EL OUARDIGHI Fouad

Fouad El Ouardighi teaches supply chain management, project management and the management of quality and its control in the MSc and the Advanced Masters programs. He also teaches supply chain management, optimal control theory and continuous-time dynamic games in the PhD program.

His main research interests are in the interface of operations management and marketing, in R&D investment, and more recently in pollution control. He visited many foreign academic institutions as University of Washington in Seattle, HEC-Montreal, McGill University, Bar-Ilan University, HEC-Paris, Technical University of Vienna, etc. He has written several articles that have been published in Automatica, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Annals of Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Naval Research Logistics, OMEGA, Production and Operations Management, etc. He is Associate Editor for International Game Theory Review.

Fouad was former academic director of various Advanced Masters programs in Operations Management, as well as coordinator of the Operations Management and Decision Sciences concentration of the PhD program. He also consults for international organizations.

• 2001 : PhD en Sciences de Gestion (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 1996 : Doctorat en Sciences de Gestion (Université Paris X Nanterre, France)
• 1991 : DEA (major de promotion), sciences de gestion, HEC-ESSEC-Université Paris X Nanterre (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 1989 : DEA, dynamique des systèmes productifs et économie mondiale (Université Paris X Nanterre, France)
• 1988 : Maîtrise, économie de l'entreprise (Université Paris X Nanterre, France)
• 1984 : Baccalauréat, série B (Lycée Descartes, Maroc)

• 2003 : International Teacher Program (ITP) (Alliance Manchester Business School, Royaume-Uni)

Positions académiques principales

• 2009 - présent : Professeur (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2010 - présent : Chargé de cours en gestion de la chaîne d'approvisionnement (Bar-Ilan University, Israël)
• 2020 : Chercheur Invité, Département de Gestion des Opérations (HEC Paris, France)
• 2012 : Chercheur Invité, Département d'Economie (McGill University, Canada)
• 2012 : Chercheur Invité, Département de Marketing (University of Washington, États-Unis)
• 2012 : Professeur Invité, Département de Gestion des Opérations (HEC Montréal, Canada)
• 2005 - 2011 : Chargé de Cours (Institut de Commerce et d'Administration des Entreprises (ISCAE), Maroc)
• 2004 - 2009 : Professeur associé (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 1998 - 2004 : Professeur assistant (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 1994 - 1998 : Chargé de Cours, Faculté de Gestion (Université Paris X Nanterre, France)
• 1997 - 1998 : Professeur Assistant, Département de Décisions et Systèmes d'Information (Audencia Business School, France)
• 1996 - 1997 : Professeur Visitant, Département Logistique et Production (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 1994 - 1995 : Chargé de cours, Département de Gestion (École des Mines de Nantes, France)
• 1991 - 1992 : Assistant de Recherche, Département Stratégie et Gestion (ESSEC Business School, France)

Autres positions académiques

• 2022 - présent : Chercheur invité (TU Wien, Autriche)
• 2022 : Chercheur invité (HEC Paris, France)
• 1992 - 1994 : Assistant/Titulaire de bourse, Faculté de Gestion (Université Paris X Nanterre, France)
• 2021 - présent : Coordination concentration de Phd Operations Management and Operations Research (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2007 - 2010 : Coordinateur de Programme Ph.D. pour la filière Gestion des Opérations et Sciences de Décision (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2000 - 2009 : Directeur Académique du Master Spécialisé en Logistique et Gestion de la Chaîne d'Approvisionnement (Supply Chain Management) (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2001 - 2009 : Président du Département de Management des Opérations (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2003 - 2009 : Créateur et Directeur académique du Master Spécialisé en Gestion des Projets Technologiques (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2006 - 2007 : Directeur Académique du Master Spécialisé en Gestion des Services Publics (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2004 - 2006 : Créateur de la filière Gestion des Opération et Sciences de Décision du Programme Ph.D. (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 1999 - 2001 : Academic director of the Executive Specialized Programs of Logistics and Production (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 1999 - 2000 : Directeur Académique du Programme d'Intrapreneuriat (ESSEC Business School, France)

• 1992 - 1994 : Assistant de Recherche (Bourse), Département de Gestion (Université Paris X Nanterre, France)

