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Anand Nair

Eli Broad Professor in Supply Chain Management
Department: Supply Chain Management
Office:
North Business Building
632 Bogue St Rm N359
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-6421
  • Biography
    Dr. Anand Nair is the Eli Broad Endowed Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University. After completing his undergraduate degree in Engineering and MBA degree, he worked as a Manager for Systems Integration in India. Subsequently, Dr. Nair received his Ph.D. degree in Operations & Supply Chain Management from the Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University. After finishing his doctoral studies, Dr. Nair served on the faculties of the University of South Carolina and Auburn University before joining the Department of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University.          

    Dr. Nair has worked with organizations in manufacturing, healthcare and retail sectors on issues such as inventory management, forecasting, pricing, capacity planning, lean systems, manufacturing planning and control, quality management, contracting, product development, process improvement and technology implementation. 
    His research examines how firms, teams, and individuals learn, adapt, and organize to manage processes, supplies, technology, and innovation, and the associated performance implications.

    Dr. Nairâ??s research articles have been published in leading operations and supply chain management journals. He was selected as the Fulbright-Aalto University Distinguished Chair in 2017-2018. He serves on the editorial boards of various journals and is currently serving as a Department Editor for the Journal of Operations Management and an Associate Editor for Decision Sciences.
              

    Dr. Nair teaches operations and supply chain management to MBA, Executive-MBA, undergraduate, and doctoral students. As a part of his teaching, he has incorporated simulation games, case studies, and company sponsored student projects. He is actively involved in mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. 
              

    Dr. Nair holds the Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) designation from ASCM â?? The Association of Supply Chain Management and has completed the deep learning specialization from Deeplearning.AI
    and Data Science Methodology certification from IBM. He has served as Decision Sciences Instituteâ??s Vice-President and Secretary as well as a member of its Board of Directors.
              

