Shubhobrata Palit

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Management

Saunders College of Business

spalit@saunders.rit.edu

585-475-7060

Office Location

LOW-3305

Shubhobrata Palit

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Management

Saunders College of Business

Bio

Shubhobrata Palit is an Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management. He earned his Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication from the Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology.

Prior to entering academia, Dr. Palit worked as a software engineer in the technology sector in both India and the United States. His research centers on the economics of innovation within buyer-supplier relationships, inter-firm technological knowledge exchange, and the dynamics of global supply networks. He applies advanced analytical methods to large-scale observational data, leveraging tools from applied statistics, econometrics, and causal inference to derive actionable insights for managerial practice.

Dr. Palit's research has been presented at leading academic conferences and workshops, including the INFORMS Annual Meeting, the POMS Annual Conference, the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, the Kellogg-Wharton Operations Management Workshop, the DSI Annual Conference, and the Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM) Virtual Research Forum. His work has received several accolades, including being named Finalists for the Operations and Supply Chain Management Division Best Student Paper Award and the Chan Hahn Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management Annual Meetings. His Doctoral Dissertation was recognized as the Runner-Up for the Lelio and Mario Raffa Doctoral Dissertation Award from the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association, received an Honorable Mention from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Academic Research Symposium, and was a finalist for both the INFORMS TIMES Best Dissertation Award and the Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Decision Sciences Institute. His research has been published in the Journal of Operations Management, where he also serves as a member of the Editorial Review Board.

Before joining the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Dr. Palit was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at ESADE Business School in Barcelona.

spalit@saunders.rit.edu

585-475-7060

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Published Conference Proceedings

Palit, S., Hora, M., & Ghosh, S. (2024). Buyer-Supplier Networks and Innovation: The Role of Technological Knowledge Spillovers. AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings 2024.

Palit, S., Hora, M., & Ghosh, S. (2023). Innovation and Knowledge Accumulation in Buyer-Supplier Relationships. AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings 2023.

Palit, S., (2023). Knowledge accumulation and innovation in buyer-supplier networks. 33rd annual POMS Conference.

Invited Article/Publication

Palit, S., Hora, M., & Ghosh, S. (2022). Global buyer&#8211;supplier networks and innovation: The role of technological distance and technological breadth. Journal of Operations Management . .

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