Nicos Savva
Professor of Management Science and Operations; Chair, Management Science and Operations Faculty
MA MPhil PhD (Cambridge)
Professor Savva’s current research focuses on hospital operations and healthcare management. His research has appeared in leading journals such as Management Science, M&SOM, Production & Operations Management, and Nature Biotechnology. He is an Associate Editor of Management Science, M&SOM and senior editor of Production & Operations Management. He holds an honorary appointment at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation trust, a large hospital system based in London, and has acted as a consultant to hospitals, biotech companies, high-tech start-ups, retail firms and a hedge fund. He has also taught at The Wharton School, Columbia GSB, and at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
He holds a PhD in Management Science, an MPhil in Finance (Financial Engineering) and a BA in Physics, all from the University of Cambridge.
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2022
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK medical education. A nationwide student survey
Tekkis; et al.
Medical Teacher 2022 Vol 44:5 p 574-575 (Letter to the Editor)
2021
Economies of scale and scope in hospitals: an empirical study of volume spillovers
Freeman M; Savva N; Scholtes S
Management Science 2021 Vol 67:2 p 673-697
Proactive customer service: operational benefits and economic frictions
Delana K; Savva N; Tezcan T
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2021 Vol 23:1 p 70-87
2020
A review of the healthcare-management (modeling) literature published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Savva N; Keskinocak P
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2020 Vol 22:1 p 59-62
CRC COVID: Colorectal cancer services during COVID-19 pandemic. Study protocol for service evaluation
Courtney A; Howell A-M; Daulatzai N; Savva N; Warren O; Mills S; Rasheed S; Milind G; Tekkis N; Gardiner M; Dai T; Safar B; Efron J E; Darzi A; Tekkis P; Kontovounisios C
International Journal of Surgery Protocols 2020 Vol 23 p 15-19
2019
6 trends to look out for in 2019
Erickson T; Cable D; Birkinshaw J; Savva N; Yueh L; Jolly R
London Business School Review 2019 January
Can yardstick competition reduce waiting times?
Savva N; Tezcan T; Yildiz O
Management Science 2019 Vol 65:7 p 3196-3215
2018
Crowdsourcing exploration
Papanastasiou Y; Bimikis K; Savva N
Management Science 2018 Vol 64:4 p 1727-1746
2017
Algorithmic ethics : lessons and limitations for leaders
Savva N
London Business School Review 2017
Gatekeepers at work: an empirical analysis of a maternity unit
Freeman M; Savva N; Scholtes S
Management Science 2017 Vol 63:10 p 3147-3167
2016
Dynamic pricing in the presence of social learning and strategic consumers
Papanastasiou Y; Savva N
Management Science 2016 Vol 63:4 p 919-939
Investing in market efficiencies, raising the prospects of India's farmers
Ramdas K; Savva N
London Business School Review 2016
Is IT enough? Evidence from a natural experiment in India’s agriculture markets
Parker C; Ramdas K; Savva N
Management Science 2016 Vol 62:9 p 2481-2503
2015
Role of equity, royalty and fixed fees in technology licensing to university spin-offs
Savva N; Taneri N
Management Science 2015 Vol 61:6 p 1323-1343
Signaling new product reliability with after-sales service contracts
Bakshi N; Kim SH; Savva N
Management Science 2015 Vol 61:8 p 1812-1829
2014
Opt-out options in new product co-development partnerships
Savva N; Scholtes S
Production and Operations Management 2014 Vol 23:8 p 1370-1386
2013
"Nursevendor problem": Personnel staffing in the presence of endogenous absenteeism
Green L V; Savin S; Savva N
Management Science 2013 Vol 59:10 p 2237-2256
Physician workload and hospital reimbursement: Overworked physicians generate less revenue per patient
Powell A; Savin S; Savva N
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2012 Vol 14:4 p 512-528
2009
Investment under uncertainty with price ceilings in oligopolies
Roques F A; Savva N
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 2009 Vol 33:2 p 507-524
2008
The economics of licensing contracts
Mason R ; Savva N ; Scholtes S
Nature Biotechnology 2008 Vol 26:8
2018
Unintended consequences of hospital regulation: the case of the hospital readmissions reduction program
Chen C; Savva N
Social Sciences Research Network
2017
Proactive customer service: operational and economic analysis
Delana K ; Savva N; Tezcan T
Working Paper
2015
Scarcity strategies under quasi-Bayesian social learning
Savva N; Papanastasiou Y; Bakshi N
Working Paper
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Data Mining for Business Intelligence
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