{"id":10401,"date":"2024-08-06T17:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/gerry-tsoukalas\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T15:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T19:30:17","slug":"gerry-tsoukalas","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/gerry-tsoukalas\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerry Tsoukalas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gerry Tsoukalas\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/TsoukalasGerry.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:gerryt@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          gerryt@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/IS_Tsoukalas_Gerry_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gerrytsoukalas.com\/\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          621        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Gerry Tsoukalas<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tDean\u2019s Research Scholar\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tProfessor, Information Systems\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\"><div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">PhD, Stanford University, 2013<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-presentations\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tSelected Research Presentations\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. Developments in AI and Management Science, SWIMS workshop 2025, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. , Dizdarer, T. Multihoming on Platforms, MSOM, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. Decentralized Pricing, University of Oxford, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. Invited talk @ UC Santa Barbara, Economics DeFI Seminar, 2024<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. Invited talk @ AVA Labs, Owl Explains Podcast, 2023<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. Invited talk @ HKBU, Hong Kong, 2023<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. Invited talk @ London Business School, 2023<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. Invited talk @ Oxford University, 2023<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. Invited talk @ American Economic Association, Annual Meeting, 2023<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. Invited talk @ Luohan Academy, 2023<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. Invited Discussant @ BU Digital Business Seminar, 2023<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Hemenway Falk, B., Tsoukalas, G., Zhang, N. (In Press). &#8220;Can AI Detect Wash Trading? Evidence from NFTs&#8221;, <i>Research Policy<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Belavina, E., Marinesi, S., Tsoukalas, G. (In Press). &#8220;Designing Crowdfunding Platform Rules to Deter Misconduct&#8221;, <i>SSRN Electronic Journal<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Chod, J., Trichakis, N., Tsoukalas, G., Aspegren, H., Weber, M. (In Press). &#8220;Blockchain and the Value of Operational Transparency for Supply Chain Finance&#8221;, <i>SSRN Electronic Journal<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lumineau, F., Shang, G., Swaminathan, J., Tsoukalas, G., Wagner, S., Zhao, J. (2025). &#8220;Charting the Future of Blockchain in Operations and Supply Chain Management: Opportunities and Challenges&#8221;, <i>JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT<\/i>, <i>71<\/i> (7),  886-892<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Benhaim, A., Falk, B., Tsoukalas, G. (2025). &#8220;Balancing Power in Decentralized Governance: Quadratic Voting and Information Aggregation&#8221;, <i>MANAGEMENT SCIENCE<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Cachon, G., Dizdarer, T., Tsoukalas, G. (2025). &#8220;Pricing Control and Regulation on Online Service Platforms&#8221;, <i>MANAGEMENT SCIENCE<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Benhaim, A., Hemenway Falk, B., Tsoukalas, G. (2023). &#8220;Scaling Blockchains: Can Committee-Based Consensus Help?&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>69<\/i> (11),  6525-6539<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G., Gan, R., Netessine, S. (2023). &#8220;Decentralized Platforms: Governance, Tokenomics, and ICO Design&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Benhaim, A., Falk, B., Tsoukalas, G. (2023). &#8220;Scaling Blockchains: Can Committee-Based Consensus Help?&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>69<\/i> (11),  6525-6539<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Hastings, M., Falk, B., Tsoukalas, G. (2022). &#8220;Privacy-Preserving Network Analytics&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>69<\/i> (9),  5482-5500.<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Hanisch, M., Rawhouser, H., Wang, W., Halaburda, H., Hsieh, Y., Lumineau, F., Murray, A., Tsoukalas, G. (2022). &#8220;AI and Emerging Technologies Track: The Implications of Blockchain Technology for Business&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2022<\/i> (1)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G. (2022). &#8220;How PayPal Gets Employees Invested in Innovation&#8221;, <i>Harvard Business Review<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">babich, V., Marinesi, S., Tsoukalas, G. (2021). &#8220;Does Crowdfunding Benefit Entrepreneurs and Venture Capital Investors?&#8221;, <i>Manufacturing and Service Operations Management<\/i>, <i>23<\/i> (2),  508-524<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gan, J., Tsoukalas, G., Netessine, S. (2021). &#8220;Initial Coin Offerings, Speculation, and Asset Tokenization&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>67<\/i> (2),  914-931<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Belavina, E., Marinesi, S., Tsoukalas, G. (2020). &#8220;Rethinking Crowdfunding Platform Design: Mechanisms to Deter Misconduct and Improve Efficiency&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>66<\/i> (11),  4980-4997<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Chod, J., Trichakis, N., Tsoukalas, G., Aspegren, H., Weber, M. (2020). &#8220;On the Financing Benefits of Supply Chain Transparency and Blockchain Adoption&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>66<\/i> (10),  4378-4396<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G., Falk, B. (2020). &#8220;Token-Weighted Crowdsourcing&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>66<\/i> (9),  3843-3859<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gan, R., Netessine, S., Tsoukalas, G. (2020). Financing Inventory through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).&#8221;Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management&#8221;, <i>NOW<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Babich, V., Marinesi, S., Tsoukalas, G. (2019). &#8220;Updating the Crowdfunding Narrative&#8221;, <i>Wharton Public Policy Brief<\/i>, <i>7<\/i> (5)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Chod, J., Trichakis, N., Tsoukalas, G. (2019). &#8220;Supplier Diversification Under Buyer Risk&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>65<\/i> (7),  3150-3173<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tsoukalas, G., Wang, J., Giesecke, K. (2019). &#8220;Dynamic Portfolio Execution&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Iancu, D., Trichakis, N., Tsoukalas, G. (2017). &#8220;Is Operating Flexibility Harmful Under Debt?&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>63<\/i> (6),  1730-1761<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Sirignano, J., Tsoukalas, G., Giesecke, K. 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