Scientific programme

 

Organizing Committee
The conference organisation will be coordinated by the Operations Management researchers of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Palermo. The University of Palermo (UNIPA) is a consolidated cultural, scientific and teaching presence in central-western Sicily. It consists of 12 Faculties and 21 Departments which cover the most important domains of contemporary scientific and technological knowledge. About 130 courses (bachelor and master courses) are offered yearly together with 90 PhD courses which aim to train specific professional figures, often in cooperation with external institutions and companies . This globally means a community of more than 50,000 students.
The Organizing Committee of the 21st EurOMA Conference consists of:

• Giovanni Perrone, University of Palermo (Conference Chair).
• Manfredi Bruccoleri, University of Palermo (Conference Vice-Chair).
• Giuseppe Aiello, University of Palermo
• Mario Enea, University of Palermo
• Umberto La Commare, University of Palermo
• Giovanna Lo Nigro, University of Palermo
• Erica Mazzola, University of Palermo
• Paolo Roma, University of Palermo
• Alessandro Ancarani, University of Catania 

 

Scientific Committee

Last name	First name	Affiliation/University
Acur	Nuran	University of Strathclyde
Adamides	Emmanuel	University of Patras
Åhlström	Pär	Stockholm School of Economics
Ambrose	Eamonn	UCD
Ankarani	Alessandro	University of Catania
Ashayeri	Jalal	Tilburg University
Benedettini	Ornella	University of Cambridge
Bengtsson	Lars	University of Gävle
Betts	Teresa	Murray State University
Bhakoo	Vikram	University of Melbourne
Bititci	Umit	University of Strathclyde
Boer	Harry	Aalborg University
Brandon-Jones	Alistair	Manchester Business School
Brennan	Louis	Trinity College
Bruccoleri	Manfredi	University of Palermo
Cagliano	Raffaella	Politecnico di Milano
Caniato	Federico	Politecnico di Milano
Chaudhuri	Atanu	Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Childerhouse	Paul	Massey
Clegg	Ben	Aston University
Coughlan	Paul	TCD
Danese	Pamela	University of Padova
De Leeuw	Sander	VU University Amsterdam
Deflorin	Patricia	University of Zurich
Demeter	Krisztina	Corvinus University of Budapest
Disney	Stephen	Cardiff University
Doran	Des	University of Sussex
Dukovska-Popovska	Iskra	Aalborg University
Fabbe-Costes	Nathalie	Cret-Log- Aix-Marseille University
Farooq	Sami	Aalborg University
Ferdows	Kasra	Georgetown University
Filippini	Roberto	University of Padova
Forza	Cipriano	University of Padova
Framinan	José Manuel	University of Seville
Fransoo	Jan	Eindhoven University of Technology
Fynes	Brian	UCD
Garavelli	Claudio	Politecnico di Bari
Giannoccaro	Ilaria	Politecnico di Bari
Gimenez	Cristina	ESADE Business School
Gobbi	Chiara	Copenhagen Business School
Godsell	Janet	Cranfield
Golini	Ruggero	Università degli Studi di Bergamo
Größler	Andreas	Radboud University Nijmegen
Hargaden	Vincent	University College Dublin
Heaslip	Graham	National University of Ireland Maynooth
Hendry	Linda	Lancaster University
Holmström	Jan	Aalto University
Holweg	Matthias	Cambridge
Hsuan	Juliana	Copenhagen Business School
