Sudheer cv 9 2012 - SFU Beedie School of Business - Simon Fraser ...

9/2012
SUDHEER GUPTA
Beedie School of Business Jack Austin Centre for Asia-Pacific
Simon Fraser University Business Studies
8888 University Drive Segal Graduate School
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 500 Granville Street
Phone: 778- 782-7157 Vancouver, BC, V6C 1W6
Fax: 778-782-4920 Tel: 778-782-9321
http://beedie.sfu.ca/profiles/SudheerGupta Email: sudheerg@sfu.ca
I. ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Tenure-Track and Administrative
Visiting
II. EDUCATION
Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver/Burnaby, B.C.
Director 2011 -
Jack Austin Center for Asia Pacific Business Studies
Associate Professor (with tenure) 2009 –
Assistant Professor 2005 – 2009
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Assistant Professor 1998 – 2005
HEC, Paris, France Apr – July 2010
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India Jan – Mar 2010
McCombs School of Business Aug – Dec 2009
at the University of Texas at Austin, TX
Haas School of Business Jan – May 2006
at the University of California, Berkeley, CA
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 2001-2005
Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Ph.D. in Business Administration 1998
Master of Business Administration 1992
Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India
Bachelor of Engineering (Honors in Electronics) 1989

III. AWARDS, HONORS & GRANTS
(a) Research Grants
• SSHRC Insight Development Grant ($74,785) 2012 - 2014
“Towards a Grounded Theory of Reverse Innovation”
[Principal Investigator]
• VP Research 4A Grant 2011 - 2013
in the Social Sciences and Humanities ($10,000)
“Towards a Grounded Theory of Reverse Innovation”
[Principal Investigator]
• NSERC Discovery Grant ($95,000) 2011 - 2016
“Designing and Managing Environmentally Conscious Products
and Global Supply Chains”
[Principal Investigator]
• NSERC Discovery Grant ($80,000) 2006 - 2011
“Sustainable Operations: Design and Operation of Environmentally
Conscious Products and Production Systems”
[Principal Investigator]
• President’s Research Grant ($10,000) 2005 - 2006
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
[Principal Investigator]
(b) Teaching Awards and Honors
At Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
• TD Canada Distinguished Teaching Award 2012
• Nominated for TD Canada Distinguished Teaching Award 2009
• FBA Teaching Honor Roll (Top 10% of all instructors) 2008-2009; 2011-2012
• Associate Dean’s recognition for outstanding teaching
performance in every semester taught 2005 -
At Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA
• “Club 6” member at Haas 2006
(Instructors with median rating of 6.0/7.0 or higher)
(c) Oher Awards, Honors and Fellowships
At Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• Research Fellow, Management Science Research Center 2001
• Dean’s Honor List 1998
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• Principal’s Dissertation Fellowship ($24,000) 1997-98
• Greville Smith Research Fellowship ($36,000) 1993-1996
Others
• National Merit Scholarship, C.B.S.E., India 1983
IV. RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
Research Interests
Supply Chain Management and Contracts Emerging Markets &
Environmental Sustainability Economic Development
Innovation & Technology Adoption Game Theory, Auctions
& Market Based Mechanisms
(a) Journal Articles
(JCR 5-yr Impact Factors in parentheses, when available)
Gupta, S., O. D. Palsule-Desai (2011). “Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Review and
Research Opportunities,” IIMB Management Review, 23, 234 – 245.
Li, Y., S. Gupta (2011). “Strategic Capacity Investments and Competition for Supply Contracts,”
European Journal of Operational Research, 214 (2), 273 – 283. (IF: 2.277)
Subramanian, R., B. Talbot, S. Gupta (2010). “An Approach to Integrating Environmental
Considerations within Managerial Decision Making.” Journal of Industrial Ecology, 14, 3, 378 -
398. (IF: 3.013)
(This article was featured in a selected list of 7 “recent and noteworth” articles under
Editor’s Choice, used by JIE in a marketing campaign for the journal: click here).
