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Walter Zinn

Business, Management and Accounting · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1973
Quality and Supply ManagementOutsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementSupply Chain and Inventory ManagementSustainable Supply Chain Management

Publications

68

Citations

2,799

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

53

Publishing since 1973

Research summary
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Walter Zinn's work centers on logistics and supply chain management, including topics such as sustainable retailing, postponement strategies, and redesigning supply chains in response to environmental change. Much of his recent output also reflects his editorial role at the Journal of Business Logistics, covering commentary on research methods, practice-academia connections, and the field's history. This body of work would suit students interested in supply chain strategy, sustainability in retail, and the evolution of logistics research as a discipline.

Supply chain managementSustainable retailingLogistics research and editorial commentaryPostponement and supply chain designGlobalization of supply chains

Publication activity was relatively steady from 2017 to 2020 but has slowed markedly in the years since, with little to no output most years after 2020.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.4/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 6 publications6192020: 5 publications20212022: 1 publication2223242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Business Logistics×21
  • Journal of Retailing×1
  • International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management×1
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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