Research Areas
Pricing and capacity policies for capital-intensive industries; regulation in network industries; risk management and environmental policy
Current Projects
Managing disruption risk in global supply chains, Network-based competencies and strategies, Liberalization of postal markets in the EU; catastrophe insurance and mitigation in the OECD.
Representative Publications
(with H.C. Kunreuther and P.J.H. Schoemaker)
Decision Sciences: An Integrative Perspective. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
(with D.J. Wu)
“Competitive Options, Supply Contracting and Electronic Markets.” Management Science 51 (3), 452-466 (March 2005).
Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector, A. Michael Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer, eds., Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK: 2008.
Education
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University, 1970; BS, U.S. Naval Academy, 1961
Recent Consulting
Liberalization of postal and logistics markets in the EU, Supply risk management for commodities, Renewable energy valuation
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Helen Kardon Moss Anvil Award (Graduate Division), 2003; Honorary Doctorate University of Frankfurt, 2002
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1973-2006 (named Anheuser-Busch Professor of Management Science, 2002-2006; Chairperson, Operations and Information Management Department, 2001-2005; Co-Director, Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, 1992-2005; Director, William H. Wurster Center for International Management Studies, 1990-92; named Universal Furniture Professor, 1987-2002; Vice Dean and Director, Doctoral Programs, 1986-90; Director, Center for the Study of Organizational Innovation, 1983-86; Chairperson, Decision Sciences Department, 1980-83). Previous appointments: International Institute of Management; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Carnegie Mellon University. Visiting appointments: University of Ulm , Germany; IIASA, Vienna, Austria; University of Frankfurt, Germany, INSEAD
Other Positions
Distinguished Research Professor, INSEAD, 2006-present
