Publications in Journals and Periodicals

Working papers
  1. Swamidass, P. "Annual 72-Hour i2v Apprentice Challenge for Budding Entrepreneurs at Auburn University" October 2011, 9 pages. Click here to download.
  2. Swamidass, P. "University Startups as a Commercialization Alternative: Lessons from Three Contrasting University Case Studies" August, 2011, 49 pages. Click here to download.
  3. Swamidass, P. "The 'Tyranny of the Acceptable' Phenomenon and the Search for Truth in Scientific Communities," October 2011, 20 pages. Click here to download.
Blogs
  1. Revive Manufacturing in the USA
    • The redundancy of autoworker union dues in the era of OSHA, EPA and Hyundai
    • The long-term success of US car companies is suspect
  2. Innovation, Capital and Business
    • American-Style Charitable Capitalism
    • Innovation Jackpots: Learn to detect disruptive innovations early
Papers, Articles and Columns
  1. Swamidass, P. M. "End the High-School Dropout Crisis: Tie Minimum Wage to Graduation" California Journal of Politics and Policy, 3(1), 2011; http://www.bepress.com/cjpp/vol3/iss1/10 DOI: 10.2202/1944-4370.113.
  2. Swamidass, P.M. "The challenge Facing University Startups in the USA," Newsletter Society for Technology Management (STEM, India), 6 (1), pp. 4-6. ISSN 0974-3863.
  3. Swamidass, P. "Reforming the USPTO to comply with MPEP §707.07(j) to give a fair shake to pro se inventor-applicants," John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law, Vol 9 (4), 2010, pp. 880-911.
  4. Swamidass, P. "Bum's Rush: Does the Patent Office snub inventors who file without an attorney?" Inventors Digest, April 2010.
  5. Nair A., Jones-Farmer A., and Swamidass P.M., "Modeling the reciprocal and longitudinal effect of ROS and R&D intensity during economic cycles: 1997-2003 emerges as an R&D-propelled cycle",  International Journal of Technology Management, 49 (1, 2, 3), 2010, pp. 2-24. http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php (forthcoming).
  6. Swamidass, P.M. and A.J. Gokcek," Empowering Young Inventors: An Experimental Course on IP and Patent Application Drafting at Auburn University," Journal of Technology transfer, forthcoming 2010.
  7. Swamidass, P.M and V. Vulasa. "Why University Inventions Rarely Produce Income? Bottlenecks in University Technology Transfer," Journal of Technology Transfer, 34, 2009, pp. 343-363.
  8. Swamidass, P.M. "A proposal to improve the understanding of innovation using the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) licensing activity survey," in the 2008 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data .
  9. McCutchen, W., Swamidass, P.M. and B. Teng. "Alliance termination and performance in the biopharmaceutical industry," Journal of High Technology Management Research, 18(2) 2008, pp. 191-202.
  10. Swamidass, P M. "The effect of TPS in US manufacturing during 1981-1998: Inventory increased or decreased as a function of plant performance", International Journal of Production Research, 45(16) 2007, pp. 3763-3778.
  11. Avittatur, B and P.M Swamidass. "Matching plant flexibility and supplier flexibility: Lessons from small suppliers of US manufacturing plants in India", Journal of operations Management, 25(3) 2007, pp. 717-735.
  12. Schrader, M, P.M Swamidass and D. Morrison. "Technology introduction in a service sector organization: A longitudinal study of employee involvement, attitudes, and reactions to technology changes," Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, Vol.12(3) 2006, 85-100   
  13. Swamidass, P.M., A.Nair. "What top management thinks about the benefits of hard and soft manufacturing technologies," IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management, 51(4), November, 2004.
  14. Swamidass P.M. and S. Subramanian. "Seizing the day: Auto component exports from India." Industry 2.0. April 2004, 27-29.

  15. McCutchen, W.M, P.M.Swamidass, and Bing-Sheng Teng. "R&D risk-taking in strategic alliances: New Explanations for R&D alliances in the biopharmaceutical industry," Management International Review, 44(1), 2004, 53-67.
  16. Swamidass, P.M. and S.Subramaniam "Alabama Calling," The Machinist, January-February 2004, P. 42-44- (A review of auto assembly plants and suppliers in Alabama).    
