This is Listen to the Editors, a series of interviews with journal editors to unveil the trends in research for Operations and Supply Chain Management.

In this episode, we are interviewing the department editors for the Journal of Operations Management (JOM), John Gray and Gopesh Anand.

The host for this show is Iuri Gavronski, Associate Professor for the Graduate Program in Business for the UNISINOS Jesuit University.

Show outline (and timestamps):

(0:40) What does a department editor do?

(1:41) The editors present themselves.

(2:58) What is the focus of the Strategy and Organization department?

(5:34) What is the trend in Operations Strategy research?

(10:42) Using archival data for Operations Strategy research.

(17:27) Combining empirical and analytical approaches.

(20:30) What types of experiments Operations Strategy research should hold?

(23:52) Difficulties in training PhD students in empirical and analytical research.

(29:11) When is a paper assigned to a department?

(30:25) Grounds for desk rejection at the department editor level.

(33:1) The link between associate editors and department editors.

(37:30) How department editors manage the day-to-day operations of their department?

(39:47) What is the share of the department?

(41:30) Speed vs. reliability of the papers published in the journal (a.k.a., relevance vs. rigour).

(42:52) How will JOM respond to covid-19?

(44:58) Two extremes: papers well done that do not say anything and papers poorly written: editor’s advice.

(46:13) What to do when you have papers in different journals that are too alike to raise concern.

(51:53) The role of the cover letter in potential ethical issues in the paper.

Listen to the editors is an initiative of the Operations and Supply Chain Management division of the Academy of Management. We post our interviews monthly in our division website. You can discuss any of the topics of this episode using our interactive tool, https://connect.aom.org.

Using the discussion section of our site, you can also post suggestions for questions, journal editors you would like to hear from, and requests for clarifications.

You can also subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or with the Podcast Addict app on Android.

Website for the Journal:

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/18731317

Papers cited in this episode:

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Anand, G., & Gray, J. V. (2017). Strategy and organization research in operations management. Journal of Operations Management, 53-56(1), 1-8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2017.09.001

Editors’ Bios:

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Dr. Gray’s research has been published in top multi-disciplinary management journals, including Decision Sciences, Management Science and Organization Science; and top operations and supply chain journals, including the Journal of Operations Management, the Journal of Supply Chain Management, and Production and Operations Management. His research has received several awards. In 2018, one of his papers was awarded the Jack Meredith Best Paper award as the best paper published in the Journal of Operations Management during the calendar year 2017. In 2013, another paper on global food supply chains received the Emerald Citations of Excellence award, recognizing its impact. Two of his papers were awarded the OM Division's Chan Hahn best paper award at the Academy of Management conference (2012 and 2014). Within Fisher, he was named to the inaugural class of Dean’s Faculty Fellows, a distinction he held from 2014-2017. He has also received substantial external funding. He is currently co-PI of a $1.7 million contract with the FDA awarded October 2019. He is also a member of a team developing pharmaceutical quality scorecards for the FDA as part of a major grant subaward received in December 2017.

In addition to service to his department and the university, he serves as a department editor for the Journal of Operations Management’s Strategy and Organization Department and a senior editor for Production and Operations Management’s Industry Studies and Public Policy Department (for which he was awarded Outstanding Senior Editor in 2017). Among his service to professional societies, he completed in August 2018 a five-year leadership role for the Academy of Management’s OSCM Division. For this service, in August 2018 he received the division's Distinguished Service award. He is serving as a program chair for the Industry Studies Association from 2019-2022.

Dr. Gopesh Anand is the Academic Director, Operations Management, Business Administration, University of Illinois, 2019 to present, and Assistant and Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Illinois, 2006 to present.

He is the Co-Editor, Strategy & Organization Department, Journal of Operations Management, 2017 to present, Senior Editor and Reviewer, Production and Operations Management Society Journal, 2013 to present, Associate Editor and Reviewer, Decision Science Journal, 2011 to present.

Dr. Gopesh’s research interests are Operations Strategy and Continuous Improvement.

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2020-03-18 - Episode 013

This is the twelfth episode of Listen to the Editors, a series of interviews with journal editors to unveil the trends in research for Operations and Supply Chain Management.

In this episode, we are interviewing the editor-in-chief for the International Journal of Production Economics, Stefan Minner.

