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22nd Annual North American Research Symposium on Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (NARS) — Agenda

March 15-16, 2012
Phoenix/Chandler, Arizona


AGENDA

DAY 1:
Thursday, March 15, 2012

7:30 am - 8:30 am Check in and Registration
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 8:45 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:45am - 9:45 am Keynote Address
Getting a Seat at the BIG Table

Jill Bossi, C.P.M.
Chief Procurement Officer, Supply Chain and Real Estate Management
American Red Cross
9:45 am - 10:00 am BREAK
10:00 am - 11:00 am Competitive Paper Session

Supply Chain Management 1

  • Early Supplier Involvement, Lead Time Reduction and the Information Supply Chain | John D. Hanson, University of San Diego

  • Inter-firm Supply Chain Integration: Review and Extensions | Muhammad Usman Ahmed and Mark Pagell, York University
10:00 am - 11:00 am

(concurrent)		 Working Paper Session

Risk Management

  • The Implications of Network Structure on Supply Chain Risk Management | Steven Carnovale, Rutgers Business School — Newark and New Brunswick; Myles D. Garvey, consultant; and Sengun Yeniyurt, Rutgers Business School — Newark and New Brunswick

  • Exploring Strategies for Managing Commodity Price Risk | George Zsidisin and Janet L. Hartley, Bowling Green State University

  • Supply Chain Interoperability: A Framework and Measurement | Christos Chalyvidis, David Morrow, Alan Johnson and Jeffrey A. Ogden, Air Force Institute of Technology
11:00 am - 11:15 am BREAK
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Working Paper Session

Operations and Strategy

  • Comparing Sourcing Strategies in the Face of Electronic Component Obsolescence | Kenneth D. Underwood, U.S. Air Force; Matt McConville and Jeffrey A. Ogden, Air Force Institute of Technology

  • Supply Management Capabilities and Operational Performance of UK Manufacturing | Joshua Ofori-Amanfo, University of Leeds

  • The Blended Outcome Enterprise | Christopher L. Fleming, Steven A. Melnyk and Stanley E. Griffis, Michigan State University
11:15 am - 12:15 pm

(concurrent) 		Working Paper Session

Sustainability

  • Relative Development of Sustainability and Supply Chain Management: Toward A Measurement Tool | Markus Mau, University of West Hungary; and Ralph G. Kauffman, University of Houston-Downtown

  • Market-Oriented Supply Chain Sustainability | Amit Arora, Ednilson S. Bernardes and Gerard J. Burke, Georgia Southern University

  • Sustainable Sourcing in the Manufacturing Industry: Results from Multiple Case Studies | Lena Schneider and Carl Marcus Wallenburg, WHU — Otto Beisheim School of Management
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm LUNCH
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Competitive Paper Session

Supply Chain Management 2

  • Buyer Trustworthiness: Developing a Dynamic Relational Capability to Achieve Differential Performance | Stanley E. Fawcett, Air Force Institute of Technology; Marc Day, University of Reading; Amydee M. Fawcett, University of Arkansas; and Gregory Magnan, Seattle University

  • Leading The Creation Of A Corporate Supply Function | P. Fraser Johnson and Michiel R. Leenders, The University of Western Ontario
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

(concurrent)		 Working Paper Session

Purchasing Strategies

  • Integrity in Negotiations: A Multi-Cultural Perspective | Carl R. Templin, Southern Utah University
  • Evolutionary or Revolutionary? Supply Management Involvement in Services Spending | Lisa M. Ellram, Miami University; and Wendy L. Tate, University of Tennessee
  • Understanding Import Lead Times | Arnold Maltz, Arizona State University
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm BREAK
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Panel Discussion

Supply Chain Sustainability: A Dialog on Metrics, Scorecards and Footprints

  • Kevin J. Dooley, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, W. P. Carey School of Business and Senior Advisor, The Sustainability Consortium, Arizona State University
  • Laura C. Draucker, Ph.D., Sustainability Manager, World Resources Institute, and Senior Associate, Greenhouse Gas Protocol
  • Den Patten, Ph.D., Professor, Environmental Accounting, Illinois State University
Session Moderator:
Tom Gattiker, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Boise State University
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm BREAK
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Practitioner Paper Session

Government Purchasing

Ambiguities: Latent and Patent — Purchaser's Duty to Clarify and Bidder's Duty to Inquire | Harold C. Moeller, Contract Administrator, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

(concurrent)		 Competitive Paper Session

Academic Service Learning

Academic Service-Learning Projects in Purchasing and Supply Management: An Investigation into the Student Experience using a Quasi-Experimental Design | Tobias Schoenherr, Michigan State University
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Reception and Dinner

DAY 2:
Friday, March 16, 2012

7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:30 am Keynote Address

Organizational Evolution: Does Form Fit Function?

