ROBERT P. SROUFE JR.

Duquesne University; MBA Sustainability Program

Murrin Chair of Global Competitiveness

John F. Donahue Graduate School of Business

Beard Institute Director of Applied Sustainability

Center for Green Industries & Sustainable Business Growth, Faculty Affiliate

Institute for Energy and the Environment, Faculty Affiliate

Marketing and Supply Chain Management Department

600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282; 412-***-****

E-mail: abqq17@r.postjobfree.com; Faculty W ebsite;

I. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION AND EXPERIENCE

A results-oriented professional with a comprehensive understanding of contemporary sustainable

business practices, supply chain management, operations management, and performance measurement.

Possesses proven empirical research capabilities, with successful completion of numerous projects for

academic and corporate sponsors. Able to devise and implement coherent strategies while improving

processes and procedures within a demanding environment, project deadlines, and budgets.

A. EDUCATION

THE ELI BROAD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY East Lansing, Michigan

Ph.D. in Business Administration: Operations Management, May, 2000

Minors in Statistics and Strategic Sourcing

National Science Foundation Research Associate

Masters of Business Administration: Supply Chain Management

Dual Concentration: Purchasing; Materials & Logistics Management, December, 1995

LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Bachelor of Science: Environmental Law/Criminal Justice, Spring, 1992

Associate Degree: Water Quality Technology, Spring 1990

Associate Degree: Natural Resource Technology, Fall 1990

B. WORK HISTORY

Duquesne University

Palumbo Donahue School of Business, Pittsburgh, PA 2007-current

Murrin Chair of Global Competitiveness

Beard Institute Director of Applied Sustainability

Affiliated with the Center for Green Industries and Sustainable Business Growth

Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management

Boston College

Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Chestnut Hill, MA 2000-2007

Assistant Professor of Operations Management

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WORK HISTORY CONTINUED

Michigan State University

Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, East Lansing, MI 1998-2000

Instructor

Department of Defense/Defense Logistics Services Center

Government Industrial Interface Branch Office of Planning and

Resource Management Battle Creek, Michigan 1994-1997

Project Manager/Logistics Systems Analyst

National Pollution Prevention Center in conjunction with MSU

Materials & Logistics Management Department 1994-1995

Research Assistant

Center for Microbial Ecology

Research on Microbial Evolution Laboratory, East Lansing, MI 1992-1994

Lab Manager/Research Assistant

C. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Academy of Management

Production and Operations Management Society

Decision Sciences Institute

Institute for Supply Management

Association for Operations Management

Supply Chain Council for SCOR

Harvard Business Review s Advisory Council on-line Research Community

RESEARCH CENTER AFFILIATIONS

Sloan Industry Studies Program - Affiliate Member

Research Network for Business Sustainability

GlobeScan Sustainability Expert Panel

II. TEACHING

A. GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

Duquesne: SMBA 511 Sustainable Theories and Models (5)

Duquesne: SMBA 521 Sustainable Project Management I (5)

Duquesne: SMBA 531 Applied Sustainability (5)

Duquesne: SMBA 541 Sustainable Project Management II (4)

Duquesne: SMBA 551 Summer Sustainable Practicum (3)

Duquesne: SMBA 556 Global Economic Systems in India (1)

Duquesne: SMBA 631 Topics in Supply Chain Management (1)

Duquesne: SMBA 690 Advanced Topics in Sustainability Practice (2)

Duquesne: GRBUS 649 Independent Research Advisor (1)

Duquesne: IHP 203 Imagining a Sustainable World (1)

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Graduate course work at Duquesne includes coordinating and exposing students to 50+ semester

long sustainability consulting projects ranging from auditing, to process improvement, and strategic

change with the following companies: Alcoa, Auberle, Allegheny Conference, Bayer, Carnegie

Museum of Natural History, City of Pittsburgh, CNX Gas, EverPower, Giant Eagle, Green Building

Alliance, Heinz, Highmark, MedRad, PNC Bank, Parkhurst, Pennsylvania Environmental Council,

Pennsylvania Resources Council, Pittsburgh Zoo, PPG, ThermoRock, Rachel Carson Homestead,

Sustainable Pittsburgh, the Tower Financial Group, UPMC, Wesco, Westinghouse, and the YWCA.

