Amrou Awaysheh
- OneAmerica Foundation Endowed Chair
- Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Executive and Academic Director, IU Business Sustainability and Innovation Lab
- Adjunct Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, IU School of Medicine
- Founding Director, IU IoT Energy Efficiency Lab
- Chair of Executive Degree Programs
Campus: Indianapolis
Biography
Professor Awaysheh spearheaded over 80 global projects with Fortune 500 firms, translating research into actionable business
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Professor Awaysheh spearheaded over 80 global projects with Fortune 500 firms, translating research into actionable business solutions. These projects focused on how companies drive innovation within their operations and supply chains. Collectively, these projects have yielded over $2.8 billion in cost savings, $2.3 billion in additional revenue, and directed $631 million in capital investments.
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Areas of Expertise
Business Sustainability, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Innovation, and Disruptive Technology
Academic Degrees
- PhD in Business Administration (Operations and Supply Chain Management), Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
- MBA, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
- BA in International Politics and Relations, University of Western Ontario
- HBA, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
Awards, Honors & Certificates
- PI on over 19 grants, that were awarded over $25 Million total ($9 million from public sources and $16 from private institutions)
- IU Research Trailblazer Award
- Selected Contributor, World Economic Forum
- Lilly Alumni MBA Teaching Excellence Award, (five times)
- Kelley School of Business Research Award for Best paper (four times)
- Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award Winner
- Top 40 Business Professors Under 40 by the Poets & Quants
- MBA Teaching Award Winner, Kelley School of Business, (four times)
- Top 40 under 40, Indiana Business Journal
- IMBA, Full Time MBA, Teaching Excellence Award, IE Business School, (eleven awards overall)
- Finalist Nominee for Professor of the Year for the Economist Intelligence Unit
- Selected as Professor of the Week by the Financial Times
- Guest Host - CNBC Worldwide Exchange, CNBC
Selected Publications
- Awaysheh, A., Chen, C., and Wu, O. (2026). Does renewable energy renew energy efficiency? Management Science, in press.
- Ray, C., Ulrich, M., Awaysheh, A., Bliese, P., and Nyberg, A. (2026). How newcomers and incumbents adapt their daily performance to others in jobs where social interaction is unnecessary. Journal of Applied Psychology, 111(3), 408–418.
- Awaysheh, A., and Flynn, B. B. (2025). Impact of Dynamic Operations Complexity on Performance: The Role of National Culture. Production and Operations Management Journal, 34(5,) 904-928.
- Awaysheh, A., Heron, R. A., Perry, T., and Wilson, J. I. (2020). On the Relation Between CSR and Financial Performance. Strategic Management Journal, 41(6), 965-987 (lead article).
Edited on May 4, 2026