The host for this show is Iuri Gavronski, Associate Professor for the Graduate Program in Business for the UNISINOS Jesuit University.

Listen to the editors is an initiative of the Operations and Supply Chain Management division of the Academy of Management. We post our interviews monthly in our division website. You can discuss any of the topics of this episode using our interactive tool, https://connect.aom.org.

Using the discussion section of our site, you can also post suggestions for questions, journal editors you would like to hear from, and requests for clarifications.

You can also subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or with the Podcast Addict app on Android.

Websites for the Journal:

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https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-production-economics

Call for papers:

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https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-production-economics/call-for-papers

Editor Bio:

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Stefan Minner is a Full Professor for Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the School of Management, Technical University of Munich (TUM). He serves on several editorial boards of logistics and operations journals. Currently, Stefan Minner is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Production Economics. His research interests are in global supply chain design, transportation optimization and inventory management and his work are published in many peer-reviewed journals, including Production and Operations Management, Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research, Transportation Research Part B, European Journal of Operational Research and OR Spectrum. He is a fellow of the International Society for Inventory Research (ISIR) and is currently vice-chairman of the scientific advisory board of the German Logistics Association (BVL), a member of the Research Committee of the European Logistics Association (ELA), and the speaker of the research training group Advanced Optimization in a Networked Economy (AdONE) at TUM.

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2020-02-29 - Episode 012

This is the eleventh episode of Listen to the Editors, a series of interviews with journal editors to unveil the trends in research for Operations and Supply Chain Management.

In this episode, we are interviewing the Program Chair for the OSCM Division in the AOM 2020 Annual Meeting, Stephanie Eckerd.

We discussed: the “under the hood” work of the scholarly program. Points authors should pay attention before submitting their manuscripts. What first-time attendees should pay attention to during the Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

The host for this show is Iuri Gavronski, Associate Professor for the Graduate Program in Business for the UNISINOS Jesuit University.

Listen to the editors is an initiative of the Operations and Supply Chain Management division of the Academy of Management. We post our interviews monthly in our division website. You can discuss any of the topics of this episode using our interactive tool, https://connect.aom.org.

Using the discussion section of our site, you can also post suggestions for questions, journal editors you would like to hear from, and requests for clarifications.

You can also subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or with the Podcast Addict app on Android.

Editor's Bio:

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Sean M. Handley is an associate professor of management science. Handley previously served on the faculty at the University of Notre Dame and Rutgers University. He obtained his Ph.D. and MBA from The Ohio State University, and received his B.S. in Industrial Management from the University of Cincinnati. Prior to entering academics, Handley served in multiple operational and supply chain roles working for a logistics subsidiary of Honda Motor, CEVA Logistics (formerly CTI), and GE Aviation among others. Handley is teaching, or has taught, graduate and undergraduate courses on operations and supply chain management, process analytics, business statistics, and procurement management and global sourcing.

Handley’s primary scholarly interests lie in studying the challenges and approaches to managing outsourced business processes with a particular interest in: formal and informal mechanisms for managing inter-organizational relationships, the management of offshore outsourcing engagements, and quality management with outsourced manufacturing. His research has been published in several leading academic journals including Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Decision Sciences, Strategic Management Journal, MIS Quarterly and Journal of Business Logistics. He serves on the editorial review board for Production and Operations Management and Journal of Supply Chain Management, and is an associate editor for the Journal of Operations Management.

Research interests:

Outsourcing, offshoring, buyer-supplier relationships, inter-organizational quality management, sourcing healthcare information systems

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2019-12-10 - Episode 011

This is the tenth episode of Listen to the Editors, a series of interviews with journal editors to unveil the trends in research for Operations and Supply Chain Management.

In this episode, we are interviewing the PDW Chair for the OSCM Division in the AOM 2020 Annual Meeting, Stephanie Eckerd.

We discussed: what is a PDW; who should submit a PDW proposal; how PDWs interface with the 2020 theme for the AOM Meeting.

The host for this show is Iuri Gavronski, Associate Professor for the Graduate Program in Business for the UNISINOS Jesuit University.

Listen to the editors is an initiative of the Operations and Supply Chain Management division of the Academy of Management. We post our interviews monthly in our division website. You can discuss any of the topics of this episode using our interactive tool, https://connect.aom.org.

