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Scenario analysis and disaster preparedness for port and maritime logistics risk management (2016)
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Kwesi-Buor, J., Menachof, D. A., & Talas, R. (2019). Scenario analysis and disaster preparedness for port and maritime logistics risk management. Accident analysis and prevention, 123, 433-447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2016.07.013

System Dynamics (SD) modelling is used to investigate the impacts of policy interventions on industry actors’ preparedness to mitigate risks and to recover from disruptions along the maritime logistics and supply chain network. The model suggests a b... Read More about Scenario analysis and disaster preparedness for port and maritime logistics risk management.

Ethical sourcing : an analysis of the literature and implications for future research (2016)
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Kim, S., Colicchia, C., & Menachof, D. (2018). Ethical sourcing : an analysis of the literature and implications for future research. Journal of Business Ethics, 152(4), 1033–1052. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3266-8

The purpose of this study is to present a rigorous, focused review on how this field of ethical sourcing research has grown and evolved over the decades, providing implications for future research. We combine two research methodologies in this study:... Read More about Ethical sourcing : an analysis of the literature and implications for future research.

Sustainable supply chain management: confirmation of a higher-order model (2016)
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Zhang, M., Tse, Y. K., Doherty, B., Li, S., & Akhtar, P. (2018). Sustainable supply chain management: confirmation of a higher-order model. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 128, 206-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.06.015

Drawing from the research of green supply chain management and corporate social responsibility, this research proposes a hierarchical structure of sustainable supply chain management and develops a multi-item measurement scale to reflect the specific... Read More about Sustainable supply chain management: confirmation of a higher-order model.

The impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety in the global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals (2016)
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Khan, Z., Akhtar, P., Merchant, H., & Rao-Nicholson, R. (2016). The impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety in the global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals. The international journal of human resource management, 27(20), 2461-2487. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1204557

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper examines the impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety (EPS) based on a sample of 105 global acquisitions of emerging market multi... Read More about The impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety in the global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals.

Four domains of complexity (2016)
Journal Article
Midgley, G. (2016). Four domains of complexity. Emergence: complexity and organization, 18(2),

In this short paper, which reflects on one of my contributions to the systems literature in 1992 (Pluralism and the Legitimation of Systems Science), I discuss the context at that time. Systems scientists were embroiled in a paradigm war, which threa... Read More about Four domains of complexity.

A new connectivity index for container ports (2016)
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Bartholdi, J. J., Jarumaneeroj, P., & Ramudhin, A. (2016). A new connectivity index for container ports. Maritime economics & logistics, 18(3), 231-249. https://doi.org/10.1057/mel.2016.5

We propose a new index, the Container Port Connectivity Index, to measure the trade connectivity of ports within the network of container shipping. This index is based on both economics and network topology, and a distinctive feature is that the stre... Read More about A new connectivity index for container ports.

The influence of industrial policy and national systems of innovation on emerging economy suppliers’ learning capability (2016)
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Khan, Z., Lew, Y. K., & Akhtar, P. (2016). The influence of industrial policy and national systems of innovation on emerging economy suppliers’ learning capability. Industry and Innovation, 23(6), 512-530. https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2016.1189811

This paper links the industrial policy and national systems of innovation literature to the investigation of learning capabilities of suppliers in the context of the automotive parts industry of Pakistan. Drawing data from 50 Pakistani autoparts supp... Read More about The influence of industrial policy and national systems of innovation on emerging economy suppliers’ learning capability.

Benchmarking of health technologies distribution models: an investigation of Lombardy’s local health authorities (2016)
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Creazza, A., Restelli, U., Porazzi, E., Garagiola, E. R., Croce, D., Arpesella, M., …Noè, C. (2016). Benchmarking of health technologies distribution models: an investigation of Lombardy’s local health authorities. Benchmarking, 23(4), 817-842. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-12-2013-0123

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a benchmarking framework for assessing the performance of the distribution models adopted by the local branches of National Health Services (NHSs) for delivering health technologies to patients at a l... Read More about Benchmarking of health technologies distribution models: an investigation of Lombardy’s local health authorities.

Cloud-based multi-agent architecture for effective planning and scheduling of distributed manufacturing (2016)
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Mishra, N., Singh, A., Kumari, S., Govindan, K., & Ali, S. I. (2016). Cloud-based multi-agent architecture for effective planning and scheduling of distributed manufacturing. International Journal of Production Research, 54(23), 7115-7128. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2016.1165359

In modern world, manufacturing processes have become very complex because of consistently fluctuating demand of customers. Numerous production facilities located at various geographical locations are being utilised to address the demands of their mul... Read More about Cloud-based multi-agent architecture for effective planning and scheduling of distributed manufacturing.

An efficient approach to radiotherapy dose planning problem: a TOPSIS case-based reasoning approach (2016)
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Malekpoor, H., Mishra, N., Sumalya, S., & Kumari, S. (2017). An efficient approach to radiotherapy dose planning problem: a TOPSIS case-based reasoning approach. International Journal of Systems Science: Operations and Logistics, 4(1), 4-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/23302674.2015.1135354

© 2016, © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Dose planning of prostate cancer is a complex and time-consuming process. Usually, oncologists use past experience and spend a large amount of time to determine the optimal combi... Read More about An efficient approach to radiotherapy dose planning problem: a TOPSIS case-based reasoning approach.

