John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
I am a chaired professor and Director of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I have had over 180 journal articles published and 13 books on various network themes including supply chains.
Dockworkers pause strike after Biden administration’s appeal to patriotism hits the mark
Oct 08, 2024 16:45 pm UTC| Politics
A dockworkers strike that froze operations at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports for 2½ days was paused on Oct. 3. The Conversation U.S. asked Anna Nagurney, a scholar of supply chains, to assess the extent of...
How coronavirus is upsetting the blood supply chain
Mar 15, 2020 16:33 pm UTC| Health
The coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, has created enormous anxiety, uncertainty, and disruption to our lives. Much has already been written about potential shortages of medicines and face masks, but little...
Calculating where America should invest in its transportation and communications networks
Apr 20, 2017 03:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Investing
The American economy is underpinned by networks. Road networks carry traffic and freight; the internet and telecommunications networks carry our voices and digital information; the electricity grid is a network carrying...
Uncertainty in blood supply chains creating challenges for industry
Jan 09, 2017 06:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
When we talk about supply chains, we may conjure up images of manufacturing plants, warehouses, trucks and shipping docks. There is another, truly unique supply chain for a product vitally important to health care and...
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