Chester G. Chambers Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D. Operations Management, Duke University, May 2000
MBA, Darden Graduate School of Business – UVA, 1992
B. Sc. Civil Engineering, VPI&SU, 1985

Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, July 2001 – Present
Visiting Scholar, Simon School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, July 1998 – June 2001, August -  December 2006
Instructor, College of Management, NC State University, September 1996 – June 1998.
Research Assistant, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, August 1992 – August 1996.

Areas of Expertise
Applied Optimization
Technology Management
Operations Strategy

Supply Chain Contracting

Selected Research Works
Quality-Based Competition, Profitability and Variable Costs - Management Science, December 2006, Vol 52, pp. 1884-1895

Supply-Chain Management Research and POM: Review, Trends, and Opportunities - Production and Operations Management, Fall 2006, Vol 15, pp. 449-469

Modeling and Managing the Percentage of Satisfied Customers in Hidden and Revealed Waiting Line Systems - Production and Operations Management, Spring 2006, pp. 103-116

Manufacturing Operations Manuscripts Published in the First 52 Issues of POM: Review, Trends and Opportunities - Production and Operations Management, Winter 2005, pp. 450-467

Technological Advance, Learning, and the Adoption of New Technology, European Journal of Operational Research, January 2004, Vol. 152, 226-247.

Competition, Learning, and Investment in New Technology, IIE Transactions on Operations Engineering, Sept. 2003, Vol 35, 863-878.

Lead-Time Based Supply Chain Contracts and Coordination - Currently under review at Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Coordinating Buy-Back Contracts under Asymmetric Information – Currently under review at Management Science

Adoption of Cost Reducing Technology By Assymetric Duopolists in Stochastically Evolving Markets - Accepted/Forthcoming at IIE Transactions

Firm Performance Improvement Strategies in Vertically Differentiated Markets. Working paper.

The Use of Flexible Manufacturing Capacity in Product Introductions - Accepted/Forthcoming at Decision Sciences Journal

Miscellaneous
Senior Editor – Production and Operations Management
Cox Executive Committee, 2001-2003
Board of Directors, SMU Faculty Club
Member of INFORMS and POMS
Ad hoc reviewer for Management Science, Manufacturing and Services Operations Management, Operations Research, and IIE Transactions