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Tim Kraft

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Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management

Associate Research Director of Supply Chain Resource Cooperative

Department of Business Management

Nelson Hall 2344

919.515.7346
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Bio

Tim Kraft’s research examines environmental and social responsibility issues in supply chains. Topics he has recently studied include examining the impact of supply chain transparency on consumers’ and companies’ decision making in social responsibility contexts, investigating ways for different stakeholders to motivate suppliers to improve their sustainability practices, studying how environmental regulations influence companies and activists’ decision making, and understanding the role of audits in improving CSR in supply chains.

Tim’s work has appeared in leading publications such as Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, and Sloan Management Review. In 2024, he was named an NC State University Faculty Scholar.

At NC State, Tim has taught operations strategy and sustainable OM courses at the MBA level, and OM research seminars for PhD students. In 2024, he received an Outstanding Teacher Award from NC State.

Tim previously taught at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and was a visiting faculty at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He received his doctorate degree from Stanford University.

Education

Ph.D. Management Science and Engineering Stanford University 2011

MBA/Master of Science Business Management & Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin 2005

Bachelor of Science Industrial Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 1999

Area(s) of Expertise

Supply Chain, Sustainability, Social Responsibility