Ph.D. in Economics and Management
Elective course: Logistics
(prof. Barbara Gaudenzi, prof. Paola Signori - Verona University)
The goal of this course is to provide the main knowledge about logistics.
The interface between strategic management and logistics is recognized as a priority for
management in organization, and both practitioners and academics are analyzing when and
how the management of the supply chain as a whole can represent a way for achieving the
competitive advantage.
The scope of this Ph.D.’s course is therefore to describe definitions, strategic/operational
objectives and characteristics of Logistics, and then to provide a theoretical framework of
their integration. Lecturers aim also at describing the historical evolution of managerial
approaches, in order to deeply understand strategic priorities and business techniques among
different époques.
The application of a different frameworks will be analyzed through industry examples with
case studies, to be presented and discussed in the class with the scope to offer practical
insight. Case studies will refer to different industries, supply chain’s dimensions and
countries, to provide an overview of issues in global supply chain management.
The Ph.D.’s course has therefore the following objectives:
• to offer an opportunity for students to develop a richer understanding of these topics;
• to provide a forum in which doctoral students will have an opportunity to dialogue with
academic experts;
• to expose students to research policy, techniques, and approaches in logistics;
• to build a level of professionalism and awareness of issues, challenges, and opportunities
in the global business community;
• to provide Ph.D. students with papers to be presented and discussed in classroom.
Evaluation of attendants
The evaluation of Ph.D. students is based:
- on classroom presentation and discussion of papers;
- on a paper to be written by each student at the end of the course.
Syllabus content
1. Foundamentals in Logistics
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Fundamentals of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Research Opportunities in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Research Methods for Logistics
Qualitative approaches to SCM Research
Papers and readings:
Cooper Martha C., Douglas M. Lambert, Janus D. Pagh, (1997) "Supply Chain Management: More Than a New Name
for Logistics", International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 8 N. 1, pp.1 – 14.
Stock, James R. and C. Jared Broadus, “Doctoral Research in Supply Chain Management and /or Logistics-Related
Areas: 1999-2004,” Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 27, No. 1 (2006), pp. 139-496.
Stock, James R., Stefanie Boyer, and Tracy Harmon, “Research Opportunities in Supply Chain Management,” Journal
of the Academy of Marketing Science Special Issue on Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Vol. 38, No. 1
(2010), pp. 32-41.
Stuart I., D. McCutcheon, R. Handfield, R. McLachlin, D. Samson (2010), “Effective case research in operations
management: a process perspective”, Journal of Operations Management, N. 20, pp. 419–433
Barratt M., Thomas Y. Choi, Mei Li, (2011), “Qualitative case studies in operations management: Trends, research
outcomes, and future research implications”, Vol. 29, N.4, pp. 329–342.
2. Value creation and measurement systems
- Value Creation and Customer Satisfaction: definitions and measurement
systems
- The value co-creation with the customer: the business-to-business perspective and the
business-to-consumer perspective
- Trade off between cost and logistics management
- Implementation of Performance Measurement systems
Papers and readings:
Christopher Martin, Gaudenzi Barbara (2009), “Exploiting knowledge across networks through reputation
management”, Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 38, pp. 191-197.
Christopher Martin, Juttner Uta, Godsell Jennifer (2010), “A Strategic Framework for Integrating Marketing and Supply
Chain Strategies”, International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp 104-126.
Hofmann E. (2010), “Linking corporate strategy and supply chain management”, International Journal of Physical
Distribution & Logistics Management , Vol. 40, N. 4, pp. 256-276.
Ballantyne David, Pennie Frow, Richard J. Varey, Adrian Payne (2010), “Value propositions as communication
practice: Taking a wider view”, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 40, pp 202-2010.
Dossi Andrea and Lorenzo Patelli (2010), “You Learn From What You Measure: Financial and Non- financial
Performance Measures in Multinational Companies”, Long Range Planning, Vol. 43, pp. 498-526.
