About

Robert Swinney is a professor in the Operations Management area of the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

His research focuses on strategic problems in operations and supply chain management, including operational implications of consumer behavior, sustainability and social responsibility in supply chains, start-up and platform operations, and supply and demand risk in supply chains.

His work has been published in journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Marketing Science. He is currently a Department Editor at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and has held associate/senior editor positions at Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Production & Operations Management. 

At Fuqua, he is the coordinator of the operations management area and teaches an elective course on operations strategy in the MBA and EMBA programs.

Prior to joining Fuqua, he received a BS in Astronomy from the California Institute of Technology, a PhD in Operations Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and was an associate professor at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.