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Online Professional Networking
The two most popular online professional networking sites, LinkedIn and Xing, have been growing at breakneck speed and boast 29m and 6.5m members respectively. And in contrast to mass-market social networks such as Facebook…
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Trinity Health SCM Organization
Excerpts from the interview with Louis Fierens, Senior VP – Supply Chain & Capital Projects Management. Approach to supply chain management: "The cornerstone of everything that we do in supply chain is built around…
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The Science of Management
1911 – Taylorism: A Philadelphia engineer named F.W. Taylor publishes The Principles of Scientific Management, a guide to increasing the efficiency of factory workers. His methods, known as Taylorism, dominate industrial work through much…
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Green Suppliers Network
Green Suppliers Network (GSN) is a partnership between industry, the Department of Commerce, Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work with the suppliers of large manufacturers to promote…
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The Supplier Performance Management Journey
Stage 1: Market-focused - Internally focused supplier quality and on-time delivery – Identification of customer-required behaviors; start of outside-in metrics for supply consideration Stage 2: Customer and brand focused – Technology introduced…
Helping Get Unstuck & Strike a Value Chord
A platform to share and reflect on my journey across the worlds of management, innovation, and social impact. Here, you'll find a collection of my management thoughts, highlights from my books, research contributions, and presentations, all rooted in years of academic and practical experience. Whether you're a student, practitioner, policymaker, or fellow thinker, this space is designed to provoke thought, encourage dialogue, and contribute meaningfully to both academic and applied conversations in business and beyond.
This is how it all started…
I started this blog to share and reflect on my journey across the worlds of management, innovation, and social impact. Here, you’ll find a collection of my management thoughts, highlights from my books, research contributions, and presentations, all rooted in years of academic and practical experience. Whether you’re a student, practitioner, policymaker, or fellow thinker, this space is designed to provoke thought, encourage dialogue, and contribute meaningfully to both academic and applied conversations in business and beyond.
Anand Nair
Educator | Researcher | Management Scientist | Data Scientist | Consultant | Entrepreneur | Value Mentor