Rafael Escamilla
Assistant Professor
About Me
Assistant Professor at the W.P. Carey School of Business, at Arizona State University. I completed my PhD degree in the School of Economics and Management at Tilburg University and in Kühne Logistics University. I investigate grocery retail operations in emerging markets, through field experiments and econometric techniques. I hold a Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Master of Science (Diplôme d'Ingénieur) from the Université de Technologie de Troyes and a Bachelor of Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Publications
Published Work
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Abdulla, H., Escamilla, R. & Oliva, R. Registered Reports Review for Field Experiments, (Journal of Operations Management) - Link
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Villa, S., Escamilla, R. & Fransoo, J. C. Supplying Cash-Constrained Retailers: Understanding Shopkeeper Behavior at the Bottom of the Pyramid, (Manufacturing & Service Operations Management) - Link
First place, INFORMS Behavioral Operations Management's 2022 Best Working Paper Competition
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Escamilla, R., Fransoo, J. C. & Mogollon, M. (2024). Trade Credits and Visit Frequency: The Role of Order Financing on Logistics Efficiency in the Nanostore Setting. Journal of Operations Management, 70(5), 733-755 - Link
Honorable mention, Journal of Operations Management's 2025 Jack Meredith Best Paper Award
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Escamilla, R., Brosi, P., Fransoo, J. C., Mora-Quiñones, C. A. & Mejia-Argueta, C. (2024). Tax Privacy Concerns Hamper Digitization of the Nanostore Channel, (Decision Sciences) - Link
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Fransoo, J. C., Escamilla, R. & Ge, J. (2024). Nanoretail Operations in Developing Markets, INFORMS TutORials in Operations Research - Link
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Escamilla, R., Fransoo, J. C. & Tang, C. S. (2021). Improving agility, adaptability, alignment, accessibility, and affordability in nanostore supply chains. Production and Operations Management, 30(3), 676-688 - Link
Most downloaded POM paper published in 2021 and third most downloaded POM paper in 2021
Working Papers
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Escamilla, R., Fransoo, J. C. & Gallino, S. Order-Based Trade Credit and Operational Performance in the Nanostore Retail Channel, (major revision in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management) - Link
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Escamilla, R., Rooderkerk, R. & Fransoo, J. C. Manufacturer-Sponsored Digital Services
Enhance Nanostore Competitiveness, (submitted to Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
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Drent, M., Escamilla, R., Villa, S., Fransoo, J. C. & Velazquez-Martinez, J. Leveraging Trade
Credit to Expand Informal Consumer Credit in Base-of-the-Pyramid Retail, (submitted
to Manufacturing & Service Operations Management).
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Balvers, S., Escamilla, R. & Villa, S. Order Timing in the Nanostore Setting, (submitted to
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management).
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Barriola, X., Escamilla, R., Fransoo, J. C. Too Small to Fail? How Store Size Shapes Nanostore
Resilience in the Face of Disruptions, (in preparation for submission to Production &
Operations Management).
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Escamilla, R., Villa, S. & Villena, V. Recycling in Developing Economies: Building Capabilities,
Legitimacy and Forming Habits, (submitted to Manufacturing & Service Operations
Management).
Teaching
Graduate
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Quantitative Risk Management @ ASU MS in Business Analytics (Offline and Online)
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Logistics in the Supply Chain @ ASU OMBA
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Causal Inference in Supply Chain Management @ MIT GCLOG Executive Program
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Supply Chain Management in the Nanostore Retail Channel @ MIT GCLOG Executive Program
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Supply Chain Strategy @ Tilburg University
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Project Management @ Tilburg University
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Python Tutorials @ KLU
Undergraduate
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Optimization Models @ Monterrey Tech
300 E. Lemon Street
85287 Tempe Arizona
United States
Rafael Escamilla
