LCB Profile
Nagesh Murthy
Associate Professor
Office phone: 541-346-5137
E-mail: nmurthy@lcbmail.uoregon.edu
Department: Decision Sciences
Office: 468 Lillis
Degree History
Ph.D. in Operations Management, The Ohio State University, 1997
M.A. in Operations Management, The Ohio State University, 1994
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1988
Master of Management Studies, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, 1983
B.E. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, 1982
Research/Teaching Awards:
Booth International Distinguished Research Scholar, 2009-Present
Highly Commended Publication Award, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 2007
The Goulet Research Excellence Award, Lundquist College of Business, 2006
The Harry R. Jacobs, Jr. Professional Service Award, Lundquist College of Business, 2006
Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper Award, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, 2005
Best Interdisciplinary Research Paper Award, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, 2004
Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Fellow, 2004
Co-Advisor of a Best Dissertation Award, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, 2002
Professional Leadership Positions:
Editorial Review Board member, Decision Sciences and Production and Operations Management
POMS Conference Committee Member (Sponsorship Committee Chair), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
POMS Board, VP for Education, 2008
Recent Publications
"The Impact of Simulation Training on Call Center Agent Performance: A Field-Based Investigation," Management Science, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2008 (with G. Challagalla, L. Vincent, and T. Sherwani)
"Switching Costs, Dynamic Uncertainty, and Buyer-Seller Relationships," Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 54, No. 8, 2007 (with Ajay Subramanian and Milind Shrikhande)
"The Antecedents of Supply Chain Agility: Scale Development and Model Testing," Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2006 (with P. Swafford and S. Ghosh)
"Viability of Auction-Based Revenue Management in Sequential Markets," Decision Sciences, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2005 (with T. Baker)
"A Framework for Facilitating Sourcing and Allocation Decisions for Make-to-Order Items," Decision Sciences, Vol. 35, No. 4, 2004 (with S. Soni and S. Ghosh)
"Offsetting Inventory Cycles of Items Sharing Storage," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 150, No. 2, 2003 (with W. C. Benton and P. A. Rubin)
"A Framework for Estimating Benefits of Using Auctions in Revenue Management," Decision Sciences, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2002 (with T. Baker)
"Service Package Switching in Hotel Revenue Management Systems," Decision Sciences, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2002 (with T. Baker and V. Jayaraman)
General Research Areas:
Supply Chain Management
New Product Development
Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain Management
Revenue Management
Operations Planning and Control
Biography
Nagesh N. Murthy is an associate professor of operations management in the Department of Decision Sciences at the Lundquist College of Business. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in business administration, as well as an M.S. in mechanical engineering, from The Ohio State University. His prior work experience includes faculty positions at Michigan State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has also held management positions with Indian Railways and Sundaram Clayton, India Ltd.
In addition to publishing in premier refereed journals, he has consulted with several Fortune 100 firms and taught in both general and custom executive education programs. He has also engaged with numerous major firms to offer experiential learning opportunities for students by incorporating plant tours, guest speakers, and real-world problem-solving projects in his operations and supply chain management courses.
Since his arrival at the Lundquist College of Business in 2003, he has engaged with senior executives and organized over 125 company sponsored projects in the areas of facility operations, supply chain management, and sustainability using a pool of firms that include Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Tektronix, JELD-WEN, Keen, States Industries, Weyerhaeuser, Monaco Coach, Columbia Distributing, Myers Container, Parr Lumber, Xerox, PCC Structurals, Shindaiwa, Kettle Foods, YAKIMA, NW Natural, Silver Eagle Manufacturing, Organically Grown Company, Growing Solutions, Invitrogen, and PSC among others.
