Andrew Kach
Assistant ProfessorÂÂ
MBA
Willamette University
United States of America
Biography
Andrew Kach is an Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Willamette University's Atkinson Graduate School of Management. Prior to Willamette, Andrew was a Senior Researcher/Lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute’s (ETH Zürich) Chair of Logistics Management for four years. During his time there, he taught Quality Management within the Master of Advanced Studies program and Purchasing and Supply Management within the Master of Science program. Andrew earned his PhD from New Mexico State University, where he also taught Operations Management, Purchasing and Supply Management, Project Management, and Business Decision Analytics.
Research Interest
Operations Management, Quality Management, Purchasing and Supply Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management
Publications
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Kach A, Busse C, Azadegan A, Wagner SM. Maneuvering through hostile environments: How firms leverage product and process innovativeness. Decision Sciences. 2016 Oct 1;47(5):907-56.
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Busse C, Kach AP, Bode C. Sustainability and the false sense of legitimacy: How institutional distance augments risk in global supply chains. Journal of Business Logistics. 2016 Dec 1;37(4):312-28.
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Pournader M, Kach A, Fahimnia B, Sarkis J. Outsourcing performance quality assessment using data envelopment analytics. International Journal of Production Economics. 2016 Jul 5.
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Busse C, Kach AP, Wagner SM. Boundary conditions: What they are, how to explore them, why we need them, and when to consider them. Organizational Research Methods. 2016 Apr 14:1094428116641191.
