Georges Zaccour

Professor, Department of Decision Sciences

Contact information

HEC Montréal
3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H3T 2A7

Email : georges.zaccour@hec.ca
Phone : 514 340-6430
Secretary: 514 340-6472
Fax : 514 340-5634
Office : GERAD

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Other title(s)

Holder of the Chair in Game Theory and Management
Member of the Group for Research in Decision Analysis (GERAD)

Education

M. Sc. (gestion), HEC Montréal
Ph. D. (administration), HEC Montréal

Expertise

Game theory
New product diffusion
Transportation and distribution of oil and gas products
Environmental management
Quantitative marketing

This publication selection covers the last five years.

Journal articles (56)

MUKHERJEE, Arka, DA SILVA CARVALHO, Maria Margarida, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Managing quality and pricing during a product recall: An analysis of pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis regimes », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 307, no 1, 2023, p. 406-420.

KANANI-KUCHESFEHANI, Elnaz, PARILINA, Elena, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Revenue and cost sharing contract in a dynamic closed-loop supply chain with uncertain parameters », Annals of Operations Research, vol. 322, no 2, 2023, p. 851-877.

DAHMOUNI, Ilyass, PARILINA, Elena, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Great fish war with moratorium », Mathematical Biosciences, vol. 355, 2023, p. 1-13.

BERNHARD, Pierre, DESCHAMPS, Marc, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Large satellite constellations and space debris: Exploratory analysis of strategic management of the space commons », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 304, no 3, 2023, p. 1140-1157.

DE GIOVANNI, Pietro, ZACCOUR, Georges; « A survey of dynamic models of product quality », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 307, no 3, 2023, p. 991-1007.

YAO, Fanjun, PARILINA, Elena, ZACCOUR, Georges, GAO, Hongwei; « Accounting for consumers’ environmental concern in supply chain contracts », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 301, no 3, 2022, p. 987-1006.

CHAAB, Jafar, SALHAB, Rabih, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Dynamic pricing and advertising in the presence of strategic consumers and social contagion: A mean-field game approach », Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, vol. 109, 2022, p. 1-19.

OUBRAHAM, Aichouche, SAINT-PIERRE, Patrick, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Viability of a multi-parcel agroecological system », Ecological Modelling, vol. 470, 2022, p. 1-17.

PARILINA, Elena, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Payment schemes for sustaining cooperation in dynamic games », Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 139, 2022, p. 1-19.

DE GIOVANNI, Pietro, ZACCOUR, Georges; « A selective survey of game-theoretic models of closed-loop supply chains », Annals of Operations Research, vol. 314, no 1, 2022, p. 77-116.

DEBIA, Sébastien, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Reciprocal Dumping under Dichotomous Regulation », Energy Journal, vol. 43, no 5, 2022, p. 249-270.

RASOULI, Nadia, AMIN-NASERI, Mohammad Reza, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Pricing and order quantity of substitutes in two inventory-related markets », International Transactions in Operational Research, vol. 29, no 2, 2022, p. 1246-1273.

FARSHBAF GERANMAYEH, Amir, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Optimal allocation of an opaque product with consumer learning », Automatica, vol. 142, 2022, p. 1-14.

PARILINA, Elena, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Sustainable Cooperation in Dynamic Games on Event Trees with Players’ Asymmetric Beliefs », Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 194, no 1, 2022, p. 92-120.

PARILINA, Elena, REDDY, Puduru Viswanadha, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Endogenous Duration of Long-term Agreements in Cooperative Dynamic Games with Nontransferable Utility », Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 195, no 3, 2022, p. 808-836.

SALHAB, Rabih, LE NY, Jérôme, MALHAME, Roland P., ZACCOUR, Georges; « Dynamic marketing policies with rating-sensitive consumers: A mean-field games approach », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 299, no 3, 2022, p. 1079-1093.

SADANA, Utsav, REDDY, Puduru Viswanadha, BASAR, Tamer, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Sampled-Data Nash Equilibria in Differential Games with Impulse Controls », Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 190, no 3, 2021, p. 999-1022.

SADANA, Utsav, REDDY, Puduru Viswanadha, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Nash equilibria in nonzero-sum differential games with impulse control », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 295, no 2, 2021, p. 792-805.

ZAMAN, Hosain, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Optimal government scrappage subsidies in the presence of strategic consumers », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 288, no 3, 2021, p. 829-838.

