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Essential micro-foundations for contemporary business operations : top management tangible competencies, relationship-based business networks and environmental sustainability (2017)
Journal Article
Akhtar, P., Khan, Z., Frynas, J. G., Tse, Y. K., & Rao-Nicholson, R. (2018). Essential micro-foundations for contemporary business operations : top management tangible competencies, relationship-based business networks and environmental sustainability. British Journal of Management, 29(1), 43-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12233

Although various studies have emphasized linkages between firm competencies, networks and sustainability at organizational level, the links between top management tangible competencies (e.g., contemporary relevant quantitative-focused education such... Read More about Essential micro-foundations for contemporary business operations : top management tangible competencies, relationship-based business networks and environmental sustainability.

Social media data analytics to improve supply chain management in food industries (2017)
Journal Article
Singh, A., Shukla, N., & Mishra, N. (2018). Social media data analytics to improve supply chain management in food industries. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 114, 398-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2017.05.008

This paper proposes a big-data analytics-based approach that considers social media (Twitter) data for the identification of supply chain management issues in food industries. In particular, the proposed approach includes text analysis using a suppor... Read More about Social media data analytics to improve supply chain management in food industries.

The Mälardalen University Visiting Professorship in Systemic Innovation: A Report to the Swedish Knowledge Foundation (2017)
Working Paper
Midgley, G. The Mälardalen University Visiting Professorship in Systemic Innovation: A Report to the Swedish Knowledge Foundation

Executive Summary: Over a period of a year (1.4.16 to 31.3.17), the Swedish Knowledge Foundation funded a Visiting Professorship in Systemic Innovation based at Mälardalen University (MDH), Eskilstuna, Sweden. The position was taken by Gerald Midgle... Read More about The Mälardalen University Visiting Professorship in Systemic Innovation: A Report to the Swedish Knowledge Foundation.

Multiple order-up-to policy for mitigating bullwhip effect in supply chain network (2017)
Journal Article
Keshari, A., Mishra, N., Shukla, N., McGuire, S., & Khorana, S. (2018). Multiple order-up-to policy for mitigating bullwhip effect in supply chain network. Annals of Operations Research, 269(1-2), 361-386. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-017-2527-y

This paper proposes a multiple order-up-to policy based inventory replenishment scheme to mitigate the bullwhip effect in a multi-stage supply chain scenario, where various transportation modes are available between the supply chain (SC) participants... Read More about Multiple order-up-to policy for mitigating bullwhip effect in supply chain network.

Literature review on the ‘Smart Factory’ concept using bibliometric tools (2017)
Journal Article
Strozzi, F., Colicchia, C., Creazza, A., & Noè, C. (2017). Literature review on the ‘Smart Factory’ concept using bibliometric tools. International Journal of Production Research, 55(22), 6572-6591. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1326643

The objective of this paper is to depict a landscape of the scientific literature on the concept of the ‘Smart Factory’, which in recent years is gaining more and more attention from academics and practitioners because of significant innovations in t... Read More about Literature review on the ‘Smart Factory’ concept using bibliometric tools.

Is environmental sustainability a strategic priority for logistics service providers? (2017)
Journal Article
Evangelista, P., Colicchia, C., & Creazza, A. (2017). Is environmental sustainability a strategic priority for logistics service providers?. Journal of environmental management, 198(1), 353-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.04.096

Despite an increasing number of third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) regard environmental sustainability as a key area of management, there is still great uncertainty on how 3PLs implement environmental strategies and on how they translate... Read More about Is environmental sustainability a strategic priority for logistics service providers?.

Evaluating how System Health Assessment can Trigger Anticipatory Action for Resilience (2017)
Working Paper
Lowe, D., Oliver, P., Midgley, G., & Yearworth, M. Evaluating how System Health Assessment can Trigger Anticipatory Action for Resilience

In 2014 the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory developed and implemented a novel approach to assess the system by which the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence delivers infrastructure projects and services. This approach brought together existi... Read More about Evaluating how System Health Assessment can Trigger Anticipatory Action for Resilience.

Emerging Trends and New Frontiers in Community Operational Research (2017)
Working Paper
Johnson, M. P., Midgley, G., & Chichirau, G. Emerging Trends and New Frontiers in Community Operational Research

Community operational research (COR), and its disciplinary relation, community-based operations research, have an increasingly high profile within multiple domains that benefit from empirical and analytic approaches to problem solving. Many of these... Read More about Emerging Trends and New Frontiers in Community Operational Research.

Management challenges in creating value from business analytics (2017)
Journal Article
Vidgen, R., Shaw, S. L., & Grant, D. B. (2017). Management challenges in creating value from business analytics. European journal of operational research, 261(2), 626-639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.02.023

The popularity of big data and business analytics has increased tremendously in the last decade and a key challenge for organizations is in understanding how to leverage them to create business value. However, while the literature acknowledges the im... Read More about Management challenges in creating value from business analytics.