Ann Oka
Senior Vice President, Supply Management
Sodexo, Inc.
9:30 am - 9:45 am BREAK
9:45 am - 10:45 am Competitive Paper Session

Supply Chain Performance

  • Awareness is Not Enough: Commitment and Performance Implications of Supply Chain Integration | Yao "Henry" Jin and Amydee M. Fawcett, University of Arkansas; and Stanley E. Fawcett, Air Force Institute of Technology

  • Ongoing Management of Outsourced 3PL Services: Towards an Understanding of Where the Most Competent Managers Spend Their Time to Bring About Supply Chain Performance | Misty P. Blessley and Richard Lancioni, Temple University
9:45 am - 10:45 am

(concurrent)		 Working Paper Session

Supplier Selection and Relationships

  • Intuition In Supplier Selection Decisions — Development Of A Measurement Scale | Claudia M. Wagner and Matthias Ehrgott, WHU — Otto Beisheim School of Management; and Craig R. Carter, Arizona State University

  • Extending the Quality Chain: Delivering Quality to Final Consumers | Arturo E. Osorio and Steven Carnovale, Rutgers— Newark & New Brunswick; and Maria G. Corradini, Universidad Argentina de la Empresa

  • Supplier Segmentation: Using Rough Set Methodology to Validate Supplier Positioning | Laura M. Meade, Texas Christian University and Joe Sarkis, Clark University
10:45 am - 11:00 am BREAK
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Panel Discussion

Journal Editors Panel: The New Landscape Of Publishing

Panelists:
  • George A. Zsidisin, Ph.D., C.P.M., co-editor, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
  • Stanley E. Fawcett, Ph.D., co-editor, Journal of Business Logistics
  • Craig R. Carter, Ph.D., co-editor, Journal of Supply Chain Management
  • Additional panelist representing the Journal of Operations Management
Session Moderator:
Lisa M. Ellram, Ph.D.,CPA, CMA, C.P.M., James E. Rees Distinguished Professor of Distribution, Miami Farmer School of Business, Miami University of Ohio
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm LUNCH
1:15 pm -2:00 pm Best Paper Presentation

Flexible and Redundant Supply Chain Practices to Build Strategic Supply Chain Resilience: Empirical Study | Kihyun Park, Robert Morris University; Dale Dwyer, University of Toledo; Hokey Min, Bowling Green State University; and Paul Hong and Sachin Modi, University of Toledo
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm BREAK
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Competitive Paper Session

Complexity and Strategy
  • Single Stage Closed Loop Supply Chain Profitability with Internal and External Returns Flows | Rabindranath Bhattacharya and Arshinder Kaur, Indian Institute of Technology

  • Supply Chain Complexity and Delivery Performance for Assemble-to-Order and Make-to-Stock Items: An Empirical Study Using Transactional Data | David Xiaosong Peng and Gregory R. Heim, Texas A&M University
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm

(concurrent)		 Working Paper Session

Innovation

  • Making Lemonade from Lemons | Justin Lavadour, U.S. Air Force; Christopher L. Fleming and Steven A. Melnyk, Michigan State University

  • A Maturity Model of Supply Management Roles in Innovation | Yang Yang and Phillip L. Carter, Arizona State University

  • Consideration Sets in Organizational Supply Management: How are They Determined and What Influences How Many Suppliers Are Included | Jeffery H. Adams and Ralph G. Kauffman, University of Houston-Downtown
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm BREAK
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Working Paper Session

Theme: Trust and Influence

  • The Insourcing Cycle Shift: Applying the Triple Helix Model to Analyze the Effects of Multi-dimensional Influential Factors on the Purchasing Function | Paul L. Hartman and Jeffrey A. Ogden, Air Force Institute of Technology

  • The Role of Salesperson Competence in Building Trust and Collaboration in Supply Chain Relationships: The Moderating Effect of Product Complexity and Technology Turbulence | Mahesh Srinivasan, The University of Akron

  • The Impact of Personality Disorder in Supply Professionals: Do We Need To Rethink Assumptions About Buyer Behavior? | Simon Croom, Donna Marshall and John Ramsay, University of San Diego
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

(concurrent)		 Working Paper Session

Sourcing Strategies

  • Strategies in Deciding When to Switch Suppliers | Rajni Goel, Ronald Straight and Angela Tidwell, Howard University

  • The Influence of Environmental Regulation on Global Sourcing Decisions | Jon F. Kirchoff, East Carolina University and Ayman Omar, American University
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm Closing Comments




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