Kashish Arora

All things data | PhD @ Cornell

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

🏭 Policy insights:
Counterfactuals show that boosting supplier productivity in Arizona (e.g. semiconductor push) or seeding intra-state ties in California (EV initiatives) reshapes national networks.
Even small, targeted nudges can ripple through supply chains.

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

🚨 New paper alert!
How do supply networks form & evolve?

👉 Check out out new paper answering this question: “Microfoundations of Link Formation in Supply Networks” https://t.co/E2meGtnEOy

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

📊 Findings:
Buyer productivity shocks are the strongest driver of new links
Familiarity (shared partners) helps, but benefits plateau after ~5
Proximity eases frictions; firms of different sizes are more likely to connect
Small frictions can crowd out high-productivity matches

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

⚙️ Our approach:
Random-utility model of link formation/dissolution
Correlated random effects & network IVs, a Structural dynamic model
This lets us tackle selection, endogeneity & interdependence head-on.

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

🔍 Why this matters:

Most studies treat supply networks as fixed. But in reality, they’re shaped by strategic firm decisions under productivity shocks, geography, and local network structure. Understanding formation is key to credible empirical OM research.

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

We build a dynamic, microfounded model using one of the largest firm-to-firm datasets (170M dyads from FactSet).

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”

#NobelPrize

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

The tool is especially beneficial for firms seeking to manage cash flows amid economic uncertainties and supply-chain disruptions effectively.

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

Our latest paper is now forthcoming in Management Science. Collaborating with my co-author and advisor, Vishal Gaur, on this article (over the last five years) has been incredibly rewarding.

https://t.co/71JCvCRj5o

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

By leveraging historical financial data, our model estimates these complex effects and provides a valuable tool for firms to make informed financial decisions.

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

Please consider submitting your papers to this upcoming special issue on Responsible Retail Operations.

@proflog @msom_outreach

[M&SOM Outreach @msom_outreach]

📢 Special Issue Alert M&SOM Journal (M&SOM) 📢
Topic: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadline for submission: August 1, 2025.
More details in our Call for Papers: https://t.co/aPrCJycsQo

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

@Mrktng_Science @GoliAlii congrats @GoliAlii

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Honestly this is the most impressive demo I have seen yet and the one I find really hard to wrap my head around. There is persistence of complex shapes and images through multiple angles and distances & thematic consistency from the start to the end with relatively minor issues.

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

@rad_niazadeh Wow

[Jack Meyer 🏛️ @Jackbmeyer]

The future is now

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

@ArielOrtizBobea Haha, remember reading “think about the revision !” on your desk

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

@ArielOrtizBobea I remember you sharing your code for an ag paper. It was the best R script I saw in a long time.

[Kashish Arora @arorakash1]

@amine_ouazad @GitHubCopilot Woah