Tharanga K. Rajapakshe

Tharanga K. Rajapakshe

  • Frank L. Weyenberg Term Professor
  • Associate Professor

Location

  • Warrington College of Business
  • Information Systems and Operations Management Department
  • MS Marketing Program
  • Stuzin Hall 335
Scholarly Works

Tharanga K. Rajapakshe is an associate professor of Information Systems and Operations Management at the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida. She holds a PhD in management science, a Master of Science in Supply Chain Management, and a Master of Business Administration, from Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Tharanga’s research interests are twofold; Socially Responsible Operations Management and Production/Service Operations Management. Her work in Socially Responsible Operations Management investigates the impact of government policies and the influence of other social organizations on firms’ operational decisions.  Her work in Production/Service Operations Management analyzes challenging real-world operation management problems and provides optimal or near-optimal solution methodologies. She has taught bachelor, master, and PhD level courses including Operations Management, Managerial Quantitative Analysis, Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decisions, Project Management, and Principles of Logistics/Transportation Systems. She currently serves as Senior Editor for the Production and Operations Management Journal. 

Expertise and interest areas

  • Production/Service Operations Management
  • Socially Responsible Operations Management

Courses taught

  • Management (MAN5501)
  • Principles of Logistics/Transportation Systems (MAN6528)
  • Project Management (MAN6581)
  • Seminar in Information Systems and Operations Management (QMB7933)
  • Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decisions I (QMB6358)

Education

  • PhD – Management Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2011
  • MBA – Business Administration, University of Texas at Dallas, 2011
  • MSc – Supply Chain Management, University of Texas at Dallas, 2010
  • BE – Production Engineering, University of Peradeniya, 2002

Journal article publications

  • Bollywood Beats Boredom: Addressing Drivers’ Limited Attention with Movie-Themed Alerts
    • Status: Working Paper
    • Journal: Information Systems Research
    • Authors: Anuj Kumar, Tharanga Rajapakshe, Debjit Roy
  • Remanufacturing and e-Waste Management: An Environmental Perspective
    • Status: Published
    • Journal: Production and Operations Management
    • Published Year: 2024
    • Authors: Lan Wang, Tharanga Rajapakshe, Asoo Vakharia
  • Interplay Between Servicizing and Remanufacturing: Economic and Environmental Implications
    • Status: Published
    • Journal: Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
    • Authors: Xichen Sun, Tharanga Rajapakshe, Rogelio Oliva
  • An Analysis of Incentive Schemes for Participant Retention in Clinical Studies
    • Status: Published
    • Journal: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
    • Published Year: 2023
    • Authors: Xueze Song, Mili Mehrotra, Tharanga Rajapakshe
  • An Economic Analysis of Agricultural Support Prices in Developing Economies
    • Status: Published
    • Journal: Production and Operations Management
    • Published Year: 2021
    • Authors: Harish Guda, Milind Dawande, Ganesh Janakiraman, Tharanga Rajapakshe
  • Sustainability Planning for Healthcare Information Exchanges with Supplier Rebate Program
    • Status: Published
    • Journal: Operations Research
    • Published Year: 2020
    • Authors: Tharanga Rajapakshe, Subodha Kumar, Arun Sen, Chelliah Sriskandarajah