    He has trained in Hindustani classical vocal music and enjoys singing classical and light Indian music. He is also an avid student of the art of film-making. In his spare time, he likes to spend time with his family, read, watch movies, cross country run, workout, watch football/soccer games, travel around the world, and experience various cultures by exploring local cuisines.
  • Publications
    Article
    Swamidass P. and Nair A. 2004. What Top Management Thinks about the Benefits of Hard and Soft Manufacturing Technologies. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 51, No. 4: pp. 462-471.
    Article
    Closs, D., Swink, M. and Nair, A. 2005. The Role of Information Connectivity in Making Flexible Logistics Programs Successful.� International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol. 35, No. 4: pp. 258-277.
    Article
    Sankar, C. S., Raju, P.K. and Nair, A., Patton, D., and Bliedung, N. 2005. Enterprise Information Systems and Engineering Design at Briggs and Stratton: K11 Engine Development. Journal of Information Technology Cases and Applications, Vol. 7, No. 5: pp. 21-40.
    Article
    Nair A. 2005. Emerging Internet-Enabled Mechanisms in Supply Chain. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol. 10, No. 3/4: pp. 162-168.
    Article
    Nair A. 2005. Linking manufacturing postponement, centralized distribution and value chain flexibility with supply chain performance. International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 43, No. 3: pp. 447-463.
    Article
    Narasimhan R. and Nair A. 2005. The Antecedent Role of Quality, Information Sharing and Supply Chain Proximity on Strategic Alliance Formation and Performance. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 96, No. 3: pp. 301-313.
    Article
    Talluri, S., Narasimhan R. and Nair A. 2005. Vendor evaluation with supply risk: A chance-constrained DEA model. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 100, No. 2: pp. 212-222.
    Article
    Nair, A. and Closs, D. 2006. An examination of the impact of coordinating supply chain policies and price markdowns on short lifecycle product retail performance. International Journal of Production Economics, 102(2): pp. 379-392.
    Article
    Nair, A. and Narasimhan, R. 2006. Competing with Quality and Advertising Based Goodwill. European Journal of Operational Research, 175(1), 462-474.
    Article
    Nair, A. 2006. Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Quality Management Practices and Firm Performance: Implications for Quality Management Theory Development. Journal of Operations Management, 24, 948-975.
    Article
    Swink, M. and Nair, A. 2007. Capturing the competitive advantage of AMT: Design-Manufacturing integration as a complementary asset. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 25 (3): 736-754.
    Article
    Nair, A., Sankar, C. S., Bliedung, N., and Raju, P. K. 2007. New product development at Yuquiyu Motors: design and development of Y11 engine. International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education, 2(1), 58-72.
    Article
    Nair, A. and Swink, M. 2007. Linking internal process technology development and the use of AMT with manufacturing plant capabilities: An examination of complementarities and redundancies.� IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 54, Iss. 4, 742-755.
    Article
    Nair, A., Hanvanich, S. and Cavusgil, T. 2007. An exploration of the patterns underlying related and unrelated collaborative ventures using neural network: Empirical investigation of collaborative venture formation in data spanning 1985-2001. International Business Review, Vol. 16, Iss. 6, 659-686.
    Article
    Pathak, S., Day, J. M., Nair, A., Sawaya, W., and Kristal, M. 2007. Complexity and Adaptivity in Supply Networks: Building Supply Network Theory Using a Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective. Decision Sciences Journal, Vol. 38, Iss. 4., 547-580.
    Article
    Nair, A. and Boulton, W. R. 2008. Innovation Oriented Operations Strategy Typology and Stage-based Model. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 28, Iss. 8, 748-771.
    Article
    Nair, A. and Prajogo, D. 2009. Internalization of ISO 9000 Standards: The Antecedent Role of Functionalist and Institutionalist Drivers and Performance Implications. International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 41, No. 16, 4545-4568.
    Article
    Narasimhan, R., Nair, A., Griffith, D., Arlbjorn, J., Bendoly, E. 2009. Lock-in situations in supply chains: Social exchange theoretic study of sourcing arrangements in power-based buyer-supplier relationship. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 27, No. 5, 374-389.
    Article
    Nair, A., Narasimhan, R., Choi, T. 2009. Supply Networks as a Complex Adaptive System: Toward Simulation-Based Theory Building on Evolutionary Decision Making. Decision Sciences, 40(4), 783-815.
    Article
    Nair, A., Jones-Farmer, A. and Swamidass, P. 2010. Modeling the reciprocal and longitudinal effect of Return on Sales and R&D intensity during economic cycles: 1997-2003 emerges as an R&D-propelled cycle. International Journal of Technology Management, (Special Issue on Technology Policy vs. Industrial Policy: A Comparison of Overlapping and Competing Approaches to R&D), 49(1/2/3), 2-24.
    Article
    Mackelprang, A. and Nair, A. 2010. Relationship between Just-in-Time Manufacturing Practices and Performance: A Meta-Analytic Investigation. Journal of Operations Management, 28, 283-302.
    Article
    Das, A. and Nair, A. 2010. The use of manufacturing technologies - An external influence perspective. International Journal of Production Research, 48(17), 4977-5006.
    Article
    Garcia, R., Nair, A., Rummel, P. 2011. Specialization in exploration and exploitation: A systems approach. International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 5(1), 1-21.
    Article
    Nair, A. and Vidal, J. M. 2011. Supply Network Topology and Robustness against Disruptions: An investigation using Multiagent Model. International Journal of Production Research, Special Issue: "Multi-agent and Holonic Techniques for Manufacturing Systems: Technologies and Applications,"� 49(5), 1391-1404.
    Article
    Nair, A., Narasimhan, R., Bendoly, E. 2011. Co-opetitive Buyer-Supplier Relationship: An Investigation of Bargaining Power, Relational Context, and Investment Strategies. Decision Sciences Journal, 42(1), 93-127.
    Article
    Nair, A., Malhotra, M., Ahire, S. 2011. Toward a theory of managing context in Six Sigma projects: An Action Research Investigation,"� Journal of Operations Management, Special Issue: "Field Research in Operations and Supply Chain Management,"� 29(5), 529-548.
    Article
    Boone, C., Craighead, C., Hanna, J., and Nair, A. 2013. Implementation of a System Approach for Enhanced Supply Chain Continuity and Resiliency: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Business Logistics, 34(3), 220-232.
    Article
    Nair, A., Ataseven, C., and Swamidass, P. 2013. An examination of the use of manufacturing technologies and performance implications in US plants with different export intensities. International Journal of Production Research, 51(11), 3283-3299.
