2011 Dennis E. Grawoig
Distinguished Service Award
G. Keong Leong, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
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.
2011 Fellows
Maling Ebrahimpour, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
Peter T. Ward, The Ohio State University
The designation of Fellow is awarded to active supporters of the Institute for outstanding contributions in the field of decision sciences.
2011 Instructional Innovation Award Competition
Expeditionary Learning in Information Systems: Definition, Implementation and Assessment
Alan Abrahams (Virginia Tech)
Runners-Up
Improving Students' Writing Competency Through Online Writing Groups/Studios
Jamison Kovach, Michelle Miley, and Migual Ramos (University of Houston)
Introducing Geographic Information Systems in the Business School Curriculum with Business Analyst Desktop
David Bradbard and Barbara Fuller (Winthrop University)
Incorporating SCOR Scholar Training and Certification into Supply Chain Management Curricula:
An Exploratory Study of Suitability and Approach
Scott Ellis
(University of Kentucky)
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.
2011 Best Teaching Case Award Competition
Narragansett Brewing Company
Chris Roethlein and John Visich (Bryant University)
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).
2011 Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation
Competition (two co-winners)
Health Care Supply Chain Design for Emerging Economies
Emily J. Kohnke (Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Advisor: K. K. Sinha)
Role of Environmental Legislation and Firm-Level Strategies on Product Take Back
Gökçe Esenduran (Ph.D., University of North Carolina; Advisors: Jayashankar M. Swaminathan& Eda Kemahliogulu-Ziya
Runner-Ups (in alphabetical order)
Antecedents and Consequences of Value Density in the Healthcare Delivery Supply Chain
David D. Dobryzkowski (Ph.D., University of Toledo; Advisors: T. s. Ragu-Nathan & Mark A. Vonderembse
Cognition and Heterogeneity in Supply Chain Planning: A Study of Inventory Decision Making
Brent B. Moritz (Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Advisor: Arthur V. Hill)
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.
2011 Best Application Paper Award
Who Can We Trust? The Influence of Insider Threats on IS Security Investments
Jian Hua (The University of the District of Columbia), Sanjay Bapna (Morgan State University)
2011 Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper Award
Synergistic Use of Experiment and Survey for Cross-Level Behavioral OM Research
Kuo-Ting Hung (Suffolk University), Chanchai Tangpong (North Dakota State University)
2011 Best Interdisciplinary Research Paper Award
Do Supportive Human Resource Practices Mediate the Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Firm Performance?
Cheng-Chieh Hsiao (National Chengchi University), Carol Yeh-Yun Lin (National Chengchi University)
2011 Best Environmental Issues Paper Award
Is Remanufacturing Environmentally Friendly?
Wenjun Gu (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Dilip Chhajed (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Nicholas C. Petruzzi (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
2011 Best Case Study Paper Award
RFID-enabled Track and Traceability in Job-Shop Scheduling Environment
Jongsawas Chongwatpol (Oklahoma State Univ), Ramesh Sharda (Oklahoma State Univ), Naruamol Benmard (TMA Systems, LLC)
2011 Best Student Paper Award
The Link between Purchasing Strategies and Purchasing Structure
Melek Akin Ates (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
2011 Best Distinguished Paper Awards
Accounting and Finance
Internal Control Requirements for Public Corporate Managers Are Not Being Addressed in the Current
Management Literature
Judith Ann Kamnikar (Auburn University-Montgomery), Edward G. Kamnikar (Troy University-Montgomery), Beverly Strachan (Troy University-Montgomery)
Decision Making and Problem Solving
Using Demand Patterms of Related Products in Improving the Forecast Accuracy of Intermittent Demand
Matthew D. Lindsey (Stephen F. Austin State University), Robert J. Pavur (University of North Texas)