Using the discussion section of our site, you can also post suggestions for questions, journal editors you would like to hear from, and requests for clarifications.

You can also subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or with the Podcast Addict app on Android.

Editor's Bio:

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Stephanie Eckerd is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

She serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Operations Management and the Decision Sciences journal.

Stephanie is the incoming PDW (Professional Development Workshop) Chair for the AOM 2020 Annual Meeting.

Her research interests include supply chain relationships, interorganizational conflicts, and supply chain contracts.

Stephanie's email is [email protected]

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2019-12-08 - Episode 010

This is the ninth episode of Listen to the Editors, a series of interviews with journal editors to unveil the trends in research for Operations and Supply Chain Management.

In this episode, we are interviewing the editor-in-chief for the Academy of Management Review, Jay Barney.

I believe it is vital to increase the reach of OM/SCM research to a broader audience. That would attract more students to our Ph.D. programs and keep our vibrant area alive. So I decided to reach a non-OSCM journal to a) make their processes more visible to our community and b) learn how we can appeal to their readers. I also asked some editors from OM/SCM journals to send me questions, and I am immensely indebted with them for their insights.

The following is an outline of the interview (on most podcast players, you can click on the timestamp and jump to the point of the audio file):

(2:17) Jay reflects on the mission of the AMR

(3:45) Jay discusses changes in the mission of the journal over time.

(5:03) General information on the journal: issues/year, sections of the journal, papers/year.

(6:04) Submission levels

(6:36) Acceptance rates of the journal.

(7:08) Editorial process. Breakdown of the rejects by stage. Main causes for desk-rejects.

(11:31) Distinctive editorial policy for AMR: two rounds of reviews.

(14:05) Term of the editor

(14:15) Why Jay Barney decided to be the editor-in-chief for AMR

(18:35) Why AMR does not have an OM/SCM department or associate editor.

(23:15) How do the authors suggest associate editors?

(26:07) The main KPI for AMR is time: if the editor or the reviewer takes too long to act, Jay sends them a personal email.

(28:55) AMR had 7.3 million downloads in 2018.

(30:19) Breakdown of downloads by country.

(30:56) Why the diversity of the authors (i.e., non-native English speakers) is increasing in AMR.

(31:55) Open calls for papers

(34:21) How AMR papers are publicized outside academic audiences.

(37:06) How AMR impacts the managerial audience.

(41:27) What are phenomenal theories? How different are they from empirical studies.

(43:50) Building theories from cases, mathematical models, simulations.

(48:10) How to publish interventionist research on AMR

(49:29) Questions from editors-in-chief of OM/SCM journals: how can OSCM scholars have an impact on the general management theory.

(56:45) It is quite hard interviewing Jay Barney and not talking about RBV... I could not resist. In fact, I was just forwarding Tom’s question... ;-)

The host for this show is Iuri Gavronski, Associate Professor for the Graduate Program in Business for the UNISINOS Jesuit University.

Listen to the editors is an initiative of the Operations and Supply Chain Management division of the Academy of Management. We post our interviews monthly in our division website. You can discuss any of the topics of this episode using our interactive tool, https://connect.aom.org.

Using the discussion section of our site, you can also post suggestions for questions, journal editors you would like to hear from, and requests for clarifications.

You can also subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or with the Podcast Addict app on Android.

Websites for the Journal:

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http://aom.org/Publications/AMR/Academy-of-Management-Review.aspx

http://aom.org/Publications/AMR/tab-content/Read-AMR-Online.aspx

http://aom.org/Publications/AMR/Information-for-Contributors.aspx

http://aom.org/Publications/AMR/Theory-Building-Resources.aspx

http://amr.aom.org/cgi/collection/amr_article_winners_collect

http://aom.org/Publications/AMR/From-the-Editor-Essays-on-Writing-Theory.aspx

https://aom.org/Publications/AMR/Frequently-Asked-Questions.aspx

http://aom.org/uploadedFiles/Publications/AMR/2019_October_STF.pdf

Other info:

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We referenced these papers in the podcast:

Barney, J. (2017). Editor’s Comments: Theory Contributions and the AMR Review Process. Academy of Management Review, 43(1), 1-4. doi:10.5465/amr.2017.0540

