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Research and Researchers: The Enduring Value of Conferences to Logistics and Supply Chain Scholars
Author(s) -
Goldsby Thomas J.,
Zinn Walter
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of business logistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2158-1592
pISSN - 0735-3766
DOI - 10.1111/jbl.12171
Subject(s) - scholarship , supply chain , discipline , value (mathematics) , state (computer science) , sociology , supply chain management , engineering ethics , public relations , business , management , political science , marketing , social science , economics , engineering , law , computer science , algorithm , machine learning
Academic conferences serve the critical purposes of bringing together scholars to not only advance the state of the art in research, teaching, and practice, but also to socialize with established and prospective members of the academic society. In this way, conferences help to instill and reinforce the values of the academic society. Logistics and supply chain scholars are increasingly targeted to join in the dialogue of different academic networks and attend conferences in tangential disciplines. This editorial speaks to the growing affinity for logistics and supply chain scholars in different disciplinary settings, yet underscores the CSCMP Annual Global Conference ( AGC ) and its Academic Research Symposium (ARS) as the premier forums for advancing the state of the art in supply chain scholarship and reinforcing the discipline’s traditions and values.