Boston College: MD707 Management and Operations (9)1

Boston College: MD 832 Supply Chain Management (2)

Michigan State: MSC 800 Introduction to Supply Chain Management (1)

Michigan State: MSC 843 Introduction to Environmental Business Practices (1)

B. UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

Boston College: MD021 Management and Operations (14)

Boston College: MD 299 Independent Study Advisor (1)

Michigan State: MSC 303 Introduction to Supply Chain Management (2)

Michigan State: MSC 490 International Businesses and Supply Chain Management (1)

C. ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT OR SUPERVISION

Duquesne: ENVI 700 Thesis Research; School of Environmental Science Master s Thesis

Committee Member, 2008 (1)

Multimedia University, Malaysia: Advanced Manufacturing Management Dissertation

External Examiner; Engineering and Technology Department, 2011 (1)

D. PUBLICATIONS PERTAINING TO TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Sroufe, R., and Ramos D., Successful MBA Consulting Projects: Insight and Opportunity,

INFORMS Transactions on Education, conditional acceptance, 2012.

Sroufe, R.P., Ramos, D., Best Practices in Teaching Sustainability: Live Project Courses,

Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Vol. 9, No. 3, 49-369, 2011.

Sroufe, R.P., The Integration of Real-World Student Projects into a Sustainable MBA Program.

Management Education for Global Sustainability, Charles Wankel, St. John s University, New

York, and James A. F. Stoner, Fordham University, editors. Vol. 8 in the Research in Management

Education and Development series IAP Publishers, Charlotte, NC, 2009.

Sroufe, R.P., Helferich, K., Ergonomics Inc, A Design for Environment Case Study,

Council of Logistics Management, August, 1997.

Sroufe, R.P., and Helferich, K., The Jewel Box, A Green Supply Chain Case Study,

Council of Logistics Management, August, 1996.

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Operations audits, including environmental practices, conducted by MBA students at 49 Boston area companies.

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E. PRESENTATIONS PERTAINING TO TEACHING

Sroufe, R., Advantages of Purchasing Locally Sourced Wind Renewable Energy Credits,

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, (AASHE) 2011.

Sroufe, R., Injecting Sustainability into a University Curriculum: Three Graduate Schools of

Business Share Their Approaches, with Blackburn, B., Dhandra, K., Dunn, S., and Nassos, G.,

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, (AASHE) 2010.

Sroufe, R., panelist/presenter. Teaching Sustainable Business Practices, Production and Operations

Management Society International Conference; Vancouver, 2010.

Sroufe, R., Finalist: Instructional Innovative Award, Integration of Real-World Projects into a

MBA Curriculum, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2009.

Sroufe, R., Drake, M. Instructional Innovation Track, Development and Integration of a

Sustainable MBA Program, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2008.

F. OTHER ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO TEACHING

Harvard Business School Leading Class Discussion Workshop; 2008, 2010.

G. HONORS AND AWARDS RECEIVED FOR TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Duquesne University Creative Teaching Award, 2010.

National Decision Sciences Institute: Instructional Innovation Award, 2009.

University of South Carolina Page Prize, Best U.S. Submission of an Environmental Sustainability

Curriculum, 2009.

Richard J. Lewis Quality of Excellence in Teaching and Research Award, 1998.

III. SCHOLARSHIP

(publications available on-line: http://www.business.duq.edu/faculty/sroufe/)

A. SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL ARTICLES: within Journals in the Operations Management Field

Montabon, F.L., Sroufe, R.P., Melnyk, S., Integration of Environmental Management into

Manufacturing Planning, Production and Inventory Management, Vol. 47, No. 1, 43-55, 2011.

Sroufe, R.P., and Curkovic, S., An Examination of ISO 9000:2000 and supply Chain Quality

Assurance, Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 26, 503-520, 2008.

Montabon, F.L., Sroufe, R.P., and Narasimhan, N., An Examination of Corporate Reporting,

Environmental Management Practices and Firm Performance, Journal of Operations Management.

Vol. 25, 998-1014, 2007.

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Curkovic, S., and Sroufe, R.P., Total Quality Environmental Management and Total Cost

Assessment: an Exploratory Study International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 105, No.

2, 560-579, 2007.

Field, J.M., and Sroufe, R.P., The Use of Recycled Materials in Manufacturing: Implications for

Supply Chain Management and Operations Strategy, International Journal of Production

Research, Vol. 45, No. 18-19, 4439-4463, 2007.

Sroufe, R.P, "Effects of Environmental Management Systems on Environmental Management

Practices and Operations," Production and Operations Management, Volume12, Issue 3,416-432,

2003.

Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., and Calantone, R., Assessing the Impact of Environmental

Management Systems on Corporate and Environmental Performance, Journal of Operations

Management, Vol. 21, Issue 3, 329-351, 2003.

Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., Calantone, R., and Montabon, F., A Model of Site Specific

Antecedents of ISO 14001 Adoption, Production and Operations Management, Volume 12, Issue

3, 369-385, 2003.

