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The Four Waves of Systems Thinking (2023)
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Cabrera, D., Cabrera, L., & Midgley, G. (2023). The Four Waves of Systems Thinking. Journal of Systems Thinking, 3, 1-51. https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.000051

This Handbook is about the past, present, and future of systems thinking. It captures the history of systems thinking over its first three ‘waves,’ which are thought of as significant paradigmatic time periods in the history of the field. It then int... Read More about The Four Waves of Systems Thinking.

Humanitarian management strategy for interstate movement of migrant workers in India during COVID-19 pandemic: an optimization based approach (2023)
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Mishra, N., Palit, N., & Chaudhuri, A. (2023). Humanitarian management strategy for interstate movement of migrant workers in India during COVID-19 pandemic: an optimization based approach. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05199-4

India faced a unique situation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic when millions of migrant workers, in different states had to be transported to their home states as workplaces shut down. The governments in respective states faced challenges of min... Read More about Humanitarian management strategy for interstate movement of migrant workers in India during COVID-19 pandemic: an optimization based approach.

Multi-level participation in integrative, systemic planning: The case of climate adaptation in Ghana (2023)
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Helfgott, A., Midgley, G., Chaudhury, A., Vervoort, J., Sova, C., & Ryan, A. (2023). Multi-level participation in integrative, systemic planning: The case of climate adaptation in Ghana. European journal of operational research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2023.01.045

Adaptation to climate change is impacted by a range of interrelated processes operating from local to global levels. There are often significant disconnects between different people's perceptions of responsibilities, capabilities and motivations, and... Read More about Multi-level participation in integrative, systemic planning: The case of climate adaptation in Ghana.

Alexander Bogdanov and the question of unity: An emerging research agenda (2023)
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Şenalp, Ö., & Midgley, G. (2023). Alexander Bogdanov and the question of unity: An emerging research agenda. Systems research and behavioral science, 40(2), 328-348. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2923

In this paper, we propose a research agenda to support the recovery of Alexander Bogdanov's philosophical and systemic thinking that culminated in his magnum opus, Tektology. Our main reason for doing so is to re-address enduring questions about the... Read More about Alexander Bogdanov and the question of unity: An emerging research agenda.

Mindfulness and Behavioural Insights: Reflections on the Meditative Brain, Systems Theory and Organisational Change (2022)
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Lilley, R., Whitehead, M., & Midgley, G. (2022). Mindfulness and Behavioural Insights: Reflections on the Meditative Brain, Systems Theory and Organisational Change. Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change, 2(2), 29-57. https://doi.org/10.47061/jasc.v2i2.3857

This paper explores the impacts of the Mindfulness-Based Behavioural Insights and Decision-Making (MBBI) programme. Combining mindfulness with behavioural insights instruction, the authors have developed the MBBI programme through a series of iterati... Read More about Mindfulness and Behavioural Insights: Reflections on the Meditative Brain, Systems Theory and Organisational Change.

Mindfulness and Behavioural Insights: Reflections on the meditative brain, systems theory and organizational change (2022)
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Lilley, R., Whitehead, M., & Midgley, G. (in press). Mindfulness and Behavioural Insights: Reflections on the meditative brain, systems theory and organizational change. Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change,

This paper explores the impacts of the Mindfulness-Based Behavioural Insights and Decision Making programme (MBBI). Combining mindfulness with behavioural insights instruction, the authors have developed the MBBI programme through a series of iterati... Read More about Mindfulness and Behavioural Insights: Reflections on the meditative brain, systems theory and organizational change.

Social acceptability of a wind turbine blade facility in Kingston upon hull (2022)
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Getor, R. Y., Ramudhin, A., & Keivanpour, S. (2022). Social acceptability of a wind turbine blade facility in Kingston upon hull. Journal of cleaner production, 379(2), Article 134859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134859

In November 2016, Siemens Gamesa started construction of its £310-million, off-shore wind turbine blade assembly facility in the city of Kingston upon Hull in the UK. This paper adopted a mixed method approach, that is, maps, charts and tables and me... Read More about Social acceptability of a wind turbine blade facility in Kingston upon hull.

Interoperability: Our exciting and terrifying Web3 future (2022)
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Park, A., Wilson, M., Robson, K., Demetis, D., & Kietzmann, J. (2022). Interoperability: Our exciting and terrifying Web3 future. Business Horizons, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2022.10.005

This article introduces the next major generational evolution of the web: Web3. We review the fundamental evolution of the internet and the web over the past three decades, including a brief presentation of the publications in Business Horizons that... Read More about Interoperability: Our exciting and terrifying Web3 future.

Organizational Resilience to Supply Chain Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
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Wulandhari, N. B. I., Budhwar, P., Mishra, N., Akbar, S., Do, Q., & Milligan, G. (2023). Organizational Resilience to Supply Chain Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12648

This paper aims to establish a link between aggregate organizational resilience capabilities and managerial risk perception aspects during a major global crisis. We argue that a multi-theory perspective, dynamic capability at an organizational level... Read More about Organizational Resilience to Supply Chain Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Organisational resilience to supply chain risks during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
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Baiti Ingga Wulandhari, N., Budhwar, . P., Mishra, N., Akbar, S., Do, Q., & Milligan, G. (in press). Organisational resilience to supply chain risks during the COVID-19 Pandemic. British Journal of Management,

This paper aims to establish a link between aggregate organisational resilience capabilities and managerial risk perception aspects during a major global crisis. We argue that a multi-theory perspective, dynamic capability at an organisational level... Read More about Organisational resilience to supply chain risks during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The changing contours of global value chains post-COVID: Evidence from the Commonwealth (2022)
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Khorana, S., Escaith, H., Ali, S., Kumari, S., & Do, Q. (2022). The changing contours of global value chains post-COVID: Evidence from the Commonwealth. Journal of business research, 153, 75-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.07.044

The COVID-19 pandemic emphasised the global value chains (GVCs) debate by focussing on whether gains from GVC participation outweigh firms associated risks of demand and supply shocks amid rising protectionism. This paper bridges the gap between the... Read More about The changing contours of global value chains post-COVID: Evidence from the Commonwealth.

