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Professor Muthulingam's research interests lie at the intersection of operations management and environmental management. He uses empirical methods to investigate behavioral issues that influence the adoption of sustainable operating practices. In one of his ongoing projects, he investigates the underlying factors that influence the depth of adoption of the voluntary LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards for green buildings. Another project investigates the managerial biases that influence the adoption and non-adoption of energy efficiency initiatives, using a database of more than 100,000 recommendations provided to more than 13,000 small and medium-sized manufacturing firms. Muthulingam joined Johnson in 2009. He previously worked on the leadership team that established the Operations Consulting practice for IBM Global Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Coopers & Lybrand in India.

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Operations Management Workshop Series

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Accepted Papers

Muthulingam, Suresh; Corbett, Charles ; Benartzi, Shlomo ; Oppenheim , Bohdan . "Energy Efficiency by Small and Medium-Sized Firms: An Empirical Analysis of the Adoption of Process Improvement Recommendations" Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (Accepted)

Working Papers

Blass, Vered; Corbett, Charles; Delmas, Magali; Muthulingam, Suresh. "Top Management Involvement in the Adoption of Energy Efficiency Projects"
Muthulingam, Suresh; Dowell, Glen W.S.. "Behavioral and Institutional Influences on Energy Saving Initiatives at U.S. Manufacturing"
Muthulingam, Suresh; Agrawal, Anupam. "Do Other Firms Benefit When You Invest in Vendor Quality Improvement? – An Empirical"
Lee, JoonKyum; Gaur, Vishal; Muthulingam, Suresh; Swisher, Gary. "Stockout-Based Substitution and Inventory Planning in Textbook Retailing"
Gaur, Vishal; Lee, JoonKyum; Muthulingam, Suresh. "Demand Substitution and Stocking Decisions for Used"
Muthulingam, Suresh; Corbett, Charles ; Benartzi, Shlomo ; Oppenheim, Bohdan . "Energy Efficiency in Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Firms: Order Effects and the Adoption of Process Improvement Recommendations"
Muthulingam, Suresh; Kwon, Dharma; Agrawal, Anupam; Xu, Wenxin. "Strategic Investment Under Complementarities and Information Externalities"
Corbett , Charles ; Muthulingam, Suresh. "An Empirical Investigation of the Depth of Adoption of the LEED Green Building Standards"
Muthulingam, Suresh; Agrawal, Anupam. "Vendor Quality Performance and the Role of Learning and Forgetting – An Empirical Investigation"