Prof. Suvrat Dhanorkar is Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University. Between 2017-2020, he held the Michael H. and Laura L. Rothkopf Early Career Professorship. He obtained his PhD at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. His research spans circular economy, environmental policy and supply chain transparency. Below, is a summary of his main research domains:
- Environmental Policy: With the changing climate, it is more important than ever to understand whether and when environmental policies and regulations have the desired impact. Prof. Dhanorkar’s research attempts to understand how organizations and consumers react to environmental legislation (e.g., e-waste laws), alternative policy approaches (e.g., voluntary programs, technical assistance) as well as other external influences (e.g., competition, controversies).
- Supply Chain Transparency: Supply chains can account for up to 80% of carbon emissions for some companies, which has serious implications for environmental management and policy. Prof. Dhanorkar’s research examines internal factors (e.g., innovations, standards) and external conditions (e.g., institutions, competition) that either promote or constrain carbon transparency in supply chains.
- Circular Economy: Although consumerism could be here to stay, surplus need not be! An inadvertent outcome of mass consumerism is ubiquitous surplus. Industrial facilities, commercial warehouses as well as homes have an abundance of surplus items with residual value; value that we rarely recognize, but someone else just might. Prof. Dhanorkar’s research examines online B2B (e.g. MNExchange), P2P (e.g. Uber) and C2C (e.g. Craigslist) channels for coordinating such surplus materials and capacity.
