Saibal Ray
Member, GERAD
Full Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Phone: 514 398-3270
Other titles and affiliations
Jun 2017 – Jan 2025
Founding Academic Director, Bensadoun School of Retail Management, McGill University
Research Axes
Research Applications
Publications
Feb 2025
Retailers routinely face the strategic decision of how to promote their products. Two of the most common promotion strategies are bundling and discounting. D...
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Nov 2024
Nymisha Bandi, Maxime Cohen, and Saibal Ray
Foundations and Trends® in Technology, Information and Operations Management, 18(3-4), 218 pages, 2024
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Nov 2024
Nymisha Bandi, Maxime Cohen, and Saibal Ray
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 26(6), 1981–2014, 2024
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News
Mar 11, 2026
"Gasoline prices are bearing the brunt of the war in Iran ", with Saibal Ray, Professor at McGill University (interview published on Le Devoir).
Nov 1, 2025
"Tough times for truck and bus makers as new tariffs go into effect", with Saibal Ray, Professor at McGill University (interview published on CBC News).
Jun 16, 2025
Congratulations to Saibal Ray, Professor at McGill University who received James McGill Professor award, which honour significant research contributions.
Prizes and awards
2025
James McGill Professor award
McGill University
2024
RETHINK Retail's Top Retail Experts 2024
2023
RETHINK Retail's Top Retail Influencers
2018 – 2025
James McGill Chair
McGill University
2016
Member
Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
2013
MSOM iForm SIG Best Paper Award
INFORMS
2011 – 2014
Desautels Faculty Scholar
McGill University
2010
Meritorious Service Award
Management Science
2009
Quebec Teaching Excellence Award
Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS)
2009
Desautels Teaching Award for Undergraduate Teaching
Faculté de gestion Desautels
McGill University
2009
Meritorious Service Award
Management Science
2007 – 2010
Desautels Faculty Scholar
McGill University
Editorial Boards & Comittees
- Senior Editor, Production and Operations Management (POMS) (2014-...)
Associate Editor
- Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM) (2011-...)
- IIE Transactions (2010-...)
- Operations and Supply Chain Management Journal (2006-...)
Supervision
Jacob Dubé
Ph.D.
Nymisha Bandi
Ph.D.
Aysun Mutlu
Ph.D.
Han Zhu
Postdoctoral research
Zhexiong Tao
Ph.D.
Jud Kenney
Ph.D.
Lei Xie
Postdoctoral research
Xiao Huang
Postdoctoral research
Xiaofeng Nie
Postdoctoral research