Publications

Published, peer-reviewed

Google Scholar Profile

Acocella, A., & Caplice, C. (2023). Research on truckload transportation procurement: A review, framework, and future research agenda. Journal of Business Logistics, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12333.


Acocella, A., Caplice, C., & Sheffi, Y. (2020). Elephants or goldfish?: An empirical analysis of carrier reciprocity in dynamic freight markets. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 142, 102073, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102073.


Lim, E., Dames, E., Cedrone, K., Acocella, A., Needham, T., Arce, A., Cohn, D., Bromberg, L., Cheng, W., Green, W., “The Engine Reformer: Syngas Production in an Engine for Compact Gas-to-Liquids Synthesis,” Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 94, Issue 4, April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.22443. 

Working papers

Acocella, A., Caplice, C., & Sheffi, Y. Expectations of the future: the impact of supplier service model and market dynamics on deviations from relational contracts.

Acocella, A. The hidden costs of flexibility: When a coverage procurement strategy doesn’t pay.

Acocella, A., Caplice, C., & Sheffi, Y. The end of set-it-and-forget-it pricing? Index-based freight contract design under uncertainty.

Harvard Business School cases (with accompanied teaching notes)

Zhu, F., Acocella, A. (2020) Fasten: Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model, available here (bestseller).


Zhu, F., Acocella, A. (2019) X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: is Amazon a Friend or Foe? (A), available here (bestseller).


Weinzierl, M., Newman, D., Browder, R.,  Acocella, A. (2022) Spaceport America, Public Sector Risk-taking, and Political Accountability (A), available here.


Weinzierl, M., Newman, D., Browder, R.,  Acocella, A. (2022) Spaceport America, Public Sector Risk-taking, and Political Accountability (B), available here.


Weinzierl, M.,  Acocella, A. (2017) Planetary Resources Inc., Property Rights, and the Regulation of the Space Economy, available here.


Weinzierl, M.,  Acocella, A. (2016) Blue Origin, NASA, and New Space (A), available here.


Weinzierl, M.,  Acocella, A., Yamazaki, M. (2016) Astroscale, Space Debris, and Earth's Orbital Commons, available here.

MIT Center of Transportation & Logistics cases (with accompanied teaching notes)

Acocella, A., (2020)  Wayfair Inc.: the art and science of transportation procurement.

Acocella, A., Sultemeir, C., Caplice, C. (2017) Walmart: Expansion and Automation in Grocery Distribution.