Dr. Javad Feizabadi

Associate Professor, Director of PhD Program and Winter Academy, Director of Mobility Center of Excellence (MCE)

Dr. Javad Feizabadi is an associate professor at MIT Global SCALE Network – Malaysia institute for supply chain innovation (MISI) and a research associate with Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the director of a Ph.D. program and Ph.D. Winter academy as well as Mobility Center of Excellence at MISI.

Dr. Feizabadi’s primary research interest focuses on designing and managing supply chains in a highly volatile business landscape. Specifically, he investigates the challenges associated with supply chain configurations, which are exposed to various sources of turbulence. Contributing to the scholarly domain of adaptable supply chain in both nascent and established markets has been the main concentration of his research. Dr. Feizabadi’s research is not constrained by the method. He uses different research designs as long as there is a fit between the state of scholarly literature and the data/research question. In some of his recent research projects, he has utilized various research designs, including grounded theory, mathematical modeling, survey and field experiments, etc. wherever the research question/data matches with the state of literature.

Research Interest

Supply chain agility and adaptability
Supply chain ambidexterity
Type and effect of interdependent attributes to design supply chains/supply networks

Teaching Courses

Supply chain planning,
Operations management,
Supply chain finance.

Publications

2020

Gligor D., Feizabadi J., Russo I., Maloni M.J., & Goldsby T.J. (2020). “The Triple-A Supply Chain and Strategic Resources: Developing Competitive Advantage,” International Journal of Physical Distribution &Logistics Management, 50(2), 159-190.

2019

Feizabadi J. & Sridharan S. (2019). “Supply chain-enabled process innovation: How to embark on the journey,” Supply Chain Management Review, November, 6-9.
Feizabad J., Gligor D., & Motlagh S.A. (2019). “The triple-As supply chain competitive advantage,” Benchmarking: An International Journal, 26(7), doi:10.1108/BIJ-10-2018-0317.
Feizabadi J., Maloni M., & Gligor D. (2019). “Benchmarking the Triple-A Supply Chain: Orchestrating Agility, Adaptability, and Alignment,” Benchmarking: An International Journal, 26(1), 271-295, doi:10.1108/BIJ-03-2018-0059.

2018

Feizabadi J. & Shrivastava A. (2018). “Does AI-enabled demand forecasting improve supply chain efficiency?” Supply Chain Management Review, Rev 22, 8-10.

2016

Gligor D., Holcomb M., & Feizabadi J. (2016). “An exploration of the strategic antecedents of firm supply chain agility: The role of a firm’s orientations,” International Journal of Production Economics, 179, 24-34, doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.05.008.

2015

Fatodu O., Gligor D., Holcomb M., & Feizabadi J. (2015). “Implications of customer roles in engineer-to-order service supply chain,” International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 22(3), 350-375, doi:10.1504/IJLSM.2015.07228.
Feizabadi J. & Soroush A. (2015). “Contribution of supply chain to corporate strategy: A case study in agriculture machinery industry,” International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 18(4), 473–499, doi:10.1504/IJLSM.2014.063981.

2013

Feizabadi J. (2013). “Gaining power through diversity in ASEAN,” Automotive Logistics, December.
Feizabadi J. (2013). “Supply Chain Risk and Reward for Malaysia’s Automakers,” Supply Chain Frontiers, 49.

Conference Presentations

2019

Feizabadi, J. (2019, September). Designing an Ambidextrous Supply Chain, POMS International Conference, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Feizabadi, J. (2019, September). Supply Chain Strategy Evolution in Nascent Markets, POMS International Conference, Brighton, United Kingdom.

2018

Feizabadi J. (2018, June). Aligning Customer and Supplier Facing Activities in Supply Chain: A Consumer Packaged Goods Industry View, European Operations Management Association (EUROMA) Conference, Budapest, Hungary
Feizabadi J. (2018, March). Repurposing The Power of Block Chain, Asia Strategy and Leadership Institute, Selangor, Malaysia
Feizabadi J. (2018, January). How Start-up and Entrepreneurial Supply Chains/Firms Develop New Business Models Based on Operations/Supply Chain Innovation, 2^nd Biologistics Conference, Singapore

2017

Feizabadi J. (2017, December). The Effects of Relational Capability on Supply Chain Adaptability: The Moderating Role of Effective Governance Mechanisms, Production and Operations Management Conference, Sydney, Australia
Feizabadi J. (2017, September). Smart Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence and IoT on Labour, Capital and Knowledge Intensive Industries in ASEAN Region, Jakarta Indonesia
Feizabadi J. (2017, May). The Triple-A Supply Chain as A Source of Competitive Advantage: Scale Development and Model Testing, European Research Seminar, Barcelona, Spain
Feizabadi, J. (2017, March). Nascent Markets and Supply Chain Development (Bio, Nano and ICT technologies), Keynote presentation at Bio Pharma Asia Convention 2017, Singapore.

2016

Feizabadi, J. (2016, August). Supply chain strategy in automotive industry, Keynote speech at 3rd Asian Automotive Manufacturing Summit, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Feizabadi, J. (2016, April). Automotive global value chains and developing countries, Keynote speech at 5th Annual South East Asia Summit, Jakarta, Indonesia.

2015

Feizabadi, J., Singh M., Alibakhshi M. (2015, August). An investigation into the effectiveness of strategy theories in explaining supply chain performance using archival data, Presented at the International Conference on Logistics and Maritime Systems,Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.

Research Projects

Maersk Shipping Co. (2019). The future of the automotive component supply chain. A joint project with MIT center for transportation and logistics. Principal Researcher
Malaysia Ministry of Education, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, “Designing an ambidextrous supply chain”
Malaysia Ministry of Education, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, “Adaptation of supply chain strategy in nascent markets: Nano, bio information/ communication technology sectors”
Redesigning electronic supply chain for AEC (ASEAN Economic Community) preparation, in collaboration with Chiang Mia University of Thailand, Malaysia, 2013
Redesigning steel supply chain for AEC preparation, in collaboration with King Mongut University of Technology of Thailand, Malaysia 2014
Redesigning automotive supply chain for AEC preparation, in collaboration with King Mongut University of Technology of Thailand, Malaysia, 2013