dr. M. (Michael) Becker-Peth

Michael Becker-Peth
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Member ERIM
Field: Logistics & Information Systems
Affiliated since 2017

Michael Becker-Peth is an Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. His research focuses on behavioral operations management, for example in the field of inventory management and supply chain contracting. His research has been published in leading academic journals such as Management Science, Production and Operations Management, and European Journal of Operational Research. Before joining, RSM, he worked as an assistant professor at the University of Cologne. He obtained his PhD (in Supply Chain Management) and MSc (in Business Administration) also from the University of Cologne.

Publications

Article (9)

  • Academic (9)

    • Müller, H. S., Becker-Peth, M., & Kuntz, L. (2024). Webcam technology on neonatal wards—examining the objective and subjective workload of nurses: a combined observational and survey study. BMC Nursing, 23(1), Article 449. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02107-4

    • Sülz, S., Fügener, A., Becker-Peth, M., & Roth, B. (2024). The potential of patient‑based nurse staffing – a queuing theory application in the neonatal intensive care setting. Health Care Management Science, 27(2), 239-253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-024-09665-8

    • Sachs, A. L., Becker-Peth, M., Minner, S., & Thonemann, UW. (2022). Empirical Newsvendor Biases: Are Target Service Levels Achieved Effectively and Efficiently? Production and Operations Management, 31(4), 1839-1855. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13650

    • Becker-Peth, M., Hoberg, K., & Protopappa-Sieke, M. (2019). Multiperiod Inventory Management with Budget Cycles: Rational and Behavioral Decision-Making. Production and Operations Management, 29(3), 643-663. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13123

    • Becker-Peth, M., Thonemann, UW., & Gully, T. (2017). A Note on Risk-Aversion of Informed Newsvendors. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 69(7), 1135-1145. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2017.1390525

    • Langhammer, K., Sülz, S., Becker-Peth, M., & Roth, B. (2017). Observational study shows that nurses spend more time caring for mechanically ventilated preterm infants than those receiving non?invasive ventilation. Acta Paediatrica, 106(11), 1787-1792. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.14010

    • Sülz, S., Langhammer, K., Becker-Peth, M., & Roth, B. (2017). What drives perceived work intensity in neonatal intensive care units? Empirical evidence from a longitudinal study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(10), 2441-2449. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13301

    • Becker-Peth, M., & Thonemann, UW. (2016). Reference points in revenue sharing contracts—How to design optimal supply chain contracts. European Journal of Operational Research, 249(3), 1033-1049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2015.06.007

    • Becker-Peth, M., Katok, E., & Thonemann, UW. (2013). Designing buyback contracts for irrational but predictable newsvendors. Management Science, 59(8), 1800-1816. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1120.1662

Chapter (1)

  • Academic (1)

    • Becker-Peth, M., & Thonemann, UW. (2019). Behavioral inventory decisions: The newsvendor and other inventory settings. In K. Donohue, E. Katok, & S. Leider (Eds.), The Handbook of Behavioral Operations (pp. 393-432). John Wiley & Sons Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119138341.ch11

Doctoral Thesis (1)

  • Internal (1)

    • Becker-Peth, M. (2012). Behavioral Supply Chain Contracting: Decision Biases in Behavioral Operations Management. [Doctoral Thesis, University of Cologne]. Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23885-8

Working paper (1)

  • Academic (1)

    • Tuncel, O., Basten, R., & Becker-Peth, M. (2021). Who Should Bear the Risk? A Theoretical and Behavioral Investigation of After-Sales Service Contracts. SSRN. SSRN Electronic Journal

Additional activities (4)

  • INFORMS Behavioral Operations Management Society (External organisation)

    Membership of board (Academic)

  • INFORMS Behavioral Operations Management Society (External organisation)

    Membership of board (Academic)

  • Decision Sciences (Journal)

    Publication Peer-review (Academic)

  • Management Science (Journal)

    Publication Peer-review (Academic)

PhD Tracks (3)

  • Role: Daily Supervisor
PhD Position in Supply Chain Management
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Klaus Sebastian Garrido
  • Time frame: 2023 -
PhD in Supply Chain Management (2024)
  • Role: Daily Supervisor
  • PhD Candidate: Anne Fleur Xiao Hwa Dijkhorst
  • Time frame: 2024 -

Event (1)

2017
January
11
An Analysis of Empirical Newsvendor Decisions: Target Service Levels are Achieved Effectively, but Inefficiently
Research Seminar
As: Speaker

Address

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T09-51
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

Latest publication

Article

Müller, H. S., Becker-Peth, M., & Kuntz, L. (2024). Webcam technology on neonatal wards—examining the objective and subjective workload of nurses: a combined observational and survey study. BMC Nursing, 23(1), Article 449. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02107-4