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Georges Zaccour
Professor, Department of Decision Sciences
Contact information
HEC Montréal3000, 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
Personal page
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.
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Journal articles (58)
PARILINA, Elena, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Payment schemes for sustaining cooperation in dynamic games played over event trees »,
European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 313, no 3, 2024, p. 1200-1216.
ZAMAN, Hosain, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Subsidies and pricing strategies in a vehicle scrappage program with strategic consumers »,
Central European Journal of Operations Research, vol. 32, no 2, 2024, p. 457-481.
PETROPOULOS, Fotios, ...,, LAPORTE, Gilbert, BRETON, Michèle, CHARLIN, Laurent, ZACCOUR, Georges, ET AL.,;
« Operational Research: methods and applications »,
Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol. 75, no 3, 2024, p. 423-617.
CHAAB, Jafar, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Dynamic pricing in the presence of social externalities and reference-price effect »,
Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, vol. 122, 2024, p. 1-19.
PARILINA, Elena, WRZACZEK, Stefan, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Dynamic Oligopolistic Competition with Uncertainty and Supply Disruption Effects »,
International Game Theory Review, vol. 26, no 2, 2024, p. 1-21.
PARILINA, Elena, YAO, Fanjun, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Pricing and investment in manufacturing and logistics when environmental reputation matters »,
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, vol. 184, 2024, p. 1-23.
SADANA, Utsav, REDDY, Puduru Viswanadha, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Feedback Nash equilibria in differential games with impulse control »,
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 68, no 8, 2023, p. 4523-4538.
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.
CRETTEZ, Bertrand, HAYEK, Naïla, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« When is frugality optimal? »,
Mathematical Social Sciences, vol. 125, 2023, p. 65-75.
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.
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.
DAHMOUNI, Ilyass, PARILINA, Elena, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Great fish war with moratorium »,
Mathematical Biosciences, vol. 355, 2023, p. 1-13.
CETIN, Can Baris, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Remanufacturing with innovative features: A strategic analysis »,
European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 310, no 2, 2023, p. 655-669.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
DEBIA, Sébastien, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Reciprocal Dumping under Dichotomous Regulation »,
Energy Journal, vol. 43, no 5, 2022, p. 249-270.
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.
FARSHBAF GERANMAYEH, Amir, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Optimal allocation of an opaque product with consumer learning »,
Automatica, vol. 142, 2022, p. 1-14.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
OUBRAHAM, Aichouche, SAINT-PIERRE, Patrick, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Viability of Agroecological Systems under Climatic Uncertainty »,
Sustainability, vol. 12, no 15, 2020, p. 1-29.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
VARDAR, Baris, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Strategic bilateral exchange of a bad »,
Operations Research Letters, vol. 47, no 4, 2019, p. 235-240.
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.
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.
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.
BRETON, Michèle, DAHMOUNI, Ilyass, ZACCOUR, Georges;
« Equilibria in a two-species fishery »,
Mathematical Biosciences, vol. 309, 2019, p. 78-91.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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Book chapters (4)
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.
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
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.
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Dissertation direction – PhD in Administration (8)
Essays on Omnichannel Fulfillment Strategies, by Mahsa Mahboob Ghodsi
March 2024
March 2024
Essays on Strategic Interactions in Remanufacturing, Environmental Quality Investments, and Greenwashing, by Can Baris Cetin
October 2023
October 2023
Essays on Dynamic Pricing with Nuances of Consumer Behavior and Social Influences, by Jafar Chaab
March 2023
March 2023
Essays on Ecological and economic Viability of Agricultural Systems, by Aichouche Oubraham
September 2021
September 2021
Essays on Differential Games with Impulse Control, by Utsav Sadana
September 2021
September 2021
Vehicle Scrappage Subsidies in the Presence of Strategic Consumers, by Hosain Zaman
March 2021
March 2021
Three Essays on Dynamic Games and Sustainable Fishery Management, by Ilyass Dahmouni
March 2020
March 2020
Promoting product recovery through implementing EPR regulation and performing green activities, by Mostafa Pazoki
May 2019
May 2019
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Supervised project supervision – MSc in Management (1)
Applying analytics to monitor spend and financial exposure in supply chain , by Rida El Boustani
September 2020
September 2020
Fall 2024
MATH 60622
MATH 80685A
Fall 2023
MATH 80617A
MATH 80685A