Nitin Joglekar

Nitin R. Joglekar is on the faculty at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. His interests span digital transformation of products & supply chains, market design, public policy and sustainability realms. He serves as a fellow at BU’s Digital Business Institute.

Recent consulting and research projects have focused on advanced manufacturing & digitalization of products and supply chains (within biopharma, energy transition, multimodal transportation, tele-health, and cloud-based Software/AI-Tools sectors). Prior to his academic career, he has overseen product management and supply chain functions at established firms and founded a venture capital backed software startup. He serves as an NSF expert panelist on advanced manufacturing. He is a member of World Economic Forum’s Global Futures Council, wherein he focuses on digitalization and business model transformations enabled by Industry 4.0 infrastructure. He holds engineering degrees from Indian Institute of Technology, Memorial University (Canada), and MIT and doctoral degree in management science from the MIT Sloan School.

At Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, Professor Joglekar teaches courses related to his research themes at undergraduate, graduate and executive levels. He was the founding director of his schools’ online micro-master’s programs in Digital Leadership and Product Management. He has offered online Digital Product Management (DPMT) courses through edX.org. He also teaches fostering innovative mindset in Questrom’s Online MBA program. He has won awards, including the Broderick Award for Teaching Excellence and the General Electric Award for Team Learning. He has been a visiting faculty member at MIT Sloan School of Management and at University of Texas, and a visiting fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School, and Copenhagen Business School.

He is currently a department editor for “New Business Models and Operations Innovations,” at the Production & Operations Management Journal. He has been an editor for IEEE Transactions and Management Science. His book on complex adaptive systems, The Innovation Butterfly, addresses management of innovation risks and allied analytics opportunities. His book Digital Product Management Thinking (DPMT) advocates integration of analytics, business model, coordination and design thinking.

Education

• PhD, MIT Sloan School of Management, 1997
• SM, MIT School of Engineering, 1987
• MS, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 1984
• BS, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (with Honors), 1977

