Bill Lovejoy

Raymond T. J. Perring Family Professor of Business Administration
Professor of Technology and Operations
Professor of Art, School of Art and Design

Education
PhD University of Delaware 1983
MA Cornell University 1974
BS Cornell University 1973
Biography

Professor of Technology and Operations in the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, with a joint appointment in the School of Art and Design. Professor Lovejoy received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering and M.E. in Nuclear Engineering from Cornell University, and a Ph.D in Operations Research from the University of Delaware. He has worked in the private and public sectors (for General Electric and the National Marine Fisheries Service), and since starting his academic career he has been on the business school faculties at Georgia Tech, Stanford University and now the University of Michigan.  His past editorial activities include Department Editor for the Operations and Supply Chains department of the academic journal Management Science, and Senior Editor for Manufacturing and Services Operations Management.  Professor Lovejoy has taught courses at all levels from bachelors to Ph.D. and Executives, and co-authored a text on hospital operations.   He has worked with companies and non-profits on process assessment and improvement, new product development, the management of innovation, and new business startups.  His current focus is helping some challenged Detroit neighborhoods with holistic development strategies that extend beyond business to issues of food and housing security, safety, and cultural preservation. 

Designing Incentives for Startup Teams: Form and Timing of Equity Contracting
Authors
Kagan, E, S. Leider and W. Lovejoy
Published Date
2020
Authors
Kagan, E, S. Leider and W. Lovejoy
Source
Management Science
Volume
66
Issue
10
Pages
4879-4898
Bargaining in Supply Chains
Authors
S. Leider and W. Lovejoy
Published Date
2016
Authors
S. Leider and W. Lovejoy
Source
Management Science
Volume
62
Issue
10
Pages
2282-3038
Little's Law Flow Analysis of Observation Unit Impact and Sizing
Authors
Lovejoy, W.S. and J. Desmond.
Published Date
2011
Authors
Lovejoy, W.S. and J. Desmond.
Source
Academic Emergency Medicine
Volume
18
Issue
21
Pages
183-189
Bargaining Chains
Authors
WS Lovejoy
Published Date
2010
Authors
WS Lovejoy
Source
Management Science
Volume
56
Issue
12
Pages
2282-2301
Efficient Structures for Innovative Social Networks
Authors
WS Lovejoy and A Sinha
Published Date
2010
Authors
WS Lovejoy and A Sinha
Source
Management Science
Volume
56
Issue
7
Pages
1127-1145
Hospitalist Time Usage and Cyclicality: Opportunities to Improve Efficiency
Authors
Kim, C. W. Lovejoy, M. Paulsen, R. Chang and S. Flanders
Published Date
2010
Authors
Kim, C. W. Lovejoy, M. Paulsen, R. Chang and S. Flanders
Source
J. Hosp Med
Volume
5
Issue
6
Pages
329-334
Resonsible Technological Innovation: 17 Haiku
Authors
17 of us, one haiku each
Published Date
2015
Authors
17 of us, one haiku each
Source
V2 the Netherlands
Pages
6
None (this is a book of haiku)
Maynard, A. and M. Kasprzak
Hospital Operations: Principles of High Efficiency Health Care.
Authors
W. Hopp and W. Lovejoy
Published Date
2013
Authors
W. Hopp and W. Lovejoy
Source
FT Press
978-0-13-290866-5