Bernard J. LaLonde Best Paper Award

CSCMP presents the Bernard J. LaLonde Best Paper Award to the most valuable paper published in the Journal of Business Logistics.

Eligibility

To be considered for this prestigious award, your paper must be published in the Journal of Business Logistics. The JBL provides a forum for the dissemination of original thoughts, research, and best practices within the logistics and supply chain arenas

The editorial objectives of the JBL are to advance knowledge and science and to stimulate greater thought and effort in the fields of logistics and supply chain management by providing readers with:

  • New and helpful information
  • Logistics and supply chain management theory or techniques
  • Research generalizations about logistics and supply chain management thought and practice
  • Creative views and syntheses of dispersed concepts in logistics and supply chain management
  • Articles in subject areas that have significant current impact on thought and practice in logistics and supply chain management that present challenges for the future

2025 Bernard J. LaLonde Best Paper Award Recipients

2025 LaLonde Best Paper Award Recipients

Ellie Falcone, Texas Christian University
Laharish Guntuka, Rochester Institute of Technology
Steven Carnovale, Florida Atlantic University – College of Business

“Supply Chain Plasticity: A Responsive Network Capability to Ensure Resilience”

Past Recipients

2024
A Supply Chain Management Framework for Services
Authors: Matias G. Enz & Douglas M. Lambert, The Ohio State University

2023
Supply Chain Plasticity During a Global Disruption: Effects of CEO and Supply Chain Networks on Operational Repurposing
Authors: Ellie C. Falcone, Brian S. Fugate, Texas Christian University & David D. Dobrzykowski, Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas

2021
I Heart Logistics—Just Don’t Ask Me to Pay For It: Online Shopper Behavior in Response to a Delivery Carrier Upgrade and Subsequent Shipping Charge Increase
Authors: Travis Tokar, Ph.D., Texas Christian University; Brent D. Williams, Ph.D., University of Arkansas; Brian S. Fugate, Ph.D., University of Arkansas

2020
What is the Right Delivery Option for You? Consumer Preferences for Delivery Attributes in Online Retailing
Authors: Dung H. Nguyen, Sander de Leeuw, Wout Dullaert, and Bram P.J. Foubert

2019
Customer and Supplier Portfolios: Can Credit Risks be Managed Through Supply Chain Relationships?
Authors: Keely L. Croxton, Thomas J. Goldsby, & Matthew A. Schwieterman

2018
Reconceptualizing Intuition in Supply Chain Management
Authors: Craig R. Carter, Lutz Kaufmann, & Claudia M. Wagner

2017
Supplier Role Conflict: An Investigation of its Relational Implications and Impact on Supplier Accommodation (Vol. 37, No. 2)
Authors: Monique L. Ueltschy Murfield, Terry L. Esper, Wendy L. Tate, & Kenneth J. Petersen

2016
The Economic Development Role of Regional Logistics Hubs: A Cross Country Study of the Interorganizational Governance Models
Authors: Yemisi A. Bolumole & David J. Closs

2015
A Cross-Disciplinary Examination of Firm Orientations' Performance Outcomes: The Role of Supply Chain Flexibility
Author: David M. Gligor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)