Selected Publications

• Lee, B., Bellamy, M., Joglekar, N. (In Press). "Distributed Service with Proximal Capacity and Pricing on a Two-sided Sharing Economy Platform", Journal of Operations Management, 69 (5), 742-763
• Srai, J., Graham, G., Van Hoek, R., Joglekar, N., Lorentz, H. (In Press). "Impact Pathways: Unhooking Supply Chains from Conflict Zones – Reconfiguration and Fragmentation Lessons from Ukraine-Russia", International Journal of Operations and Production Management
• Tsolakis, N., Joglekar, N. (In Press). "Using AI for Container Port Infrastructure Development: Alternative Multisolving Strategies",
• Anderson, E., Gupta, S., Joglekar, N., Starr, M. (2023). "Managing pandemics: A POM perspective and directions for future research", Production and Operations Management
• Joglekar, N., Anderson, E., Lee, K., Parker, G., Settanni, E., Srai, J. (2022). "Configuration of Digital and Physical Infrastructure Platforms: Private and Public Perspectives", Production and Operations Management, 31 (12), 4515-4528
• Srai,, J., Joglekar, N., Tsolakis, N., Kapur, S. (2022). "Interplay between Competing and Coexisting Policy Regimens within Supply Chain Configurations", Production and Operations Management, 32 (2), 452-477
• Narayanan, N., Joglekar, N., Eppinger, S. (2021). "Improving Scaled Agile with Multi-Domain Matrix",
• Phadnis, S., Joglekar, N. (2021). "Configuring Supply Chain Dyads for Regulatory Disruptions: A Behavioral Study of Scenarios", Production and Operations Management, 30 (4), 1014--1033
• Tanrisever, F., Erzurumlu, S., Joglekar, N., Levesque, M. (2021). "Managing Capital Market Frictions via Cost-Reduction Investments", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 23 (1), 88-105
• Joglekar, N., Phadnis, S. (2020). "Accelerating Supply Chain Scenario Planning", MIT Sloan Management Review
• Olechowski, A., Eppinger, S., Joglekar, N. (2020). "Technology Readiness Levels: Shortcomings and Improvement Opportunities", Systems Engineering, 23 (4), 395-408
• Joglekar, N., Anderson, E., Freeman, R. (2020). "Ramping up Elective Surgery after COVID-19 Disruption", SSRN
• Bajpai, S., Joglekar, N., Eppinger, S. (2020). "Enhancing Visibility in Agile Program Increment DSMs", DS 103: Proceedings of the 22nd International DSM Conference (DSM 2020), MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 13th - 15th 2020
• Queenan, C., Cameron, K., Snell, A., Smalley, J., Joglekar, N. (2019). "Patient Heal Thyself: Reducing Hospital Readmissions with Technology-Enabled Continuity of Care and Patient Activation", Production and Operations Management, 28 (11), 2841-2853
• Bajpai, S., Eppinger, S., Joglekar, N. (2019). "The Structure of Agile Development under Scaled Planning and Coordination", Proceedings of the 21st International Dependency and Structure Modelling Conference DSM 2019
• Phadnis, S., Joglekar, N. (2019). "Configuring Supply Chain Dyads for Emergent Regulatory Regimen: Behavioral Study of Brexit Scenarios", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019 (1), 10765-10765
• Lee, K., Bellamy, M., Joglekar, N., Wilson, C., Jiang, S. (2019). "Surge Pricing on A Service Platform under Spatial Spillovers: Evidence from Uber", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019 (1), 16279-16279
• Srinivasan, R., Eppinger, N., Joglekar, N. (2019). "The Structure of DevOps during Product-Service System Development", Proceedings of the 23rd ICED Conference, Delft
• Erzurumlu, S., Joglekar, N., Lévesque, M., Tanrisever, F. (2019). "How Angel Know-How Shapes Ownership Sharing in Stage-Based Contracts", Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43 (4), 773-801
• (2019). "Industrial Production and Field Evaluation of Transparent Electrodynamic Screen (EDS) Film for Water-Free Cleaning of Solar Collectors", 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
• Joglekar, N., Levseque, M. (2018). "Resource, Routine, Reputation or Regulation Shortages: Can data- and analytics-driven capabilities inform tech entrepreneur decisions (Editorial)", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65 (4), 537-544
• Cameron, K., Sahoo, N., Joglekar, N., Jain, J. (2017). "How Much is the Value of Genomic Test Information? Evidence from Post-Cardiac-Stent Care Decisions", SSRN Electronic Journal
