Daniel Wright, PhD

Faculty Director, Center for Business Analytics; Professor of Management and Operations | Villanova School of Business Villanova University

  • Villanova PA

Daniel Wright, PhD, is an expert in business analytics, management and operations.

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Areas of Expertise

Business
Healthcare Staffing
Service Operations
Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
Retail Supply Chains
Healthcare Operations

Biography

In today's rapidly shifting retail/e-tail marketplace, Dr. Daniel Wright is a go-to source to discuss the unprecedented demands business managers face in navigating the new landscape of commerce. His research interests focus on workforce scheduling, healthcare applications and retail/e-tail supply chains.

Education

Indiana University

PhD

Indiana University

MBA

James Madison University

BA

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Interim Dean, Villanova School of Business

2015–2016

Vice Dean, Villanova School of Business

2013–2015

Emerging Scholar in Operations Management

Villanova School of Business

Affiliations

  • Member, Decision Science Institute (DSI)
  • Member, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • Member, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)

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Campus vs. Beach

The Economist  

2016-08-15

Last year, 94% of schools that offer a masters in subjects such as business analytics saw applications rise significantly. It was big business itself that lobbied for the programmes, says Daniel Wright, vice dean of Villanova University's business school in Pennsylvania, because firms found that traditional MBAs were falling short in areas such as statistics.

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KPMG to Pay Entry-Level Employees to Earn Villanova Master's in Accounting

Philadelphia Business Journal  

2016-08-04

KPMG is partnering with Villanova School of Business and The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business to develop a new approach to learning with master's degree programs emphasizing data and analytics (D&A) in accounting... "[KPMG] did their due diligence and looked at about 100 schools," Villanova's Daniel Wright said. "They wanted a program geared toward accounting and analytics. And they whittled it down to Villanova and Ohio State. I think they want to add more schools eventually. This was just the rollout. I think their goal is to create a new wave for the audit practice that deals with the modern practice."

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Master of Science in Analytics: Big Plans for Big Data

The Economist  

2016-03-21

A niche option is gaining ground on more traditional degrees: the Master of Science in Analytics, or MSA. The degree, which focuses on business analytics, has come into vogue as a result of industry lobbying, explains Daniel Wright, dean of the school of business at Villanova University, Pennsylvania. "We have a number of executives visiting our campus who told us a number of years ago there was a need for a different type of graduate degree," he says.

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Strategic Horizontal Integration for Drug Cost Reduction in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Omega

K. Iacocca, S. Mahar & P.D. Wright

2022

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Nurse Scheduling With Quick-Response Methods: Improving Hospital Performance, Nurse Workload and Patient Experience

European Journal of Operational Research

J. Schoenfelder, K.M. Bretthauer, P.D. Wright & E. Coe

2020

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In-Store Pickup and Returns for a Dual Channel Retailer

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Engineering Management

P.D. Wright & S. Mahar

2017

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