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Research
Highlights
►Philip T.
Evers, associate professor of logistics,
serves as the advisor for six regional
roundtables of the Council of Logistics
Management, a nonprofit organization of
educators and professionals promoting
logistics in manufacturing,
transportation, distribution, retailing,
and consulting. Logistics
faculty member William DeWitt, teaching
professor, served on two of the regional
roundtables.
►In 2001, the
Supply Chain
Management Center received a
$2.2-million contract from the U.S.
Department of Defense to explore how the
military can optimize its supply chain.
Utilizing the center’s advanced
simulation, planning, and optimization
tools, the researchers will provide a
solution that can be adapted by other
organizations with large-scale
operations.
RECOGNITION
►In spring
2002, the Transportation Journal
ranked the faculty #5 in terms of
research productivity from 1992-1998,
continuing a 30-year tradition of
outstanding scholarship
by the department.
►Assistant
Professor Deepak Somaya received the
best paper award in technology and
innovation from the Academy of
Management in 2001 for his paper,
“Strategic Determinants of Patent
Litigation Settlement Decisions in
Computers and Research Medicines.”
►The
department’s academic programs have
received high marks from students,
companies, and national business
publications. In 2002, U.S. News & World
Report ranked Smith’s MBA specialization
in international business #23, and the
undergraduate program in supply chain
management/logistics and electronic
commerce #6 and #4, respectively.
►Assistant
Professor Joshua Newberg received two
awards in 2002 from the Academy of Legal
Studies in Business: the Holmes/Cardozo
Award for Distinguished Conference Paper
at
the academy’s annual conference, and the
Ralph C. Hober Award for Outstanding
Article of the Year in the American
Business Law Journal. Newberg is the
first person in the 75-year history of
the organization to win both awards in
the same year.
Related Centers
for Excellence at Smith:
►Center
for Global Business
►Netcentricity
Laboratory
►Supply
Chain Management Center
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