• Mazumder, M., Horenstein, M., Joglekar, N., Sayyah, A., Stark, J., Bernard, A., Garner, S., Yellowhair, J., Lin, H., Eriksen, R., Griffin, A., Gao, Y., Centra, R., Lloyd, A. (2017). "Mitigation of Dust Impact on Solar Collectors by Water-Free Cleaning With Transparent Electrodynamic Films: Progress and Challenges", IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 7 (5), 1342-1353
• Garg, T., Eppinger, S., Joglekar, N., Olechowski, A. (2017). "Using TRLs and system architecture to estimate technology integration risk", Proceedings of 21st ICED Conference, Vancouver, Canada
• Olechowski, A., Eppinger, S., Joglekar, N. (2017). "Assessment of Back-up Plan, Delay, and Waiver Options at Project Gate Reviews", Proceedings of 21st ICED Conference
• Joglekar, N., Nagaraj, V. (2017). "Digital Product Management Thinking: Integrating Analytics, Business Model, Coordination and Design Thinking", Senseshaping Ventures LLC
• Joglekar, N., Levesque, M., Erzurumlu, S. (2017). Business Startup Operations. In S, Gupta., M, Starr. (Eds.), "The Routledge Companion to Production and Operations Management", Routledge
• Joglekar, N., Davies, J., Anderson, E. (2016). "The Role of Industry Studies and Public Policies in Production and Operations Management", Production and Operations Management, 25 (12), 1977-2001
• Joglekar, N., Tomaschek, K., Olechowski, A., Eppinger, S. (2016). "A Survey of Technology Readiness Level Users", Proceedings of 26th Annual INCOSE International Symposium
• Joglekar, N., Zhang, J. (2015). "Can Service Coproduction Factors Enhance Learning-by-Doing Simultaneously? Evidence from the U.S. Hotel Industry", Service Science, 8 (2), 218-233
• Joglekar, N., Anderson, E. (2015). Using Optimal Control Theory with Dynamic Models."Analytical Methods for Dynamic Modelers", MIT Press
• Olechowski, A., Eppinger, S., Joglekar, N. (2015). "Technology readiness levels at 40: A study of state-of-the-art use, challenges, and opportunities", Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET)
• Eppinger, S., Joglekar, N., Olechowski, A., Teo, T. (2014). "Improving the systems engineering process with multilevel analysis of interactions", Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing: AIEDAM, 28 (4), 323-337
• Hoffman, A., Corbett, C., Joglekar, N., Wells, P. (2014). "Industrial Ecology as a Source of Competitive Advantage", Journal of Industrial Ecology, 18 (5), 597-602
• Joglekar, N., Zhang, J., Verma, R., Heineke, J. (2014). "Exploring the Relationship between Eco-certifications and Resource Efficiency in U.S. Hotels", Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, 55 (3), 252-264
• Joglekar, N., Guzelsu, E., Mazumder, M., Botts, A., Ho, C. (2014). "A Levelized Cost Metric for EDS-Based Cleaning of Mirrors in CSP Power Plants", Volume 1: Combined Energy Cycles, CHP, CCHP, and Smart Grids; Concentrating Solar Power, Solar Thermochemistry and Thermal Energy Storage; Geothermal, Ocean, and Emerging Energy Technologies; Hydrogen Energy Technologies; Low/Zero Emission Power Plants and Carbon Sequestration; Photovoltaics; Wind Energy Systems and Technologies
• Erzurumlu, S., Davies, J., Joglekar, N. (2014). "Managing Highly Innovative Projects: The Influence of Design Characteristics on Project Valuation", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 61 (2), 349-361
• Mazumder, M., Horenstein, M., Stark, J., Hudelson, J., Sayyah, A., Joglekar, N., Yellowhair, J., Botts, A. (2014). "Self-cleaning solar mirrors using electrodynamic dust shield: prospects and progress", Proceedings Of The ASME 8th International Conference On Energy Sustainability, 1
• Verma, R., Zhang, J., Joglekar, N. (2014). "Signaling Effect of Eco-certification: Implications for Eco-friendly Service Design", Journal of Service Management, 25 (4)
• Joglekar, N., Lévesque, M. (2013). "The Role of Operations Management Across the Entrepreneurial Value Chain", Production and Operations Management, 22 (6), 1321-1335
• Davies, J., Joglekar, N. (2013). "Supply Chain Integration, Product Modularity, and Market Valuation: Evidence from the Solar Energy Industry", Production and Operations Management, 22 (6), 1494-1508
• Eppinger, S., Joglekar, N., Olechowski, A., Teo, T. (2013). "Improving the Systems Engineering Process with Multi-Domain Mapping", Reducing Risk in Innovation 63-70
• Erzurumlu, S., Joglekar, N., Levesque, M., Tanrisever, F. (2013). "Avoiding Capability Traps Through Contingent Contracts: The Role of Cash and Knowhow in Startups", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013 (1), 11019-11019