3. Supply Chain Management
- Managing extended Supply Chains
in turbolent and global environment
- Lean and agile Supply Chains
- Outsourcing decisions
- Approaches for increasing the resilience of supply chain processes
Papers and readings:
Lambert, D.M., Garcia-Dastugue, S.J. and Croxton, K.L. (2005), “An evaluation of process-oriented supply chain
management frameworks”, Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 26, N. 1, pp. 25-51.
Goldsby Thomas J., Stanley E. Griffis, Anthony S. Roath (2006), “Modeling Lean, Agile and Leagile Supply Chain
Strategies”, Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 27, N.1, pp. 57–80.
Inman R. Anthony, R. Samuel Sale, Kenneth W. Green Jr. Dwayne Whitten (2010), “Agile manufacturing: Relation to
JIT, operational performance and firm performance”, Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 29, N. 4, pp. 343–355.
Pettit, Timothy J.; Fiksel, Joseph; Croxton, Keely L. (2010), “Ensuring supply chain resilience: development of a
conceptual framework”, Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 31, N. 1, pp. 1-21.
4. Managing risks in logistics and supply chain
- Managing vulnerability and risks in logistics and supply chain
- Business continuity and supply chain risk management
- Techniques and methods for managing risks in operations
Papers and readings:
Zsidisin George A., Lisa M. Ellram, Joseph R. Carter, Joseph L. Cavinato, (2004) "An analysis of supply risk
assessment techniques", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 34 N. 5, pp.397 –
413.
Gaudenzi Barbara, Borghesi Antonio (2006), “Managing risks in the supply chain using the AHP method”,
International Journal of Logistics Management, vol. Vol. 17, pp. 114-136.
Manuj I., Mentzer T., (2008), Global Supply Chain Risk Management, Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 29, N. 1, pp.
133-155.
Wagner Stephan and Christoph Bode, (2008), “An empirical examination of supply chain performance along several
dimensions of risk”, Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 29, N.1, pp. 307-325.
Lecturers
Barbara Gaudenzi, Ph.D., Associate professor in Marketing, Logistics and Risk Management, Verona
University
Barbara Gaudenzi is graduated at the University of Verona and obtained the Ph.D. at the University Parthenope in
Naples. During the Ph.D. she was visiting lecturer, and she is still collaborating with, at the Cranfield University –
Cranfield School of Management - Center for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (UK) and Caledonian
University (Glasgow – UK).
She is Director of the Post Graduated Course in Risk Management, at the Faculty of Business Economics in Verona
(Italy).
She is Director of the Master in Integrated Logistics, Supply Chain Integrated Management of the University of Verona.
Her research interests focus on supply chain risk management, logistics management and risk management in
operations. She has published referred articles in international and national academic publications.
She is Italian member of the UNEP-FI (United Nation Environment Programme – Finance Initiative), member of the
ISCRIM network (Supply Chain Risk Management Network) and CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management
Professionals).
Paola Signori, Ph.D., Associate professor in Marketing and Logistics, Verona University
Paola Signori is Associate Professor of Marketing and SCM at the Faculty of Economics, University of Verona, Italy.
She is graduated at the University of Verona and obtained a Ph.D. in Supply Chain management at the Naval Institute
of Naples. After that, she spent a period as a Research Scholar at the University of South Florida in the United States
(Dept. of Marketing, Prof. J. Stock as supervisor), sponsored by the Italian Council of Research (Consiglio Nazionale
delle Ricerche).
Her areas of research interest include logistics and supply chain management, marketing-communication, performance
measurements, sustainability and resilience in marketing and logistics.
Dr. Signori has lectured at a number of colleges, universities, MBA and PhD courses in Italy, USA and Sweden; and
has researched for some Italian manufacturing and service companies on marketing, logistics and supply chain
management.
She is a member of the Editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Business Logistics, and of the International Journal
of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management.
Since 2010 she is an active member of the Education Strategy Committee of the CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain
Management Professionals). She is also President of the CSCMP Roundtable Italy.
Other incoming lecturers can be involved in the course.