Management Science Department
Faculty Profile
Anand Nair  Assistant Professor
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Biography
Anand Nair is a faculty in the Department of Management Science at the University of South Carolina. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University. Professor Nair's current research interests are in the areas of strategic supply chain management, quality management and innovation & technology management. In the strategic supply chain management research theme, he is investigating issues such as competitive priorities, global operations management, flexibility strategy, agile and lean operations, just-in-time strategy, postponement and speculation strategy, integrated supply chain management, issues underlying inter-organizational network relationships (such as collaboration, trust and opportunism among value chain network members, incentive schemes, contract mechanisms, lock-ins, channel control, and power dynamics), and supplier development strategy. The quality management research theme focuses on management of multiple dimensions of quality, quality control activities, six sigma operations, and total quality management. Innovation & technology management research theme addresses product, process and administrative innovation strategies, new product development, and issues underlying technological evolution.
Dr. Nair's methodological orientation for research include empirical analysis using econometric and psychometric methods, computational experiments using complexity theory and complex adaptive systems approach, Monte Carlo simulations, data envelopment analysis and mathematical modeling using game theory, optimal control theory, theory of differential games, and stochastic processes. His research articles have been published or are forthcoming in Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, International Business Review, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Supply Chain Management – An International Journal and others.
Dr. Nair holds the Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) designation from APICS – The Association for Operations Management and the Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) designation from ASQ – American Society of Quality.
Dr. Nair is a member of the Academy of Management, American Society of Quality, Association of Operations Management, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Decision Sciences Institute, Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management and Production and Operations Management Society.
He is an Area Editor for Operations Management Research and serves on the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Operations Management and the International Journal of Integrated Supply Management. He has reviewed manuscripts for the Decision Sciences Journal, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Journal and others.
Education
- Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2003
- BE, MBA, University of Pune, India, 1997
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