Barney, J. (2018). Editor’s Comments: Positioning a Theory Paper for Publication. Academy of Management Review, 43(3), 345-348. doi:10.5465/amr.2018.0112

Barney, J. (2018). Why resource-based theory’s model of profit appropriation must incorporate a stakeholder perspective. Strategic Management Journal, 39(13), 3305-3325. doi:10.1002/smj.2949

Meredith, J. R., and Pilkington, A. (2018), Assessing the exchange of knowledge between operations management and other fields: Some challenges and opportunities. Journal of Operations Management, 60: 47-53. doi:10.1016/j.jom.2018.05.004

Editor's Bio:

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Jay Barney is a Presidential Professor of Strategic Management and the Pierre Lassonde Chair of Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business. He previously served as a professor of management and held the Chase Chair for Excellence in Corporate Strategy at the Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business.

His research focuses on the relationship between costly-to-copy firm skills and capabilities and sustained competitive advantage. He has also researched the actions entrepreneurs take to form the opportunities they try to exploit.

He has served as an officer of both the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society and has served as an associate editor at the Journal of Management, senior editor for Organization Science, and co-editor at the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. His work has been published in numerous leading outlets, including the Strategic Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, the Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, and is among the most cited work in the fields of strategic management and entrepreneurship.

In addition to his teaching and research, he presents executive training programs throughout the U.S. and Europe and consults with firms on large-scale organizational change and strategic analysis.

Dr. Jay Barney is an SMS Fellow as well as a fellow of the Academy of Management. He has received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Lund (Sweden), the Copenhagen Business School, and Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain), and has had honorary visiting professor positions in New Zealand, the U.K. and China.

Acknowledgements:

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I want to thank the editors that sent questions for the interview. I hope I had relayed them correctly.

Mark Pagell

Co-Editor-in-Chief The Journal of Supply Chain Management

Why OSCM scholars look to general management for ideas and inspiration, but the reverse does not seem to occur?

Subodha Kumar

Deputy Editor and Department Editor, Production and Operations Management Journal

How can AOM journals reach out to the OM community and vice-versa?

Walter Zinn

Co-editor-in-chief Journal of Business Logistics

Please say hi to him in my name as he used to be at Ohio State for a while when I first got here.

Do you foresee that in the near future OM/SCM research might either gain or lose “space” in the general management literature? Why?

Tyson Browning

Co-editor-in-chief for Journal of Operations Management

It might be interesting to ask him what (theories, methods, etc.) the broad management community should be learning from the OSCM community.

Thomas J. Goldsby

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Business Logistics

1) What supply chain-related questions would be of interest to the AMR readership? Are there domains of particular intrigue that our community should consider?

2) Jay was instrumental in forwarding the RBV theory of competitive strategy. Clearly, SCM researchers have embraced it in a big way to frame and explain hypothesized relationships in their inquiries. Does he have any suggestions of limits to RBV or aspects of its application that he sees as ill-suited to SCM inquiry?

3) Conversely, how does he see RBV adapting to multi-organizational resource collaboration in SCM -- in other words, do you see SCM areas calling for further exploration and development with RBV application?

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2019-09-11 - Episode 009

This is the eighth episode of Listen to the Editors, a series of interviews with journal editors to unveil the trends in research for Operations and Supply Chain Management.

This month we recorded our episode live in the Meet the Editors session at the 2019 Academy of Management Annual Conference.

That session took place on August 12th. David Cantor was chairing the session. We had five editors representing four journals.

Wendy Tate is the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management. Morgan Swink was representing the International Journal of Operations and Production Management. Chris Voss was representing the Journal of Service Management. Tyson Browning and Suzanne de Treville are the co-editors-in-chief of the Journal of Operations Management.

While the entire session was interesting, I will place here some pointers to the contents:

(01:22) Editors present themselves and provide some highlights of their journal’s mission

(08:47) David asks recommendations for authors

(09:03) Wendy: “read the journal.”

(09:46) Wendy says that plagiarism, besides fit, is one top reason for desk-rejection in the JPSM.

