Karthik Natarajan
Assistant Professor at Carlson School of Management
Schools
- Carlson School of Management
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Biography
Carlson School of Management
Karthik Natarajan
Assistant Professor
Supply Chain and Operations
Education
Ph.D. 2013
Operations University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Expertise
Humanitarian and Notforprofit Operations
Health Care Delivery Systems in Resource Constrained Settings
Socially Responsible Operations
Global Health Supply Chains
Karthik Natarajan is an assistant professor of Supply Chain and Operations at the Carlson School of Management. He received his Ph. D. in Operations from the KenanFlagler Business School at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, where he won numerous awards for his research including the outstanding graduating student award and a competitive universitywide fellowship.
Natarajan''s research interests are in humanitarian and nonprofit operations with a specific focus on global public health. In a recent work, he studied how different donor funding schedules and uncertainty in donor funding impact the operational performance of humanitarian health supply chains. Natarajan''s previous work experience include Honeywell Technology Solutions and Brakes India Limited, and he is currently consulting for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). He is an ad hoc reviewer for the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) journal.
Selected Works
Natarajan, K.V., J.M. Swaminathan. 2014. "Inventory Management in Humanitarian Operations: Impact of Amount, Schedule, and Uncertainty in Funding", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 16(4), pp. 595603
Natarajan, K.V., J.M. Swaminathan. 2016. "MultiTreatment Inventory Allocation in Humanitarian Health Settings under Funding Constraints", Production and Operations Management.
Current Activities
Scholarly Service
Reviewer for Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management and Decision Sciences.
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