PAZOKI, Mostafa, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Dynamic strategic interactions between a municipality and a firm in the presence of an extended producer responsibility regulation », Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 292, 2021, p. 1-10.

CRETTEZ, Bertrand, HAYEK, Naïla, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Optimal dynamic management of a charity under imperfect altruism », Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, vol. 100, 2021, p. 1-15.

FARSHBAF GERANMAYEH, Amir, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Pricing and advertising in a supply chain in the presence of strategic consumers », Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, vol. 101, 2021, p. 1-20.

KORT, Peter M., TABOUBI, Sihem, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Pricing decisions in marketing channels in the presence of optional contingent products », Central European Journal of Operations Research, vol. 28, no 1, 2020, p. 167-192.

ZAMAN, Hosain, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Vehicle scrappage incentives to accelerate the replacement decision of heterogeneous consumers », Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, vol. 91, 2020, p. 1-13.

KARRAY, Salma, MARTIN-HERRAN, Guiomar, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Pricing of demand-related products: Can ignoring cross-category effect be a smart choice? », International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 223, 2020, p. 1-11.

ZHANG, Qiao, ZACCOUR, Georges, ZHANG, Jianxiong, TANG, Wansheng; « Strategic pricing under quality signaling and imitation behaviors in supply chains », Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, vol. 142, 2020, p. 1-23.

LONG, Ngo Van, TIDBALL, Mabel, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Optimal harvesting and taxation when accounting for the marine environmental quality of the fishery », Natural Resource Modeling, vol. 33, no 3, 2020, p. 1-29.

CRETTEZ, Bertrand, HAYEK, Naïla, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Do charities spend more on their social programs when they cooperate than when they compete? », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 283, no 3, 2020, p. 1055-1063.

CRETTEZ, Bertrand, HAYEK, Naïla, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Existence and characterization of optimal dynamic pricing strategies with reference-price effects », Central European Journal of Operations Research, vol. 28, no 2, 2020, p. 441-459.

ZHANG, Qiao, CHEN, Jing, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Market targeting and information sharing with social influences in a luxury supply chain », Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, vol. 133, 2020, p. 1-21.

VARDAR, Baris, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Exploitation of a Productive Asset in the Presence of Strategic Behavior and Pollution Externalities », Mathematics, vol. 8, no 10, 2020, p. 1-28.

OUBRAHAM, Aichouche, SAINT-PIERRE, Patrick, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Viability of Agroecological Systems under Climatic Uncertainty », Sustainability, vol. 12, no 15, 2020, p. 1-29.

DE GIOVANNI, Pietro, ZACCOUR, Georges; « A selective survey of game-theoretic models of closed-loop supply chains », 4OR: A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research, vol. 17, no 1, 2019, p. 1-44.

VARDAR, Baris, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Strategic bilateral exchange of a bad », Operations Research Letters, vol. 47, no 4, 2019, p. 235-240.

JORGENSEN, Steffen, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Optimal pricing and advertising policies for a one-time entertainment event », Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 100, 2019, p. 395-416.

REDDY, Puduru Viswanadha, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Open-loop and feedback Nash equilibria in constrained linear–quadratic dynamic games played over event trees », Automatica, vol. 107, 2019, p. 162-174.

PAZOKI, Mostafa, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Extended producer responsibility: Regulation design and responsibility sharing policies for a supply chain », Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 236, 2019, p. 1-16.

LÊ NGUYÊN, Hoang, SOUMIS, François, ZACCOUR, Georges; « The return function: A new computable perspective on Bayesian–Nash equilibria », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 279, no 2, 2019, p. 471-485.

ZHANG, Qiao, TANG, Wansheng, ZACCOUR, Georges, ZHANG, Jianxiong; « Should a manufacturer give up pricing power in a vertical information-sharing channel? », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 276, no 3, 2019, p. 910-928.

BRETON, Michèle, DAHMOUNI, Ilyass, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Equilibria in a two-species fishery », Mathematical Biosciences, vol. 309, 2019, p. 78-91.

DAHMOUNI, Ilyass, VARDAR, Baris, ZACCOUR, Georges; « A fair and time-consistent sharing of the joint exploitation payoff of a fishery », Natural Resource Modeling, vol. 32, no 3, 2019, p. 1-27.

SACCO, Armando, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Impact of social externalities on the formation of an international environmental agreement: an exploratory analysis », International Transactions in Operational Research, vol. 26, no 1, 2019, p. 64-79.