Greenberg, J., S. Gupta, X. Luo (2009). “Mutually Acceptable Courses of Action.” Economic
Theory, 40, 1, 91 - 112. (IF: 0.863)
Subramanian, R. S Gupta, B. Talbot (2009). “Product Design and Supply Chain Coordination
under Extended Producer Responsibility.” Production & Operations Management, 18, 3, 259 -
277. (IF: 2.259)
Gupta, S. (2008). “Channel Structure with Knowledge Spillovers.” Marketing Science, 27, 2, 247
- 261. (IF: 3.007)
Subramanian, R., S. Gupta. B. Talbot (2007). “Compliance Strategies under Permits for
Emissions.” Production & Operations Management, 16, 7, 763 - 779. (IF: 2.259)
Subramanian, R., S. Gupta. B. Talbot (2005). “Emissions Compliance Strategies: A Permit
Auction Model.” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 7, 1, p. 85 - 88.
(IF: 2.356)
(Extended Abstract: 2 nd prize in MSOM student paper competition, 2004, for R.
Subramanian. The paper also received an honorable mention in ENRE student paper
competition.)
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Gupta, S., R. Loulou (1998). “Process Innovation, Product Differentiation, and Channel
Structure: Strategic Incentives in a Duopoly.” Marketing Science, 17, 4, 301 – 316. (Lead Article)
(IF: 3.007)
Gupta, S. (1998). “A Note on Strategic Choice of Flexible Production Technologies and Welfare
Implications.” Journal of Industrial Economics, 46, 3, 403. (IF: 1.306)
Chandra, P. and S. Gupta (1997). “Managing Batch Processors to Reduce Lead Time in a
Semiconductor Packaging Line.” International Journal of Production Research, 35, 3, 611 – 633.
(IF: 1.367)
Greenberg, J. and S. Gupta (1995). “The Theory of Social Situations: An Overview.” Cuadernos
Economicos de I.C.E., 60, 2, 89 – 122.
(b) Book Chapters
Gupta, S., M. Vajic (2000). “The Contextual and Dialectical Nature of Experiences,” in New
Service Development: Creating Memorable Experiences. J. & M. Fitzsimmons (eds.), Sage
Publications, 33 - 51. (Google Scholar Citations: 104)
(c) Conference Proceedings
Subramanian, R., B. Talbot, S. Gupta (2006). “A Model for Manufacturing / Remanufacturing
Planning with Life Cycle Environmental Considerations.” MSOM Conference Proceedings,
Atlanta, GA, and Proceedings of the POMS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Subramanian, R., S. Gupta, B. Talbot (2005). “Extended Producer Responsibility and
Remanufacturable Product Design.” MSOM Conference Proceedings, Evanston, IL.
(d) Working Papers
Gupta, S., O. Palsule-Desai (2012). “Competing through Cooperatives: Institutional Voids and
Strategic Incentives,” in preparation for submission to Marketing Science.
Gupta, S., H. Krishnan (2012). “Competition, Inventories and Supply Chain Structure,” in
preparation for submission to Management Science.
Gupta, S. (2011). “Strategic Technology Choice and Incentives for Intermediate Markets,” in
preparation for submission to Management Science.
Li, Y., W. Lovejoy, S. Gupta (2009). “Pre-Auction Investments with Type-Conscious Agents.”
Gupta, S. (2008). “Knowledge Spillovers and Research Joint Ventures.”
(e) Other Publications
Gupta, S. (2005). “Netflix, Inc.” Teaching Case. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
(Used in BBA/MBA classes at Berkeley, Michigan, Indiana, SFU, UBC.)
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Gupta, S. (1998). “Strategic Aspects of Supply Chain Relations: An Interdisclinary Approach to
the Analysis of Interfirm Cooperation and Competition.” Ph.D. Dissertation. Faculty of
Management, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
(f) Research in Progress
Towards a Grounded Theory of Reverse Innovation (J. Ganesh)
Social Risk and Transparency in Global Supply Chains (A. Vallapuzah)
Role of Emerging Market Multinationals in Global Resources Industry
Market Segmentation via Remanufactured Products (O. Palsule-Desai)
Caveat Emptor? Profiting from Strategic Cost Revelation
Closed Loop Supply Chain Contracts in the Presence of Strategic Consumers
V. PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES & INVITED TALKS
(a) Academic Conferences
Gupta, S., O. Palsule-Desai (2012). “Competing through Cooperatives: Institutional Voids and
Strategic Incentives,” presented at Marketing Science Conference, Boston, MA, June 7 – 10, 2012.
