Supply Chain Management

Frank Montabon, Dean’s Professor of Supply Chain Management:

• Participated in his first-ever research poster presentation at the Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm Conference, held in Ames November 6-8. The poster was titled “Biodigester Supply Chains: How Are We Going to Do That?” and the research was co-authored with Saurabh Bansal (Pennsylvania State University). A recap of the conference. and a photo of Frank and his poster appeared in the Iowa State Daily on November 7.
• Achieved another career first by co-authoring a law review article. “The Regulatory Landscape of Livestock Anaerobic Digesters and Renewable Natural Gas“. was published in the fall 2023 issue of the Journal of Animal & Environmental Law.

Robert Overstreet, assistant professor of supply chain management, and Henrik Sternberg, associate professor of supply chain management, had their manuscript, “Digital Activism to Achieve Meaningful Institutional Change: A Bricolage of Crowdsourcing, Social Media, and Data Analytics,” accepted at Research Policy, an Ivy elite/FT50 journal. The manuscript was co-authored with Vitali Mindel (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), Lars Mathiassen (Georgia State University), and Nelson Phillips (University of California Santa Barbara).

Robert Overstreet, assistant professor of supply chain management, was quoted in a BBC article, “How a Toy Becomes the Coveted ‘It’ Gift of the Holiday Season.”

Henrik Sternberg, associate professor of supply chain management, and Mats Alvesson (Lund University) published a debate article, “Do We Dare to Say No to Mediocrity?” in Sweden’s second-largest newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet. The authors elaborate on why investing in top researchers will always be the best investment of tax money and why the Swedish system is wasteful.

Robert Overstreet, assistant professor of supply chain management, was mentioned in a BBC article, “The Stores Snubbing Black Friday’s Mega-sales.”

Micah Marzolf, assistant professor of supply chain management, had a paper accepted in the Journal of Business Logistics. The paper, “Retail and Wholesale Inventories: A Literature Review and Path Forward,” was co-authored with Jason Miller and Simone Peinkofer (both from Michigan State University).

Jonathan Phares, assistant professor of supply chain management, and Andrew Balthrop (University of Arkansas) published an article, “Market or Roadway Mayhem? A Fundamental Supply Chain Dilemma,” at the Supply Chain Management Review. Read article.

Meltem Denizel, associate professor of supply chain management, and Zoe Schumm, PhD student in apparel merchandising and design, had their paper, “Closed Loop Supply Chains in Apparel: Current State and Future Directions,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Operations Management. 

Joshua Schumm, PhD candidate in supply chain management, and Peter Ralston, associate professor of supply chain management, had a recent paper accepted for publication in Transportation Journal. The paper, “The Challenges of Supply-Side Obsolescence: Obsolescence Procurement’s Past, Present, and Future,” was co-authored with Matt A. Schwieterman (Miami University).

Dave Cantor, Ruan Chair in Supply Chain Management and professor of supply chain management, and Laura D’Oria, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship, had their paper, “Competitive Actions and Supply Chain Relationships: How Suppliers’ Value-Diminishing Actions Affect Buyers’ Procurement Decisions,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Logistics. The paper was co-authored with Christian Hofer (University of Arkansas) and Kate Ren (Ohio State University).