Daniel Guide

Professor Daniel Guide holds the Smeal Chaired Professorship in Operations & Supply Chain Management at The Pennsylvania State University's Smeal College of Business. He joined the faculty in 2002 and previously served as a visiting research fellow at INSEAD (2001-2003). His research focuses on closed-loop supply chains, sustainable operations, remanufacturing, and time-based product return systems, supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and Carnegie Bosch Institute.

• PhD: Operations Management & Management Science, University of Georgia (1992)
• MS: Clemson University (1989)
• BS: Clemson University (1987)

His work engages global organizations including the US Navy, Hewlett-Packard, Bosch Tools, Cisco, and Pitney Bowes. Professor Guide co-edited special issues on closed-loop supply chains for prominent journals and served as co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Operations Management (2011-2017). He has published in Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Harvard Business Review.

• Awards: POMS Fellow (2019), Academy of Management Distinguished Scholar (2018)

His research bridges academic and applied domains, addressing legislative impacts on producer responsibility and industrial sustainability challenges through collaborative industry projects.