• Joglekar, N., Verma, R., Zhang, J. (2013). Why Multinational Corporations Still Need to Keep it Local: Environment, Operations, and Ownership in the Hospitality Industry."Constructing Green: Sustainability and the Places We Inhabit", MIT Press
• Joglekar, N., Shankarnarayan, G., Anderson, E. (2013). "Accuracy of Aggregate Data in Distributed Project Settings: Model, Analysis and Implications", ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality, 3 (4)
• Joglekar, N. (2013). "Disaggregation of a Stock Variable Based on Attribute Distribution", Proceedings of 31st International System Dynamics Conference
• Zhang, J., Joglekar, N., Verma, R. (2012). "Exploring Resource Efficiency Benchmarks for Environmental Sustainability in Hotels", Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, 53 (3), 229-241
• Tanrisever, F., Erzurumlu, S., Joglekar, N. (2012). "Production, Process Investment, and the Survival of Debt-Financed Startup Firms", Production and Operations Management, 21 (4), 637-652
• Joglekar, N. (2012). "The Innovation Butterfly", Springer Verlag
• Lévesque, M., Joglekar, N., Davies, J. (2012). "A comparison of revenue growth at recent-IPO and established firms: The influence of SG&A, R&D and COGS", Journal of Business Venturing, 27 (1), 47-61
• Joglekar, N., Tanrisever, F., Erzurumlu, S. (2012). Operational Hedging Strategies to Overcome Financial Constraints during Clean Technology Startup and Growth."Advanced Analytics for Green and Sustainable Economic Development: Supply Chain Models and Financial Technologies", IGI Global 112-131
• Verma, R., Zhang, J., Joglekar, N. (2012). "Pushing the Frontier of Sustainable Service Operations: Evidence from the U.S. Hospitality Industry", Journal of Service Management, 23 (3), 377-399
• Joglekar, N., Davies, J., Erzurumlu, S. (2012). "Operations Design to Enhance ARPA-E Funding for Transformational Clean Technology Start-ups", Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research
• Joglekar, N., Zhang, J., Verma, R. (2012). "Green Moments of Truth: Environmental Signaling Using Eco-labels in High Contact Service Systems", Proceedings of 12th International Research Conference on Service Management, La Londe, France
• Joglekar, N., Anderson, E. (2011). "Innovation Projects & Portfolios: Admitting Change and Rework to Meet Escalating Expectations",
• Joglekar, N., Rosenthal, S., Gomes, P. (2010). Performance Management in Distributed and Global Product Development Processes."The Handbook of Technology Management", Wiley 723-734
• Joglekar, N., Levesque, M. (2009). "Marketing, R&D, and Startup Valuation", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 56 (2), 229-242
• Joglekar, N., Anderson, E. (2009). "Global Talent Management: Challenges of Attrition, Productivity and Non-Linear Growth",
• Gomes, P., Joglekar, N. (2008). "Linking modularity with problem solving and coordination efforts", Managerial and Decision Economics, 29 (5), 443-457
• Joglekar, N., Anderson, E., Davis-Blake, A., Erzurumlu, S., Parker, G. (2007). Managing Distributed Product Development across Organizational Boundaries."Research Handbook of New Product Development",
• Joglekar, N., Kulatilaka, N., Anderson, E. (2007). Hierarchical Planning under Uncertainty: Real Options and Heuristics."Research Handbook of New Product Development",
• Joglekar, N., Rosenthal, S. (2003). "Coordination of design supply chains for bundling physical and software products", JOURNAL OF PRODUCT INNOVATION MANAGEMENT, 20 (5), 374-390
• Joglekar, N., Yassine, A. (2002). "Management of information technology driven product development processes", NEW DIRECTIONS IN SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT: TECHNOLOGY, STRATEGY, AND IMPLEMENTATION 125-152
• Joglekar, N., Yassine, A., Eppinger, S., Whitney, D. (2001). "Performance of coupled product development activities with a deadline", MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 47 (12), 1605-1620
• IDICHANDY, V., JOGLEKAR, N., BHATTACHARYYA, S. (1985). "AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO EVALUATE THE STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF A JACKET LAUNCH BARGE", OCEAN ENGINEERING, 12 (2), 161-176
• BHATTACHARYYA, S., IDICHANDY, V., JOGLEKAR, N. (1985). "ON EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF LOAD-OUT, LAUNCHING AND UPENDING OF OFFSHORE STEEL JACKETS", APPLIED OCEAN RESEARCH, 7 (1), 24-34