    Article
    Ataseven, C., Prajogo, D., Nair, A. 2014. ISO 9000 Internalization and Organizational Commitment - Implications for Process Improvement and Operational Performance.� IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 61(1),
    5-17. 
    Article
    Nair, A., Nicolae, M., Narasimhan, R. 2014. Examining the impact of clinical quality and clinical flexibility on cardiology unit performance - Does experiential quality act as a specialized complementary asset? Journal of Operations Management, 31(7-8),
    505-522.
    Article
    Narasimhan,
    R., Nair, A. 2015. Towards a
    Theory-Driven Research Agenda in Six Sigma Quality Innovation: Linking Research
    Opportunities with Organization Theory Typology. International Journal of Quality Innovation, 1:5.
    Article
    Nair, A., Jayaram, J, and Das, A. 2015. Strategic Purchasing
    Participation, Supplier Selection, Supplier Evaluation and Purchasing
    Performance. International Journal
    of Production Research. 53(20), 6263-6278.
    Article
     Nair, A., Yan, T., Ro, Y. K., Oke, A., Chiles, T. H., Lee, S-Y. 2016. How Environmental Innovations Emerge and Proliferate in Supply Networks: A Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 52(2), 66-86.    
    Article
    Nair, A., Ataseven, C., Habermann, M., Dreyfus, D. 2016 Toward a Continuum of Measurement Scales in Just-In-Time (JIT) Research – An Examination of the Predictive Validity of Single-Item and Multiple-Item Measures. Operations Management Research9(1-2), pp.35-48.
    Article
    Giannoccaro, I. and Nair, A. 2016. Examining the roles of product complexity and managerial behavior on product design decisions: An agent-based study using NK simulation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 63(2), 237 – 247.
    Article
    Yan, T. and Nair, A. 2016. Structuring supplier involvement in new product development: A China-US study. Decision Sciences, 47(4), 589-627.
    Article
    Ataseven, C., and Nair, A., 2017. Assessment of supply chain integration and performance relationships: A meta-analytic investigation of the literature. International Journal of Production Economics185, pp.252-265.
    Article
    Kalaignanam, K., Kushwaha, T. and Nair, A., 2017. The Product Quality Impact of Aligning Buyer-Supplier Network Structure and Product Architecture: an Empirical Investigation in the Automobile Industry. Customer Needs and Solutions, pp.1-17.
    Article
    Nair, A., Dreyfus, D. 2018. Technology alignment in the presence of regulatory changes: The case of meaningful use of information technology in healthcare. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 110, 42-51. 
    Article
    Nair , A., Nicolae, M., Dreyfus, D. 2018. Differential Impact of Network Size on Cost Performance for High and Low Quality Hospitals: The Moderating Role of Hospital Demand. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 38(1), 109-128. 
    Article
    Nair, A., Blome, C., Choi, T., Lee, Conner. 2018. Re-visiting collaborative behavior in supply networks – Structural embeddedness and the influence of contextual changes and sanction. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 24, 135-150. 
    Article
    Prajogo, D., Mena, C., Nair, A. 2018. The fit between supply chain strategies and practices: A contingency approach and comparative analysis. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65(1), 168-180
    Article
    Nair, A., Reed-Tsochas, F. 2019. Revisiting the complex adaptive systems paradigm: Leading perspectives for researching operations and supply chain management issues. Journal of Operations Management, 65(2), 80-92. 
    Article
    Giannoccaro, I., Nair, A., Choi, T. 2018. The impact of control and complexity on supply network performance: An empirically informed investigation using NK simulation analysis. Decision Sciences, 49(4), 625-659. 
    Article
    Ataseven, C., Nair, A., and Ferguson, M. 2018. An examination of the relationship between Intellectual Capital and Supply Chain Integration in Humanitarian Aid Organizations: A Survey-based Investigation of Food Banks. Decision Sciences, 49(5), 827-862. 
    Article
    Li, M., Wu, Y., He, Y., Huang, S. and Nair, A., 2020. Sparse inverse covariance estimation: a data mining technique to unravel holistic patterns among business practices in firms. Decision Sciences51(4), pp.1046-1073.
    Article
    Dreyfus, D., Nair, A., Talluri, S. 2020. Chain The Impact of Chain Organization Size on Efficiency and Quality of Affiliated Facilities – Implications for Multi-Unit Organizational Forms. Production and Operations Management, 29(7), 1605-1623. 
    Article
    Dreyfus, D., Nair, A., Rosales, C. 2020. The Impact of Planning & Communication on Unplanned Costs in Surgical Episodes of Care: Implications for Reducing Waste in Hospital Operating Rooms. Journal of Operations Management, 66(1-2), 91-111.
    Article
    Ataseven, C., Nair, A., and Ferguson, M. 2020. Examining the role of supply chain integration in strengthening the performance of not-for-profit organizations: Evidence from the Food Banking Industry. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 101-123
    Article
    Prajogo, D., Chowdhary, M., Nair, A., Cheng, E. 2020. Mitigating the Performance Implications of Buyer’s Dependence on Supplier: The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Long-term Relationship. Supply Chain Management – An International Management, Volume 25, No. 6, 693–707
    Article
    Nair, A., Singh, P., Bhattacharya, A., Pal, S. 2021. Withstanding the Economic Recession: Examining the efficacy of Manufacturing Strategy Alignment and Process Integration. International Journal of Production Economics, 231, p.107810. 
    Article
    Heim, G., Nair, A., Bendoly, E. 2021. Aims and criteria for advancing technology management research. Journal of Operations Management. Vol. 67, Iss. 8, 920-925.
    Article
    Prajogo, D., Nair, A., Castka, P. 2022. The effects of external auditors and certification bodies on the operational and market oriented outcomes of ISO 9001 implementation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 69, Iss. 4, 1447-1458.
    Article
    Rozhkov, M., Ivanov, D., Blackhurst, J., Nair, A. 2022. Adapting supply chain operations in anticipation of and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Omega. Volume 110, 102635.
    Article
    Dreyfus, D., Nair, A. 2022. Impact of Disruptions on Performance  in Acute Episodes of Care: Moderating Role of Information Exchange and Risk Management Infrastructure, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, (Forthcoming).
    Article
    Ardolino, M., Bacchetti, A., Franchini, G., Ivanov, D., Nair, A., Dolgui, A. 2022. The impacts of digital technologies on coping with the COVID-19 pandemic in the manufacturing industry: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Production Research. (Forthcoming)
    Article
    Handfield, R., Nair, A., Choi, T. 2022. Taming the Counterfeiting Epidemic. MIT Sloan Management Review (Provisionally accepted).
  • Courses
    • SCM 853: Operations Strategy
    • SCM 826: Manufacturing Design and Analysis
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