Atalay Atasu joined the faculty of the College of Management at Georgia Tech in the fall of 2007. His research focus is on sustainable operations management, and his interests include design of closed-loop supply chains, strategic pricing and positioning of remanufactured/refurbished products, design of environmental directives and inventory control.

His research appeared in scientific journals such as Management Science and Production and Operations Management. Dr. Atasu won the Wickham Skinner Award for best unpublished paper at the 2007 Production and Operations Management meeting for "Efficient Take-Back Legislation."

Membership and Professional Activities

Member: INFORMS, POMS, M&SOM

Vice President of Meetings for POMS College of Sustainable Operations

Referee: Management Science, M&SOM, POM, IJPR

• Atasu, A., M. Sarvary, L. Van Wassenhove, “Remanufacturing as a Marketing Strategy,” 2008, Management Science, 54:10, pp: 1731-1747. 


• Geyer, R., L. Van Wassenhove, A. Atasu, “Economics of Remanufacturing under Limited Component Durability and Finite Life Cycles,” 2007, Management Science, 53:4, pp: 88-100. 


• Atasu A., S. Çetinkaya, “Lot Sizing for Optimal Collection and Use of Remanufacturable Products over a Finite Life Cycle,” 2006, POM, 15:4, pp: 473-487.  


• Atasu, A., V. D. Guide, L. Van Wassenhove, “Product Reuse Economics in Closed-Loop Supply Chain Research,” Production and Operations Management, 17 (5), 2008. 


• Atasu, A., L. Van Wassenhove, M. Sarvary, “Efficient Take-Back Legislation,” forthcoming, POM, 2008. Winner of the 2007 Wickham Skinner Best Paper award of Production and Operations Management Society.