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D-Index
34
Citations
18467
World Ranking
2240
National Ranking
881

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute
  • Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute
  • Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute

Overview

Peter T. Ward is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Business, Management and Accounting as well as Health Professions.

The main areas of study for this researcher include Strategy and Management, General Health Professions, Management Information Systems, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The topics covered in their work focus on Quality and Supply Management, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Quality and Management Systems, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, Innovations in Medical Education, and Health Policy Implementation Science.

Ward has published in diverse venues, including:

  • Journal of Operations Management
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Ward are:

  • Commentaries on "The Lenses of Lean", 2021, Journal of Operations Management
  • Optimizing Huddle Engagement Through Leadership and Problem Solving Within Primary Care: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trial, 2021, Journal of General Internal Medicine

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Michael A. Cusumano
  • Matthias Holweg
  • Josh Howell
  • Torbjørn H. Netland
  • Rachna Shah

Peter T. Ward has been recognized as a Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute.

Best Publications

  • Lean manufacturing: context, practice bundles, and performance

    Rachna Shah;Peter T. Ward

  • Defining and developing measures of lean production

    Rachna Shah;Peter T. Ward

  • Approaches to mass customization: configurations and empirical validation

    Rebecca Duray;Peter T Ward;Glenn W Milligan;William L Berry

  • Research in the process and content of manufacturing strategy

    G.K. Leong;D.L. Snyder;P.T. Ward

  • Manufacturing strategy in context: environment, competitive strategy and manufacturing strategy

    Peter T Ward;Rebecca Duray

  • Competitive Priorities in Operations Management

    Peter T. Ward;John K. McCreery;Larry P. Ritzman;Deven Sharma

  • Business environment, operations strategy, and performance: An empirical study of Singapore manufacturers☆

    Peter T. Ward;Rebecca Duray;G. Keong Leong;Chee-Chuong Sum

  • Dynamic capabilities through continuous improvement infrastructure

    Gopesh Jankinath Anand;Peter T. Ward;Mohan V. Tatikonda;David A. Schilling

  • Configurations of Manufacturing Strategy, Business Strategy, Environment and Structure

    Peter T. Ward;Deborah J. Bickford;G. Keong Leong

  • Unlocking the potential of advanced manufacturing technologies

    Kenneth K. Boyer;G.Keong Leong;Peter T. Ward;Lee J. Krajewski

  • Fit, Flexibility and Performance in Manufacturing: Coping with Dynamic Environments

    Gopesh Jankinath Anand;Peter T. Ward

  • Impact of Information Technology Integration and Lean/Just‐In‐Time Practices on Lead‐Time Performance*

    Peter Ward;Honggeng Zhou

  • MANUFACTURING PROACTIVENESS AND PERFORMANCE

    Peter T. Ward;G. Keong Leong;Kenneth K. Boyer

  • Role of explicit and tacit knowledge in Six Sigma projects: An empirical examination of differential project success

    Gopesh Anand;Peter T. Ward;Mohan V. Tatikonda

  • Approaches to the factory of the future. An empirical taxonomy

    Kenneth K. Boyer;Peter T. Ward;G.Keong Leong

  • A mapping of competitive priorities, manufacturing practices, and operational performance in groups of Danish manufacturing companies

    Thomas Christiansen;William L. Berry;Peter Bruun;Peter Ward

  • Aligning supply chain management characteristics and interorganizational information system types: an exploratory study

    R. Shah;S.M. Goldstein;P.T. Ward

  • The effect of location, strategy, and operations technology on hospital performance

    Susan Meyer Goldstein;Peter T Ward;G.Keong Leong;Timothy W Butler

  • The Impact of Combining Conformance and Experiential Quality on Hospitals’ Readmissions and Cost Performance

    Claire Senot;Aravind Chandrasekaran;Peter T. Ward;Anita L. Tucker

  • The relative impact of attribute, severity, and timing of psychological contract breach on behavioral and attitudinal outcomes

    Stephanie Eckerd;James Hill;Kenneth K. Boyer;Karen L Donohue

Frequent Co-Authors

G. Keong Leong
G. Keong Leong California State University, Dominguez Hills
Kenneth K. Boyer
Kenneth K. Boyer The Ohio State University
John E. Ettlie
John E. Ettlie Rochester Institute of Technology
Barbara B. Flynn
Barbara B. Flynn Indiana University
Aleda V. Roth
Aleda V. Roth Clemson University
Vinod R. Singhal
Vinod R. Singhal Georgia Institute of Technology
Matthias Holweg
Matthias Holweg University of Oxford

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