Handfield, R., Walton, S.V., Sroufe, R.P., and Melnyk, S.A., Applying Environmental Criteria to

Supplier Assessment: A Study of the Application of the Analytical Hierarchy Process, European

Journal of Operational Research, Volume 141, Issue 1,70-87, 2002.

Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., Calantone, R., and Montabon, F.L., Assessing the Effectiveness of

U.S. Voluntary Environmental Programs: An Empirical Study, International Journal of

Production Research, Volume 40, No 8, May, 2002.

Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., and Hinds, T.J., Green MRP Identifying the Material

and Environmental Impacts of Production Schedules, International Journal of Production

Research, Vol. 39, No. 8, 1559-1573, 2001.

Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., and Montabon, F.L., How Does Management View Environmentally

Responsible Manufacturing? An Empirical Study, Production and Inventory Management

Journal, Vol. 42, No. 3 & 4, Third/Fourth Quarter, 2001.

Sroufe, R.P., Curkovic, S., Montabon, F.L., and Melnyk, S.A., "The New Product Design Process

and Design for the Environment: "Crossing the Chasm," International Journal of Operations and

Production Management, Vol. 20, No. 2, 267-291, 2000.

Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., Calantone, R., Tummala, R., and Hinds. T.J.,

Integrating Environmental Issues into Material Planning: Green MRP, Production and

Inventory Management Journal, Vol. 40, Third Quarter, 36-45, 1999.

Montabon, F.L., Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., and Calantone, R., ISO 14000: Assessing Its

Perceived Impact on Corporate Purchasing Performance, Journal of Supply Chain Management,

Vol. 36, No. 2, 4-16, 1999.

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JOURNAL ARTICLES: within Journals in the Environmental Management Field

Curkovic, S, and Sroufe, R.P., Using ISO 14001 to Promote a Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy,

accepted, International Journal of Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 20, No. 2, 71-93,

2011.

Sroufe, R. P., Lebowitz, J. and Sivasubramaniam, N., "HR s Role in Cultivating Sustainability:

What are We Waiting For?" submitted, People and Strategy, Vol. 33, Iss. 1, 2010.

Curkovic, S. Sroufe, R.P., and Landros, R., Measuring TQEM Returns from the Application of

Quality Frameworks, Business Strategy and the Environment. Vol. 17, 2. pp. 93-106. 2008.

Handfield, R., Sroufe, R.P., and Walton, S.V., Integrating Environmental Management and Supply

Chain Strategies, Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 14, pp. 1-19. 2005.

Curkovic, S., Sroufe, R.P., and Eckert, J., A Preliminary Framework for Using Total Cost

Assessment in Total Quality Environmental Management, the International Journal of

Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability, Vol.1, No. 3, pp. 81-88, 2005.

Curkovic, S., Sroufe, R.P., and Melnyk, S.A., Identifying the Factors Which Affect the Decision to

Attain ISO 14000, International Journal of Energy, Vol. 30, pp 1387-1407. 2005.

Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., Narasimhan, R., and Wang, X., Environmental Management

Practices: a Framework, Greener Management International: the Journal of Corporate

Environmental Strategy and Practice, Vol. 40, 2003.

REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS

Drake, M.J., Pentico, D.W., and Sroufe, R.P. The Remanufacturing Newsvendor Problem The

Handbook of Newsvendor Problems: Models, Extensions, and Applications, Springer, accepted,

2012.

Sroufe, R. P. Supply chain analysis. In Daniel Fogel, Sarah Fredericks, Lisa Harrington, & Ian

Spellerberg (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Sustainability: Vol. 6. Measurements, Indicators, and

Research Methods for Sustainability (pp. 332 336). Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing.

2012.

Sroufe, R.P., Reverse Logistics and Quality Issues in the Consumer Electronics Industry, The

Role of Quality Management in Reverse Logistics; Edited by Yiannis Nikolaidis, Springer

Publications, under review, 2011.

Sroufe, R.P., The Integration of Real World Student Projects into a Sustainable MBA Program.

Management Education for Global Sustainability, Charles Wankel, St. John s University, New

York, and James A. F. Stoner, Fordham University, editors. Vol. 8 in the Research in Management

Education and Development series IAP Publishers, Charlotte, NC, accepted, 2009.

Sroufe, R.P., A Framework for Strategic Environmental Sourcing, Editor Joseph Sarkis, publisher

Springer, U.K., Book Chapter, Green Supply Chain Management, October, 2006.

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PAPERS

Nirenberg, I., Sroufe, R., A Model for Sustainable Supply Management, Inside Supply

Management, the Institute for Supply Management, February, 2012.

Sroufe R. P., Duquesne s Approach to a Fully Integrated MBA Program, The Organizations and

Natural Environment Times, A Division of the Academy of Management, November, 2008.