PAZOKI, Mostafa, ZACCOUR, Georges; « A mechanism to promote product recovery and environmental performance », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 274, no 2, 2019, p. 601-614.

DE GIOVANNI, Pietro, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Optimal quality improvements and pricing strategies with active and passive product returns », Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, vol. 88, 2019, p. 248-262.

ZHANG, Qiao, ZHANG, Jianxiong, ZACCOUR, Georges, TANG, Wansheng; « Strategic technology licensing in a supply chain », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 267, no 1, 2018, p. 162-175.

MASOUDI, Nahid, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Adaptation and International Environmental Agreements », Environmental & Resource Economics, vol. 71, no 1, 2018, p. 1-21.

CRETTEZ, Bertrand, HAYEK, Naïla, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Brand imitation: A dynamic-game approach », International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 205, 2018, p. 139-155.

PNEVMATIKOS, Nikolaos, VARDAR, Baris, ZACCOUR, Georges; « When should a retailer invest in brand advertising? », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 267, no 2, 2018, p. 754-764.

VARDAR, Baris, ZACCOUR, Georges; « The Strategic Impact of Adaptation in a Transboundary Pollution Dynamic Game », Environmental Modeling & Assessment, vol. 23, no 6, 2018, p. 653-669.

BEN RHOUMA, Tarek, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Optimal Marketing Strategies for the Acquisition and Retention of Service Subscribers », Management Science, vol. 64, no 6, 2018, p. 2609-2627.

CRETTEZ, Bertrand, HAYEK, Naïla, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Existence and uniqueness of optimal dynamic pricing and advertising controls without concavity », Operations Research Letters, vol. 46, no 2, 2018, p. 199-204.

OUBRAHAM, Aichouche, ZACCOUR, Georges; « A Survey of Applications of Viability Theory to the Sustainable Exploitation of Renewable Resources », Ecological Economics, vol. 145, 2018, p. 346-367.

SEBRI, Mouna, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Estimating umbrella-branding spillovers: a retailer perspective », European Journal of Marketing, vol. 51, no 9/10, 2017, p. 1695-1712.

KARRAY, Salma, MARTIN-HERRAN, Guiomar, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Assessing the profitability of cooperative advertising programs in competing channels », International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 187, 2017, p. 142-158.

PARILINA, Elena, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Node-Consistent Shapley Value for Games Played over Event Trees with Random Terminal Time », Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 175, no 1, 2017, p. 236-254.

SEBRI, Mouna, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Cross-country differences in private-label success: An exploratory approach », Journal of Business Research, vol. 80, 2017, p. 116-126.

Books (2)

PARILINA, Elena, REDDY, Puduru Viswanadha, ZACCOUR, Georges; Theory and Applications of Dynamic Games: A Course on Noncooperative and Cooperative Games Played over Event Trees, Springer, 2022.

BASAR, Tamer, ZACCOUR, Georges; Handbook of Dynamic Game Theory, Springer, 2018.

Book chapters (5)

CRETTEZ, Bertrand, HAYEK, Naïla, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Non-deceptive Counterfeiting and Consumer Welfare: A Differential Game Approach », Advances in Dynamic Games : Games of Conflict, Evolutionary Games, Economic Games, and Games Involving Common Interest, Birkhäuser, 2020, p. 255-298.

BASAR, Tamer, HAURIE, Alain, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Nonzero-sum differential games », Handbook of Dynamic Game Theory, Springer, 2018, p. 61-110.

CARLSON, Dean, HAURIE, Alain, ZACCOUR, Georges; « Infinite horizon concave games with coupled constraints », Handbook of Dynamic Game Theory, Springer, 2018, p. 111-155.

PETROSJAN, Léon A., ZACCOUR, Georges; « Cooperative differential games with transferable payoffs », Handbook of Dynamic Game Theory, Springer, 2018, p. 595-632.

ZACCOUR, Georges; « Sustainability of Cooperation in Dynamic Games Played over Event Trees », Recent Progress and Modern Challenges in Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science, Springer, 2017, p. 419-437.

This award and honor selection covers the last five years.

ZACCOUR, Georges
Grand Prix de recherche Pierre-Laurin 2021, Ce prix souligne la contribution exceptionnelle en recherche d’un professeur titulaire ou d’un chercheur titulaire de HEC Montréal pour l’ensemble de sa carrière à l’École., HEC Montréal, 2021

This selection of supervision activities covers the last five years.