Research Areas

• Logistics 
• Supply Chain Management

Refereed Journal Publications

1. “Planning and the global movement of goods and commodities”. In: Vickerman, Roger (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Transportation. vol. 6, pp. 380-387. UK: Elsevier Ltd with Chris Petrocelli.
2. “Technical Analytics and Freight Rate Forecasting”, Journal of Shipping and Trade, 2019 with Joan Mileski, Cassia Galvao, Taliese Laverne
3. “Sustainable blockchain technology in the maritime industry” with Bruce Hartman and Benson Beidler, Book chapter in Maritime Supply Chains, edited by Thierry Vanelslander and Christy Sys, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2020.
4. “The changing nature of work: A global perspective” Book Chapter in The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work, edited by Hoffman, B., Shoss, M., & Wegman, L. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
5. “Standard setting and carrier differentiation at seaports”, Journal of Shipping and Trade. 2018 with Bruce C. Hartman.
6. “Built to last? The changing role of ocean transportation intermediaries: Disintermediation and reintermediation”, American Journal of Transportation, 2018.
7. “New developments in the global transport of agricultural products, energy and natural resources” Research in Transportation Business and Management, December, 2017. Guest Editor with Albert Veenstra.
8. “U.S. tanker transport: Current structure and economic analysis”: Research in Transportation Business and Management, December, 2017 with Okan Duru and Joan Mileski
9. “Supply chain integration, landside operations and port accessibility in metropolitan Chicago” Journal of Transport Geography, 51 (2016) 130-139 with Bruce C. Hartman
10. “Container repositioning and agricultural commodities: Shipping soybeans by container from US hinterland to overseas markets”, Research in Transportation Business and Management, November, 2014, with Bruce C. Hartman
11. “Intermodal chassis supply in the US- A bayesian game model”, Research in Transportation Business and Management, November, 2014, with Bruce C. Hartman
12. "Clean trucks in California ports: Modeling Emissions Policy" International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics Journal (IJSTL). Special Issue, 2013, with Bruce C. Hartman
13. “An Economic Model for Sustainable Harbor Trucking”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment v.17, 5, July 2012, with Bruce C. Hartman
14. “An Uncertain Future: A Preliminary Study of Offshore Outsourcing from the Manager’s Perspective”, Management Research News, v.30, no.7 & 8, Summer 2007.
15. “Implementation of Environmental Scanning and Change at the Functional Level: An Examination of Offshore Outsourcing in the Financial Services Industry”, i-Manager Journal of International Management, March, 2007.
16. “Perspectives on Global Outsourcing and the Changing Nature of Work”
17. Business and Society Review 109:2 Summer, 2004.
18. “Ocean Freight Intermediaries: An Analysis of Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCCs) and Maritime Reform” Transportation Journal. Winter, 2000.
19. “Ocean Shipping Deregulation and Maritime Ports: Lessons Learned from Airline Deregulation” Transportation Law Journal, v.26, Spring, 1999, with Gary S. Wilson
20. “Culture and Strategy in Business Schools: Links to Organizational Effectiveness” Midwestern Educational Researcher, v.13, no.2 Spring, 2000 with Nancy L. Fjortof

Books

Clott, C., & Rahman, F.: Introduction to International Business, Chicago, Saint Xavier University Press, 1990

Other Publications

“The Knowledge Worker Revisited”, Strategic Innovators, Planman Media (India) September, 2008