Melnyk, S.A., Calantone, R., Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., and Hinds, T.J., Integrating

Environmental Issues & Materials Planning: Green MRP, The Journal of Enterprise Resource

Management, Vol. 3, No. 3, 48-57, 2000. (Reprint)

Melnyk, S.A., Calantone, R., Handfield, R., Tummala, T., Vastag, G., Hinds, T.J., Sroufe, R.P., and

Montabon, F.L., ISO 14000 Assessing Its Impact on Corporate Effectiveness and Efficiency,

Focus Study: Center for Advance Purchasing Studies, ISBN: 0-945968-36-6, 1999.

Melnyk, S.A., Calantone, R., Handfield, R., Sroufe, R.P., and Montabon, F.L., Is Clean Green?

Purchasing Today, March, 1999.

Sroufe, R.P., "The Need for a Better Environmental Management Tool: The Environmental

Reporting Logistics System," Society of Logistics Engineers: Logistics Spectrum, April, 1996.

EDITED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Park, J, Sarkis, J., Sroufe, R., and Wu, Z., Guest Editors, Special Issue on Business and the Natural

Environment, Guest Editorial: Toward a New Asian Business and Management of Social and

Environmental Value Creation. Asian Business and Management Journal, 2011.

Sarkis, J. and Sroufe, R.P., Co-Editors, Strategic Sustainability: The State-of The-Art in Corporate

Environmental Management Systems, Greener Management International, Issue 46, Summer

2005.

REPORTS

Sroufe, R.P., Defining Sustainability: Clarity and Compliance, Report to the Alcoa Foundation

Systems Change Research Grant Reference # 219010, 2012.

Cha, K., Fechik, M. Wheeler, A. and Sroufe, R., Rachel Carson Legacy Challenge: Permanent,

Measureable Changes, six case studies within the Rachel Carson Homestead Association Annual

Report, 2009.

Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F. and Melnyk, S., Embedded Environmental Metrics; Report to KPMG &

the University of Illinois Business Measurement Research Program, 2005.

Melnyk, S.A., Tummala, R.L., Calantone, E., Sroufe, R.P., and Montabon, F. L., Environmentally

Conscious Manufacturing: Integrating Environmental Issues into Product Design, Planning, and

Manufacturing; Report to the National Science Foundation, 2000.

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B. PUBLICATION OF EDITED BOOK BY ACADEMIC PUBLISHING COMPANY

Sroufe, R.P., and Sarkis J., Strategic Corporate Environmental Management Systems, book

publisher: Greenleaf Publishing, forward by ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB),

October, 2007.

C. BOOK CONTRACTS

Sroufe, R.P., and Melnyk, S.A., Developing Sustainable Supply Chains: Management Insights, Issues, and

Tools, book publisher: Business Expert Press, 2012.

D. REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Sroufe, R., Sustainable Supply Chains, International Conference on Sustainability Champions -

Learning From and Improving Latin-American Business, Costa Rica, INCAE Business School,

2012.

Sroufe, R., Sustainability: Clarity and Collaboration for Supply Chain Management, Decision

Sciences Institute National Conference, 2011.

Montabon, F, and Sroufe, R., Opportunities for Research in Food Supply Chains, APICS

International Conference and Expo, 2011.

Canteau, Nicolas; Crown, K., Dittmar, B., Fayfich, A., Lessard, A., Solecki, A., Ramos, D, and

Sroufe, R. Sustainable Product Development - A Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Tools and

Processes, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2010.

Sroufe, R., and Ramos, D. MBA Sustainability: Business and Engineering for a Sustainable

Tomorrow, National Society of Black Engineers, 2010.

Crown, K., Eloyan, L., Sivasubramaniam, N., and Sroufe, R., Invisible Microenterprise Forces and

Unintended Consequences, Academy of Management National Conference, 2010.

Sroufe R., Greenbergh, S., and Taormina, A., Sporting Change: Greening the Ballpark,

Association of Marketing Theory and Practice, March 2010.

Sroufe R., Chinnander Dye, K, Montabon, F., The Role of Motivation in Environmentally Driven

Operations Performance, Harvard Business School s Alliance for Research on Corporate

Responsibility (ARCS), Second Annual Conference, 2010.

Sroufe, R., Instructional Innovation Award Finalist, The Integration of Real-World Consulting

Projects into a MBA Program, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2009.

Sroufe, R., and Montabon, F. Effects of Environmental Management Systems on Environmental

Management Practices and Operations, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2009.

Sivasubramaniam, N., Meyers, A., Hockley, S., and Sroufe, R., Effectiveness of Carbon

Mitigation Strategies at the Municipal Level: Application and Extension of MARKAL Models,

The First US MARKAL/Times Symposium, 2009.

