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Jayashankar M. Swaminathan
Scholarly Publications
.“Misplaced
Inventory and RFID: Information and Coordination”, with Almula Camdereli,
to appear Production and Operations Management.
”A
Matter of Balance: Specialization, Task Variety, and Individual Learning in
a Software Maintenance Environment”, with Sriram Narayanan and Sridhar Balasubramanian,
Management Science, 2009.
“Is Timely Information Always Better?: The
Effect of Feedback Frequency on Performance and Knowledge Acquisition”,
with Nicholas Lurie, Organizational
Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2009.
“Managing
the Inventory of an Item with a Replacement Warranty”, with Wei Huang and
Vidyadhar Kulkarni, Management Science, 2008.
Current Research
UNICEF
Plumpy’Nut Project for Africa
Sustainable Operations and the Impact of
Legislation
Conversion Rate at Retailers and its Impact
on Profits
Integration
in Global Supply Chains
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Jayashankar
(Jay) M. Swaminathan is the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and
the Kay and Van Weatherspoon Distinguished Professor of
Operations, Technology and Innovation Management, Kenan-Flagler Business School
at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to this role,
he led the Operations, Technology and Innovation Management area for 8
years. He
was an assistant professor at Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley before
joining Kenan-Flagler Business
School.
He is
an expert in global 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.
Education
Ph.D., GSIA, Carnegie
Mellon University
MS, GSIA, Carnegie
Mellon University
B.Tech, Computer Science, IIT Delhi
Professional
Leadership
Current
Senior Associate Dean, UNC
Kenan-Flagler
Vice President (Education), INFORMS
Department Editor: POM
Past
Area Chair, UNC Kenan-Flagler
Co-Director, UNC-Tsinghua Center
President, College of Supply Chain Management, POMS
Vice President: MSOM Society
Associate
Editor: Management
Science, Operations Research, IIE, NRL, OR Letters
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Recent Book
Practice
Oriented Publications
“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. “How to Avoid the Six Risk Management
Pitfalls”, with Brian Tomlin, Supply Chain Management Review, 2007.
“Risk Management:
A Key Ingredient in Successful M&A Integrations”, with Brian Tomlin, Financial
Times, 2006.
Media
Mentions
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,
2008
Green
supply chains: moving beyond logistics, Financial Times, 2007
Consulting
IBM, UNICEF, Agilent, Nokia, Converge, Railinc,
Cemex, Sara Lee
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