(10:27) Morgan builds on that and says that the methods section are a frequent source of plagiarism and self-plagiarism

(13:15) Tyson provides an insight on the cover letter

(16:34) Suzanne offers a delicious anecdote on the cover letter (Annals of Accounting)

(18:44) David asks about non-traditional empirical contexts

(24:13) Suzanne weights in on interventionist research

(24:52) David asks how to describe data and methods (level of detail), especially when they are not well-known or very complex

(27:41) Tyson attributes the plagiarism on the methods to the desire to recite the right incantations; hence authors should be very familiar with the methods and the state-of-the-art

(29:00) Chris provided an example, where he and his co-authors were able to convince the reviewers by giving the full method description in the supplemental material. They initially did not provide the complete description to limit the size of the paper.

(29:55) Morgan suggests that authors explain qualitative methods because reviewers are more familiar with quantitative empirical methods

(31:51) David asked about supply networks research and open data

(34:00) Suzanne weights in on sample size

(35:32) A member of the audience has the impression that 100 cases are too few for a top journal

(39:01) Suzanne explains why editors are tired of hearing about gaps

(40:12) Morgan discusses rules of thumb, hard rules, and guidelines

(41:08) Tyson and Chris elaborate on the trade-off between rigor and interest

(41:43) Iuri asks about the role of surveys in modern OSCM research. Morgan gives his thoughts.

(45:20) Wendy provides her opinion on data obtained by survey firms

(46:07) Tyson gives some suggestions for sound survey design

The host for this show is Iuri Gavronski, Associate Professor for the Graduate Program in Business for the UNISINOS Jesuit University.

Listen to the editors is an initiative of the Operations and Supply Chain Management division of the Academy of Management. We post our interviews monthly in our division website. You can discuss any of the topics of this episode using our interactive tool, https://connect.aom.org.

Using the discussion section of our site, you can also post suggestions for questions, journal editors you would like to hear from, and requests for clarifications.

You can also subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or with the Podcast Addict app on Android.

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2019-08-24 - Episode 008

This is the seventh episode of Listen to the Editors, a series of interviews with journal editors to unveil the trends in research for Operations and Supply Chain Management.

In this episode we are interviewing the editors-in-chief for the Journal of Business Logistics (JBL), professors Thomas Goldsby and Walter Zinn.

* JBL has 150,000 downloads in 2018.

* Global spread of downloads: US: 18%, UK: 12%, DE,CN: 7% – 1/3 from outside the top 10 countries.

- 3 open calls for special issues:

* Talent Management in SCM - due Aug. 31

* Artificial Inteligence, Robotics, and Employment - due Oct. 31

* Digital Supply Chain - Dec. 1

Initiatives the Journal of Business Logistics is undertaking to publicize the papers and increasing their impact?

* Some papers are reformatted and published in the Supply Chain Quarterly

* Edge Conference - 3,000 supply chain managers

* Part of doctoral consortium is have the PhD candidates walk in the conference, listen to the managers, and report back their findings.

The host for this show is Iuri Gavronski, Associate Professor for the Graduate Program in Business for the UNISINOS Jesuit University.

Listen to the editors is an initiative of the Operations and Supply Chain Management division of the Academy of Management. We post our interviews monthly in our division website. You can discuss any of the topics of this episode using our interactive tool, https://connect.aom.org.

Using the discussion section of our site, you can also post suggestions for questions, journal editors you would like to hear from, and requests for clarifications.

You can also subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or with the Podcast Addict app on Android.

Websites for the Journal:

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Wiley’s main page for JBL (where the open CfPs can be found): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21581592

Also, several papers can be freely accessed there, including Walter’s “Historical Review of Postponement Research.”

Other info:

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The 40th Anniversary issue can be found at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/21581592/2019/40/1.

CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly can be found at: https://www.supplychainquarterly.com/

Cites to some referenced papers in the podcast include:

Castillo, Vincent E., John E. Bell, William J. Rose, and Alexandre M. Rodrigues. "Crowdsourcing last mile delivery: strategic implications and future research directions." Journal of Business Logistics 39, no. 1 (2018): 7-25.

Garver, Michael S. "Threats to the Validity of Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research." Journal of Business Logistics 40, no. 1 (2019): 30-43.

Miller, Jason W., Susan L. Golicic, and Brian S. Fugate. "Developing and testing a dynamic theory of motor carrier safety." Journal of Business Logistics 38, no. 2 (2017): 96-114

Miller, Jason W., Yemisi Bolumole, and Matthew A. Schwieterman. "Electronic Logging Device Compliance of Small and Medium Size Motor Carriers Prior to the December 18, 2017, Mandate." Journal of Business Logistics (2019).