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Sroufe, R., and Drake, M., Evaluating the Social Performance of the Transportation Industry, 1st

Annual Conference on Sustainable Enterprises of the Future, Robert Morris University, 2009.

Montabon, F., and Sroufe, R., How Does Environmental Management Affect Production

Scheduling, APICS International Conference and Expo, 2008.

Drake, M.J., Pentico, D.W., and Sroufe, R.P. The Remanufacturing Newsvendor Problem,

INFORMS, 2008.

Drake, M., and Sroufe, R. Sustainability Efforts in the Transportation and Logistics Industry,

Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2008.

Sroufe, R., Drake, M. Instructional Innovation Track, Development and Integration of a

Sustainable MBA Program, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2008.

Montabon, F. Sroufe, R. and Melnyk, S. A Longitudinal Analysis of ISO 14000, Decision

Sciences Institute National Conference, 2008.

Sroufe, R.P., Chinander Dye, K., Montabon, F., and Melnyk, S.A. A Study of Sustainable

Operating Systems Production & Operations Management Society National Conference, 2008.

Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F., and Melnyk, S.A., Barriers to Managing Environmental Performance

Measurement, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2007.

Curkovic, S, and Sroufe, R.P., Using ISO 14000 to Obtain Competitive Advantage Decision

Sciences Institute National Conference, 2007.

Montabon, F.L., Sroufe, R.P., Melnyk, S.A., Environmental Management Systems Ten Years On:

What Have We Learned, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2006.

Sroufe, R.P., Melnyk, S.A., and Steward, D.J., "TQEM & the Paradox of Environmental

Performance," Academy of Management, 2006.

Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., and Melnyk, S.A., Environmental Performance Measurement

Systems, Production and Operations Management Society, 2006.

Montabon, F.L., Sroufe, R.P., Melnyk, S.A., Environmental Management Systems, Decision

Sciences Institute National Conference, 2005.

Curkovic, S., and Sroufe, R.P., Green Accounting, International Conference of Environmental,

Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability, 2005.

Sroufe, R.P., Montabon F.L., and Melnyk, S.A., Preliminary result of Environmental Metrics Field

Studies and Survey, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2004.

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Field, J.M., and Sroufe, R.P., The Use of Recycled Materials in Manufacturing: Implications for

Supply Chain Management and Operations Strategy, Production and Operations Management

Society International Conference, Cancun Mexico, Spring 2004.

Montabon, F.L., Sroufe, R.P., and Melnyk, S.A., An investigation of Embedded Environmental

Metrics, Midwest Decision Sciences, 2004.

Sroufe, R.P., Embedded Environmental Metrics, Society for Organizational Learning Research

Greenhouse, 2004.

Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., and Montabon, F.L., Integration of Environmental Management into

Manufacturing Planning, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2003.

Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., and Stewart, D., Embedded Metrics and the Paradox of TQEM,

Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2003.

Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., and Stewart, D., Embedded Environmental Metrics: Implications for

Operations Management and Performance," Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2002.

Field, J.M., Ritzman, L.P., Safizadeh, M.H., and Sroufe, R.P., Strategic Management of Processes

for Financial Services, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2002.

Sroufe, R.P., Environmental Management Systems: Implications for Operations Management and

Firm Performance, Asian Pacific Institute Decision Sciences International Conference, 2002.

Sroufe, R.P., Chinander, K., and Jayaraman, V., Infrastructural Operational Issues in Measuring,

Monitoring, and Managing Environmental Performance, Decision Sciences Institute National

Conference, 2002.

Montabon, F.L., Sroufe, R.P., Narasimhan, R., An Examination of the Relationship Between

Environmental Practices and Firm Performance, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference,

2002.

Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., Narasimhan, R., and Wang, X., A Framework for Corporate

Environmental Practices and its Application for Enhancing Environmental Management, Decision

Sciences Institute National Conference, 2001.

Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., How Does Management View Environmentally

Responsible Manufacturing: An Empirical Study, Decision Sciences Institute National

Conference, 2001.

Curkovic, S., Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., Identifying the Factors Which Affect

the Decision to Attain ISO14000, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2001.

Handfield, R., Walton, S., Sroufe, R.P., Applying Environmental Criteria to Supplier Assessment,

National Institute of Standards and Technology Conference, April, 2001.

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Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., Calantone, R., Environmental Responsible

Management: Assessing the Current State in American Industry, Decision Sciences Institute

National Conference, 2000.

Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., Calantone, R., Tackling the ISO 14000 Certification

Maze: Which Firms Adopt and Which Firms Do Not? Decision Sciences Institute National

Conference, 2000.

