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

• Was the 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 (three 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., 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., Bonet, R., and Ortega, J. (2023). Performance feedback and productivity: Evidence from a field experiment. Production and Operations Management, 32(1), 98-115.
• Ketokivi, M., Bromiley, P., and Awaysheh, A. (2021). Making Theoretically Informed Choices in Specifying Panel-Data Models. Production and Operations Management Journal, 30(7), 2069-2076.
• 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 December 5, 2025