Publications

1. Barriola, X.  & Schmidt, W. (2025) “The High Impact of Disasters on Prices in Low-Income Communities,” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 27(4), 993-1007. 

   • Accepted for EMPOM 2022 at the Wharton School

   • Selected for the Best Paper Proceedings at AOM 2022

2. Deshmane, A. & Barriola, X. (2025). “Frame by Fame: Content Creation on Short Video-Format Platforms,” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 27(2), 479-495.

   • First Prize: INFORMS 2020 RMP Data-Driven Research Challenge

   • First Prize: Best Student Paper Award 2021 INFORMS Social Media Analytics Section

3. Azar, J. & Barriola, X. (2022). Did the MillerCoors Joint Venture Strengthen the Craft Beer Revolution? International Journal of Industrial Organization, 85, 102890.

   • Featured at: INSEAD Knowledge

4. Barriola, X. (2022). The Effect of Competition on Product Removal. Marketing Letters, 33(2), 203-214.

Working Papers

1. “Spillover Effects of Retail Labor Disruptions,” with William Schmidt.

   • Major Revision: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

2. “Participation Trophies: How Owner Ideology Creates Sinecures,” with Winslow Robertson and Benjamin Cole.

   • Major Revision: Management Science

3. "The Role of Nearby Suppliers After Natural Disasters,” with Luk N. Van Wassenhove

   • Under Review: Production and Operations Management

4. “Stalled Innovation for Technology-Enabled Food Waste Reduction: Policy Action to Overcome Implementation Bottlenecks and Outcome Uncertainty,” with Lauri Loikkanen, Jan Holmström, and Lauri Saarinen.

   • Under Review: Research Policy 

5. “Demand-Side Heterogeneity in Cash Transfers: The Influence of Planning Horizons on Food Consumption,” with Sze Eng Tan and Eirini Spiliotopoulou.

   • Under Review: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

Work in Progress

“Too Small to Fail? How Store Size Shapes Nanostore Resilience in the Face of Disruptions” with Rafael Escamilla and Jan Fransoo.

“The Resilience Benefits of Store Brands During Supply Disruptions,” with Yasin Alan and William Schmidt.

“The Effect of Ownership Changes on Product Availability,” with Yash Babar, Ulrich Laitenberger, and Florian Pethig.

“Bilateral Collaboration vs. Bilateral Tension: How Geopolitics Shapes Global Innovation,” with Yimeng Niu.