Humphreys	Paul	University of Ulster
Jayaram	Jayanth	University of South Carolina
Jenei	István	Corvinus University of Budapest
Johansson	Mats	Chalmers
Jonsson	Patrik	Chalmers University of Technology
Kalchschmidt	Matteo	Università degli Studi di Bergamo
Karlsson	Christer	Copenhagen Business School
Keegan	Richard	Trinity College Dublin
Klassen	Robert	Western University
Koulikoff-Souviron	Marie	Skema Business School
Kumar	Maneesh	Cardiff University
Lawson	Benn	University of Cambridge
Lewis	Michael	University of Bath
Longoni	Annachiara	Politecnico di Milano
MacBryde	Jill	Strathclyde Business School
MacCarthy	Bart	University of Notthingham
Machuca	Jose A.D.	University of Seville
Marshall	Donna	University College Dublin
Maylor	Harvey	Cranfield University
McAdam	Rodney	University of Ulster
McIvor	Ronan	University of Ulster
Mendibil	Kepa	University of Strathclyde
Miemczyk	Joe	Audencia Nantes
Nassinbeni	Guido	Università degli Studi di Udine
Neely	Andy	University of Cambridge
New	Steve	Oxford University
O'Reilly	Seamus	UCC - University College Cork
Olhager	Jan	Lund University
Pagell	Mark	University College Dublin
Palcic	Iztok	University of Maribor
Perrone	Giovanni	University of Palermo
Pires	Silvio	Methodist University of Piracicaba
Platts	Ken	Cambridge
Power	Damien	The University of Melbourne
Prester	Jasna	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Bussiness and Economics
Radnor	Zoe	Loughborough University
Ramanathan	Usha	University of Bedfordshire
Reiner	Gerald	University of Neuchâtel
Ribera	Jaume	IESE Business School
Roden	Sinéad	University of Bath
Romano	Pietro	University of Udine,
Rudberg	Martin	Linköping University
Salgado-Pinto	Sofia	Catholic University of Portugal
Scavarda	Annibal	Unisinos - University of the Sinos Valley
Scherrer	Maike	Universityof St. Gallen
Scholten	Kirstin	University of Groningen
Selviaridis	Kostas	Lund University
Seuring	Stefan	University of Kassel
Sheu	Chwen	Kansas State University
Singh	Prakash	University of Melbourne
Slepniov	Dmitrij	Aalborg University, Center for Industrial Production
Sousa	Rui	Catholic University of Portugal (Porto)
Spina	Gianluca	Politecnico di Milano
Spring	Martin	Lancaster University Management School
Squire	Brian	University of Bath
Steenhuis	Harm-Jan	Eastern Washington University
Stevenson	Mark	Lancaster University
Stratton	Roy	Nottingham Trent University
Strohhecker	Jürgen	Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Tang	Chris	UCLA
Taylor	Margaret	University of Bradford
Taylor	Andrew	University of Bradford
Thorstenson	Anders	Aarhus University
Van der Vaart	Taco	University of Groningen
Van Donk	Dirk Pieter	University of Groningen
Vanpoucke	Evelyne	Maastricht University
Vereecke	Ann	Vlerick Business School
Vinelli	Andrea	University of Padova
Vos	Bart	Tilburg University
Voss	Chris	Wawick Business School
Waehrens	Brian	Aalborg University
Walker	Helen	Cardiff University
Wänström	Carl	Chalmers University of Technology
Wemmerlov	Urban	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wiengarten	Frank	ESADE
Wong	Chee Yew	Leeds University Business School
Wynstra	Finn	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

