Profile for Isaac Elking

Isaac Elking

Assistant Professor

Management

Specialty area(s)

Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Risk and Resilience

Brief biography

Dr. Elking is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management and brings experience from both industry and academia to his teaching at UWL. He emphasizes helping students apply operations and supply chain concepts to real organizational decisions. His research examines supply chain risk and resilience, sustainability, and buyer–supplier relationships. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, and traveling.

Current courses at UWL

MGT 393: Production and Operations Management

Education

Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management, University of Maryland, 2016

B.S.B.A. in Logistics Management, minor in Economics, The Ohio State University, 2008

Career

Teaching history

Before joining UWL, Dr. Elking taught undergraduate and MBA courses in operations management, supply chain management, strategic sourcing, and business analytics at the University of Houston–Downtown.

Professional history

Dr. Elking worked in contracting and procurement for Shell Oil Company before entering academia. His experience included assignments at the Deer Park Refining Complex and supporting Shell’s Supply & Distribution organization in Houston, Texas.

Research and publishing

Dr. Elking’s research examines supply chain risk, sustainability, and buyer–supplier relationships. His work has appeared in journals including Production and Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Journal of Business Logistics, and International Journal of Operations & Production Management.

Journal Publications

Dai, J., Jin, Y. H., Cantor, D. E., Elking, I., & Guntuka, L. (2025). An experimental investigation of environmental knowledge sharing in a supply chain coopetition situation. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 45(2), 628–650. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-10-2023-0840

Paraskevas, J.-P., Pan, X., Elking, I., & Park, K. H. (2025). Bridging the digital divide in online retailing: The effect of a strategic focus on e-commerce fulfillment offerings. Production and Operations Management, 34(4), 744–759. https://doi.org/10.1177/10591478241261254

Cao, Q. R., Elking, I., Gu, V. C., & Hoffman, J. J. (2024). IS innovativeness and supply chain resilience: The role of analytics capability and supply chain integration. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 37(4), 1227–1253. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-07-2023-0385

Pan, X., Shen, Z., Elking, I., & Paraskevas, J.-P. (2024). Retailing in college towns: Spatial location and multimodal commuting. Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 25(4), 562–577. https://doi.org/10.1080/16258312.2024.2330917

Cao, Q. R., Elking, I., & Gu, V. C. (2023). Supply chain driven sustainability: Ambidexterity, authentic leadership and interorganizational citizenship behavior. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 34(6), 1736–1758. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-04-2022-0153

Elking, I., Cantor, D. E., & Hofer, C. (2022). The impact of supplier innovation on buyer innovation and the moderating effects of geographic distance, financial interdependence and technical similarity. Journal of Strategy and Management, 15(4), 571–589. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSMA-07-2021-0139

Elking, I. (2022). Efficacy of electronic monitoring: An investigation of electronic data logging regulation and motor vehicle crash fatalities. International Journal of Business Analytics, 9(6), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJBAN.313415

Mukandwal, P. S., Cantor, D. E., Grimm, C. M., Elking, I., & Hofer, C. (2020). Do firms spend more on suppliers that have environmental expertise? An empirical study of U.S. manufacturers’ procurement spend. Journal of Business Logistics, 41(2), 129–148. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12248

Elking, I., Paraskevas, J.-P., Grimm, C. M., Corsi, T. M., & Steven, A. B. (2017). Financial dependence, lean inventory strategy, and firm performance. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 53(2), 22–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12136

Elking, I., & Windle, R. (2014). Examining differences in short-haul and long-haul markets in U.S. commercial airline passenger demand. Transportation Journal, 53(4), 424–452. https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.53.4.0424