Joonho Bae

Welcome! My name is Joonho (pronounced like Juneau, the capital of Alaska).

I am an Assistant Professor in the Operations and Decision Technologies department at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

My research develops mathematical models at the intersection of operations, marketing, and engineering. I am particularly interested in sustainable operations, energy markets, battery energy storage systems, risk management, and data-driven decision making.

I received my Ph.D. from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. I also hold an M.S. from KAIST and a B.S. from Seoul National University. Before academia, I co-founded and led ChamSonGil Cooperative, a social venture supporting blind massage therapists, and worked at SK Telecom as a marketing manager.

Papers

Working papers

Selecting Battery Portfolios: The Role of Degradation

Identifies the protection effect—a new mechanism through which hybrid battery portfolios create value.

with Roman Kapuscinski and John Silberholz

Dynamic Valuation of a Battery under Performance Degradation

Develops an optimal dynamic operating policy for batteries subject to usage-dependent capacity and efficiency degradation.

with Roman Kapuscinski and John Silberholz

Contract Design and Operations for Residential Battery Programs

Studies how utilities should design residential battery programs by jointly accounting for household battery adoption, participation incentives, and utility battery operations.

with Jerry Anunrojwong and Ali Fattahi

Published papers

Work in progress

Shorter Workweeks Shifting Wallets: How a Sustainable Labor Policy Reshapes Consumer Spending

with Yeohong Yoon and Yeolim Bella Yoon

Teaching

Instructor · Indiana University

  • Supply Chain Management with Digital TechnologiesP 319 · Spring 2026
  • Business Analytics and ModelingK 353 · Spring 2026

Instructor · University of Michigan

  • Operations ManagementTO 313 · Fall 2021

Recipient of the Gerald and Lillian Dykstra Fellowship for Teaching Excellence and the U-M Graduate Teacher Certificate.

Industry Experience

2013–2015

ChamSonGil Cooperative

Co-Founder & Project Leader

Built a social venture supporting blind massage therapists, developing new services and expanding the cooperative nationwide.

2015–2017

SK Telecom

Marketing Manager

Managed operations across more than 40 retail stores in Seoul and developed tools for mobile-device inventory allocation.