  17. Henderson, S.C., P.M.Swamidass, and T.A. Byrd. “Empirical models of the effect of integrated manufacturing on manufacturing performance and ROI.”, International Journal of Production Research, 42(10), 2004, 1933-1954.
  18. McCutchen, W.M. and P.M.Swamidass, “Motivations for strategic alliances in pharmaceutical / biotech industry: Some new findings .“, High Technology Management Research, 15, 2004, 197-214.
  19. Swamidass P.M. "Modeling the adoption rates of manufacturing technology innovations by small US manufacturers: A longitudinal investigation.", Research Policy, Feb. 2003, pp. 351-366.
  20. Chansler, P.A., Swamidass, P.M. and Cammann, C,"Self-managing work teams: An empirical study of group cohesiveness in 'natural  work groups' at Harley-Davidson Motor Company Plant," Small Group Research, 34(1) February 2003, pp.101-120.

  21. Swamidass, P.M. and Schraeder, M.,"New directions for on-the-job training in manufacturing," Development and Learning in Organizations, 17(1), January 2003.
  22. Zhang, D. and Swamidass, P.M.,"New technology introduction and application in the Chinese automotive industry: An overview and a case study," International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 2(3/4), 2002, pp.363-377.
  23. Swamidass, P.M. and Schraeder, M.,"User-friendly approach to technology implementation," Machinist, Sept.-Oct. 2002, pp.46-49.
  24. Swamidass, P.M. and Zhang, D.,"Automotive Joint Ventures :Lesson from China ," Industry 2.0,Vol-2(1), July 2002, pp.56-60.
  25. Swamidass, P.M. "Modeling the adoption rates of manufacturing technology innovations by small US manufacturers: A longitudinal investigation," Research Policy, forthcoming Feb 2003.
  26. Swamidass, P.M., N. Darlow, and T. Baines. "Evolving forms of manufacturing strategy development: Evidence and Implications." International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 21(10) 2001, pp. 1289-1304.
  27. Swamidass, P. M., T. Baines and N. Darlow. " The Role of Manufacturing and Marketing Managers in Strategy Development: Lessons from Three Companies", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 21(7) 2001, pp. 933-948.
  28. Swamidass, P. M., “Improving Productivity through Technology: A  U.S. Perspective”, Search: The Industrial Sourcebook (India), January 2001, pp. 346-348.
  29. Swamidass, P. M., “Emerging Business Models and Manufacturing: Strategies for India in the Internet Era,” MM: The Industry Magazine. (India), December 2000, pp. 40-48.
  30. Swamidass, P.M., “Innovations in Competitive Manufacturing: Lessons for India”, The Machinist (India), November – December 2000, pp. 106-116.
  31. Kotha, S., P.M. Swamidass. "Strategy,advanced manufacturing technology and performance:empirical evidence." Journal of Operations Management,Vol.18(3) 2000, pp. 257-277.
  32. Swamidass, P.M., S.S Nair and S.I Mistry. " The use of neural factory to investigate the effect of product line width on manufacturing performance." Management Science, Vol.45(11), 1999, pp.1524-1538.
  33. Swamidass, P.M. "Technology Makes Manufacutring More Productive and Profitable", In Alabama Today, October-November 1998, pp. 6-7.
  34. Swamidass, P.M. and S. Kotha. "Explaining manufacturing technology use, firm size and performance using a multidimensional view of technology." Journal of Operations Management,Vol.17, 1998, pp. 23-27.
  35. Kotha S. and P.M. Swamidass. "Advanced manufacturing technology use: Exploring the effect of the nationality variable." International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 36(11), 1998, pp.  3135-3146.
  36. Lewis, P., D. Aldridge, and P. Swamidass. "Assessing teaming skills acquisition on undergraduate project teams." Journal of Engineering Education,Vol. 87(2), 1988 (April), pp. 149-155.
  37. McCutchen, W.M. and P. M. Swamidass. "Explaining the differences in domestic and cross-border strategic alliances in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry." International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 15(3/4/5), 1998, pp. 490-506.
  38. McCutchen, W.M. and P. M. Swamidass. "Exploring larger Biotech Research Firm Strategies: Projections From a Comparison of Small and Larger Firms." Technological Forecasting and Social Change , Vol. 51, 1996, pp. 173-184 .
