Robert Handfield
Bank of America Distinguished University Professor
Department of Business Management
Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill, 1990
Graduate Faculty
Office Location: 2346 Nelson Hall
Telephone Number: 919.515.4674
Fax Number: 919.515.6943
Email
Research Specialties
Supply Chain Management
Selected Recent Publications
Christopher W. Craighead, Jennifer Blackhurst, M. Johnny Rungtusanatham, Robert B. Handfield (2007). “The Severity of Supply Chain Disruptions: Design Characteristics and Mitigation Capabilities.” Decision Sciences 38(1), 131–156.
Handfield, Robert, and Lawson, Benn, “Integrating Suppliers into New Product Development”, Research Technology Management, September – October 2007, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 44-51.
Ward, Nick, Handfield, Robert, and Cousins, Paul, “Stepping up on SRM”,CPO Agenda, Summer 2007, pp. 42-47.
Bozarth, C. C., Blackhurst, J., Handfield, R. B. (2007). “The Textile Supply Chain: A Historical Perspective. Journal of Operations Management, 16(2), 2-6.
Krause, D., Handfield, R. B., Tyler, B. B. (2007). “The Relationship Between Supplier Development, Commitment, Social Capital Accumulation and Performance Improvement. Journal of Operations Management, 25(2), 528-545.
Bozarth, C. C., Blackhurst, J., Handfield, R. B. (2007). Following the thread: Industry cluster theory, the New England cotton textiles industry, and implications for future supply chain research. To appear in Production and Operations Management, 16(1), 154-157.
Cousins, P., Handfield, R. B., Petersen, K., Lawson, B. (2006). The Impact of Formal and Informal Socialization Processes. Journal of Operations Management, 24(6), 851-864.
Handfield, R. B., Baumer, D. L. (2006). “Conflict of Interest in Purchasing Management”. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 42(3), 41-50.
Handfield, R. B. (2006). The State of JOM: An Outgoing Editor's (retro)spective. Journal of Operations Management, 24(5), 417-420.
Giunipero, L., Handfield, R. B., Eltantawy, R. (2006). Supply Management's Evolution: Key Skill Sets for the Supply Manager of the Future. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 26(7), 822-824.
Blackhurst, Jennifer, Craighead, Chris, and Handfield, Robert, “Towards supply chain collaboration: an operations audit of VMI initiatives in the electronics industry,” International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, Vol. 2, no 2, (January 2006), 91-105.
Handfield, Robert, and Steininger, Wolfgang, “An Assessment of Manufacturing Customer Pain Points: Implications for Researchers”, Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, vol. 2 no. 6, 2006, pp. 3 – 12.
Robert B. Handfield and David L. Baumer, "Managing Conflict of Interest Issues in Purchasing," The Journal of Supply Chain Management, (42:3), 2006, pp: 41-50.
Handfield, Robert, and Nichols, Ernie, "Key Issues in Global Supply Base Management", Industrial Marketing Management, Volume 32, Number 8, November 2003.
Handfield, Robert, Ragatz, Gary, and Peterson, Kenneth, "A Model of Supplier Integration into New Product Development", Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 20, no. 4, July 2003, pp. 284-299.
Handfield, Robert, and Bechtel, Christian, "The Role of Trust and Relationship Structure in Improving Supply Chain Responsiveness", Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 31, 2001, pp. 1-16.
Handfield, Robert, "Writing the ideal paper for JOM: A new editor's perspective", Journal of Operations Management, vol. 20, no. 1, February 2002, pp. 10-18.
Handfield, Robert, Melnyk, Steven, Calantone, Roger, and Curcovic, Sime, "Differences Between Environmental Design and Manufacturing: Theory versus Practice", IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management, vol. 48, no 2, May 2001, pp. 1-22.
Curcovic, Sime, Melnyk, Steven, Calantone, Roger, and Handfield, Robert, "Investigating the Linkage Between Total Quality Management and Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing", IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management, vol. 47, no. 4, November 2000, pp. 444-464.
Pagell, Mark, Handfield, Robert, and Allison Barber, "Effects of Operational Employee Skills on Advanced Manufacturing Technology Performance", Production and Operations Management, vol. 9, no. 3, Fall 2000, pp. 222-238.
Das, Ajay, Handfield, Robert, Calantone, Roger, and Ghosh, Soumen, "A Contingent View of Quality Management - The Impact of International Competition on Quality", Decision Science Journal, vol. 31 no. 3, Summer 2000, pp. 649-690.