Fulton Hall 352B
Telephone: 617-552-0474
Email: chodj@bc.edu
Operations management; industrial organization; and corporate finance.
Professor Jiří Chod’s research interests span operations management, industrial organization, and corporate finance. Most recently, he has been working on applications of blockchain technology and smart contracts in finance, corporate governance, and supply chain management.
His research has been published in top management journals, Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, and Operations Research.
Prof. Chod currently serves as an Associate Editor for Management Science. In the past, he also served as an Associate Editor for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and as a Senior Editor for Production and Operations Management.
At Boston College, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in operations management, economics, management science, and data analytics.
Prof. Chod grew up in Prague, Czech Republic, and obtained his PhD from the University of Rochester.
"Product market competition with crypto tokens and smart contracts." (With E. Lyandres.) Journal of Financial Economics, 149 (1), 73–91. July, 2023.
"Platform Tokenization: Financing, Governance, and Moral Hazard." (With N. Trichakis and S.A. Yang.) Management Science, 68 (9), 6355-7064. September, 2022.
"A Theory of ICOs: Diversification, Agency, and Information Asymmetry." (With E. Lyandres.) Management Science, 67 (10), 5969-6627. January, 2021.
On the Learning Benefits of Resource Flexibility." (With M. Markakis, N. Trichakis.) Management Science, 67 (10), 6513–6528. February, 2021.
“On the Financing Benefits of Supply Chain Transparency and Blockchain Adoption.” (With N. Trichakis, G. Tsoukalas, H. Aspegren, and M. Weber.) Management Science, 66 (10), 4359-4919. May, 2020.
“Supplier Diversification under Buyer Risk.” (With N. Trichakis and G. Tsoukalas.) Management Science, 65 (7), 2947-03448. January, 2019.
“Trade Credit and Supplier Competition.” (With E. Lyandres and S.A. Yang.) Journal of Financial Economics, 131 (2), 484-505. February, 2019.
“Inventory, Risk Shifting, and Trade Credit." Management Science, 63 (10), 3147-3529. October, 2017.
"Resource Flexibility and Capital Structure." (With J. Zhou.) Management Science, 60 (3), 708-729. March, 2014.
"Strategic IPOs and Product Market Competition." (With E. Lyandres.) Journal of Financial Economics, 100 (1), 45-67. April, 2011.
“The Value of Flexibility in Make-to-Order Systems: The Effect of Demand Correlation." (With D. Pyke and N. Rudi.) Operations Research, 58 (4), iii-1033. July-August 2010.
"Operational Flexibility and Financial Hedging: Substitutes or Complements?" (With N. Rudi and J.A. Van Mieghem.) Management Science, 56 (6), iv-1046. June, 2010.
"Strategic Investments, Trading and Pricing under Forecast Updating." (With N. Rudi.) Management Science, 52 (12), 1913-1929. December, 2006.