  39. McCutchen, W.M. and P. M. Swamidass. "Effect of R&D expenditures and funding strategies on the market value of biotech firms," Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Vol. 12, 1996, pp. 287-299 .
  40. Swamidass, P.M. and M.D. Aldridge. "Ten rules for timely task completion in cross-functional teams," Research Technology Management, Vol. 39, 1996, pp. 12-13.
  41. Aldridge, M.D. and P. M. Swamidass. "Where we’re Headed: IAS Membership Survey Results." IEEE Industry Applications Magazine, Sept./Oct. 1995, pp. 40-44.
  42. Swamidass, P.M. "Making Sense Out of Manufacturing Innovations." Design Management Journal, Vol. 6(2), Spring 1995 pp. 52-56.
  43. Swamidass, P.M. "Long-Term Research Opportunities in the US Steel Industry," International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, Vol. 9( 4,5,6), 1994 pp. 258-264.
  44. McCutchen, W.M. and P. M. Swamidass. "The Popular Strategic Configuration of R & D Aggressiveness and Research Funding in Emerging Biotech Firms: A Cluster Analysis." Journal of High Technology Management Research, Vol. 5(2), 1994, pp. 213-231.
  45. Swamidass, P.M. "Import Sourcing Dynamics: An Integrative Perspective." Journal of International Business Studies. Vol. 24(4), Fourth Quarter 1993.
  46. Swamidass, P.M. "Technology, People and Management." IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 30, Special issue on Manufacturing, September 1993.
  47. Swamidass, P.M. and M. Kotabe. "Component Sourcing Strategies of Multinationals: An Empirical Study of European and Japanese Multinationals." Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 24(1), First Quarter, 1993.
  48. Swamidass, P.M. "Are You On The Cutting Edge, Or Are You Losing Ground?" California Manufacturer, Vol. 8(5), Winter 1992.
  49. Swamidass, P.M. "Empirical Science: The New Frontier in Operations Management." Academy of Management Review, Vol. 16(4), October 1991, pp. 793-814.
  50. Swamidass, P.M. and C. Majerus. "Statistical Control of Cycle Time and Project Time: Lessons from Statistical Process Control." International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 29 (3), March 1991, pp. 551-564.
  51. Swamidass, P.M. and M. Waller. "A Classification of the Approaches to Planning and Justifying New Manufacturing Technologies," Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 9 (3), 1990, pp. 181-193.
  52. Swamidass, P.M. "A Comparison of Plant Location Strategies of Foreign and Domestic Manufacturers in the U.S." Journal of International Business Studies, Vol.21 (2), Second quarter, 1990, pp. 301-317.
  53. Adam, E.E. and P.M. Swamidass. "Assessing Operations Management from a Strategic Perspective," Journal of Management, Vol. 15 (2), Summer 1989, pp. 181- 203. (Authors' names in alphabetical order).
  54. Swamidass, P.M. "Manufacturing Strategy: A Selected Bibliography," Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 8 (3), August 1989, pp. 263-277 .
  55. Swamidass, P.M. "Time to Expand U.S. Government's Role in Manufacturing Research?" Operations Management Review, Vol. 6, Spring and Summer,1988, pp.42-51.
  56. Swamidass, P.M. "Planning for Manufacturing Technology," Long Range Planning, Vol. 20 (5), October 1987, pp. 125-133.
  57. Swamidass, P.M. "Planning for Manufacturing Technology", Reprinted in IEEE Engineering Management Review, Vol. 17 (1), March 1989, pp. 22-30.
  58. Raffii, F. and P.M. Swamidass. "Manufacturing Overhead Costs: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis." Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 7 (2), October 1987, pp. 121-137.
  59. Swamidass, P.M and W.T. Newell. "Manufacturing Strategy, Environmental Uncertainty and Performance: A Path Analytic Model." Management Science, Vol. 33 (4), April 1987, pp. 509-524.
  60. Swamidass, P.M. "Manufacturing Strategy: Its Assessment and Practice," Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 6 (4), August1986, pp. 471-484.
Columns
  1. Economic growth: The lessons from the Silicon Valley," MM:The Industry Magazine, March 2001, P-T6
  2. Investing in continuous Improvement," Search: The Industrial Sourcebook, February 2001, pp. 88-89.
  3. Promise Unrealized: FDI," MM:The Industry Magazine, February 2001, p.86