Industry 4.0 and circular economy in an era of global value chains: What have we learned and what is still to be explored? (2022)
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Awan, U., Gölgeci, I., Makhmadshoev, D., & Mishra, N. (2022). Industry 4.0 and circular economy in an era of global value chains: What have we learned and what is still to be explored?. Journal of cleaner production, 371, Article 133621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133621

This article reviews the industry 4.0 (I4.0) and circular economy (CE) literature from a global value chain (GVC) perspective. More specifically, it (1) summarizes the empirical findings on the applications of I4.0 and CE practices; (2) explores the... Read More about Industry 4.0 and circular economy in an era of global value chains: What have we learned and what is still to be explored?.

Journey of customers in this digital era: Understanding the role of artificial intelligence technologies in user engagement and conversion (2022)
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Bag, S., Srivastava, G., Bashir, M. M. A., Kumari, S., Giannakis, M., & Chowdhury, A. H. (2022). Journey of customers in this digital era: Understanding the role of artificial intelligence technologies in user engagement and conversion. Benchmarking, 29(7), 2074-2098. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-07-2021-0415

Purpose: The first research objective is to understand the role of digital [artificial intelligence (AI)] technologies on user engagement and conversion that has resulted in high online activities and increased online sales in current times in India.... Read More about Journey of customers in this digital era: Understanding the role of artificial intelligence technologies in user engagement and conversion.

A multi-agent framework for container booking and slot allocation in maritime shipping (2022)
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Mandal, J., Goswami, A., Kumari, S., & Mishra, N. (in press). A multi-agent framework for container booking and slot allocation in maritime shipping. International Journal of Production Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2022.2065550

Digitalization is constantly altering company paradigms and expanding cross-border supply chain prospects. Maritime transportation plays an increasingly essential part in the global supply network. Since maritime shipping services need to exchange a... Read More about A multi-agent framework for container booking and slot allocation in maritime shipping.

Exploring the role of social capital mechanisms in cooperative resilience (2022)
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Wulandhari, N. B. I., Gölgeci, I., Mishra, N., Sivarajah, U., & Gupta, S. (2022). Exploring the role of social capital mechanisms in cooperative resilience. Journal of business research, 143, 375-386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.01.026

We contribute to research on cooperative resilience by examining how their main advantage of social foundations may facilitate the assembly of resilience capabilities. Drawing from the social capital literature, we focus on the strategies and activit... Read More about Exploring the role of social capital mechanisms in cooperative resilience.

An extended institutional theory perspective on the adoption of circular economy practices: Insights from the seafood industry (2021)
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Do, Q., Mishra, N., Colicchia, C., Creazza, A., & Ramudhin, A. (2022). An extended institutional theory perspective on the adoption of circular economy practices: Insights from the seafood industry. International journal of production economics, 247, Article 108400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108400

The management of seafood processing by-products (SPBPs) is an interesting but underexplored topic in the circular economy (CE) research stream. The extant CE literature is mainly devoted to the topic's theoretical aspects and largely neglects the li... Read More about An extended institutional theory perspective on the adoption of circular economy practices: Insights from the seafood industry.

A systems perspective on systemic innovation (2021)
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Midgley, G., & Lindhult, E. (2021). A systems perspective on systemic innovation. Systems research and behavioral science, 38(5), 635–670. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2819

The term ‘systemic innovation’ is increasing in use, but there is no consensus on its meaning: five understandings of the term can be identified, each based on a different view of what the word ‘systemic’ should refer to. The first understanding focu... Read More about A systems perspective on systemic innovation.

Analysis of critical success factors for implementing Industry 4.0 integrated circular supply chain–moving towards sustainable operations (2021)
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Kumar, A., Choudhary, S., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Rehman Khan, S. A., & Mishra, N. (in press). Analysis of critical success factors for implementing Industry 4.0 integrated circular supply chain–moving towards sustainable operations. Production planning & control, https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2021.1980905

Many threats, such as scarcity of sources and climate change, are forcing the business community to examine their commitment towards the environment and society. Because of this pressure, companies have started to implement long term sustainable prac... Read More about Analysis of critical success factors for implementing Industry 4.0 integrated circular supply chain–moving towards sustainable operations.

Multi-agent architecture for waste minimisation in beef supply chain (2021)
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Nguyen, A. H. T., Singh, A., Kumari, S., & Choudhary, S. (in press). Multi-agent architecture for waste minimisation in beef supply chain. Production planning & control, https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2021.1979679

Food waste is an alarming issue pertaining to the rising global hunger, huge environmental footprint, and high monetary value. In developing and developed nations, it occurs primarily due to inefficiencies upstream and downstream of the supply chain... Read More about Multi-agent architecture for waste minimisation in beef supply chain.