Montabon, FL., Calantone, R., Melnyk, SA., and Sroufe, R.P., "A Model of the Decision to

Achieve ISO 14000 Certification," Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 2000.

Sroufe, R.P., Melnyk, S.A., Montabon, F.L., and Calantone, R., "ISO 14000: An Investigation of

Environmental Management System Motivations and Firm Performance, . Decision Sciences

Institute National Conference, 1999.

Sroufe, R.P., Melnyk, S.A., and Montabon, F.L., "Midwestern Lighting," Case Study develo ped for

Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 1999.

Montabon, F.L., Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., and Calantone, R., "ISO 14000: Assessing Its

Perceived Impact on Corporate Performance," Decision Sciences Institute National Conference,

1999.

Curkovic, S., Melnyk, S.A., Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., "Investigating The Linkage Between

Total Quality Management and Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing," Decision Sciences

Institute National Conference, 1999.

Montabon, F.L., and Sroufe, R.P., "ISO 14000: A New Strategy for Competitive Advantage,"

Production and Operations Management Society, March, 1999.

Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., Wang, X., and Narasimhan, R., "An Exploratory Study of the

Relationship Between Environmental Initiatives and Firm Performance," Production and Operations

Management Society, March, 1999.

Sroufe R.P., Montabon F.L., Curkovic S., Melnyk, S.A., and Handfield. R., The New Product

Design Process and Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing: Crossing the Chasm and Other

Obstacles, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 1998.

Handfield, R., Sroufe, R.P., Walton, S., and Melnyk, S.A., Applying Environmental Criteria to

Commodity Strategy Decisions: Current Practices and Future Tools, Decision Sciences Inst itute

National Conference, Table Topic Session, 1998.

Curkovic, S., Handfield, R., Melnyk, S.A., Montabon, F.L., and Sroufe, R.P., Environmentally

Responsible Manufacturing: The Development and Validation of a Measurement Model, Decision

Sciences Institute National Conference, 1998.

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Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., Melnyk, S., and Curkovic, S., Green MRP: A New Tool for

Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing, Midwest Decisions Sciences Institute, Annual

Conference, 1998.

Curkovic, S., Handfield, R., Melnyk, S.A., and Sroufe. R.P., Literary Review of Environmentally

Responsible Manufacturing, Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 1997.

E. GRANTS AWARDED

Alcoa Foundation, Systems Change Grant, Ref# 219010, 2011

Presidential Scholarship Grant, Duquesne University, 2011, 2009

Primary Investigator: KPMG s Competitive Business Performance Research Grant, 2003-2005

Boston College Research Incentive Grant: 2006, and 2003

Boston College Research Expense Grant: 2005 Spring/Summer; 2002 Fall; 2002

Spring/Summer; 2001 Summer/Fall

Co-Investigator: National Science Foundation Division of Design, Manufacture,

and Industrial Innovations (ECM Initiative) Grant # DMI-9528759, 2000

F. SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

PPG Product Innovation & Marketing Group, Sustainability Reimagined, 2012.

Sustainable Pittsburg s Green Workplace Challenge Workshop, Leveraging the Market Advantage

of Sustainability, 2012.

University Research at the Vanguard of Regional Development, Building Sustainable

Neighborhoods, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2012.

The Next Industrial Revolution, Executive MBA Session, Northeastern University, 2012.

International Conference on Sustainability Champions - Learning From and Improving Latin-

American Business, Costa Rica, INCAE Business School, 2012.

Sustainable Pittsburg s Green Workplace Challenge Workshop, Decision Strategies for Green

Workplaces: Getting the Biggest Bang for Your Buck, 2011.

Opportunities for Research in Food Supply Chains, APICS International Conference - Expo, 2011.

Champions for Sustainability: Green Procurement and Supply Chain Management, 2011.

Sustainability 101 Workshop; General Services Agency Leadership Council, Pittsburgh, PA, 2011.

Supply Management and Sustainability, Institute for Supply Management, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010.

The Role of Motivation in Environmentally Driven Operations Performance, Harvard Business

School, Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability, 2010.

The Next Industrial Revolution: New Challenges Hidden Opportunities, Duquesne University

Philosophy of Environment Roundtable, 2010.

Sustainable Business Practices, Kottayam Business Association, Kottayam, India, 2009.

Creating a Sustainable Organization, HR Leadership Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008.

The Business Case for Sustainability, Allegheny Mountain Section of the Air and Waste

Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008.

A Study of Motivation and Sustainable Operations, L.L. Bean/Lee Surace Colloquium Series, the

University of Southern Maine, ME, 2008.

Embedded Environmental Metrics, Society for Organizational Learning Research Greenhouse,

Boston College, 2004.

Environmental Management Systems, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and

Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, 2003.

