The Blank School engages Babson community members and leads research to create entrepreneurial leaders.
Operations & Information Management
The Operations and Information Management (OIM) faculty brings real-world experience and cutting-edge research to the business of teaching.
With strong ties to industry and academia, we continuously explore new methods, models, and ideas that predict and keep pace with ever-evolving technologies that accelerate the development, production, and distribution of information, products, and services.
All OIM faculty are actively engaged in research, providing opportunities for Babson students to learn about and participate in uncovering new knowledge in this dynamic area. Armed with this knowledge, our students are aggressively recruited by major corporations, consulting firms, and small business enterprises. Entrepreneurially minded, several start their own companies, either before or after graduation. As most of the OIM faculty have worked in industry—and many continue to remain active in industry through research and consulting activities—we are able to support and guide students and graduates in realizing their goals.
Featured Faculty & Articles
How the Supply Chain Bottlenecks Will Affect Holiday Shopping
From the new iPhone 13 to bicycles, consumers likely will have difficulty finding popular items in stock this holiday shopping season. That’s because the global supply chain remains hampered by disruptions spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of foresight from critical industries that failed to prepare for this scenario.
Leadership, Logistics, and the Vaccine Rollout
This is the second installment of a three-part series looking at the large-scale efforts in vaccine development, distribution, and education that will be needed ultimately to end the pandemic.
Four Skills Tomorrow’s Innovation Workforce Will Need
The young digerati will lead innovation, but they’ll also need to develop business awareness, an entrepreneurial attitude, bottom-line focus, and ethical intelligence.
Innovating How to Learn Design Thinking, Making, and Innovation
We illustrate our points drawing from courses among multiple settings, and we provide implications for curriculum design that will help faculty to innovate how they teach innovation.