The systemic role of technology in financial instability (2017)
Book Chapter
Demetis, D. (2017). The systemic role of technology in financial instability. In N. Ryder, J. Tucker, & U. Turksen (Eds.), The financial crisis and white collar crime: legislative and policy responses (59-80). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315652009

This chapter examines the role of Information Systems (IS) in creating financial instability by automating critical decision-making processes. By following a systems theoretical approach after Lee and Demetis (2016) and based on a few fundamental sys... Read More about The systemic role of technology in financial instability.

What is Systemic Innovation? (2017)
Working Paper
Midgley, G., & Lindhult, E. What is Systemic Innovation?

The term ‘systemic innovation’ is increasing in use. However, there is no consensus on its meaning: four different ways of using the term can be identified in the literature. Most people simply define it as a type of innovation where value can only b... Read More about What is Systemic Innovation?.

When humans using the IT artifact becomes IT using the human artifact (2017)
Book Chapter
Demetis, D. S., & Lee, A. S. (2017). When humans using the IT artifact becomes IT using the human artifact. In T. X. Bui, & R. Sprague, Jr. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 50th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 4 - 7, 2017 (5747-5756). Los Alamitos, Calif.: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Abstract Following Lee & Demetis [20] who showed how systems theorizing can be conducted on the basis of a few systems principles, in this paper, we apply these principles to theorize about the systemic character of technology and investigate the rol... Read More about When humans using the IT artifact becomes IT using the human artifact.

Lean and green supply chain management through intermodal transport: insights from the fast moving consumer goods industry (2017)
Journal Article
Colicchia, C., Creazza, A., & Dallari, F. (2017). Lean and green supply chain management through intermodal transport: insights from the fast moving consumer goods industry. Production planning & control, 28(4), 321-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2017.1282642

Combining efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability is crucial for companies to succeed in today’s context of fierce competition. This paper investigates how intermodal transport can be adopted for managing supply chains according to a Lean and Gr... Read More about Lean and green supply chain management through intermodal transport: insights from the fast moving consumer goods industry.

Citation network analysis for supporting continuous improvement in higher education (2017)
Journal Article
Colicchia, C., Creazza, A., & Strozzi, F. (2018). Citation network analysis for supporting continuous improvement in higher education. Studies in higher education, 43(9), 1637-1653. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1276550

Continuous improvement in Higher Education can be supported by effective literature reviews to unveil contemporary and current educational needs and lay the foundations of programmes of study. As no discipline remains static, the aim of this paper is... Read More about Citation network analysis for supporting continuous improvement in higher education.

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions of emerging economies' multinational enterprises - the mediating role of socialization integration mechanisms for successful integration (2017)
Journal Article
Khan, Z., Rao-Nicholson, R., Akhtar, P., & He, S. (2017). Cross-border mergers and acquisitions of emerging economies' multinational enterprises - the mediating role of socialization integration mechanisms for successful integration. Human Resource Management Review, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2016.12.003

There has been recent surge of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by emerging economies’ multinational enterprises (EMNEs), however no conceptual model exists that can be utilized in global context to understand the success of these cross-b... Read More about Cross-border mergers and acquisitions of emerging economies' multinational enterprises - the mediating role of socialization integration mechanisms for successful integration.

Complexity and information systems: The emergent domain (2016)
Book Chapter
Merali, Y. (2016). Complexity and information systems: The emergent domain. In L. Willcocks, C. Sauer, & M. Lacity (Eds.), Enacting Research Methods in Information Systems (251-281). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29272-4_8

This paper is concerned with the emergence of the information systems (IS) domain as a central feature of the management research landscape in the networked world. It shows that the emergence of the network economy and network society (Castells, 1996... Read More about Complexity and information systems: The emergent domain.

Innovative Solutions for Implementing Global Supply Chains in Emerging Markets (2016)
Book
Dwivedi, A. (Ed.). (2016). Innovative Solutions for Implementing Global Supply Chains in Emerging Markets. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9795-9

Advancements in the field of information technology have transformed the way businesses interact with each other and their customers. Businesses now require customized products and services to reflect their constantly changing environment, yet this r... Read More about Innovative Solutions for Implementing Global Supply Chains in Emerging Markets.

Effects of uncertainty on a tire closed-loop supply chain network (2016)
Journal Article
Amin, S. H., Zhang, G., & Akhtar, P. (2017). Effects of uncertainty on a tire closed-loop supply chain network. Expert Systems with Applications, 73, 82-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.12.024

In a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) network, there are both forward and reverse supply chains. In this research, a tire remanufacturing CLSC network is designed and optimized based on tire recovery options. The objective of the optimization model is... Read More about Effects of uncertainty on a tire closed-loop supply chain network.

Building relationship innovation in global collaborative partnerships : big data analytics and traditional organizational powers (2016)
Journal Article
Akhtar, P., Khan, Z., Rao-Nicholson, R., & Zhang, M. (2019). Building relationship innovation in global collaborative partnerships : big data analytics and traditional organizational powers. R&D Management, 49(1), 7-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12253

This study examines how relationship innovation can be developed in global collaborative partnerships (alliances, joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions). The recently emerging theory of big data analytics linked with traditional organizational po... Read More about Building relationship innovation in global collaborative partnerships : big data analytics and traditional organizational powers.