. Paper title: Altruistic Choice under Incomplete Information About the Others Preference and Expectation.
  2. 2019. Conference on Economic Theory and Policy, at the Department of Economics, Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD), March 29-30, 2019. Paper title: Non-contractible Quality in Absence of Reputation Effect.
  3. 2017. MathSport International Conference, at the Department of Mathematics, University of Padua, Italy, June 25-28, 2017. Paper title: Paradox of Crosses - A Game-Theoretic Explanation.
  4. 2016. 28th European Conference on Operational Research, EURO 2016, in Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland, July 3-6, 2016. (Attended by co-author S. Chakraborty) Paper title: Determinants of Non-penalty Goals Scored per Game by Football Teams in  Europe`s Elite Leagues.
  5. 2016. 7th International Conference of the French Association of Experimental Economics (ASFEE), ESSEC Business School in Cergy-Pontoise, France, June 9-10, 2016. Paper title: Does Rawls` `Original Position` Induce Fairness? Experimental Findings on Selection Criteria in a Discrete Nash Demand Game Played from Behind the `Veil of Ignorance` /o:p>
  6. 2015. Forum on Industrial Organization and Marketing at Lisbon, Portugal, June 29-30, 2015. Paper title: Can Continuous Product Upgrading Deter Entry?

Text Books

Research Report

Working paper

Key note presentation

Published articles in newspapers/magazines

Cases developed for Teaching purpose

 

Other Professional Activities

Achievements in Professional activities

Chairperson/Co-Chairperson in conferences

Co-ordinating/Organizing Workshop/Conferences /MDPs

Contribution towards Institution building/ development/ services such as Chairperson (Placement) etc

Guide/evaluator/ examiner at doctoral research level

Invited to deliver Keynote addresses/ speeches

Membership of Professional Bodies

Participation in Workshops/Conferences/Forums/ Meetings etc

Professional Services such as Member/Editor of Editorial Board/ Advisory Committee etc

Reviewer/Referee in Journals/ Conferences etc

Referee or reviewer for journals
1. European Journal of Operational Research
2. International Journal of Production Economics
3. Bulletin of Economic Research
4. Annals of Operations Research
5. Operations Research Perspectives
6. Journal of Economic Psychology
7. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports
8. Journal of Quantitative Economics
9. Journal of Economics (Zeitschrift)
10. The Manchester School

Visiting Faculty

IIM Indore during the academic years 2009-10 and 2010-11
IIM Ranchi during the academic year 2013-14 and 2018-19
IMT Ghaziabad during the academic year 2016-17
National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), Nagpur, during the season 2016-17, for the 69th batch of Indian Revenue Services (IRS). 
 

 

Research Project Undertaken