 

Location and dates
The Doctoral Seminar is held once a year, just prior to the EurOMA annual conference. The 13th EurOMA Doctoral Seminar will take place at the University of Palermo on Friday and Saturday June 20-21, 2014. 

Objective
The EurOMA Doctoral Seminar provides PhD students with a forum to present and to discuss their research, and an opportunity to get feedback from and exchange comments with fellow PhD students and established researchers in Operations Management. 

Structure

The Doctoral Seminar consists of two 'classes' or years. In the first year class, participants are invited to present their research design and preliminary results. This seminar is meant for students who are in the first year or early in the second year of their PhD studies. 

Students who have come further and/or who took part in a previous first year class can join the second year class. In that seminar, the discussion will focus on results and preliminary conclusions (contribution to theory, methodology and/or practice of Operations Management). 

Students are recommended strongly to attend the EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Research Methodology in Operations Management before participating in the EurOMA series of Doctoral Seminars.

Certification and credits
Upon successful completion of the Doctoral Seminar, first year participants receive a certificate titled 'Research Design in Operations Management'. Second year participants receive a certificate titled 'Research Results in Operations Management'. Each Doctoral Seminar counts for 3 ECTS.

Work mode: presentation, discussion and reflection
First year participants must submit a written project description as part of their application for the Doctoral Seminar. Second year participants must submit a working paper, as part of their application, covering their initial findings and conclusions. All participants are expected to present, discuss and reflect on their research in collaboration with fellow-students and faculty.

Fee
Accepted students participating in the Doctoral Seminar will be sent a link to an online registration form when they receive acceptance notification.
Please note it is not possible to register using the ‘Register Here’ button on the conference website, this registration facility is for the main conference registration fee only.

The fee for the Doctoral Seminar includes:
a. participation in the Doctoral Seminar, the seminar dinner on Friday June 20th, lunches, coffee and refreshments;
b. participation in the EurOMA conference, June 22nd - 25th, 2014, including admission to all scientific sessions, registration package and proceedings, lunches and refreshment breaks, welcome reception and conference dinner.
The fees will be:

Application
To apply to participate in the 13th Doctoral Seminar, first year applicants must submit a short project description (5 pages) with name, project title, affiliation, and a letter of recommendation from their supervisor.
These two documents must be sent by e-mail no later than Friday January 31, 2014 to Professor Pär Åhlström at  

Second year participants should confirm their participation by e-mail no later than Friday January 31, 2014 to Professor Pär Åhlström at  

Notification and preparation
All applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection of their application by Friday February 14, 2014. 
Accepted first year applicants will then be asked to prepare and to submit a full paper (max. 25 pages) describing their research design, no later than Friday May 16, 2014. 
Accepted second year participants will then be asked to deliver a working paper (max. 25 pages) covering the preliminary results and conclusions of their research, no later than Friday May 16, 2014. 

Faculty
A faculty of six to eight established and renowned OM scholars will take part in the Doctoral Seminar, providing support and feedback, sharing their experiences, and engaging actively in the discussions. 

Other EurOMA-related teaching activities
Students are strongly recommended to participate in the EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Research Methodology in Operations Management before participating in the EurOMA series of Doctoral Seminars. This seminar is organized by EIASM in close collaboration with EurOMA. 
Further information on the seminar can be found at the EIASM website.

Contact
Programme: Professor Pär Åhlström, Department of Management and Organization, Stockholm School of Economics email: 

General arrangements, registration, bookings and accommodation: www.euroma2014.com

 

 

Young Scholars Workshop

Targeted at young academics in general and alumni of the EurOMA Doctoral Seminar in particular, the EurOMA Young Scholars Workshop is conceived as a way to support the career development of young scholars in the field of operations management (OM) by teaching and sharing with them major skills needed in an academic career. Important skills are related to the following subjects:

• Supervising MSc and PhD students.
• Teaching OM to MSc and MBA students.
• Designing and developing research projects in Operations Management – From concept to publication.
• Developing your career – managing your way through academia.
• Developing theoretically rigorous and managerially relevant OM research.

Each year one of the above subjects is developed on a rolling base. 2014 is the year of the “Developing theoretically rigorous and managerially relevant OM research”. At the same time, the initiative is aimed at developing the community of young OM scholars, keeping the network alive and providing opportunities to meet and discuss relevant topics.

Theme

The theme and program of the 2014 workshop is “Operations management – research and practice”.

Operations management as a scientific discipline has always struggled with the practical relevance and impact of its research. At the same time, there is no doubt that OM concepts, systems and practices have huge impact on the performance of production companies, service providers and public organizations. However, how good are these concepts, systems and practices and/or their implementation actually? To what extent is the practical impact of OM a reflection of robust theory development or is there still a lot of scope for improvement? How useful and usable are the results of single or multiple cases studies and collaborative research projects beyond the boundaries of the firm(s) involved, and what can be done to increase their generalizability? How useful and usable are the results of survey-based quantitative studies?

Addressing these and similar questions, the workshop features presentations from OM scholars and practitioners who have been involved in OM research and will share their experience, views and ideas on questions and topics such as: 

• How to increase the usefulness and usability of OM research?
• Designing, conducting and publishing collaborative research.
• Taking theory to practice – taking practice to research.