Embracing supply chain agility: an investigation in the electronics industry (2016)
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Tse, Y. K., Zhang, M., Akhtar, P., & MacBryde, J. (2016). Embracing supply chain agility: an investigation in the electronics industry. Supply chain management, 21(1), 140-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-06-2015-0237

Purpose – This paper aims to identify the antecedents of firm’s supply chain agility (SC agility) and how SC agility impacts on firm’s performance. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a comprehensive literature review, a conceptual model was propo... Read More about Embracing supply chain agility: an investigation in the electronics industry.

Data-driven and adaptive leadership contributing to sustainability: global agri-food supply chains connected with emerging markets (2015)
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Akhtar, P., Tse, Y. K., Khan, Z., & Rao-Nicholson, R. (2016). Data-driven and adaptive leadership contributing to sustainability: global agri-food supply chains connected with emerging markets. International journal of production economics, 181(Part B), 392-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.11.013

Despite numerous promises on the links between data-driven and adaptive leadership, non-financial sustainability and financial sustainability, scholars have not conducted enough empirical research to test the links based on globally and massively con... Read More about Data-driven and adaptive leadership contributing to sustainability: global agri-food supply chains connected with emerging markets.

Sustainability management : insights from the viable system model (2015)
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Panagiotakopoulos, P. D., Espinosa Salazar, A. M., & Walker, J. (2016). Sustainability management : insights from the viable system model. Journal of cleaner production, 113, 792-806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.11.035

A review of current literature on sustainability standards reveals a significant gap between their adoption and the implementation of sustainability into every level of the organisation. In this paper, it is argued that in order to overcome this chal... Read More about Sustainability management : insights from the viable system model.

Eco-efficient supply chain networks: Development of a design framework and application to a real case study (2015)
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Colicchia, C., Creazza, A., Dallari, F., & Melacini, M. (2016). Eco-efficient supply chain networks: Development of a design framework and application to a real case study. Production planning & control, 27(3), 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2015.1090030

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This paper presents a supply chain network design framework that is based on multi-objective mathematical programming and that can identify 'eco-efficient' configuration alternatives that are both efficient and ecologically... Read More about Eco-efficient supply chain networks: Development of a design framework and application to a real case study.

Information processing and management using citation network and keyword analysis to perform a systematic literature review on green supply chain management (2015)
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Strozzi, F., & Colicchia, C. (2015). Information processing and management using citation network and keyword analysis to perform a systematic literature review on green supply chain management. Journal of Scientometric Research JSCIRES ; official publication of SciBiolMed.Org, 4(3), 195-205. https://doi.org/10.4103/2320-0057.174860

The field of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) has recently gained considerable attention from both academics and practitioners. This has caused an exponential growth in the number of publications related to different aspects of sustainability in... Read More about Information processing and management using citation network and keyword analysis to perform a systematic literature review on green supply chain management.

Boundary games: how teams of OR practitioners explore the boundaries of intervention (2015)
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Velez-Castiblanco, J., Brocklesby, J., & Midgley, G. (2016). Boundary games: how teams of OR practitioners explore the boundaries of intervention. European journal of operational research, 249(3), 968-982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2015.08.006

An operational research (OR) practitioner designing an intervention needs to engage in a practical process for choosing methods and implementing them. When a team of OR practitioners does this, and/or clients and stakeholders are involved, the social... Read More about Boundary games: how teams of OR practitioners explore the boundaries of intervention.

Integrated sustainability management for organizations (2015)
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Panagiotakopoulos, P., Espinosa, A., & Walker, J. (2015). Integrated sustainability management for organizations. Kybernetes, 44(6/7), 984-1004. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-12-2014-0291

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose the Viable System Model (VSM) as an effective model to base the analysis of organizational sustainability (long-term viability). It is specifically proposed as a model to integrate the various sustai... Read More about Integrated sustainability management for organizations.

Governance for sustainability: learning from VSM practice (2015)
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Espinosa, A. (2015). Governance for sustainability: learning from VSM practice. Kybernetes, 44(6-7), 955-969. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-02-2015-0043

Purpose – While there is some agreement on the usefulness of systems and complexity approaches to tackle the sustainability challenges facing the organisations and governments in the twenty-first century, less is clear regarding the way such approach... Read More about Governance for sustainability: learning from VSM practice.

Intermediaries in power-laden retail supply chains : an opportunity to improve buyer-supplier relationships and collaboration (2015)
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Hingley, M., Lindgreen, A., & Grant, D. B. (2015). Intermediaries in power-laden retail supply chains : an opportunity to improve buyer-supplier relationships and collaboration. Industrial marketing management, 50, 78-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2015.05.025

Despite the benefits of buyers and seller collaboration and hence relationships extolled in extensive studies, issues of relationship power inhibit implementation of collaborative and relational approaches, particularly in some parts of the retail Se... Read More about Intermediaries in power-laden retail supply chains : an opportunity to improve buyer-supplier relationships and collaboration.