Jason Miller

Jason Miller (PhD The Ohio State University) is the Eli Broad Endowed Professor of Supply Chain Management and is serving a third year as interim chairperson for the Department of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of Business. His primary research stream examines issues in the for-hire truck transportation industry including safety, productivity, pricing dynamics, driver turnover, and employment. He also conducts macroeconomic research in the manufacturing, wholesale trade, and retail trade sectors, with a focus on inventories, shortages, productivity, and new order dynamics. His research has appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Decision Sciences, Forecasting, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Management, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Multivariate Behavioral Research, Production and Operations Management, Transportation Journal, and Transportation Research Part E. Jason is a Senior Editor at Journal of Business Logistics; an Associate Editor at Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, Journal of Supply Chain Management, and International Journal of Operations and Production Management. He also actively reviews for several supply chain (International Journal of Logistics Management and Transportation Journal) and quantitative methods (Behavior Research Methods, Educational and Psychological Measurement and Structural Equation Modeling) journals.

In addition to academic research, Jason provides commentary via LinkedIn on various issues that affect supply chain practitioners such as inventory levels, pricing dynamics, manufacturing output, and transportation activity. He regularly speaks at industry webinars regarding these topics. He is frequently quoted by national general media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, NBC News, The Washington Post, CBS News, ABC News, Reuters, CNBC, Forbes, Business Insider, NPR, and NPR Marketplace as well as specialized industry news outlets including Journal of Commerce, FreightWaves, Supply Chain Dive, and Trains, amongst others. 

With regard to teaching, Jason teaches or has taught courses at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level. He currently teaches a course on integrated logistics systems in the MBA program and a distribution fulfillment course in the MS in Supply Chain Management program. At the doctoral level, he co-coordinates the introductory PhD seminar common to both the logistics and OSM doctoral programs.

Jason has been recognized with multiple awards for research and teaching. He was recognized as the undergraduate faculty member who had the greatest impact on students based on the 2017 graduating senior survey. The website Poets & Quants has recognized him as one of the top 40 undergraduate professors in 2017. 

Miller, J. W. (2017). A Multivariate Time Series Analysis of Motor Carrier Safety Behaviors. Journal of Business Logistics 38(4): 266–289 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12162.
Miller, J. W., Saldanha, J. P., Rungtusanatham, M., & Knemeyer, A. M. (2017). How Does Driver Turnover Affect Motor Carrier Safety Performance and What Can Managers Do About It? Journal of Business Logistics 38(3): 197–216 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12158. *Nominated for the Bernard J LaLonde Prize for best manuscript published in Journal of Business Logistics in 2017.Calantone, R., Whipple, J. M., Wang, J., Sardashti, H., & Miller, J. W. (2017). A Primer on Moderated Mediation Analysis: Exploring Logistics Involvement in New Product Development. Journal of Business Logistics 38(3): 151–169 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12166. *Authors listed in order they came on the project.Miller, J. W., Fugate, B., & Golicic, S. (2017). How Organizations Respond to Information Disclosure: Testing Alternative Longitudinal Performance Trajectories. Academy of Management Journal 60(3): 1016–1042 https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2015.0428.Miller, J. W., Golicic, S., & Fugate, B. (2017). Developing and Testing a Dynamic Theory of Motor Carrier Safety? Journal of Business Logistics 38(2): 96–114 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12149.Miller, J. W. (2017). Discrete Time Hazard Modeling of Large Motor Carriers’ Longitudinal CSA Performance. Transportation Journal 56(2): 107–139 