Selected Research Presentations

• Bellamy, M. , Joglekar, N. , Lee, B. Adventuring to Peak Price or Avoiding the Chase? Relocation Bias and System Performance in a Ridesharing Platform Ecosystem, Decision Sciences Institute International Conference, Houston, TX, 2022
• Joglekar, N. , Lorentz, H. , Srai, J. Reconfiguration of Linear and Platform Supply Chains through Digital Technologies – Opportunities and Traps, POM Special Issue Conference, Dartmouth College, NH, 2022
• Joglekar, N. Retail Capital, Inventory and Labor Management under Pandemic Demand Shock, University College, London, 2022
• Joglekar, N. , Settanni, E. , Srai, J. Reconfiguring Pharmaceutical Supply Chains for Resilience, 32nd POMS Annual Conference, Online, 2022
• Joglekar, N. , Lorentz, H. , Srai, J. Reconfiguration of Linear and Platform Supply Chains through Digital Technologies – Opportunities and Traps, 32nd POMS Annual Conference, Online, 2022
• Joglekar, N. , Lorentz, H. , Srai, J. Micro-foundations of Digitalization Projects, 32nd POMS Annual Conference, Online, 2022
• Joglekar, N. POM Special Issue on Pandemics _Panel Discussion, 32nd POMS Annual Conference, Online, 2022
• Joglekar, N. Configuration of Digital and Physical Infrastructure Platforms: Private and Public Perspectives, George Mason University, 2022
• Bellamy, M. , Joglekar, N. , Lee, B. Surge Pricing under Spatial Spillovers: Evidence from Uber's Operations, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2022
• Joglekar, N. Panel Session: Designing and Delivering Online Courses at Scale, Decision Sciences Institute International Conference, Online, 2021
• Bellamy, M. , Joglekar, N. , Lee, B. Adventuring to Peak Price or Avoiding the Chase? Relocation Biases on a Ride-sharing Platform, Decision Sciences Institute International Conference, Online, 2021
• Joglekar, N. Panel Session: Digitalization of Products, Processes & Supply Chains: Emerging Research Frontiers, Decision Sciences Institute International Conference, Online, 2021
• Bellamy, M. , Joglekar, N. , Lee, B. Proximal Capacity and Pricing Across Two-sided Distributed Business Models, INFORMS Annual Conference, Online, 2021
• Joglekar, N. , Tanrisever, F. Retail Capital, Inventory and Labor Management under Pandemic Demand Shock, Consortium For Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER) Conference, Harvard Business School (Online), 2021
• Joglekar, N. Just-in-Case Supply Chain Scenario Planning., Invited Seminar Series, IIM Ahmadabad (India) - Online, 2021
• Joglekar, N. Collaborative & Competitive Supply Chain Scenario Planning: Trends in Just-in-Case Operations, Invite Seminar, Koc University, Turkey - Online, 2021
• Joglekar, N. Innovation and NPD Experts: Research Opportunities and Challenges (Invited Panel)., Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference (Online), Online, 2020
• Carlile, P. , Guzelsu, E. , Heineke, J. , Joglekar, N. Insert your Picture Here: The Value of Self-expression to Generate and Coordinate Backer Participation in Crowdfunding, INFORMS Annual Conference (Online), Online, 2020
• Bajpai, S. , Eppinger, S. , Joglekar, N. Underestimation of Interactions in Agile Program Increment Planning, INFORMS Annual Conference (Online), Online, 2020
• Bajpai, S. , Eppinger, S. , Joglekar, N. Enhancing Visibility in Agile Program Increment DSMs, International DSM Annual Conference (Online), Online, 2020
• Joglekar, N. Accelerated Supply Chain Scenario Planning (Keynote Address), 24 th Annual CIM Symposium (Online), Cambridge University (UK), 2020
• Guzelsu, E. , Joglekar, N. Start-Up Infrastructure and Product Development: An In-Depth Case Study., POMS Annual Conference, Washington DC

AWARDS AND HONORS

• 2021, Member, Global Futures Council, World Economic Forum
• 2020, Expert Panel, National Science Foundation