Gupta, S. (2010, 2011). “Strategic Inventories and Channel Structure,” presented at:
POMS Annual Conference, Reno, NV, April 29 – May 2, 2011
INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Cologne, Germany, June 16 – 19, 2010.
Gupta, S. and H. Krishnan (2009). “Inventories and Channel Structure,” invited presentation at
Game Theory in Marketing Channels conference at HEC, Montreal, Nov 6-7.
Gupta, S. and R. Turner (2008). “Environmental Impact of Advertising-Supported Print
Directories,” invited presentation at Second Annual International Conference on Business and
Sustainability, Portland, OR, Oct 15-17.
Gupta, S. & H. Krishnan (2008). “Strategic Decentralization in Supply Chains,” invited
presentation at INFORMS, Washington, DC, Oct 12 - 15.
Gupta, S. & H. Krishnan (2008). “Coordination Incentives in Competing Supply Chains,”
presented at INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 12 - 14.
Gupta, S., R. Subramanian, R. & B. Talbot (2007). “Product Design and Channel Structure,”
presented at:
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
International Conference on Business and Sustainability, Portland, OR
INFORMS Marketing Science conference, Singapore.
Subramanian, R., S. Gupta & B. Talbot (2006). “A Model for Operations Planning with Life-
Cycle Environmental Considerations,” presented at:
INFORMS, Pittsburg, PA
POMS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
MSOM Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Subramanian, R., S. Gupta & B. Talbot (2005). “Extended Producer Responsibility and
Remanufacturable Product Design,” MSOM Conference, Evanston, IL.
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Subramanian, R., S. Gupta & B. Talbot (2004). “Emissions Compliance Strategies: A Permit-
Auction Model,” presented at:
Univ, of Colorado Environmental & Resource Economics Conference in Vail, CO
INFORMS, Denver, CO
CORS/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Banff, Canada.
Greenberg, J., S. Gupta, X. Luo (2004). “Towering over Babel: Worlds Apart but Acting
Together,” presented at:
International Conference on Game Theory, Stony Brook, New York
6 th Conference on Logic and the Foundations of Games and Decision Theory, Leipzig,
Germany
European Economic Association Meeting, Madrid, Spain.
Subramanian, R., S. Gupta & B. Talbot (2004). “Design Upgrades and Product Remanufacture,”
INFORMS, Denver, CO.
Li, Y., W. Lovejoy, S. Gupta (2004). “Pre-auction Investments,” INFORMS, Denver, CO.
Greenberg, J., S. Gupta, X. Luo (2003). “Role of Ambiguity in Incomplete Contracts,” INFORMS,
Atlanta, GA.
Subramanian, R., S. Gupta & B. Talbot (2003). “Abatement and Output under Auctions for
Emissions Permits,” INFORMS, Atlanta, GA.
Greenberg, J., S. Gupta, X. Luo (2002) “Incomplete Contracts as Shared Actions with Divergent
Perceptions,” INFORMS, San Diego, CA.
Gupta, S., R. Loulou (1998). “Strategic Supply Chain Relations: The Impact of Technological
Spillovers and Research Joint Ventures,” INFORMS, Montreal, Canada.
Gupta, S., R. Loulou (1997). “Process Innovation, Product Differentiation, and Channel
Structure,” INFORMS, Dallas, TX.
(b) Invited Presentations at Academic Institutions
Gupta, S. and H. Krishnan (2011). “Competition, Inventories and Supply Chain Structure,”
Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Gupta, S. (2009, 2010). “Environmental Considerations in Operations and Supply Chain
Management,” presented at:
McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin;
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India.
