Kach, Andrew, Prof. Dr.
Short Bio
Andrew Kach is a Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Willamette University's external pageAtkinson Graduate School of Management. Prior to Willamette, starting May 2012, Andrew was a senior researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Logistics Management at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. He obtained his PhD from New Mexico State University – College of Business and Economics in 2012. From 2009 to 2012, Andrew taught various courses at New Mexico State University, including Operations Management, Purchasing and Supply Management, Project Management, and Business Decision Analytics. He offered an MAS course on Quality Management and an MSc course on Purchasing and Supply Management at ETH Zurich.
His research interests in operations and supply chain management include institutional influences surrounding sustainability-oriented supply chain risks, the intersection between proactive environmental strategy and sustainable operations within developing countries, and the impact of environmental hostility on manufacturing capabilities and innovativeness. He has published articles in journals such as Organizational Research Methods, Decision Sciences, Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Annals of Operations Research, and R&D Management.
He currently serves on the editorial review board for the Journal of Business Logistics and the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, officer and newsletter editor for the Academy of Management Operations Management division, as well as an ad hoc reviewer for Decision Sciences, Journal of Operations Management, R&D Management, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, and various other journals and conferences.
Selected publications
- Mateska, Ivana/Busse, Christian/Kach, Andrew P./Wagner, Stephan M. (2023). Sustainability-related Transgressions in Global Supply Chains: When do Legitimacy Spillovers Hurt Buying Firms the Most?, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. 59, No. 4, October, pp. 42-78, doi: external page10.1111/jscm.12308
- Pournader, Mehrdokht/Kach, Andrew P./Talluri, Srinivas (2020). A Review of the Existing and Emerging Topics in the Supply Chain Risk Management Literature. Decision Sciences, Vol. 51, No. 4, 867-919, doi: external page10.1111/deci.12470
- Haski-Leventhal, Debbie/Kach, Andrew P./Pournader, Mehrdokht (2019): Employee Need Satisfaction and Positive Workplace Outcomes: The Role of Corporate Volunteering. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 593-615, doi: external page10.1177/0899764019829829
- Pournader, Mehrdokht/Kach, Andrew P./Fahimnia, Behnam/Sarkis, Joseph (2019): Outsourcing Performance Quality Assessment Using Data Envelopment Analytics, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 207, pp. 173-182, doi: external page10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.07.004
- Azadegan, Arash/Golara, Sina/Kach, Andrew P./Mousavi, Nasim (2018): Corporate Environmental Investments: A Cross-National Study on Managerial Decision Making. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 199, pp. 47-64, doi: external page10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.09.010
- Busse, Christian/Kach, Andrew/Wagner, Stephan M. (2017): Boundary Conditions: What They Are, How to Explore Them, Why We Need Them, and When to Consider Them, Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 20, No. 4, October, pp. 574-609, doi: external page10.1177/1094428116641191
- Pournader, Mehrdokht/Kach, Andrew P./Hajiagha, Seyed Hossein Razavi/Emrouznejad, Ali (2017): Investigating the Impact of Behavioral Factors on Supply Network Efficiency: Insights from Banking's Corporate Bond Networks, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 254, No. 1-2, July, pp. 277–302, doi: external page10.1007/s10479-017-2457-8
- Pournader, Mehrdokht/Rotaru, Kristian/Kach, Andrew P./Hajiagha, Seyed Hossein Razavi (2016): An Analytical Model for System-Wide and Tier-Specific Assessment of Resilience to Supply Chain Risks. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 589-609, doi: external page10.1108/SCM-11-2015-0430
- Busse, Christian/Kach, Andrew P./Bode, Christoph (2016): Sustainability and the False Sense of Legitimacy: How Institutional Distance Augments Risk in Global Supply Chains, Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 312-328, doi: external page10.1111/jbl.12143
- Kach, Andrew P./Busse, Christian/Azadegan, Arash/Wagner, Stephan M. (2016): Maneuvering through Hostile Environments: How Firms Leverage Product and Process Innovativeness, Decision Sciences, Vol. 47, No. 5, October, pp. 907-956, doi: external page10.1111/deci.12196
- Schaltenbrand, Birte/Foerstl, Kai/Kach, Andrew P./Maier, Marco J. (2015): Towards a Deeper Understanding of Managerial Green Investment Patterns – A USA–Germany Comparison, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 53, No. 20, September, pp. 6242-6262, doi: external page10.1080/00207543.2015.1047979
- Kach, Andrew P./Azadegan, Arash/Wagner, Stephan M. (2015): The Influence of Different Knowledge Workers on Innovation Strategy and Product Development Performance in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 53, No. 8, April, pp. 2489-2505, doi: external page10.1080/00207543.2014.975856
- Kach, Andrew P./Azadegan, Arash/Dooley, Kevin (2012): Analyzing the successful development of a high novelty innovation project under a time-pressured schedule, R&D Management, Vol. 42, No. 5, November, pp. 377-400, doi: external page10.1111/j.1467-9310.2012.00690.x
- Oke, Adegoke and Kach, Andrew P. (2012): Linking sourcing and collaborative strategies to financial performance: The role of operational innovation, Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, Vol. 18, No. 1, March, pp. 46-59, doi: external page10.1016/j.pursup.2012.01.001
- Kach, Andrew P. and Borzabad, Alireza Fereydouni (2011): Use of RFID technology to overcome inefficiencies in the supply chain: An analysis of Renault’s operations in Iran, International Journal of Management, Vol. 28, No. 4, December, pp. 365-378.