• 1991 - 1994 : Bourse d'Excellence (République française, France)
• 1991 : Major de promotion, DEA es-sciences de gestion, HEC-ESSEC-Université Paris X Nanterre (ESSEC Business School, France)

• EL OUARDIGHI, F., KHMELNITSKY, E. and SETHI, S.P. (2022). Epidemic control with endogenous treatment capability under popular discontent and social fatigue. Production and Operations Management, 31(4), pp. 1734-1752.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., SIM, J. and KIM, B. (2021). Pollution accumulation and abatement policies in two supply chains under vertical and horizontal competition and strategy types. Omega, 98(102108), pp. 1-19.
• KOGAN, K. and EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2021). False Quality Claims: Prevention and Supply Chain Implications. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 72(6), pp. 1347-1357.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., KOGAN, K., GNECCO, G. and SANGUINETI, M. (2020). Transboundary pollution control and environmental absorption efficiency management. Annals of Operations Research, 287, pp. 653-681.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., KHMELNITSKY, E. and LEANDRI, M. (2020). Production-Based Pollution Versus Deforestation: Optimal Policy With State-Independent And-Dependent Environmental Absorption Efficiency Restoration Process. Annals of Operations Research, 292(1), pp. 1–26.
• KOGAN, K. and EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2019). Autonomous and Induced Production Learning Under Price and Quality Competition. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 67, pp. 74-84.
• SIM, J.E., EL OUARDIGHI, F. and KIM, B. (2019). Economic and Environmental Impact of Vertical and Horizontal Competition and Integration. Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 66(2), pp. 133-153.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and SCHAIDERMAN, M. (2019). Supplier’s opportunistic behavior and the quality-efficiency tradeoff with conventional supply chain contracts. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 70(11), pp. 1915-1937.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., FEICHTINGER, G. and FRUCHTER, G.E. (2018). Accelerating the Diffusion of Innovations Under Mixed Word of Mouth Through Marketing–Operations Interaction. Annals of Operations Research, 264(1-2), pp. 435-458.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., KOGAN, K., GNECCO, G. and SANGUINETI, M. (2018). Commitment-Based Equilibrium Environmental Strategies under Time-Dependent Absorption Efficiency. Group Decision and Negotiation, 27(2), pp. 235-249.
• KOGAN, K., EL OUARDIGHI, F. and HERBON, A. (2017). Production with Learning and Forgetting in a Competitive Environment. International Journal of Production Economics, 189, pp. 52-62.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., FEICHTINGER, G., GRASS, D., HARTL, R.F. and KORT, P.M. (2016). Advertising and Quality-Dependent Word of Mouth in a Contagion Sales Model. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 170(1), pp. 323-342.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., FEICHTINGER, G., GRASS, D., HARTL, R. and KORT, P.M. (2016). Autonomous and Advertising-Dependent Word of Mouth under Costly Dynamic Pricing. European Journal of Operational Research, 251(3), pp. 860-872.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., ERICKSON, G., GRASS, D. and JØRGENSEN, S. (2016). Contracts and Information Structure in a Supply Chain with Operations and Marketing Interaction. International Game Theory Review, 18(4), pp. 1-36.
• KOGAN, K., EL OUARDIGHI, F. and CHERNONG, T. (2016). Learning by Doing with Spillovers: Strategic Complementarity Versus Strategic Substitutability. Automatica, 67, pp. 282-294.
• SEIDL, A., WRZACZEK, S., EL OUARDIGHI, F. and FEICHTINGER, G. (2016). Optimal Career Strategies and Brain Drain in Academia. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 168(1), pp. 268-295.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., SIMB, J.E. and KIM, B. (2016). Pollution Accumulation and Abatement Policy in a Supply Chain. European Journal of Operational Research, 248(3), pp. 982-996.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., BENCHEKROUN, H. and GRASS, D. (2016). Self-Regenerating Environmental Absorption Efficiency and the Soylent Green Scenario. Annals of Operations Research, 238(1), pp. 179-198.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and ERICKSON, G. (2015). Production Capacity Buildup and Double Marginalization Mitigation in a Dynamic Supply Chain. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 66(8), pp. 1281-1296.
• VRANCEANU, R., EL OUARDIGHI, F. and DUBART, D. (2015). Team Production with Punishment Option: Insights from a Real Effort Experiment. Managerial and Decision Economics, 36(3), pp. 408-420.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., BENCHEKROUN, H. and GRASS, D. (2014). Controlling Pollution and Environmental Absorption Capacity. Annals of Operations Research, 220(1), pp. 111-133.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., SHNAIDERMAN, M. and PASIN, F. (2014). Research and Development with Stock-Dependent Spillovers and Price Competition in a Duopoly. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 161(2), pp. 626-647.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2014). Supply Quality Management with Optimal Wholesale Price and Revenue Sharing Contracts: A Two Stage Game Approach. International Journal of Production Economics, 156(1), pp. 260-268.
• SHNAIDERMAN, M. and EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2014). The Impact of Partial Information Sharing in a Two-echelon Supply Chain. Operations Research Letters, 42(3), pp. 234-237.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., JORGENSEN, S. and PASIN, F. (2013). A Dynamic Game with Monopolist Manufacturer and Price-Competing Duopolist Retailers. OR Spectrum, 35(4), pp. 1059-1084.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and KOGAN, K. (2013). Dynamic Conformance and Design Quality in a Supply Chain: An Assessment Of Contracts’ Coordinating Power. Annals of Operations Research, 211(1), pp. 137-166.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., KOGAN, K. and VRANCEANU, R. (2013). Publish or Teach? Analysis of the Professor's Optimal Career Path. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 37(10), pp. 1995-2009.
• KIM, B., EL OUARDIGHI, F. and PARK, S. (2012). Optimal Dynamics of Technology and Price in a Duopoly Market. Applied Economics Letters, 19(11), pp. 1017-1022.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and BOWON, K. (2010). Supply Quality Management With Wholesale Price and Revenue-sharing Contract Under Horizontal Competition. European Journal of Operational Research, 206(2), pp. 329-340.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., JORGENSEN, S. and PASIN, F. (2008). A Dynamic Game of Operations and Marketing Management in a Supply Chain. International Game Theory Review, 10(4), pp. 373-397.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., JORGENSEN, S. and PASIN, F. (2008). Contrat à prix de transfert et contrat à partage de revenu dans une supply chain. Revue Française de Gestion, 186(6), pp. 134-147.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., DE GIOVANNI, P. and TARONDEAU, J.C. (2008). L'expérience Française du Supply Chain Management. Revue Française de Gestion, 186(6), pp. 90-116.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and PASIN, F. (2006). Quality Improvement and Goodwill Accumulation in a Dynamic Duopoly. European Journal of Operational Research, pp. 1021-1032.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2002). The Dynamics of Cooperation. International Game Theory Review, pp. 1-16.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and TAPIERO, C. (1998). Quality and the Diffusion of Innovations. European Journal of Operational Research, pp. 31-38.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and TAPIERO, C. (1997). Modèles de diffusion en marketing. Recherche et Applications en Marketing, pp. 15-40.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and TAPIERO, C. (1996). Qualité et diffusion des produits. Recherche et Applications en Marketing, pp. 35-51.

• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (1994). Dynamique industrielle et cycle de vie des produits. Rabat: Maarif El Jadida.

• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and KONSTANTIN, K. [Eds] (2013). Models and Methods in Economics and Management Science: Essays in Honor of Charles S. Tapiero. Springer.

• EL OUARDIGHI, F., ERICKSON, G., GRASS, D. and JØRGENSEN, S. (2020). Contracts and Information Structure in a Supply Chain with Operations and Marketing Interaction. In: Leon A Petrosyan, David Wing Kay Yeung eds. Game Theoretic Analysis. 1st ed. World Scientific, pp. 93-128.
• KOGAN, K. and EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2018). Production Control in a Competitive Environment with Incomplete Information. In: New Trends in Emerging Complex Real Life Problems. 1st ed. Springer, pp. 321-329.
• BOUCEKKINE, R. and EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2016). Optimal Growth with Polluting Waste and Recycling. In: Dynamic Perspectives on Managerial Decision Making: Essays in Honor of Richard F. Hartl. 1st ed. Springer, pp. 109-126.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2013). Attachment and Forgiveness in a Behavioural, Non-Cooperative Dynamic Game. In: Models and Methods in Economics and Management Science: Essays in Honor of Charles S. Tapiero. 1st ed. Springer, pp. 107-130.
• BOWON, K. and EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2007). Supplier Manufacturer Collaboration on New Product Development. In: Advances in Dynamic Game Theory. Numerical Methods, Algorithms, and Applications to Ecology and Economics. 1st ed. Birkhäuser, pp. 527-546.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2003). Dynamique des ventes et stratégies publicitaires concurrentielles. In: Savoir gérer. Mélanges en l'honneur de Jean-Claude Tarondeau. 1st ed. Vuibert, pp. 151-168.

• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2021). Control of an Epidemic With Endogenous Treatment Capability Under Popular Discontent and Social Fatigue. In: 2021 POMS Annual Conference. Online.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., GNECCO, G. and SANGUINETI, M. (2020). Should Forest be Restored by Polluters or Deforesters ? In: 2020 Optimization Days.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2019). Autonomous and Induced Production Learning Under Price and Quality Competition. In: Optimization Days 2019.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2019). Cheating or Delighting Customers on Product Quality? In: 30th European Conference on Operational Research 2019 (EURO 30).
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2019). Economic and Environmental Impact of Vertical and Horizontal Competition and Integration. In: 2019 INFORMS International Conference.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., KOGAN, K. and GRASS, D. (2018). Cheatin or Delighting Customer on ProducQuality ? In: Optimization Days 2018.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., KOGAN, K. and GRASS, D. (2018). Cheating or Delighting Customers on Product Quality? In: 2018 Séminaire Fondation HEC Montréal.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., KOGAN, K. and GRASS, D. (2018). Control Of Addictive Behaviors with Relapsing. In: 14th Viennese Conference on Optimal Control and Dynamic Games.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2017). Cheating or Delighting Customers on Product Quality. In: 2017 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2017). Economic and Environmental Impact of Vertical Decisional Sequences under Horizontal Competition and Integration. In: 2017 Optimization Days.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2016). Capital Growth With Recycling And The Environmental Kuznets Curve. In: 2016 Annual Meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2016). Design Quality Improvement and Cost-Reducing R&D Strategies Under Conventional Supply Chain Contracts. In: 7th Workshop on Dynamics Games in Management Science.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2016). Economic Growth with Recycling and the Environmental Kuznets Curve. In: 5th EULOG Meeting 2016.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2016). Emissions and Deforestation Policies under Endogenous Environmental Absorption Efficiency. In: 2016 Optimization Days.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2015). Advertising and Quality-Dependent Word of Mouth in a Contagion Sales Model. In: INFORMS Annual Meeting 2015.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., FEICHTINGER, G., GRASS, D., HARTL, R. and KORT, P.M. (2015). Autonomous and Advertising Dependent Word of Mouth under Costly Dynamic Pricing. In: 2015 Annual Meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2015). Pollution Accumulation and Abatement Policies under Bilateral Duopolistic Competition. In: 13th Viennese Workshop on Optimal Control and Dynamic Games.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and BOWON, K. (2014). Pollution Control, Bilateral Duopoly, Double Marginalization, Dynamic Games. In: 2014 INFORMS Annual Meeting.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and KOGAN, K. (2014). SpilloversTransboundary Pollution Control And Environmental Absorption Efficiency Management. In: 20th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS).
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2014). The Impact of Double Marginalization on the Evolution of Pollution in a Simple Supply Chain. In: Journée de l'Optimisation 2014.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., SHNIDERMAN, M. and PASIN, F. (2013). Cost-Reducing R&D with Free Spillovers and Price Competition in a Dynamic Duopoly. In: 26th EURO – INFORMS Joint International Conference.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., PASIN, F. and MATAN, S. (2013). Cost-Reducing R&D with Free Spillovers and Price Competition in a Dynamic Duopoly. In: Optimization Days 2013.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., DENOYEL, V. and ESPINOZA, J.C. (2013). Non-cooperative Trade-offs among Design Quality and Cost-reducing R&D in a Supply Chain. In: INFORMS Annual Meeting 2013.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., ERICKSON, G., GRAS, D. and JORGENSEN, S. (2013). Operations and Marketing Equilibrium Strategies under Wholesale Price and Revenue sharing Contracts in a Dynamic Vertical Channel. In: 10th International Conference on Computational Management Science.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2013). Transboundary Pollution Control and Environmental Absorption Efficiency Management. In: 5th Viennese Vintage Workshop on Heterogeneous Dynamic Models of Economic & Population System.
• VRANCEANU, R., EL OUARDIGHI, F. and DUBART, D. (2012). Cooperation in Teams: A Real Effort Task Experiment with Punishment and Forgiveness. In: Economic Science Association European Conference 2012.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., ERICKSON, G., GRAS, D. and JORGENSEN, S. (2012). Operations and Marketing Equilibrium Strategies Under Wholesale Price and Revenue Sharing Contracts. In: INFORMS 2012 Annual Meeting.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2012). Production Capacity and Pricing Equilibrium Strategies in a Dynamic Supply Chain. In: 4th World Congress of the Game Theory Society.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and ERICKSON, G. (2012). Production Capacity of Pricing Equilibrium Strategies in a Dynamic Supply Chain. In: Journée de l'Optimisation 2012.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2011). A Dynamic Game of Pollution and Environmental Absorption Capacity. In: IFORS 2011 Conference.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and KOGAN, K. (2011). An Assessment of Contracts’ Coordinating Power in Supply Quality Management. In: 2011 Optimization Days.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and BOWON, K. (2011). Production Capacity and Pricing Equilibrium Strategies in a Supply Chain. In: INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting.
• SHNAIDERMANN, M. and EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2011). The Impact of Partial Information Sharing in a Two-echelon Supply Chain. In: INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and TAPIERO, C. (1998). Optimal Advertising and Signal Reliability.