Editors' Bios:

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Dr. Thomas Goldsby is the Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Foundation Professor in Business, Professor of Logistics, and Chair of the Department of Marketing & Logistics at Ohio State's Fisher College of Business. Dr. Goldsby is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Business Logistics. His research interests include logistics strategy, supply chain integration, and the theory and practice of lean and agile supply chain strategies. He has published more than 50 articles in academic and professional journals and serves as a frequent speaker at academic conferences, executive education seminars, and professional meetings. He is co-author of five books on supply chain management and logistics.

Walter Zinn is Professor of Logistics. He currently serves Ohio State’s Fisher College of Business as Associate Dean for Graduate Students and Programs. He previously served as Chairman of the Department of Marketing and Logistics (2010-2016) and as Director of the Master in Business Logistics Engineering (MBLE), an innovative joint program between the Schools of Business and Engineering (2005-2010).

Dr. Zinn is Co-Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Business Logistics. He formerly served the journal as the Systems Section Editor (1997-2001) and as Guest Editor for a Special Section on Logistics, Marketing and Supply Chain Strategies in 2000.

Dr. Zinn’s research interests focus primarily on the relationship between customer service policy and inventory investment; particularly consumer response to stockouts, supply chain risk management, and the effects of inventory centralization and sales forecasting on safety stocks. He is also interested in logistics issues in Latin America.

At Ohio State, Professor Zinn teaches logistics courses for undergraduate, MBA and MBLE students, including Field Problems in Logistics, where graduate students conduct consulting projects for corporations. Dr. Zinn also lectured in more than 100 executive development programs and spoke in logistics conferences and meetings in the U.S. and internationally. Dr. Zinn is fluent in Spanish and in Portuguese.

Acknowledgements:

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I would like to thank my research assistant, Luiz Paulo R.C. Barcellos, for his help in editing the interview. All the glitches in the recording and in the final version of the audio file, though, are my responsibility.

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2019-07-31 - Episode 007

This is the sixth episode of Listen to the Editors, a series of interviews with journal editors to unveil the trends in research for Operations and Supply Chain Management.

In this episode we are interviewing the editor-in-chief for the Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Christopher S. Tang. He served as the editor-in-chief since 2015 and his tenure ends in December 2020, as required by INFORMS, the sponsor of the journal.

The MSOM journal exists since 1999 and is listed in the prestigious list FT50 since 2016. It received 500 submissions in 2018, with 13-14% acceptance rate. Dr. Tang attempted to make the editorial board more inclusive, in terms of gender, research methods, geographic location, and affiliation. Around 10-12% are desk-rejected, but the reasons vary, because department editors handle the majority of the papers. The papers were downloaded 26,000 times in 2018. We don't have data on the global reach of the journal.

We discussed the editorial process. Dr. Tang implemented what he calls the 2+2+2 criteria: two reviewers, two rounds, two opportunities to resubmit. We had an overview of the Best Paper Award. We also talked about Practice-Based Research Competition, an unique approach to problem solving.

The journal has currently two open calls for papers for Special Issues: Smart Operations, Smart Cities, due October 1, 2019, and Operations and Fintech, due September 1, 2020.

The host for this show is Iuri Gavronski, Associate Professor for the Graduate Program in Business for the UNISINOS Jesuit University.

Listen to the editors is an initiative of the Operations and Supply Chain Management division of the Academy of Management. We post our interviews monthly in our division website. You can discuss any of the topics of this episode using our interactive tool, https://connect.aom.org.

Using the discussion section of our site, you can also post suggestions for questions, journal editors you would like to hear from, and requests for clarifications.

You can also subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or with the Podcast Addict app on Android.

Websites for the Journal:

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Main page: https://pubsonline.informs.org/journal/msom

Editor Blog: https://www.informs.org/Blogs/M-SOM-Blogs/From-M-SOM-Journal-Editor

Journal Blog: https://www.informs.org/Blogs/M-SOM-Blogs/M-SOM-Review

Call for Papers: https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/msom/calls-for-papers

MSOM Practice-Based Research Competition: https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/msom/practice-based-research-competition

Other info:

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Christopher S. Tang

Frequency: Quarterly

ISSN: 1523-4614 (Print)

ISSN: 1526-5498 (Online)

2017 Impact Factor: 1.795

5-year Impact Factor: 2.867

Editor Bio:

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Dr. Christopher S. Tang is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He holds the Edward W. Carter Chair in Business Administration.