Of course there will be ample opportunities for networking, one of the key overall objectives of the Young Scholars Workshops.

 

Target group and eligibility

The target group of the workshop is young OM academics who aim at a continued academic career. Priority is given to EurOMA Doctoral Seminar alumni. At least two years involvement in academic job activities is required, e.g. supervising and teaching, apart from the applicant’s own PhD research project. The number of participants is limited to 30 people, who have registered for the conference.

The 2014 workshop is open to EurOMA members participating in the 2014 annual conference, who have presented their PhD thesis between 2007 and 2012.

 

Application

 

 

The workshop

• Date: Sunday 22 June 2014
• Theme: Operations management – research and practice
• Time: 09.00 – 13.30
• Location: Polididattico - University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze ed. 19 - room to be announced
• Fee: included in the conference fee

 

Outline Program

To be announced.

 

Contact

Professor Harry Boer, Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University.
E-mail: 

 

 

7th EurOMA Workshop on Journal Publishing in Operations Management

Overview

The Workshop on Journal Publishing in Operations Management is specially indicated for faculty in the field of Operations Management (OM), who wish to increase the quality of their publications in recognised international academic journals in the field.

The Publishing Workshop process has three specific steps:

• Writing
  The Publishing Workshop process starts with an EurOMA conference abstract which has been accepted for the main conference programme and also for the Publishing Workshop. Following acceptance, each participant will develop the abstract into a conference paper. This paper forms the basis for participation in the Publishing Workshop. In the workshop, each paper will be allocated to a reviewer or journal editorial board member as Discussant, who will comment on the content and clarity of presentation of the ideas.
• Overview of the submission and review process
  The workshop will start with a session with reviewers and members of the editorial boards, where participants will be briefed on the editorial policy, publication process and strategies for submission.
• Small Group Discussions
  Discussion of each paper will follow, in small group sessions. These sessions will enable participants to obtain feedback on their papers from the reviewers and editorial board members, as well as from other Workshop participants in the same track. The suggestions for further development will allow authors to identify the key steps to bring the paper up to publication standards. There is, of course, no certainty of subsequent publication as a result of the participation in the Workshop since the journals’ blind review is the only process that leads to the acceptance of a paper for publication.

 

Publishing Workshop Organising Committee 

Cipriano Forza
Università di Padova, Vicenza, Italy

Cristina Gimenez
ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain

Juliana Hsuan
Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark

Marie Koulikoff-Souviron
SKEMA Business School, Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France

Christopher Voss
London Business School, London, UK

 

Application, Submission and Review

Applications are welcome from researchers in all research areas of Operations Management. A condition for being considered for participation in the Workshop is prior acceptance of an abstract for the main Conference programme by the EurOMA 2014 Conference Scientific Committee. Please read the Call for Papers for the EurOMA 2014 Conference.
To apply to participate in the Publishing Workshop, applicants must submit their accepted conference abstract by e-mail no later than February 28, 2014 to Professors Marie Koulikoff at and Cristina Gimenez at .
The acceptance decision by the Publishing Workshop Organising Committee will be based on three criteria:

• relevance and fit with the scope of the journal(s), 
• quality, 
• opportunity for increasing participation by researchers for whom English is not a first language. 

Acceptance will notified by email to participants on March 28, 2014. 

 

Registration and Fee

The Workshop will be open only to accepted and registered EurOMA 2014 Conference participants. 
Accepted participants for the Publishing Workshop should register for the Workshop through the Conference website. The registration fee is €125, payable in advance. It includes documents, morning and afternoon refreshments and a light lunch. 

 

Timing

The Publishing Workshop will begin on June 21, 2014 at 8:30 with registration.  The Workshop will end on June 21, 2014 at 17:30.
It is expected that participants stay for the full duration of the workshop.

 

The Workshop  

Date: Saturday 21 June, 2014
Time: 08:30 – 17.30
Location: Polididattico - University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze ed. 19 - room to be announced
Fee: €125

 

Contact 

Marie Koulikoff-Souviron
SKEMA Business School, Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
email:

Cristina Gimenez
ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain
email:

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