Biography
Professor Walton joined Goizueta Business School in the Fall of 1996. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1993 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Steve served on the faculties of North Carolina A&T State University and Baylor University. Steve's efforts in the classroom have been highlighted by six teaching awards, including The Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award, a university-wide honor, and the Adler Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Before coming to Emory, Steve also worked for IBM.

Steve's current research interests include uses of electronic commerce technologies for environmental and supply chain management, environmental impacts of supply chain management and applications of qualitative research methods. Steve has published in Journal of Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management and the Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute. Professor Walton also serves as a reviewer for Decision Sciences, Journal of Operations Management, the Journal of Supply Chain Management and Organization Science.

Steve's consulting clients include The Home Depot, Delta Air Lines, McKesson Information Solutions, The Arthur M. Blank Family Office, Siemens Medical Systems, Synovus, Crawford & Company, ZC Sterling, Great American Insurance Company, Atlanta Casualty Company, Kurt Salmon Associates, 180Commerce, Crawford Long Hospital, and several technology startup companies.

Publications

• Handfield, R.B., S.V. Walton and R. Sroufe, Applying Environmental Criteria to Supplier Assessment: A Study in the Application of the Analytical Hierarchy Process, European Journal of Operations Research, 2002
• Galea, C. and S.V. Walton, Is E-commerce Sustainable? An Analysis of Webvan, Sustainability in the Digital Economy, Greenleaf Publishing, 1997
• Walton, S.V. and J.N.D. Gupta, Electronic Data Interchange and Operations Management: A Research Agenda, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 372-388, 1998
• Walton, S.V., R.B. Handfield and S.A. Melnyk, The Green Supply Chain: Integrating Suppliers into Environmental Management Processes, International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 2-11, 1998
• Handfield, R.B., S.V. Walton, S.A. Melnyk and L. Seegars, The "Green" Supply Chain: Best Practices from the Furniture Industry, Journal of Operations Management, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 293-315, 1997
• Walton, S.V. and A.S. Marucheck, The Relationship between EDI and Supplier Reliability, International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 30-35, 1997
• Handfield, R.B., S.V. Walton, A.S. Marucheck and A. McKinney-Wilkens, International Purchasing Transactions through Electronic Data Interchange Systems, Global Information Technology Applications: Focus on the Organization and Its Functional Areas, C. Deans and K. Karwan (eds.), pp. 312-328

Working Papers

• Walton, S.V., The Influence of Supplier Leverage on Supply Chain Performance
• Walton, S.V., Toward a Valid Measure of "Criticality" in the Buyer/Supplier Relationship
• Walton, S.V. and R.B. Handfield, The Role of Paradigm in Operations Management Publication Patterns

Areas of Specialization

• Environmental management
• E-commerce
• Supply chain management
• Applications of qualitative research methods
• Six Sigma

Achievements and Honors

• The Marc F. Adler Prize for Excellence in Teaching 2002
• The Emory Williams Distinguished Educator 2000
• Two-time recipient of the BBA Distinguished Educator Award, 1999 and 2000
• Dedicated Service to the Emory Community, 1997
• Honorable Mention for The Green Supply Chain as Best Environmental Issues Paper, Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute, 1997
• Baylor University MBA Student Award for Teaching Excellence, 1995
• Liberty Fellowship, 1987

Professional Memberships and Activities

• INFORMS
• Decision Sciences Institute
• APICS

Selected Consulting Clients

• The Home Depot
• Siemens Medical Systems
• McKesson Information Solutions
• Delta Air Lines, Inc.
• Kurt Salmon Associate
• Crawford & Company
• Sigvaris
• Atlanta Casualty Company
• Sawtre Insurance
• The Handyman Network
• GreenThink.com

Academic Background
Ph.D., Operations Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993
M.S., Industrial Management, Clemson University, 1987
B.S. (cum laude), Industrial Management, Clemson University, 1986