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Anant Mishra

Professor, Andrew Van de Ven Professorship in Supply Chain
Supply Chain and Operations

Education:

  • PhD 2009
    Operations Management, University of Minnesota
  • MS 2009
    Statistics, University of Minnesota
  • BTech 2001
    Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Expertise:

  • Innovation
  • Public Sector Operations
  • Public Health Supply Chains
  • Emerging Market Operations
  • Empirical Research

Biography

Anant Mishra is the Andrew Van de Ven Professor in Supply Chain and Operations at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. His current research interests derive from contemporary real world issues in the areas of innovation, public sector operations, public health supply chains, and emerging market operations. His research has been published in premier academic journals such as Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production & Operations Management, and the Journal of Operations Management.

He currently serves as a Department Editor in the Innovation and Project Management department at the Journal of Operations Management, and in the Product and Process Innovation department at the Decision Sciences Journal. In addition, he serves as the Senior Editor at Production and Operations Management and routinely serves as a reviewer for Management Science and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Anant has designed and taught Executive MBA, MBA and Undergraduate courses in Supply Chain and Operations, Strategic Sourcing, Project Management, and Business Statistics.

His recognitions include the Curtis Cup for Excellence in Teaching in the Carlson Executive MBA Program (2023), MSOM Meritorious Service Award (2022), Carlson School of Management Outstanding Teaching Award (2022), Carlson School of Management Outstanding Research Award (2021), the Masters in Supply Chain Management Teacher of the Year Award (2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019), the Dean’s Scholar Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Research, Teaching and Service at School of Business, George Mason University, the 2016 Wickham Skinner Award for Best Published Paper in the Production & Operations Management Journal, the Outstanding MBA Faculty Award at School of Business, George Mason University, 2014 POMS Applied Research Competition Finalist, the 2010 INFORMS Technology Management Section Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, a Honorable Mention in the 2010 Elwood Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Competition.

Selected Works & Activities

  • Journal Articles
    Adbi, A., C. Chatterjee, A. Mishra. How do MNEs and Domestic Firms Respond Locally to a Global Demand Shock? Evidence from a Pandemic. Management Science. Forthcoming.
  • Journal Articles
    Bockstedt J, C Druehl, A Mishra. Incentives and Stars: Competition in Innovation Contests with Participant and Submission Visibility. Production & Operations Management. Forthcoming.
  • Journal Articles
    Karimi A, A Mishra, K Natarajan, KK Sinha. Managing Commodity Stock-outs in Public Health Supply Chains in Developing Countries. Production & Operations Management. Articles in Advance.
  • Journal Articles
    Roy D, A Mishra, KK Sinha. Taxing the Taxpayers: An Empirical Study on Rebaselining in U.S. Federal Government Technology Programs. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Articles in Advance.
  • Journal Articles
    Adbi A, X Liu, A Mishra. The Firm Productivity Implications of Technology Licensing: Evidence from Developing Economy Manufacturing Firms. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Articles in Advance.
  • Journal Articles
    Menon N, A Mishra, S Ye. 2020. Beyond Related Experience: Upstream versus Downstream Experience in Innovation Contest Platforms with Interdependent Problem Domains. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 22(5), 869-1106.
  • Journal Articles
    Liu X, A Mishra, S Goldstein, KK Sinha. 2019. Towards Improving Factory Working Conditions in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis of Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment Factories. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 21(2), 379-397.
  • Teacher of the Year Award, Master in Supply Chain Program at the Carlson School of Management, 2019

  • George Mason University Dean's Scholar Award to Tenured Faculty for Extraordinary Contributions in Research, Teaching and Service, 2017-2018

  • Wickham Skinner Award for Best Published Paper in Production & Operations Management, 2016

  • Outstanding Faculty, MBA Class of 2015, George Mason University School of Business

  • Carlson Global Institute, Wells Fargo Foundation Sustainability Grant

  • POMS Applied Research Challenge 2014, Finalist, Production and Operations Management Society

  • George Mason University, School of Business, Summer Research Funding 2013, 2014, 2015

  • George Mason University, School of Business, Research Award 2011, 2012

  • Decision Sciences Institute's Elwood Buffa Dissertation Competition 2010, Honorable Mention

  • INFORMS Technology Management Section Best Dissertation Award 2010, Winner

  • Outstanding PhD Student Teaching Award - University of Minnesota, 2009

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