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Doctoral dissertations in logistics and supply chain-related areas: 2005–2009

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The purpose of this article is to examine the output of logistics and supply chain-related dissertation research during the period, 2005–2009, and compare that output with earlier published dissertations from 1970 to 2004. Doctoral students and faculty members can identify emerging areas of research based on the year-by-year trends in topical coverage. Qualitative research analysis of 609 doctoral dissertations published by Dissertation Abstracts International over a 5-year period (2005–2009) was performed. Results suggest that future prospects for additional dissertations being published in logistics and supply chain-related areas are excellent. Many dissertations are emanated from colleges of engineering and business. The prominent research methodologies employed by doctoral students are modeling, simulation, and empirical quantitative methods. More colleges/universities are graduating doctoral students in these areas. Some shift is occurring with respect to the specific colleges/universities that are leading the way in terms of generating the largest number of logistics and supply chain graduates.

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  1. Subsequent to the 2009, some examples of dissertations published in these under-researched areas has developed. For example, a Special issue in the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 43, No. 5/6 (2013) was published which included material developed by authors from their dissertations.

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  1. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Chinintorn Nakhata & James R. Stock

  2. Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Tania B. Texiera

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Appendix 1. Doctoral Dissertations (2005–2009): The original dissertation abstracts in full-length format can be examined and downloaded from UMI (http://www.umi.com). The 609 dissertation abstracts are a separate file, but are attached as an electronic file that readers can access (DOC 1881 kb).

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Nakhata, C., Stock, J.R. & Texiera, T.B. Doctoral dissertations in logistics and supply chain-related areas: 2005–2009. Logist. Res. 6, 119–131 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12159-013-0108-2

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