James Hershauer

Professor Emeritus, W.P. Carey School of Business

Affiliated Faculty, School of Sustainability

innovation, entrepreneurship, and supply chains

WPC 294/494: Human Resources and the Auto Industry

GRA/MGT/IND 464: Collaborative Design Development I

MGT 445: Business Plan Development

SCM 300: Global Supply Operations

SOS 598: Sustainable Technology and Management

Dr. Hershauer is a specialist in operations management who studies such topics as scheduling, project management, master production scheduling, productivity improvement, productivity measurement, and quality. He teaches courses in the managerial decision sciences, including operations management, management science, information systems, simulation, human decision processes, decision-support systems, and research methodology.

Selected Publications

Hershauer, J. C., K. D. Walsh, and J. G. Wacke. 2006. Commodity vs. Value-Added Contractor Services (RR 205-11) The Construction Industry Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. 250 pages.

Hershauer, J. C., D. L. Martin, G. Telford, and R. Wasmund. January 2006. Commodity vs. Value-Added Contractor Services (Research Summary 205-1). The Construction Industry Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. 48 pages.

Walsh, K. D., J. C. Hershauer, I. D. Tommelein, and T. A. Walsh. November/December 2004. Strategic Positioning of Inventory to Match Demand in a Capital Projects Supply Chain. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 130(6), 818-826.

Arbulu, R. J., I. D. Tommelein, K. D. Walsh, and J. C. Hershauer. 2003. Value Stream Analysis of a Re-engineered Construction Supply Chain. Building Research & Information 31(2), 161-171.

“Some Determinants of Satisfaction and Quality Performance in the Electronic Components Industry,” Production and Inventory Management Journal, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2000, pp. 14-20 (with Laura B. Forker).

D.B.A.,Indiana University,1969

M.B.A.,Indiana University,1967

B.S.,Purdue University,1965