Green Purchasing, Western Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, 2000.

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Workshop: Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing, Decision Sciences Institute, National

Conference, 1999.

Green Purchasing: How to Develop, Measure, and Manage Environmentally Conscious

Purchasing Programs, National Association of Purchasing Management, Central Michigan

Chapter, 1998.

Green Purchasing and Sustainable Business Practices, the Western Michigan Sustainable Business

Forum, 1998.

Green Purchasing, National Association of Purchasing Management, Detroit Chapter, February,

1997, voted Best Speaker of the Year.

G. HONORS AND AWARDS

Alcoa Foundation, Systems Change Grant, Ref# 219010, 2011

Presidential Scholarship Grant, Duquesne University, 2011

School of Business Administration Summer Research Grant, 2010

Duquesne University Creative Teaching Award, 2010

Decision Sciences Institute: Instructional Innovation Award, 2009

Presidential Scholarship Grant, Duquesne University, 2008

Decision Sciences Institute: Best Environmental Paper Award, 2002

Decision Sciences Institute: Best Environmental Paper Award, 2001

Research Fellowship, Boston College, 2002

American Production & Inventory Control Society Educational and Research Foundation,

Inc., George and Marion Plossl Dissertation Award Fellow, 2000

Eli Broad Graduate School of Management Fellowship, 2000

Richard J. Lewis Quality of Excellence in Teaching and Research Award, 1998

Marketing and Supply Chain Management Council Scholarship. 1998

National Association of Purchasing Managers Fellowship, 1998

Society of Logistics Engineers Fellowship, 1996

Eli Broad Materials and Logistics Management Fellowship, 1995

WORKS UNDER REVIEW

Simpson, D., and Sroufe, R., The Role of Stakeholders and Reward Expectations in the Use of

Environmental Management Standards, International Journal of Operations & Production

Management, submitted Spring, 2012.

Madia, M, Jyothsna W, Spangler, B., and Sroufe, R., Distributed Knowledge Management in a

Large Multi-National Company: A Case Study of Challenges and Opportunities in Global

Sustainability, Information Systems Frontiers, submitted Winter, 2011.

Sroufe, R. and Ramos, D., Successful Consulting Projects with Industry: Insight and Opportunity

INFORMS Transactions on Education, Fall, 2011.

Sroufe, R., Sivasubramaniam, N., Ramos, D., and Saiia, D., Aligning the PRME: How

International Study Nurtures Responsible Leadership, Journal of Management Education, revise

and resubmit, 2012.

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WORK IN PROCESS

Sroufe, R.P, and Drake, M., Measuring Social Dimensions of a Triple Bottom Line: a

Transportation Industry Study Utilizing KLD Data, Transportation Journal, working paper,

Duquesne University.

Sroufe, R.P., Chinander, K., Montabon, F.L., and Melnyk, S.A., "A Study of Sustainable Operating

Systems", Working Paper, Duquesne University.

Sroufe, R., Nirenberg, I., A Literature Review of Sustainable Supply Management, Working

Paper, Duquesne University.

Crown, K., Eloyan, L., Sivasubramaniam, N., and Sroufe, R. Invisible Microenterprise Forces and

Unintended Consequences, Working Paper, Duquesne University.

Sroufe, R.P., Baxter, L. The Role of State Level Policy in the Renewable Energy Sector

Working Paper, Duquesne University.

Sroufe, R.P., Montabon, F.L., and Melnyk, S.A., Barriers to Environmental Performance

Measurement Systems, working paper, Duquesne University.

Sroufe, R.P., Greenberg, S. and Taromina, A., The Greening of Sports Venues: LEED and the

Role of Operations, Working Paper, Duquesne University.

Sroufe, R.P., Melnyk, S.A., and Steward, D.J., "The Paradox of Environmental Performance,"

Working Paper, Duquesne University.

Sroufe, R.P., and Montabon, F.L., An Assessment of Environmental Management in the United

States, the Results of a Large National Survey, Working Paper, Duquesne University.

Montabon, F.L., Sroufe, R.P., Management s Attitudes and Effects Regarding Environmental

Management Systems, Working Paper, Duquesne University.

Sroufe, R.P., Developing the Environmental Frontier: an application of Data Envelopment

Analysis to Environmental Management Systems, Working Paper, Duquesne University.

