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Recent Publications “Inventory
Management in Humanitarian Operations: Impact of Amount, Schedule, and
Uncertainty in Funding”, to appear Manufacturing and Service Operations
Management. “Estimating
the Impact of Understaffing on sales and Profitability in Retail Stores”, to
appear Production and Operations Management. “Multiproduct Quality Competition: Impact of Resource
Constraints”, Production and Operations Management, 2013. “Effect of Traffic on
Sales and Conversion Rates of Retail Stores”, Manufacturing
and Service Operations Management, 2012. ”A Matter of
Balance: Specialization, Task Variety, and Individual Learning in a Software
Maintenance Environment”, Management Science, 2009. Click
here for select publications Click
here for all publications Research Topics Closed Loop Operations: Sustainability,
Remanufacturing and Warranty Supply
Chain Strategy and Execution Technology
Operations Customization
and Standardization Doctoral
Students Current Ying Zhang Former Wei Huang, SAS Almula
Camdereli, Georgetown Sriram
Narayanan, Michigan State Muge Yayla-Kullu,
RPI Olga Perdikaki,
Texas A&M Gokce
Esenduran, Ohio State Yen-Ting Lin,
University of San Diego Vidya
Mani, Penn State Karthik
Natarajan, Minnesota |
Jayashankar
(Jay) M. Swaminathan, GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor is Associate
Dean for OneMBA Program and UNC-Tsinghua dual degree EMBA program. He is also
the Director of the Global
Business Center at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining
Kenan-Flagler he
was an assistant professor at Walter A. Haas School of Business, University
of California, Berkeley. Professor Swaminathan is an expert in
global health operations, supply chain management, sustainable operations,
mass customization, retail operations, and innovation in business operations.
He has published over 50 articles on these topics. His
research has been recognized with awards including the CAREER Award
given by the National Science
Foundation, the George E. Nicholson
Prize, George B. Dantzig Award and Daniel H.Wagner Prize given by INFORMS. He has served as
principal investigator on several grants from NSF and CIBER as well as for the
Obama-Singh 21st century knowledge initiative award. An award winning
teacher he has been recognized with the Weatherspoon
Distinguished Teaching Award as well as the Schwabacher Fellowship. Professional
Leadership Current Department Editor: POM Journal Associate Dean: OneMBA and UNC-Tsinghua EMBA
Programs Member: Deloitte Academic Advisory Council Director: UNC Global
Business Center Past Senior Associate Dean: UNC Kenan-Flagler Area Chair, UNC Kenan-Flagler Fellow, UNC Academic Leadership Program Co-Director, UNC-Tsinghua Center President, College of Supply Chain Management, POMS Vice President: INFORMS, MSOM Society Associate Editor: Management Science, Operations Research,
IIE, NRL, OR Letters |
Education Ph.D., GSIA, Carnegie Mellon
University MS, GSIA, Carnegie Mellon
University B.Tech,
Computer Science, IIT Delhi Book
Practice
Oriented Publications “Case
Study: 1800 Flower.com’s response to a downturn”, Financial
Times, 2014 When
Supply Chains Save Lives”, Supply
Chain Management Review, 2013. “Case Study: Getting Food to Disaster
Victims”, Financial Times, 2010. “Looking Long Term on the Passage to Chindia”, Financial Times, 2009. “Is India Labeled as
Slumdog Superpower” Triangle Business Journal, 2009. ”India on Brakes”, Smart
Manager,2009. Media
Mentions Can companies know every supplier, Financial Times, 2013 Why Asia’s elite is signing up for American MBA’s,
Fortune, 2013 Breaking out of West is Best Mindset, Forbes, 2013 Manufacturing
ready to battle slowdown, Financial
Times, 2011 Supply
chains: it pays to keep the ear to the ground, Financial Times, 2009 Retail Development in
this Economy, NPR Charlotte,
2009 Consumers
Spend Less During Economic Crisis, NBC-17,
2008 Why
Wilbur likes India, Business
Week, 2008 Biggest
Scare Factor in Business, WRAL,
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