Tim Kraft

Research

Published papers

• Yu J.V., T. Kraft, R.B. Handfield, R. Hasan, M. Moore. “Examining Consumer Responses to Supply Chain CSR Communications: A Moderated Mediation Analysis,” forthcoming at Production and Operations Management.

• Golmohammadi A., T. Kraft (2026). “Environmental Standards: Examining a Regulator's Strategy for Setting a Deadline,” European Journal of Operational Research, 332(1): 101 - 114.

• Simpson D., T. Kraft, M. Segrave. “How Construal Level Can Shape Buyer Responses to Supplier Labor Violations,” Transportation Research Part E, 216: 105165

• Mohammadi M., H. Heese, T. Kraft (2024). “Environmental Regulation Design: Motivating Firms’ Clean Technology Investments with Penalties and Subsidies,” Production and Operations Management, 31(1): 32 - 47.

• Golmohammadi A., T. Kraft, S.A. Monemian (2024). “Setting the Deadline and the Penalty Policy for a New Environmental Standard,” European Journal of Operational Research, 315(1): 88 - 101.

• Kraft T., J.V. Yu, Y. Zheng (2023). “Supply Chain Transparency and Sustainability,” Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information, and Operations Management, 17(2): 82 - 154.

• Kraft T., L. Valdés, Y. Zheng (2022). “Consumer Trust in Social Responsibility Communications: The Role of Supply Chain Visibility,” Production and Operations Management, 31(11): 4113 - 4130.

• Erhun F., T. Kraft, S. Wijnsma (2021). “Sustainable Triple-A Supply Chains,” Production and Operations Management Special Issue on AAA Global Value Chains in the Digital Age (invited), 30(3): 644 - 655.

• Kraft T., Y. Zheng (2021). “How Supply Chain Transparency Boosts Business Value,” Sloan Management Review, 63(1): 34 - 40.

• Kraft T., L. Valdés, Y. Zheng (2020). “Motivating Supplier Social Responsibility under Incomplete Visibility,” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Special Issue on Responsible Operations and Supply Chain Management, 22(6): 1268 - 1286.

• Karaer Ö., T. Kraft, P. Yalçin (2020). “Supplier Development in a Multi-tier Supply Chain,” IISE Transactions (formerly IIE Transactions), 52(4): 464 - 477.

• Kraft T., L. Valdés, Y. Zheng (2018). “Supply Chain Visibility and Social Responsibility: Investigating Consumers' Behaviors and Motives,” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 20(4): 617 - 636.

• Kraft T., G. Raz (2017). “Collaborate or Compete: Examining Manufacturers’ Replacement Strategies for a Substance of Concern,” Production and Operations Management, 26(9): 1646 - 1662.

• Karaer Ö., T. Kraft, J. Khawam (2017). “Buyer and Nonprofit Levers to Improve Suppliers’ Environmental Performance,” Production and Operations Management Special Issue on Not-for-Profit Operations Management, 26(6): 1163 - 1190.

• Kraft T., Y. Zheng, F. Erhun (2013). “The NGO’s Dilemma: How to Influence Firms to Replace a Potentially Hazardous Substance,” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Special Issue on the Environment, 15(4): 649 - 669.

• Kraft T., F. Erhun, R. Carlson, D. Rafinejad (2013). “Replacement Decisions for Potentially Hazardous Substances,” Production and Operations Management Special Issue on New Product Development, Innovation, and Sustainability, 22(4): 958 - 975.

Papers under review/Working papers

• Bloemer A., T. Kraft, S. Minner. “Remediate or Terminate? Examining Buyer Reactions to Supplier Violations of Supply Chain Due Diligence Laws”.

• Hua L., T. Kraft, D. Thomas, Y. Zheng, M. Hämäläinen. “The Market Value of Social Responsibility Communications: A Cross-Cultural Behavioral Study”.

• Tripathy M., H. Heese, T. Kraft. “Competitive Implications of Spectrum Sub-Leasing on Optimal Price, Quality and Sourcing Decisions".

• Sahebi A., I. Gandhi, A. Hossein, R. Handfield, A. Gupta, T. Kraft. “From Audits to Analytics: Comparing Public-Data LLM Scoring and Factory Audits to Improve Supplier Sustainability".

• Kraft T., X. Liu, R.B. Handfield, H. Heese, B. Soundararajan. “Examining How Favorable Audit Outcomes Influence Suppliers’ Intrinsic Motivation to Reduce CSR Risk".

• Hartmann J., H. Heese, T. Kraft, S. Mankad. “The Costs of Compliance: Examining the Financial Consequences of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act".

• Spiliotopoulou E., T. Kraft, S. Mankad, Y. Zheng. “Working with Generative AI vs Humans: The Impact on Wellbeing".

• Kuscu E., T. Kraft, T. Tan, Ö. Tuncel. “Supplier Sustainability Under Information Asymmetry: Self-Assessment, Engagement, and Verification”.

• Handfield R.B., R. Hasan, T. Kraft, A. Sahebi. “From Tick-Box to Real Change: Reimagining Social Compliance in Global Apparel Supply Chains”. 

Research in progress

• Yu J.V., T. Kraft, R.B. Handfield, R. Hasan. “Managing Supplier Social Responsibility Risk: Prevention, Detection, and Remediation”.

• Golmohammadi A., Ö. Karaer, T. Kraft. “Examining How Buyer and Activist Monitoring Efforts Impact Supplier Social Responsibility”.

• Deames C., H. Heese, T. Kraft. “Analyzing the Environmental Impact of Tariffs”.