https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.56.2.0107.Davis-Sramek, B., Fugate, B. S, Miller, J. W, Germain, R., Izyumov, A., & Krotov, K. (2017). Understanding the Present by Examining the Past: Imprinting Effects on Supply Chain Outsourcing in a Transition Economy. Journal of Supply Chain Management 53(1): 65–86 https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12131.Miller, J. W., & Saldanha, J. P. (2016). A New Look at the Longitudinal Relationship between Motor Carrier Financial Performance and Safety. Journal of Business Logistics 37(3): 284–306 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12134.Schwieterman, M. A., Miller, J. W. (2016) Factor Market Rivalry: Towards an Integrated Understanding of Firm Action. Transportation Journal 55(2): 97–123 https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.55.2.0097.Mellat-Parast, M., Golmohammadi, D., McFadden, K., Miller, J. W. (2015). Linking Business Strategy to Service Failures and Financial Performance: Empirical Evidence from the US Domestic Airline Industry. Journal of Operations Management 38(1): 14–24 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2015.06.003. *Authors listed in order they came on the project.Stromeyer, W. R., Miller, J. W., Murthy, R., & DeMartino, R. (2015). The Prowess and Pitfalls of Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling: Important Considerations for Management Research. Journal of Management 41(2): 491–520 https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206314551962.Miller, J. W., Stromeyer, W. R., & Schwieterman, M. A. (2013). Extensions of the Johnson-Neyman Technique to Linear Models with Curvilinear Effects: Derivations and Analytical Tools. Multivariate Behavioral Research 48(2): 267-300 https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2013.763567.See Vita for List of PublicationsMiller, J. W., Saldanha, J. P., Hunt, S., & Mello, J. E. (2013). Combining Formal Controls to Improve Firm Performance. Journal of Business Logistic. 34(4): 301–318 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12028.             *Awarded the Bernard J LaLonde Prize for best manuscript published in Journal of Business Logistics in 2013.Saldanha, J. P., Miller, J. W., Hunt, C. S. & Mello, J. E. (2014). Linking Formal Controls to Motor Carrier Performance: Curvilinear and Interaction Effects. Transportation Research Part E 64(1): 28–47 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2014.01.006.
Rungtusanatham, M., Miller, J. W., & Boyer, K. K. (2014). Theorizing, Testing, and Concluding for Mediation in SCM Research: What to Do, What Not to Do. Journal of Operations Management 32(3): 99–113 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2014.01.002.Miller, J. W. (2017). A Multivariate Time Series Analysis of Motor Carrier Safety Behaviors. Journal of Business Logistics 38(4): 266–289 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12162  Miller, J. W., Fugate, B., & Golicic, S. (2017). How Organizations Respond to Information Disclosure: Testing Alternative Longitudinal Performance Trajectories. Academy of Management Journal 60(3): 1016–1042 https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2015.0428.Calantone, R., Whipple, J. M., Wang, J., Sardashti, H., & Miller, J. W. (2017). A Primer on Moderated Mediation Analysis: Exploring Logistics Involvement in New Product Development. Journal of Business Logistics 38(3): 151–169 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12166. [Invited] *Authors listed in order they came on the project.Miller, J. W., Saldanha, J. P., Rungtusanatham, M., & Knemeyer, A. M. (2017). How Does Driver Turnover Affect Motor Carrier Safety Performance and What Can Managers Do About It? Journal of Business Logistics 38(3): 197–216 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12158. *Nominated for the Bernard J LaLonde Prize for best manuscript published in Journal of Business Logistics in 2017.Miller, J. W. (2017). A Multivariate Time Series Analysis of Motor Carrier Safety Behaviors. Journal of Business Logistics 38(4): 266–289 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12162.Miller, J. W. & Saldanha, J. P. (2018). An Exploratory Investigation of New Entrant Motor Carriers’ Longitudinal Safety Performance? Transportation Journal 57(2), 163–192 https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.57.2.0163.Tenhiälä, A., Rungtusanatham, M. J., & Miller, J. W. (2018). ERP System versus Stand-Alone Enterprise Applications in the Mitigation of Operational Glitches. Decision Sciences 49(3), 407–444 https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12279.Miller, J. W., Fugate, B., & Golicic, S. (2018). Reconciling Alternative Theories for the Safety of Owner-Operators. Journal of Business Logistics 39(2), 101–122 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12180.   