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Manpreet S. Hora

Senior Associate Dean for Programs

Dean’s Distinguished Term Professorship

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manpreet.hora@scheller.gatech.edu

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Academic Areas: Operations Management

Functional Areas: Business Analytics, Sustainability

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Office: 4252

Biography

Manpreet Singh Hora is the Senior Associate Dean for Programs and the Dean’s Distinguished Term Professor at the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

His research empirically addresses specific challenges in three areas: managing operational risk through capturing knowledge from low-frequency high-impact operational failures, building learning and innovation capabilities in supply chain management and codifying knowledge in processes and routines.

Dr. Hora has published in journals such as Management Science, Journal of Operations Management (JOM) and Production and Operations Management (POM). His research awards include the Chan Hahn Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management and his work has been covered by NPR, CNN Money and Bloomberg BusinessWeek. He served as the Chair for the AOM-OSCM division and completed his five years in 2019. He currently serves as the Service Management Special Interest Group (SIG) Chair for the MSOM Society. Dr. Hora serves as a Department Editor for JOM and a Senior Editor for the POM journal.

Dr. Hora has developed and taught Service Operations Management and Empirical Methods and has published several teaching cases. His teaching awards include the Class of 1940 W. Roane Beard Outstanding Teaching Award, the CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award and the Brady Family Award for Faculty Teaching Excellence.

Prior to joining academia, Dr. Hora worked at Deutsche Bank in various capacities in Singapore, New York, and London. His last appointment involved managing an operations team in foreign exchange derivatives in Frankfurt, Germany. He received his PhD from University of Western Ontario (Canada), MBA from Griffith University (Australia) and is a CFA charterholder from the CFA Institute.

Education

Ph.D., Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Canada
MBA, Griffith University, Australia
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Research Areas

Operational Failures— Product Recalls, Process Safety, Operational Risk
Supply Chain Management
Process Management and Performance
Sustainable Operations

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Year	Title	Journal	Author(s)	Type
2017	Process Capabilities and Leveraging Advances in Science and Technology	Routledge Companion to Prod & Opns. Manag.	Gaimon, Cheryl Hora, Manpreet Ramachandran, Karthik	Published Papers
Gaimon, Cheryl, Manpreet Hora, Karthik Ramachandran, “Process Capabilities and Leveraging Advances in Science and Technology,” Routledge Companion to Prod & Opns. Manag., edited by M.K. Starr and S.K. Gupta, Taylor & Francis Group, NY, 2017, 197-213
2017	From Invention Success to Commercialization Success: Technology Ventures and the Benefits of Upstream and Downstream Supply-Chain Alliances	Journal of Small Business Management	Dutta, D Hora, M.	Published Papers
Dutta, D and Hora, M., 2017. “From Invention Success to Commercialization Success: Technology Ventures and the Benefits of Upstream and Downstream Supply-Chain Alliances,” Journal of Small Business Management, 55, 216–235
2017	Organizational Learning and Management of Technology	Production and Operations Management	Hora, M	Published Papers
Argote, L. and Hora, M., 2017. “Organizational Learning and Management of Technology,” Production and Operations Management, 26 (4) 579-590.
2017	Towards Building Multidisciplinary Knowledge of Management of Technology: An Introduction to the Special Issue	Production and Operations Management	Gaimon, Cheryl Hora, Manpreet Ramachandran, Karthik	Published Papers
Gaimon, Cheryl, Manpreet Hora, Karthik Ramachandran, “Towards Building Multidisciplinary Knowledge of Management of Technology: An Introduction to the Special Issue,” Production and Operations Management, Special Issue on Management of Technology, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2017, 567-578.
2017	Towards Building Multidisciplinary Knowledge on Management of Technology: An Introduction to the Special Issue	Production and Operations Management	Gaimon, C. Hora, M. Ramachandran, K.	Published Papers
Gaimon, C., Hora, M. and Ramachandran, K., 2017. “Towards Building Multidisciplinary Knowledge on Management of Technology: An Introduction to the Special Issue”, Production and Operations Management, 26 (4) 567-578.
2015	An Empirical Investigation on the Appointments of Supply Chain and Operations Management Executives	Management Science	Hendricks, K.B. Hora, M. Singhal, V.	Published Papers
Hendricks, K.B., Hora, M. and Singhal, V. 2015. “An Empirical Investigation on the Appointments of Supply Chain and Operations Management Executives,” Management Science 61(7), 1562–1583.
2015	Firm Performance in Dynamic Environments: The Role of Operational Slack and Operational Flexibility	Journal of Operations Management	Kovach, J.J. Hora, M. Manikas, A Patel, P.C.	Published Papers
Kovach, J.J., Hora, M., Manikas, A. and Patel, P.C. 2015, “Firm Performance in Dynamic Environments: The Role of Operational Slack and Operational Flexibility,” Journal of Operations Management 37, 1–12
2014	The Role of Supply Network Structure and its Relationship with Firm Innovation	Journal of Operations Management	Bellamy, M. Ghosh, S. Hora, M.	Published Papers
Bellamy, M., Ghosh, S. and Hora, M. 2014. “The Role of Supply Network Structure and its Relationship with Firm Innovation,” Journal of Operations Management, 32, 357-373.
2013	Learning from Others' Misfortune: Factors Influencing Knowledge Acquisition to Reduce Operational Risk	Journal of Operations Management	Hora, M. Klassen, R.	Published Papers
Hora, M. and Klassen, R. 2013. “Learning from Others’ Misfortune: Factors Influencing Knowledge Acquisition to Reduce Operational Risk,” Journal of Operations Management, 31 52-61.
2013	Entrepreneurial Firms and Downstream Alliance Partnerships: Impact of Portfolio Depth and Scope on Technology Innovation and Commercialization Success	Production and Operations Management	Hora, M. Dutta, D.	Published Papers
Hora, M. and Dutta, D. 2013. “Entrepreneurial Firms and Downstream Alliance Partnerships: Impact of Portfolio Depth and Scope on Technology Innovation and Commercialization Success,” Production and Operations Management, 22 (6) 1389-1400.
2012	Intentions, Intermediaries and Interaction: Examining the Emergence of Routines	Journal of Management Studies	Bapuji H. Hora, M. Saeed, A.	Published Papers
Bapuji H., Hora, M. and Saeed, A. 2012. “Intentions, Intermediaries and Interaction: Examining the Emergence of Routines,” Journal of Management Studies, 49 (8) 1586-1607.
2011	Safety Hazard and Time to Recall: The Role of Recall Strategy, Product Defect Type, and Supply Chain Player in the U.S. Toy Industry	Journal of Operations Management	Hora, M. Bapuji, H. Roth, A.	Published Papers
Hora, M., Bapuji, H. and Roth, A. 2011. “Safety Hazard and Time to Recall: The Role of Recall Strategy, Product Defect Type, and Supply Chain Player in the U.S. Toy Industry,” Journal of Operations Management, 29 766-777.

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Journal Editorial Roles

Department Editor, Journal of Operations Management (JOM)
Senior Editor, Production and Operations Management Journal (POM)

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