Li, Y., W. Lovejoy, S. Gupta (2006). “Capacity Investments and Auction Design in Procurement
Contracts,” Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
Subramanian, R., S. Gupta & B. Talbot (2005). “Emissions Compliance Strategies,”
Interdisciplinary Institute of Management, London School of Economics, London, England.
Li, Y., W. Lovejoy, S. Gupta (2004). “Capacity Investments and Competition in Health Services,”
Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University, Houston, TX.
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Greenberg, J., S. Gupta, X. Luo (2002). “Incomplete Contracts as Shared Actions with Divergent
Perceptions,” Hosmer Lunch Series, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI.
Gupta, S., R. Loulou (1997). “Process Innovation, Product Differentiation, and Channel
Structure,” presented at:
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI;
Stern School of Business, New York University, NY.
(c) Academic and Professional Conference Participation
Third International Sustaianbility Conference (2012). Basel, Switzerland.
U.S.- India Energy Partnership Summit (2012). Organized by The Energy Research Institute
(TERI) and Yale University, Washington, DC.
Navigating Carbon Markets (2009, 2008). Organized by Point Carbon and The Climate Registry,
San Diego, CA.
North America and the Carbon Markets Conference (2007). Organized by Point Carbon and the
Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Washington, DC.
International Conference on Life Cycle Management (2007). Organized by ETH and University
of Zurich at Irchel, Zurich, Switzerland.
Production and Operation Management World Conference (2000). Organized by Production
and Operations Management Sociecty, Sevilla, Spain.
VI. TEACHING
(a) Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
Course Taught Av. Instructor Ratings
2006- Supply Chain Management (3.81/4.0)
2005- Operations Management (3.85/4.0)
2006- Management of Technology MBA Applied Projects
(b) Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2006 Operations Management: MBA core (6.0/ 7.0)
(c) Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2005 Operations Management: Global MBA, East Asia (4.5/5.0)
2002-2005 Operations Management: MBA core (4.7, 4.3, 4.4/ 5.0)
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2003 Operations Management: Global MBA, Brazil (4.4/ 5.0)
(course delivered online and on-site in Sao Paulo, Brazil)
2000, 2003 Competition and Incentives in Operations: PhD Seminar (5.0, 4.9/5.0)
1999-2001 Operations Management: BBA core (4.8, 4.8/ 5.0)
(d) Executive Education and Invited Teaching
2010 Supply Chain Management / Operations Management
HEC Paris
(69 participants in MBA Full Time; 14 participants in MBA Part Time)
2003–2005 Executive Development course on Operations Management
CISEF, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
(Approx. 30 participants each year, including mid- to senior level managers from
Slovenian companies such as Gorenje, Iskra, CIMOS, Kolektor and others)
2001–2005 Operations Management
International Master’s Program (MScBA), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
(Approx. 30 participants each year)
2001 Executive Development course on Lean Operations
William Davidson Institute / Czech Management Center, Czech Republic
(30 participants, including mid- to senior level managers from
multiple business units of the Czech conglomerate, Skoda Holding)
VII. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & SERVICE
(a) Academic Journals and Books
Associate Editor
IIE Transactions (2001 – 2009).
Reviewer: Academic Journals
Marketing Science (> 12 articles), Management Science (> 12 articles), Operations
Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production & Operations
Management, Journal of Industrial Economics, Naval Research Logistics, International
Journal of Innovation Management, International Journal of the Economics of Business,
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, European Journal of Operational
Research.
Reviewer / Judge: Student Paper Competition
Production and Operations Management Society, College on Supply Chain Management
Best Student Paper Competition (2011)
Reviewer: Books
Prentice-Hall Publishing
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Reviewer: Grants
Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, China (2011, 2012)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Canada (2009, 2010)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada (2010)
(b) Academic Conference Organization
Cluster Chair
“Competition and Incentives in Operations Management,” INFORMS
International Conference, Maui, Hawaii, 2001.
