Professor, CIS and BSAN; Kirby L. Cramer Chair of Business Administration; MBA Program
palrx@jmu.edu
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Teaching & Research Interests
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Supply Chain Management & Logistics Humanitarian Operations, Supply Chain Resilience, Closed-Loop Supply Chain, Sustainability and Green Supply Chain, Impact of Technology on Supply Chain Performance
- Project Management & IS/OM Interfaces SCM Project Selection Best Practices, Value Assessment of Technology Projects, ERP and SCM Systems Integration, Process Performance
- Transportation Systems Modeling & Analysis Efficient Emergency Response, Operations of Transportation Management Systems
- Analytics/Applied Operations Research Optimal Resource Allocation, Priority Queues, Data Driven Predictive Modeling
TEACHING INTERESTS:
- Supply Chain Management & Logistics Business Analytics Production and Operations Management
- Management Science
- Service Operations
- Business Statistics
- Business Process Management
- Project Management
Education
- Ph.D., Purdue University
- M.S., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Purdue University
- B.Tech. (Honors), Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur
Positions Held
- Associate Professor, College of Business, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
- Assistant Professor, College of Business, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
- Senior Systems Designer, JDA Software Group, Scottsdale, AZ
- Senior Consultant/Consultant, i2 Technologies, Dallas, TX
- Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- Engineer/Management Trainee, Engineers India Limited, New Delhi, India
Select Publications
Altay, N. and Pal, R., “Coping in supply chains: a conceptual framework for disruption management”, International Journal of Logistics Management (IJLM), Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 261-279, 2023.
Zhao, X., Wang, P. and Pal, R., “The Effects of Agro-Food Supply Chain Integration on Product Quality and Financial Performance: Evidence from Chinese Agro-Food Processing Business.” International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE), Vol. 231, No. 1, p. 107832-, 2021.
Pal, R. and Altay, N., “Identifying Key Success Factors for Social Enterprises Serving Base of Pyramid Markets through Analysis of Value Chain Complexities”, Journal of Business Logistics (JBL), Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 161-179, 2019.
Altay, N. and Pal, R., “Information Diffusion among Agents: Implications for Humanitarian Operations”, Production and Operations Management (POM), Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 1015-1027, 2014.
Bose, I. and Pal, R., “Do Green Supply Chain Management Initiatives Impact Stock Prices of Firms?” Decision Support Systems (DSS), Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 624-634, 2012.
Awards and Recognitions
- Dean’s Impact Award, College of Business, James Madison University, 2022
- Applied Scholarship Publication Award, College of Business (2nd place), JMU, 2022
- Basic or Discovery Publication Award, College of Business (3rd place), JMU, 2021
- Applied Scholarship Publication Award, College of Business (1st place), JMU, 2018
- Basic or Discovery Publication Award, College of Business (1st place), JMU, 2016
- Applied Scholarship Publication Award, College of Business (3rd place), JMU, 2016
- Best Practitioner Publication Award, College of Business, James Madison University, 2015
- Dean’s Impact Award, College of Business, James Madison University, 2015
- Madison Scholar Award, College of Business, James Madison University, 2013
- Member of Beta Gamma Sigma - International Honor Society Serving Business Programs, 2010
- Best Practitioner Publication Award, College of Business, James Madison University, 2009
- Best Educational Publication Award, College of Business, James Madison University, 2009
- Who’s Who in America, Marquis Publications, 2009
- Best Practitioner Publication Award, College of Business, James Madison University, 2007
- Member of Alpha Iota Delta - International Honor Society in Decision Sciences and Information Systems, 2007
- Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders, Marquis Publications, 2007
- Who’s Who in America, Marquis Publications, 2004
- America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals, 2003
- Member of Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society, 2001
- Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Education Scholarship Award, 1998
- Member of Chi Epsilon - National Civil Engineering Honor Society, 1997
- Member of Omega Rho - Int. Honor Society for Operations Research and Management Science, 1996
- Best B. Tech. Project Award in Civil Engineering - Indian Inst. of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, 1992
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