Healthcare Management
Markov Decision Process Model for Asymptomatic Intracranial Aneurysm Treatment Selection under Risk Aversion
Vera Tilson (University of Rochester), David Tilson (University of Rochester)
Information Technology
Testing Alternative Models of User Involvement and Satisfaction in the Social Media Context
Jeen-Su Lim (University of Toledo), John H. Heinrichs (Wayne State
University), Kee-Sook Lim (The University of Toledo)
Innovative Education
Gender and Student Outcomes
Tuncay Bayrak (Western New England University)
Management Strategy and Organizational Behavior/Theory
Six Sigma strategy and Absorptive Capacity: The Effects of Technical, Psychological and Contextual Factors
Arumugam Velaayudan (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK)
Marketing and Cross-Functional Interfaces
A Cross-Cultural Study of Symbolic Meanings of Product and Services
Kemal Buyukkurt (Concordia Univ), Wei Zhang (Caisse Desjardins)
Product/Process Innovation and Project Management
Socio-Cognitive Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Ideation
Robert M. Gemmell (Case Western Reserve University), Richard Boland (Case Western Reserve University), David A. Kolb (Case Western Reserve University), Sheri Perelli (Case Western Reserve University)
Service and Manufacturing Operations Management
Managing a Service System under the Influence of Social Interaction
Xuchuan Yuan (National University of Singapore), H. Brian Hwarng (National University of Singapore)
Supply Chain, Logistics, and Quality Management
Comparison of Collaborative Cost Reduction Strategies in a Supply Chain
Seung Ho Yoo (Sunmoon University), Hosun Rhim (Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea), Myung-Sub Park (Korea University)
Sustainable Operations
Is Safe Production an Oxymoron? Evidence from Ten Case Studies
Mark Pagell (York University), David A Johnston (Schulich School of Business, York University), Robert Klassen (University of Western Ontario), Markus Biehl (York University)
2011 Decision Sciences Journal Best Paper Award
Interorganizational System Characteristics and Supply Chain Integration: An Empirical Assessment
Khawaja A. Saeed, Wichita State University; Manoj K. Malhotra, University of South Carolina; Varun Grover, Clemson University (Decision Sciences, 42(1), February 2011, pp. 7-42)
Honorable Mentions
Private Labels: Facilitators or Impediments to Supply Chain Coordination
Liwen Chen, Stephen M. Gilbert, and Yusen Xia (Decision Sciences, 42(3), August 2011, pp. 689-720)
The Impact of Geographic Proximity on What to Buy, How to Buy, and Where to Buy: Evidence from High-Tech Durable Goods Market
Ramkumar Janakiraman and Rakesh Niraj (Decision Sciences, 42(4), November 2011, pp. 889-919)
Outstanding Associate Editors for 2011: Apurva Jain, University of Washington; Raymond Patterson, University of Alberta; M. Johnny Rungtusanatham, University of Minnesota
Outstanding Reviewers for 2011: Gregory R. Heim, Texas A&M University; Christopher W. Craighead, The Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer Blackhurst, Iowa State University
2011 Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education Best Paper Awards
Best Empirical Paper
Examining the Impact of Pedagogy on Student Application of Learning: Acquiring, Sharing, and Using Knowledge for Organizational Decision Making (pages 3-26)
Alice C. Stewart, Jacqueline Williams, Karen Smith-Gratto, Sylvia Sloan Black and Betty Turner Kane
Runners-Up
Does the MBA Experience Support Diversity? Demographic Effects on Program Satisfaction (pages 391-415)
J. B. Arbaugh, Regina Bento and Alvin Hwang
Applying Mass Customization Concepts to Core Courses: Increasing Student-Centered Customization and Enabling Cross-Functional Integration (pages 81-99)
Darryl D. Wilson
Best Teaching Brief
Teaching Design Thinking Through Case Analysis: Joint Analytical Process (pages 113-118)
Shouhong Wang and Hai Wang
Runner-Up
Promoting Effective Decision Making Using Analytics in a Virtual Technology Lab (pages 119-127)
Mary E. Gros, Michael Goul, and Haluk Demirkan
Teaching Utility Theory with an Application in Modern Portfolio Optimization (pages 107-112)
Lihui Bai, Paul Newsom, and Jiang Zhang