• EL OUARDIGHI, F., KOGAN, K. and BOUCEKKINE, R. (2017). Optimal Recycling Under Heterogeneous Waste Sources and the Environmental Kuznets Curve. ESSEC Business School.
• VRANCEANU, R., EL OUARDIGHI, F. and DUBART, D. (2013). Coordination in Teams: A Real Effort-task Experiment with Informal Punishment. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F., KOGAN, K. and VRANCEANU, R. (2013). Publish or Teach? Analysis of the Professor's Optimal Career Path. ESSEC Business School.
• KIM, B. and EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2003). Supplier-manufacturer Collaboration on New Product Development. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and PASIN, F. (2002). Advertising and Quality Decisions over Time. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2002). Dynamique des ventes et stratégies publicitaires concurrentielles. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and PASIN, F. (2002). Quality Improvement and a Goodwill Accumulation in a Dynamic Duopoly. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and GANNON, F. (2001). The Dynamics of Optimal Cooperation. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2000). The Dynamics of Cooperation. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (1999). La théorie statistique de la décision. I. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and TAPIERO, C.S. (1997). Optimal advertising and quality under imperfect information.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and TAPIERO, C. (1996). Modèles de diffusion en marketing. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and TAPIERO, C. (1996). Optimal Advertising and Signal Reliability. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and TAPIERO, C. (1996). Optimal Quality Improvement and Innovation over the Life Cycle. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (1996). Quality, Advertising, Price and the Diffusion of Innovations. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and TAPIERO, C. (1995). Achat, réachat et qualité des produits en contexte d'asymétrie d'information. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. and TAPIERO, C. (1995). Qualité et diffusion des produits. ESSEC Business School.
• VAN WIJK, G. and EL OUARDIGHI, F. (1992). La multinationalisation des entreprises françaises. ESSEC Business School.

• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2013). Rescension de l'ouvrage : La mondialisation, stade suprême du capitalisme ? Revue Française de Gestion, France.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2009). Supply Chain Games: Operations Management and Risk Valuation. International Game Theory Review, United States of America.

• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2009). The Poseidon adventure. ESSEC Business School.
• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (2009). The Poseidon adventure. ESSEC Business School.

• EL OUARDIGHI, F. (1999). Comment gérer le secteur halieutique ? La Vie Economique, pp. 26-27.