(c) Membership in Academic Associations
Academy of Management (AOM)
American Economic Association
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
International Society for Ecological Economics
Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
Strategic Management Society
VIII. SERVICE TO FACULTY, UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
• Member, SFU President’s Delegation to India, as a part of BC Premier’s Education
Delegation to China and India (Nov, 2011)
o Visited and met with educators and administrators from over a dozen educational
institutes, policy makers and non-profit and for-profit organizations in India to
develop long-term educational partnerships
• Member, VP-Academic’s India Initiative Group (2011)
Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
• Director, Jack Austin Centre for Asia-Pacific Business Studies (2011 - )
• Member, Appointments Committee (2012 - 2013)
• Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee (2011 - 2012)
• Member, Executive Education Committee (2011 - )
• Member, MBA Committee (2010 - 2011)
• Member, Executive MBA Committee (2010 - 2011)
• Member, Undergraduate Committee (2007 - 2009)
• Coordinator, Faculty hiring for Technology & Operations Management area (2005 - 2006)
• Member, MBA Committee (2005 - 2006)
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Organized invited speaker series for the OM department (2001-02)
• Coordinated & redesigned the core OM course for BBA program (2000-01)
• Participated in new faculty recruitment & Ph.D. student recruitment activities (1999-04)
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IX. GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
(a) Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
• Senior Supervisor for Pratick Mukherjee (Ph.D., in progress)
• Advised over 80 masters’ theses and applied projects in Management of Technology
MBA and day-time MBA programs (2006 - now)
(b) Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Co-Chair, Ph.D. Committee
• Ravi Subramanian
(Business School, 2005. First position: Asst Prof, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA)
Member, Ph.D. Committee
• Ying Li
(Business School, 2004. First position: Asst Prof, Texas A&M, College Station, TX)
• Harish Krishnan
(Business School, 2003. First position: Asst Prof, Univ. of British Columbia, BC)
• Emre Enginarlar
(College of Engineering, 2003. First position: Los Alamos National Lab, NM)
X. INDUSTRY INTERACTIONS & CONSULTING
• Faculty advisor for several summer consulting projects with industry (conducted under the
Tauber Institute at the University of Michigan) including:
• Dell: Asia global supply network strategy
• McKinsey: Indirect strategic sourcing
• Cummins: Lead time reduction in the joint venture kitting of engines
• Steelcase: A comprehensive evaluation of the laminates supply chain and
production methods
• Alcoa & Boeing: 737 Wing-rib project - Lean implementation in a complex global
supply chain
• Intel: Interactive product life cycle tools to enable rapid new product development
• Dell: Information sharing strategies to prevent component shortages
• McKinsey: Creating sustainable yield improvement in a discrete manufacturing
environment.
• Faculty advisor for over 50 consulting projects (2002 - 2005) under MAP program at the Ross
School of Business (action learning component of the core MBA curriculum), including:
• Alpha Romeo (Greater China market entry strategy)
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• American Express (competitive analysis of the rewards cards marketplace; analysis
of new communication channels including wireless and Instant Messaging)
• Baxter Transfusion Therapies (marketing communication channels)
• Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving (business model evaluation)
• CitiCards (knowledge management)
• Cummins (capacity optimization plan for Powercare)
• Daimler-Chrysler (effects of material release stability; evaluating supplier quality)
• General Motors (global diversity)
• IBM/QAD (value proposition for ACE)
• Juma Ventures (social enterprise strategy)
• Lotus Engineering (analysis of strategic options for North American market)
• Martin Wolf Securities (evaluation of capital fund raising market)
• Medstat (managing software development costs; consumer information strategy
development)
• Mercury Marine (business case for a disruptive technology)
• Microsoft (evaluation of Enterprise Content Management strategy)
• Moen (strategic marketing plan)
• Northwest Airlines (e-ticket check-in usage)
• Procter & Gamble (assessment of in-store environment and consumer purchase
intent for Iams and Eukanuba brands)
• Rainforest Expeditions (long term sales strategy and growth opportunities)
• Solutia Inc. (market analysis and entry strategy for Chinese thermoplastics market)
• Trilogy Software Inc. (assessment of a predictive market to determine automotive
demand)
• Wal-Mart (travel services)
….and many others.
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