His early research focused on mainstream operations management problems, such as production planning and control, inventory models with yield uncertainties, design and control of flexible manufacturing lines, and capacity configuration problems. Tang expanded his interest and research, working with marketing researchers on production planning and promotion, joint pricing and production decision-making, and advanced booking. He continued his integration with retailing in the exploration of joint operations decisions and assortment planning, consumer shopping behaviors and product pricing.

His research now spans different areas that include global supply chain management, retail operations and social business operations. His current interest focuses on social innovation for developing countries, looking at ways that companies can operate in the environment, doing good and doing well at the same time — “where corporate responsibility, social justice, and environmental stewardship can go hand in hand.”

Acknowledgements:

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I would like to thank my research assistant, Luiz Paulo R.C. Barcellos, for his help in editing the interview. All the glitches in the recording and in the final version of the audio file, though, are my responsibility.

Background music:

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“Night & Day” by Dee Yan-Key is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dee_Yan-Key/years_and_years_ago/08--Dee_Yan-Key-Night___Day

2019-06-30 - Episode 006

This is the sixth episode of Listen to the Editors, a series of interviews with journal editors to unveil the trends in research for Operations and Supply Chain Management.

In this episode we are interviewing the editor-in-chief for the Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Christopher S. Tang. He served as the editor-in-chief since 2015 and his tenure ends in December 2020, as required by INFORMS, the sponsor of the journal.

The MSOM journal exists since 1999 and is listed in the prestigious list FT50 since 2016. It received 500 submissions in 2018, with 13-14% acceptance rate. Dr. Tang attempted to make the editorial board more inclusive, in terms of gender, research methods, geographic location, and affiliation. Around 10-12% are desk-rejected, but the reasons vary, because department editors handle the majority of the papers. The papers were downloaded 26,000 times in 2018. We don't have data on the global reach of the journal.

We discussed the editorial process. Dr. Tang implemented what he calls the 2+2+2 criteria: two reviewers, two rounds, two opportunities to resubmit. We had an overview of the Best Paper Award. We also talked about Practice-Based Research Competition, an unique approach to problem solving.

The journal has currently two open calls for papers for Special Issues: Smart Operations, Smart Cities, due October 1, 2019, and Operations and Fintech, due September 1, 2020.

The host for this show is Iuri Gavronski, Associate Professor for the Graduate Program in Business for the UNISINOS Jesuit University.

Listen to the editors is an initiative of the Operations and Supply Chain Management division of the Academy of Management. We post our interviews monthly in our division website. You can discuss any of the topics of this episode using our interactive tool, https://connect.aom.org.

Using the discussion section of our site, you can also post suggestions for questions, journal editors you would like to hear from, and requests for clarifications.

You can also subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or with the Podcast Addict app on Android.

Websites for the Journal:

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Main page: https://pubsonline.informs.org/journal/msom

Editor Blog: https://www.informs.org/Blogs/M-SOM-Blogs/From-M-SOM-Journal-Editor

Journal Blog: https://www.informs.org/Blogs/M-SOM-Blogs/M-SOM-Review

Call for Papers: https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/msom/calls-for-papers

MSOM Practice-Based Research Competition: https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/msom/practice-based-research-competition

Other info:

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Christopher S. Tang

Frequency: Quarterly

ISSN: 1523-4614 (Print)

ISSN: 1526-5498 (Online)

2017 Impact Factor: 1.795

5-year Impact Factor: 2.867

Editor Bio:

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Dr. Christopher S. Tang is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He holds the Edward W. Carter Chair in Business Administration.

His early research focused on mainstream operations management problems, such as production planning and control, inventory models with yield uncertainties, design and control of flexible manufacturing lines, and capacity configuration problems. Tang expanded his interest and research, working with marketing researchers on production planning and promotion, joint pricing and production decision-making, and advanced booking. He continued his integration with retailing in the exploration of joint operations decisions and assortment planning, consumer shopping behaviors and product pricing.

