Research
Prof. Fine’s work on quality management, flexible manufacturing, supply chain management, and operations strategy has appeared in a variety of publications, including Management Science, Operations Research, Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Annals of Operations Research, Games and Economic Behavior, Sloan Management Review, Supply Chain Management Review, and Interfaces.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“Operations for Entrepreneurs: Can OM make a difference in Entrepreneurial Theory and Practice?” Production & Operations Management, 31(12), 4599-4615, 2022. (w/L. Padurean and S. Naumov)
“Unintended Consequences of Automated Vehicles and Pooling for Urban Transportation Systems,”Production & Operations Management, 29(5), 1354-1371. 2020. (w/S. Naumov & D. Keith).
“Managing operational capabilities in startup companies,” Academy of Management Global Proceedings, Vol. Tel Aviv, No. 2018. Published Online:28 Jan 2019. https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amgblproc.telaviv.2018.00179.abs (with L. Padurean and S. Naumov)
“The Personalized Future of Urban Transportation,” Sloan Management Review, Spring 2018, (with V. Sumantran and D. Gonsalvez)
“Going Mobile: The Personalized, On-Demand Future of Urban Transportation,” Sloan Management Review – Frontiers Research Highlight, October 5, 2017. (w/V. Sumantran & D. Gonsalvez)
“End-to-end Supply Chain Strategies: Parametric Study of the Apparel Industry,”Production and Operations Management, 2017. (w/Shardul Phadnis)
"Industrial Symbiosis Among Small and Medium Scale Enterprises: Case of Muzaffarnagar, India." REWAS 2016: Toward Materials Resource Sustainability, edited by Randolph E. Kirchain et al., Springer, 2016. pp. 173-177. (w/ Shourjomoy Chattopadhyay, Nandini Kumar, and Elsa Olivetti).
"Problem Formulation and Solution Mechanisms: A Behavioral Study of Humanitarian Transportation Planning."
Gralla, Erica, Jarrod Goentzel and Charles H. Fine. Production & Operations Management, 25 (1), pp. 22-35. 2016..
"Assessing Trade-Offs Among Multiple Objectives for Humanitarian Aid Delivery Using Expert Preferences."
Gralla, Erica , Jarrod Goentzel and Charles Fine. Production and Operations Management Vol. 23, No. 6 (2014): 978–989.
"The Evolutionary Path for Corporate Sustainability Based on the Double Helix Model: The Case of GM Korea from 2002-2009."
Fine, Charles H. Korea Business Review Vol. 16, No. 2 (2012): 89-122.
"Destination Dynamics: Evolution and Governance of Tourist Destinations."
Charles H. Fine and L. Padurean. In Proceedings of 12th International Research Symposium on Service Excellence in Management, Ithaca, NY: June 2011.
"Value Network Dynamics in 3G-4G Wireless Communications: A Systems Thinking Approach to Strategic Value Assessment."
Pagani, Margherita and Charles H. Fine. Journal of Business Research Vol. 61, No. 11 (2008): 1102–1112.
"Value Chain Design and Three-Dimensional Concurrent Engineering."
Fine, Charles H. In Business Eco-Systems: Relationships between large and Small Firms, edited by Ki-Chan Kim, Seoul, South Korea : Federation of Korean Industries, 2006.
"Are you Modular or Integral? Be Sure your Supply Chain Knows."
Fine, Charles H. Strategy + Business, May 2005.
"Modeling Tradeoffs in Three-Dimensional Concurrent Engineering."
Fine, Charles H., Boaz Golany and H. Naseraldin. Journal of Operations Management Vol. 23, No. 3-4 (2005): 389-403.
"Exploding Edges and Potential for Disruption."
Fine, Charles H., N. Klym and D. Trossen. In RFID and Beyond: Growing Your Business through Real World Awareness, edited by Claus Heinrich, 221-239. Indianapolis, Indiana : Wiley, 2005.
"Automobiles."
Fine, Charles H. and Daniel Raff. In Technological Innovation and Economic Performance, edited by Benn Steil, David Victor, Richard Nelson, 416-433. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002.
"Rapid Response Capability in Value-Chain Design."
Fine, Charles H., R. Vardan, R. Pethick and J. El Hout. Sloan Management Review, January 2002.
"Automotive Industry: Internet-Driven Innovation and Economic Performance."
Fine, Charles H. and D. Raff. In The Economic Payoff from the Internet Revolution, edited by Alice Rivlin, Robert Litan, Washington, DC: Brookings Institute Press, 2001.
"Clockspeed-based Strategies for Supply Chain Design."
Fine, Charles H. Production and Operations Management Vol. 9, No. 3 (2000): 213–221.
