Associate Professor, Supply Chain Management
Co-Editor, Journal of Supply Chain Management
Craig R. Carter (Ph.D., Arizona State University) is Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Nevada’s College of Business Administration. His primary research stream focuses on the socially responsible management of the supply chain encompassing ethical issues in buyer-supplier relationships, environmental supply management, diversity sourcing, perceptions of opportunism surrounding electronic reverse auctions, and the broader, integrative concepts of social responsibility and sustainability. A second and often intersecting area of research examines issues relating to international supply chain management. A third, emerging stream of research considers and analyzes the status and evolution of research in the field of supply chain management, and provides guidance and thought leadership regarding future research directions in the field.
Dr. Carter has published extensively in the top logistics and supply chain management journals, including the Journal of Business Logistics, Transportation Journal, Transportation Research, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Decision Sciences, Journal of Operations Management, and Journal of Supply Chain Management. He has also authored or co-authored six focus studies for CAPS Research. In addition to being the Co-Editor of the Journal of Supply Chain Management, he is a member of the review boards of the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management and the Journal of Operations Management.
Professor Carter is currently conducting research with several scholars on multiple projects examining sustainable supply management. These projects include an investigation of the use of influence tactics in environmental supply management projects, a determination of the strategic role of the supply management function in environmental initiatives, and a study of sustainable practices in food supply chains. In addition, he is currently a committee member for two Ph.D. dissertations which examine various aspects of sustainable supply management practices. Dr. Carter has worked in the areas of transportation and logistics with Ryder Systems, Hechinger Company, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. His additional field-based research with over 80 Fortune 1000-size firms in the U.S. and Germany includes work with CAPS Research and McKinsey & Company.