His research now spans different areas that include global supply chain management, retail operations and social business operations. His current interest focuses on social innovation for developing countries, looking at ways that companies can operate in the environment, doing good and doing well at the same time — “where corporate responsibility, social justice, and environmental stewardship can go hand in hand.”

Acknowledgements:

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I would like to thank my research assistant, Luiz Paulo R.C. Barcellos, for his help in editing the interview. All the glitches in the recording and in the final version of the audio file, though, are my responsibility.

Background music:

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“Night & Day” by Dee Yan-Key is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dee_Yan-Key/years_and_years_ago/08--Dee_Yan-Key-Night___Day

2019-06-30 - Episode 006

This is the fifth episode of Listen to the Editors, a series of interviews with journal editors to unveil the trends in research for Operations and Supply Chain Management.

In this episode we are interviewing the co-editors-in-chief for the Journal of Operations Management, Suzanne de Treville and Tyson R. Browning.

We discussed how to integrate research and practice (via design research or interventionist research). According to the editors, if a researcher joins a consulting project and everything goes well, there is no paper. However, if the researcher finds something new, a theory that does not work in the real world, and that novelty can bring insights that advance the knowledge, that paper might interest JOM.

We also discussed the reasons for the 60% of papers that are desk-rejected by JOM. Among other reasons, such as lack of fit, poor methodology, or non-empirical papers, the editors mentioned the lack of “delta”. The delta is what do you learn from the paper. The editors are working harder to provide more feedback to those authors that have papers rejected at this stage.

The editors are also looking into ways to deepen their relationship with ASCM (formerly known as APICS). They are attending the ASCM this year for the first time. They are also willing to receive research proposals for gathering data on the ASCM corporate members and responding to problems that the executives of such firms are interested in.

This is a really long interview, but we believe you might enjoy, if you want to learn where the journal is heading to.

The host for this show is Iuri Gavronski, Associate Professor for the Graduate Program in Business for the UNISINOS Jesuit University.

Listen to the editors is an initiative of the Operations and Supply Chain Management division of the Academy of Management. We post our interviews monthly in our division website. You can discuss any of the topics of this episode using our interactive tool, https://connect.aom.org.

Using the discussion section of our site, you can also post suggestions for questions, journal editors you would like to hear from, and requests for clarifications.

You can also subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or with the Podcast Addict app on Android.

Papers cited in this episode:

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Example of a JOM paper based on a consulting project (Browning 2010 JOM): http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2009.11.007

Editorial on recent developments at JOM: (Browning & de Treville 2018, JOM): http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2018.12.005

Methods for JOM, general (Guide & Ketokivi 2015, JOM): http://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-6963(15)00056-X

PLS (Rönkkö et al. 2016, JOM): http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2016.05.002

Level of analysis and single informants in surveys (Ketokivi 2019, JOM): http://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1011

Endogeneity:

(Ketokivi & McIntosh 2017, JOM): http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2017.05.001

(Lu et al. 2018, JOM): http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2018.10.001

OM case study methodology:

(Handfield & Melnyk 1998, JOM): http://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-6963(02)00022-0

(Meredith 1998, JOM): http://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-6963(98)00023-0

(Stuart et al. 2002, JOM): http://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-6963(02)00022-0

(Barratt et al. 2011, JOM): http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2010.06.002

(Ketokivi & Choi 2014, JOM): http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2014.03.004

Example of single-case study (Browning 2009, JOM): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2008.03.009

Website for the Journal:

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/18731317

Editor Bios:

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Dr. Suzanne de Treville is Full Professor of Operations Management at HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne. Her research areas include: Competitive manufacturing in a high-cost environment, Supply chain management and lead time reduction, Lean production, Process consistency improvement, Health care operations, and Queuing theory-based mathematical modeling of operations.

Dr. Tyson R. Browning is a full Professor of Operations Management in the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University, where he conducts research on managing complex projects (integrating managerial and engineering perspectives) and teaches MBA courses on project management, operations management, risk management, and process improvement.

Background music:

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“Night & Day” by Dee Yan-Key is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dee_Yan-Key/years_and_years_ago/08--Dee_Yan-Key-Night___Day

2019-05-31 - Episode 005