2012 Dennis E. Grawoig
Distinguished Service Award
Ram Narasimhan, Michigan State University
The Distinguished Service Award, named in honor and in memory of Dennis E. Grawoig, the Institute's founder, first president, and first executive director, is awarded to a member who has provided major service to the Institute over a significant period of years.
2012 Fellows
Souman Ghosh, Georgia Institute of Technology
Timothy L. Smunt, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The designation of Fellow is awarded to active supporters of the Institute for outstanding contributions in the field of decision sciences.
2012 Instructional Innovation Award Competition
Distant yet Near: Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Learning between Engineering and Business Students through Socially Responsible Projects
Monica Adya, Marquette University
Bryan Temple, Glasgow Caledonian University
Donald Hepburn, Glasgow Caledonian University
Runners-Up
A Cross-Functional Systems Project in an IS Capstone Course
Michael Maloni, Kennesaw State University
Pamila Dembla, Kennesaw State University
Tony Swaim, Kennesaw State University
Cultivating Student Global Competence: A Pilot Experimental Study
Yulong Li, Roger Williams University
Operations Reality Show: An Experiential Service Learning and Storytelling Project
Xin Ding, University of Houston
The Instructional Innovation Awards seek to recognize outstanding contributions that advance instructional approaches within the decision sciences. The focus of this award is innovation in college- or university-level teaching.
2012 Best Teaching Case Award Competition
Deploying Sustainability at Solea
Subab Erzurumlu
The Best Case Studies Award is presented to cases that are either methodological in nature (i.e., crafted to support the learning of a specific technical skill) or integrative (i.e., designed to foster the integration of scientific approaches and analyses with real-world decision making).
2012 Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation
Competition
Alan Mackelprang, Georgia Southern University
Beyond Firm Boundaries: Exploring the Interdependence between Supply Chain Partners
Advisor and Degree-Granting Institution: Manoj Malhotra, University of South Carolina
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order)
Michael Dixon, Naval Postgraduate School
Membership-Based Loyalty Programs in Services: Operational and Marketing Implications
Advisor and Degree-granting Institution: Rohit Verma, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University
Gang Li, Bentley University
A Decision Model for Designing and Integrating Back-Office and Front-Office Service Operations
Advisor and Degree-granting Institution: Anant Balakrishnan, University of Texas- Austin
Xiaoqing (Kristine) Xie, Shanghai University of Finance & Economic
Selling and Pricing on Online Opaque Channels
Advisor and Degree-granting Institution: Chris Anderson, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University
The Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award encourages and promotes outstanding dissertation research by selecting and recognizing the best dissertations written in the past year in the decision sciences.
2012 Best Application Paper Award
The Relationship between Lean Supply Chain Strategy and Supplier Integration and Competitive Capabilities in Thailand's Automotive Suppliers
Suntichai Kotcharin, Thammasat University
Steve Eldridge, Lancaster University
James Freeman, University of Manchester
2012 Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper Award
Co-Production and Co-Creation of Value: A Differential Games Approach
Emre M. Demirezen, Texas A&M University
Subodha Kumar, Texas A&M University
Bala Shetty, Texas A&M University
2012 Best Interdisciplinary Research Paper Award
Cloud Computing: Supply Chain Applications and Implementation Issues—An Agent-Based Simulation Approach
Yang Yu, Texas Tech University
Dara Gale Schniederjans, Texas Tech University
Qing Cao, Texas Tech University
2012 Best Case Study Paper Award
Deploying Sustainability at Solea
Sinan Erzurumlu, Babson College
2012 Best Student Paper Award
Product Innovative Supply Chains: The Role of Strategy and Buyer-Supplier Interface
Shakeel Sadiq Jajja, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.