"Upstream Volatility in the Supply Chain: The Machine Tool Industry as a Case Study."
Anderson, Edward G., Charles H. Fine, G. Parker. Production and Operations Management Vol. 9, No. 3 (2000): 239-261.
"Industry Clockspeed and Competency Chain Design."
Fine, Charles H. In Automation in Automotive Industries, edited by A. Camuffo, A. Comacchio, G. Volpato, 6-10. New York, NY: Springer, 1999.
"Is the Make-Buy Decision Process a Core Competence?"
D. Whitney and Charles H. Fine. In Logistics in the Information Age, edited by Kulwant Pawar, Moreno Muffatto, 31-63. Padova, Italy: Servizi Grafici Editoriali, 1999.
"Manufacturing Technology Sourcing Practices in the USA."
Baines, T.S., Charles H. Fine and D. E. Whitney. International Journal of Production Research Vol. 37, No. 4 (1999): 939-956.
Clockspeed: Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage. Reading, Massachusetts: Perseus Books, 1998.
Fine, Charles H. Reading, MA: Perseus Books , 1999.
"Clockspeed-based Strategies for Supply Chain Design."
Fine, Charles H. Supply Chain Management Review (1999): 1-9.
"Business Cycles and Productivity in Capital Equipment Supply Chains."
Anderson, Edward and Charles H. Fine. In Quantitative Models for Supply Chain Management, edited by M. Magazine, R. Ganeshan, S. Tayur, 381-415. New York, NY: Kluwer Press, 1998.
"Bundling and Pricing of Modular Machine Tools Under Demand Uncertainty."
Tönshoff, Nils, Charles H. Fine and Arnd Huchzermeier. In Optimal Bundling, edited by Andreas Herrmann, Ralph Furderer, 87-117. Berlin, Germany: Springer, 1998.
"Power Diffusion in Automotive Supply Chains."
Charles H. Fine. In Proceedings of Symposium Perspectives of the Automotive Industry into the 21st Century, Stockholm, Sweden: October 1997.
"Time vs. Market Orientation in Product Concept Development: Empirically-based Theory Generation."
Burchill, Gary and Charles H. Fine. Management Science Vol. 43, No. 4 (1997): 465-478.
The U.S. Automobile Manufacturing Industry, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Fine, Charles H. and R. St. Clair. Cambridge, MA: MIT Office of Technology Policy, 1996.
"Industry Clockspeed and Competency Chain Design: An introductory essay."
Charles H. Fine. In Proceedings of 1996 Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference, Catonsville, MD: June 1996.
"An Empirical Study of Manufacturing Flexibility in Printed-Circuit Board Assembly."
Suarez, Fernando F., Michael A. Cusumano and Charles H. Fine. Operations Research Vol. 44, No. 1 (1996): 223-240.
"An Empirical Study of Flexibility in Manufacturing."
Suarez, Fernando F., Michael A. Cusumano and Charles H. Fine. Sloan Management Review, October 1995.
"Technology Supply Chains and Business Cyclicality."
Fine, Charles H. Toray Business Review (1994): 1-2.
"Manufacturing Equipment Development and Sourcing."
Fine, Charles H. Toray Business Review (1993): 1-2.
"Developments in Manufacturing Technology and Economic Evaluation Models."
Fine, Charles H. In Logistics of Production and Inventory, edited by A. Rinnooy Kan, P. Zipkin, S.C. Graves, 711–750. North Holland, Netherlands: Elsevier, 1993.
"Cost Estimation Tools to Support Product Design."
Charles H. Fine and Karl Ulrich. In Proceedings of 1990 ASME Manufacturing International Conference, New York, NY: December 1990.
"Seasonal Inventories and the Use of Product-Flexible Manufacturing Technology."
Fine, Charles H. and Jonathan Caulkins. Annals of Operations Research Vol. 26, No. 1-4 (1990): 351-375.
"Interdisciplinary Product Design Education."
Eppinger, Steven D., Charles H. Fine and Karl T. Ulrich. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Vol. 37, No. 4 (1990): 301-305.
"Optimal Investment in Product Flexible Manufacturing Capacity."
Fine, Charles H., and Robert M. Freund. Management Science Vol. 36, No. 4 (1990): 449-466.
"A Tactical Planning Model for Manufacturing Subcomponents of Mainframe Computers."
Fine, Charles H. and Stephen C. Graves. Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management Vol. 2, No. 1 (1989): 4-34.
"Dynamic Process Improvement."
Fine, Charles H. and Evan L. Porteus. Operations Research Vol. 37, No. 4 (1989): 580-591.