Miller, J. W., Schwieterman, M. A., & Bolumole, Y. (2018). Effects of Motor Carriers’ Growth or Contraction on Safety: A Multi-Year Panel Analysis. Journal of Business Logistics 39(2), 138–156 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12178. Miller, J.W., Ganster, D, & Griffis, S. E. (2018). Leveraging Big Data to Develop SCM Theory: The Case of Public and Semi-Public Databases: Journal of Business Logistics 39(3), 182–202 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12188.Miller, J. W., Saldanha, J. P., Rungtusanatham, M., Knemeyer, A. M., & Goldsby, T. J. (2018). How Does Electronic Monitoring Affect Hour-of-Service Compliance?. Transportation Journal 57(4), 329–364 https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.57.4.0329.Miller, J. W. (2019). ARIMA Time Series Models for Full Truckload Transportation Prices. Forecasting 1(1), 121–134 https://doi.org/10.3390/forecast1010009.  Miller, J. W., & Mellat-Parast, M. (2019). The Learning by Applying: The Case of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management 66(3), 337–353 https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2018.2828000.Mansouri, A., Golmohammadi, D., & Miller, J. W. (2019). Throughput Prediction in Job Shop Systems: Influential Characteristics and Moderators. International Journal of Production Economics 216(1), 67-80 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.04.018.Muir, W., Miller, J. W., Griffis, S. E., Bolumole, Y., & Schwieterman, M. (2019). Strategic Purity and Efficiency in the Motor Carrier Industry: A Multi-Year Panel Investigation. Journal of Business Logistics 40(3), 204-228 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12204.  Miller, J. W., Bolumole, Y. & Schwieterman, M. A. (2020). Electronic Logging Device Compliance of Small and Medium Size Motor Carriers Prior to the December 18, 2017, Mandate. Journal of Business Logistics 41(1), 67-85  https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12207. Miller, J. W. (2020). Why Are Larger Motor Carriers More Compliant with Safety Regulations?. Transportation Journal 59(1), 28-72 http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.59.1.0028. Peinkofer, S. T., Schwieterman, M. A., & Miller, J. W. (2020). Last Mile Fulfillment in the Motor Carrier Industry: A Panel Data Investigation Using Discrete Time Hazard Modeling. Transportation Journal 59(2), 129-164. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/753992.  Schwieterman, M. A., Miller, J. W., Knemeyer, A. M., & Croxton, K. (2020). Do Supply Chain Exemplars Have More or Less Dependent Suppliers?. Journal of Business Logistics 41(2), 149-173. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12249. Miller, J. W., & Muir, W. (2020). A New Perspective on Returns to Scale for Truckload Motor Carriers. Journal of Business Logistics 41(3), 236-258. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12234.Miller, J. W., Muir, W., Bolumole, Y., & Griffis, S. E. (2020). The Effect of Truckload Driver Turnover on Truckload Freight Pricing. Journal of Business Logistics 41(4), 294-309. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12252.Miller, J. W., Davis-Sramek, B., Fugate, B. S., Pagell, M., & Flynn, B. B. (2021). Editorial commentary: Addressing confusion in the diffusion of archival data research. Journal of Supply Chain Management 57(3), 130–146. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12236. Miller, J. W. (2023) Archival Data. The Cambridge Handbook of Research Methods and Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 1. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009010054.020. Scott, A., Balthrop, A., & Miller, J. W. (2021). Unintended Responses to IT-enabled Monitoring: The Case of the Electronic Logging Device Mandate. Journal of Operations Management 67(2), 152-181. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1110. Miller, J. W., Bolumole, Y, and Muir, W. (2021) Exploring Longitudinal Industry-Level Large Truckload Driver Turnover. Journal of Business Logistics 42(4), 428-450. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12235. Miller, J. W., Scott, A, & Williams, B. (2021). Pricing Dynamics in the Truckload Sector: The Moderating Role of the Electronic Logging Device Mandate. Journal of Business Logistics 42(4), 388-405. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12256.Miller, J. W., Skowronski, K., & Saldanha, J. P. (2022). Asset Ownership & Incentives to Undertake Non-Contractible Actions: The Case of Trucking. Journal of Supply Chain Management 58(1), 65-91. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12263.Wowak, K., Ball, G., Mukherjee, U., & Miller, J. W. (2022). Hiding in the Herd: The Product Recall Clustering Phenomenon. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 24 (1), 392-410. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2020.0937. Miller, J. W., Darby, J., & Scott, A. (2022). The Moderating Effect of COVID-19 on the Relationship between Spot Market Prices and Capital Investment in the Motor Carrier Sector. Transportation Journal 61(2), 151-194. https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.61.2.0151 Jones, A., Miller, J. W., Griffis, S. E., Whipple, J., and Vohrees, C. (2022). An Examination of the Effects of Multichannel Service Offerings on Retailer Performance. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management 52(2), 150-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPDLM-06-2020-0175 Kim, S., Chae, S., Wagner, S., & Miller, J. W. (2022). The Impact of Buyers’ Abusive Behavior on Supplier Welfare: An Empirical Study of Truck Owner-Operators. Journal of Supply Chain Management 58(4), 90-111. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12285 Miller, J. W., Kulpa, T. (2022). Econometrics and Archival Data: Reflections for Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) Research. Journal of Purchasing and Supply, 28(3), 100780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2022.100780 [Invited] Darby, J., Miller, J. W., Williams, B., & McKenzie, A. (2022). The Price is Right: The Impact of Financial Institutions n Exchanges in the Commodity Supply Chain.  Journal of Business Logistics 43(4), 499-517. http://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12313 Li, M., Bolumole, Y., & Miller, J. W. (2022) Antecedents of Spot & Contract Freight Mix in the Truckload Sector. Transportation Journal 61(4), 331-368. https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.61.4.0331 Balthrop, A., Scott, A., & Miller, J. W. 2023. How do trucking companies respond to announced versus unannounced safety crackdowns? The case of government inspection blitzes. Journal of Business Logistics, In Press. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12353 Miller, J. W., Balthrop, A., Davis-Sramek, B., & Richey, G. (2023): Editorial: Unobserved variables in archival research: Achieving both theoretical and statistical identification. at Journal of Business Logistics, In Press. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12358  Marzolf, M., Miller, J. W., & Peinkofer, S. T. (2024). Retail & Wholesale Trade Inventories: A Literature Review and Path Forward. Journal of Business Logistic, 45(1), e12367. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12367. Jones, A. L., Miller, J. W., Whipple, J. M., Griffis, S. E., & Voohrees, C. L. (2024) The Effect of Perceptions of Justice in Returns on Satisfaction and Attitudes Toward the Retailer. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 54(1), 40-60. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPDLM-01-2022-0007. Kulpa, T., Miller, J. W., & Thomas, R. (2024) Investigating the Dynamic and Contingent Effects of the US Import Air Freight Market Throughout the Phases of the COVID-19 Disruption. Transportation Journal, 63(3), 156-170. https://doi.org/10.1002/tjo3.12015. Miller, J. W., Phares, J., & Burks, S. (2024) Job Creation and Job Destruction Dynamics in the Truck Transportation Industry. Journal of Business Logistics, 45(3), e12391. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12391 Holzhacker, M., Loch, H., Miller, J. W., & Scott, A. Property Rights Limits and Self-Employed Workers: Evidence from For-Hire Owner-Operators in U.S. Production and Operations Management, In Press. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10591478241280306.  Phares, J., Miller, J. W. & Burks, S. Shedding Light on Truck Driver Supply and Demand: Heterogeneous State-Level Recovery of Trucking Employment Following the COVID-19 Employment Shock. Transportation Journal, In Press. https://doi.org/10.1002/tjo3.12038