Shaukat Ali Brah, Karachi School for Business & Leadership, Pakistan
Syed Zahoor Hassan, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
2012 Distinguished Track Papers Awards
Accounting and Finance
Payout Policy, Ownership Structure, Taxation, and Corporate Value: Evidence from BraziPl
Paulo Renato Soares Terra, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Jéfferson Colombo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Decision Making and Problem Solving (MS/OR/Statistics)
Classification of Customer Complaints Using Latent Dirichlet Allocation
Leticia H. Anaya, University of North Texas
Nicholas Evangelopoulos, University of North Texas
Healthcare Management
Linking Innovation Orientation, Supply Chain Management, and Customer Centered Outcomes: A Study of USA Hospitals
David D. Dobrzykowski, University of Toledo
Stephen K. Callaway, University of Toledo
Mark A Vonderembse, The University of Toledo
Innovative Education
Norming of Student Evaluations of Instruction: Impact of Non-Instructional Factors
Satish Nargundkar, Georgia State University
Milind Shrikhande, Georgia State University
Information Technology
Using Cloud Computing Service: A Perspective from Users' Information Security, Privacy Concern, and Trust
Andree Emmanuel Widjaja, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Jengchung Victor Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Logistics and Distribution
The Transmission of Disruptions in Supply Chains: Is There a Snowball Effect?
Artur Swierczek, University of Economics
Management Strategies and Organization Behavior and Theories
The Impact of IT-enabled Business Flexibility and Its Integration on the Acquirer´s Post-M&A
Performance
Jose Benitez-Amado, University of Granada
Gautam Ray, University of Minnesota
Manufacturing Operations Management
A Model for Supply Chain Risk Resiliency Measurement and Planning
Kanchan Das, East Carolina University
R.S. Lashkari, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Marketing and Cross Functional Interface
Is Trust a Cardinal Virtue?
Ram Kesavan, University of Detroit Mercy
Michael Bernacchi of University of Detroit Mercy
Product/Process Innovation and Project Management
Product Design Effectiveness and the Market Value of the Firm: An Empirical Assessment
Yusen Xia, Georgia State University
G. Peter Zhang, Georgia State University
Quality Management and Lean Operations
Modeling Management in Lean Production Environments: A Study of Italian SMEs
Arnaldo Camuffo, Bocconi University
Fabrizio Gerli, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Service Operations Management
U.S. Touristic Clusters: The Impact of the Geographic Effect on Hotel's Economic
Performance
Angel Peiro-Signes, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
Maria-del-Val Segarra-Ona, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
Rohit Verma, Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration
Supply Management
Developing the Commercial Capital of Buyer Firms for Supplier Innovation: A Conceptual
Maturity Model of Supply Management's Roles
Yang Yang, Arizona State University
Phillip Carter, Arizona State University
Sustainable Operations
Supply Chain Sustainability at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Kristie Kay Seawright, Brigham Young University
Simon Greathead, Brigham Young University
Casey Green, Brigham Young University
Richard Christian Westbrook, Brigham Young University
Christian Mealey, Brigham Young University
Ikaika Bullock, Brigham Young University
New Talent Showcase—Student Presentations
Co-Production and Co-Creation of Value: A Differential Games Approach
Emre M. Demirezen, Texas A&M University
Subodha Kumar, Texas A&M University
Bala Shetty, Texas A&M University
2012 Decision Sciences Journal Best Paper Awards
Best Paper
Managing Differentiation-Integration Duality in Supply Chain Integration
Siri Terjesen, Indiana University; Pankaj C. Patel, Ball State University; Nada R. Sanders, Lehigh University (Decision Sciences, Volume 43, Issue 2, April 2012, pp. 303-339)
Honorable Mention
Employee Misuse of Information Technology Resources: Testing a Contemporary Deterrence Model
John D'Arcy and Sarv Deveraj
Outstanding Senior Editors for 2012: Cheri Speier-Pero, Michigan State University, for outstanding service, constructive and thoughtful reviews; and Kurt Bretthauer, Indiana University, in recognition of ourstanding service, 2010-2012.
Outstanding Associate Editors for 2012: Joy Field, Boston College; Robin Poston, University of Memphis
Outstanding Reviewers for 2012: Lai Lai Tung, Nanyang Technological University; Aravind Chandrasekaran, Ohio State University; Antony Paulraj, University of Southern Denmark
2012 Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education Best Paper Awards
Best Research Article
An Empirical Investigation of Student Evaluations of Instruction—The Relative Importance of Factors
Satish Nargundkar, Milind Shrikhande
Best Teaching Brief
Illustrating the Importance of Performance Measurement Systems on Organizational Performance: The Blue-Green Game
Elisabeth Umble, Michael Umble