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IV. SERVICE

A. UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL, OR DEPARTMENT SERVICE

University Sustainability Task Force, founding faculty member, 2008 - current

Development of a SOBA Institute of Applied Sustainability, 2008 current

Development of the ALCOA Foundation Scholars Program, 2009

Coordinator SMBA Research Fellowship Program; 54 MBA Fellows assigned to faculty research

projects, 2007 current

Co-coordinator of 51, corporate sponsored, MBA consulting engagements, 2007 current

Beard Institute Sustainability Symposium Planning Committee, 2007 current

SOBA Research Committee Member, 2007 - current

SOBA Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2007 - current

SOBA Teaching and Learning Committee Member, 2008 - current

SOBA Sustainability Resources Guide for case studies and pedagogy, 2007 current

SOBA Supply Chain Management reviewer for undergraduate scholarship awards, 2009

SOBA Strategy position Hiring Committee, 2007/2008

SMBA Subcommittee: Program Curriculum, 2009 current

SMBA Applicant Review Committee 2007 current

SMBA Web Project Team 2007 2008

Host of Energy Seminar sponsored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

and the American Chemical Society at Duquesne University, Fall 2008

Service Prior to Duquesne University

Co-coordinator for Management and Operations core undergraduate Operations course for

up to six sections each semester, 2001-2006

Exposed graduate students to forty nine facilities tours & operations audits with Boston area firms.

Faculty coordinator for the development of the Carroll School Faculty Forum WebCt space

Sam Walton Fellow to BC Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) http://www.sife.org/

Judge for Boston College MBA Diane Weiss competition

Faculty advisor for summer CSOM orientation programs

Sustainable Development module, Leadership for Change Program

Search committee for OM position(s) and Galligan Chair

Coordinator for new faculty meetings at the Carroll School of Management

Michigan State University Council of Graduate Students

Michigan State University Committee of Academic Council

B. COMMUNITY SERVICE/PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Green Building Alliance, Board of Directors, 2011 current

Rachel Carson Institute, Advisory Council, 2011 - current

Pennsylvania Resources Council, Board of Directors, 2008 current

Champions for Sustainability, Sustainable Pittsburgh, 2007 current

Pittsburgh Technology Council, 2008 current

Academy of Management

Production and Operations Management Society

Decision Sciences Institute

Institute for Supply Management

Association for Operations Management

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Supply Chain Council for SCOR

Harvard Business Review s on-line Research Community

Sloan Industry Studies Affiliate Member

Research Network for Business Sustainability

GlobeScan Sustainability Expert Panel

C. PROFESSIONAL

College of Sustainable Operations Board, VP Membership, POMS, 2012

Decision Science Institute Instructional Innovation Award Committee, 2011, 2010

Finance Panel: Sustainable Investing, book by Cary Krosinsky 2010

Academy of Management Organizations and Natural Environment PhD Consortium, 2010, 2009

Journal of Business Logistics Interest Group, 2010

Book Reviewer: Sage; Sustainability and Introduction to Business, 2010

Academy of Management, Professional Development Workshop panelist, 2009

Innovative Education Track Session Chair, Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, 2009

Session Chair, Decision Sciences Institute 2009, 2007

Editorial Board: International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems, 2008

Book Reviewer: Pearson Prentice Hall; Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering, 2008

Academy of Management, Organizations and Natural Environment, Session Chair, 2008

Academy of Management Operations Management PhD Consortium Mentor, 2008, 2007

Co-editor: Greenleaf Publishing Book on Environmental Management Systems, 2007

Co-editor: Greener Management International special Journal Issue on EMS, 2005

Developed concept for returns management component within a web-based simulation,

LINKS by Randall Chapman, Supply Chain Management Extended Edition

Chair: Environmental Track, International Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, 2005

Co-Chair Academy of Management Doctoral Consortium, Production & Operations

Management Division, Washington DC, 2001

Workshop: Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing, Decision Sciences Institute,

National Conference, 1999

Developed and conducted workshop for the NAPM Managers, Central Michigan

Chapter: Green Purchasing: How to Develop, Measure and Manage Environmentally

Conscious Purchasing Programs, April, 1998

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Professional Service Continued

Reviewer: Manufacturing Service and Operations Management

Reviewer: Omega: International Journal of Management Science

Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Reviewer: Production Planning and Control

Reviewer: Environment, Development and Sustainability

Reviewer: Academy of Management: Operations Management Division Associate Editor

Reviewer: Academy of Management: Organizations and the Natural Environment Division

Reviewer: Decision Sciences Institute

Reviewer: Decision Sciences Institute Journal of Innovative Education

Reviewer: Journal of Operations Management

Reviewer: Production and Operations Management Society

Reviewer: European Journal of Operations Management

Reviewer: International Journal of Production Research

Reviewer: International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Reviewer: Journal of Cleaner Production

Reviewer: Environmental Management

Reviewer: Greener Management International

Reviewer: International Journal of Business and Systems Research

Reviewer: Benchmarking: an International Journal

Reviewer: International Journal of Management Reviews

Reviewer: Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Reviewer: International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management

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