Areas of Expertise

Creating and sustaining firm resource bases, Ethics, Leadership

Academic Degrees

• PhD, Indiana University, 1985
• MBA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1975
• BS, Indiana University, 1973

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor of Management, Wake Forest University, 1997
• Associate Professor, Iowa State University
• Assistant Professor of Management, Iowa State University
• Assistant Professor of Management, Louisiana State University
• Associate Instructor, Indiana University
• Project Manager, Indiana University

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• Best Paper Award, Technology and Innovation Management Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, 2002
• Nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Award for Best International Management Paper, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2000
• Best paper Award, Production/Operations Management Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 1995
• Finalist for Best Paper, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, 1991
• Best Paper Award, Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August, 1987

Selected Publications

• Morita, M., Machuca, J. A. D., Flynn, E. J., and de los Ríos, J. L. P. (2015). Aligning product characteristics and the supply chain process – A normative perspective. International Journal of Production Economics, 161, 228-241.
• Morita, M., Flynn, E. J., and Ochiai, S. (2011). Strategic management cycle: The underlying process building aligned linkage among operations practices. International Journal of Production Economics, 133(2) 530-540. 
• Bozarth, C. C., Warsing, D., Flynn, B. B., and Flynn, E. J. (2009). The Impact of Supply Chain Complexity on Plant Performance. Journal of Operations Management, 27(1), 78-93.
• Flynn, B. B., and Flynn, E. J. (2005). Synergies Between Supply Chain Management and Quality Management: Emerging Implications. International Journal of Production Research, 43(16), 3421-3426.
• Flynn, B. B., and Flynn, E. J. (2004). An Exploratory Study of the Nature of Cumulative Capabilities. Journal of Operations Management, 22(5), 439-458.
• Flynn, B. B., Schroeder, R. G., and Flynn, E. J. (1999). World Class Manufacturing Practices: An Empirical Investigation of the Hayes and Wheelwright Framework. Journal of Operations Management, 17(3), 249-269.
• Flynn, B. B., and Flynn, E. J. (1999). Information Processing Alternatives for Coping with Manufacturing Environment Complexity. Decision Sciences, 30(4), 1021-1052.
• Flynn, B. B., Schroeder, R. G., Sakakibara, S., Flynn, E. J., and Bates, K. A. (1997). The World Class Manufacturing Project: A Retrospective View of Research Issues and Methodology. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 17(7), 671-685.
• Flynn, B. B., Sakakibara, S., Schroeder, R. G., Bates, K. A., and Flynn, E. J. (1990). Empirical Research Methods in Operations Management. Journal of Operations Management, 9(2), 250-284.

Edited on July 13, 2023