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Research Interests
Primary Topical Interests: Healthcare Operations Management; Operational Excellence
Secondary Topical Interests: Supply Chain Management; Project Management
Methodological Interests: Applied Econometrics; Machine Learning; Open to other approaches in collaborative work
Healthcare Operations – Stroke Patient Care
Published Papers
Lee, B., Lee, Y., Yoon, J., & Kim, J. (2026). “Patient Classification and Information Sharing for Stroke Patient Care: Insights from a U.S. Stroke Hospital.” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 73, 322-341.
Lee, B., Youn, S., & Fredendall, L. (2025). “Deadline Effect in Stroke Patient Care: A Temporal Motivation Theory Perspective of Process Management.” Journal of Operations Management, 71(5), 670-699. [FT50; UTD24]
Lee, B., Fredendall, L. Roth, A., Sternberg, S., & Quiroga, B. (2024). “An Empirical Analysis of Process Improvement from Best Practice Adoption: A Study of Stroke Care Best Practices.” Journal of Operations Management, 70(4), 630-653. [FT50; UTD24]
Winner, 2025 Jack Meredith Best Paper Award from Journal of Operations Management
Invited Speaker, 2019 POMS CHOM SYNAPSE Mini-Conference (Washington, DC)
Lee, B., Yoon, J., & Lee, S. J. (2020 online; 2021 in issue). “A Ripple Effect in Prehospital Stroke Patient Care.” International Journal of Production Research, 59(1), 168-187
Papers in Progress
Venkataraman, S., Lee, B., Fredendall, L., Clarkson, C., & Kim, J. “Effectiveness of Telemedicine in Stroke Care: An Empirical Study on a Telestroke Network.” Rejected from a Journal; Under Revision for Resubmission (Target: Manufacturing and Service Operations Management)
Lee, Y., Yoon, J., Kim, J. & Lee, B. “Effective Implementation of Mobile Stroke Unit in Telestroke Network.” Current Status: Development of Simulation Model & Designing Simulation Experiments (Target: Transportation Research: Part E)
Lee, B., Sternberg, S., Guillerminet, F., Rayes, M., & Fredendall, L. “Sex Difference in Door-to-Needle Time of tPA Administration for Stroke Care.” Current Status: Under revision for resubmission
Healthcare Operations – Operating Room (OR) Management
Published Papers
Ferrand, Y., Fredendall, L., Taaffe, K., San, D., Kim, J., Joseph, A., Lee, B., & Fiore, A. (2024). “Separate Rooms for Patient Induction, Set-up, and Breakdown: Innovative Operating Room Turnover Through Quality Management.” Quality Management Journal, 31(1), 3-24; a study from RIPCHD.OR project (AHRQ fund) as a research assistant at Clemson.
Taaffe, K., Lee, B., Ferrand, Y., Fredendall, L., San, D., Salgado, C., Shvorin, D., Khoshkenar, A., & Reeves, S. (2018). “The influence of traffic, area location, and other factors on operating room microbial load.” Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 39(4), 391-397; a study from PeriOp MLS project (NSF fund) as a research assistant at Clemson.
Paper in Progress
Kim, J., Park, M., & Lee, B. (authorship TBD) “Temporal Dependence in Daily Operating Room Scheduling.” Current Status: Hypothesis Development & Data Analysis (Target: Management Science)
Project Management
Published Papers
Delise, L.*, Lee, B.*, & Choi, Y.* (2023). “Understanding Project Management Performance Using a Comparative Overrun Measure.” International Journal of Project Management, 41(2), 102450. *Equal Contribution (rotational order)
Choi, Y.*, Delise, L.*, Lee, B.*†, & Neely, J.* (2021). “Effective Staffing of Projects for Reconciling Conflict between Cost Efficiency and Quality.” International Journal of Production Economics, 234, 108049. *Equal Contribution (rotational order); †Corresponding Author
Paper in Progress
Lee, B.*, Choi, Y.*, & Delise, L.* “Reducing Planning Fallacy and Comparative Cost Overrun by Using Distributional Information in Project Management.” Rejected from a Journal; Under Revision for Resubmission (Target: Decision Sciences Journal) *Equal Contribution (rotational order)
Supply Chain Management
Published Papers
Lee, J.*, Lee, M.*, Jeong, S.*, Lee, B.*, & Park, M.* (2022 online; 2024 in issue). “Responding to Epidemic-driven Demand: Roles of Supply Channels.” International Journal of Production Research, 62(5), 1879-1900. *Equal Contribution (randomly selected order)
Lee, B., Nittala, L., Jacobs, M., & Yu, W. (2021 online; 2023 in issue). “Impact of Psychological Safety on Supply Chain Operational Performances.” International Journal of Production Research, 61(3), 754-773.
Pedagogical Research
Published Paper
Lee, B., Lee, M., & Fredendall, L. (2022). “Response to Relative Performance Feedback in Simulation Games.” International Journal of Management Education, 20(3), 100698.
Notable Research Collaborators
Larry Fredendall (Clemson University): Trevillian Distinguished Professor of Operations Management (Google Scholar)
Aleda Roth (Clemson University): Burlington Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management - Emerita (Google Scholar)
Bernie Quiroga (West Virginia University): Associate Professor of Operations Management; JOM DE (Google Scholar)
Jiho Yoon (Chung-Ang University): Associate Professor of Management Science (Google Scholar)
Seokjun Youn (University of Arizona): Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (Google Scholar)
Jaeyoung Kim (University of Dayton): Assistant Professor of Operations & Business Analytics (Google Scholar)
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