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Forecasting the success of International Joint Ventures (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Nikolopoulos, K., Hamo Younes, A., & Phan, M. (2024, July). Forecasting the success of International Joint Ventures. Poster presented at INFORMS Advances in Decision Analysis Conference (ADA 2024), Aalto University, Helsinki-Espoo, Finland

Adversarial Service Networks: A Study of Service Firms’ Response to Manufacturer-led Servitization in Aviation (2024)
Journal Article
Wirths, O., Tóth, Z., & Diaz Ruiz, C. A. (2024). Adversarial Service Networks: A Study of Service Firms’ Response to Manufacturer-led Servitization in Aviation. Industrial Marketing Management, 119, 162-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2024.04.004

This study examines the adversarial dynamics that emerge when service firms assess that manufacturers’ servitization initiatives pose an existential risk to their survival as independent organizations. Adopting an industrial networks perspective, thi... Read More about Adversarial Service Networks: A Study of Service Firms’ Response to Manufacturer-led Servitization in Aviation.

Should Only Popular Products Be Stocked? Warehouse Assortment Selection for E-Commerce Companies (2024)
Journal Article
Li, X., Lin, H., & Liu, F. (2024). Should Only Popular Products Be Stocked? Warehouse Assortment Selection for E-Commerce Companies. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2022.0428

Problem definition: This paper studies the single-warehouse assortment selection problem that aims to minimize the order fulfillment cost under the cardinality constraint. We propose two fulfillment-related cost functions corresponding to spillover f... Read More about Should Only Popular Products Be Stocked? Warehouse Assortment Selection for E-Commerce Companies.

Less is more: Engagement with the content of social media influencers (2024)
Journal Article
van der Harst, J. P., & Angelopoulos, S. (2024). Less is more: Engagement with the content of social media influencers. Journal of Business Research, 181, Article 114746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114746

We draw upon theories of social media engagement to explore the factors affecting the success of the various influencer types, based on the size of their audience. We use the social media content of 8,076 influencers and employ sentiment analysis of... Read More about Less is more: Engagement with the content of social media influencers.

Gender differences in remote work: a study on the boundary management tactics of women and men (2024)
Journal Article
Shen, M., & Zamani, E. (2024). Gender differences in remote work: a study on the boundary management tactics of women and men. Information Technology & People, https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-06-2023-0547

Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify potential differences in experiences and their causes from a gender-based perspective. Design/methodology/approach We use secondary data, and we conduct a thematic analysis, to identify whether an... Read More about Gender differences in remote work: a study on the boundary management tactics of women and men.

Forecasting and Planning for a critical infrastructure sector during a pandemic: empirical evidence from a food supply chain (2024)
Journal Article
Aljuneidi, T., Punia, S., Jebali, A., & Nikolopoulos, K. (2024). Forecasting and Planning for a critical infrastructure sector during a pandemic: empirical evidence from a food supply chain. European Journal of Operational Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.04.009

The meat supply chain (MSC) – a key constituent of the ‘Food & Agriculture’ CISA critical infrastructure sector, was among the most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The witnessed successive demand and supply shocks uncovered the f... Read More about Forecasting and Planning for a critical infrastructure sector during a pandemic: empirical evidence from a food supply chain.

Breaking Barriers and Bridging Gaps: The influence of Entrepreneurship Policies on Women's entry into Entrepreneurship (2024)
Journal Article
Raza, A., Yousafzai, S., & Saeed, S. (in press). Breaking Barriers and Bridging Gaps: The influence of Entrepreneurship Policies on Women's entry into Entrepreneurship. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research,

Purpose How does the interplay between entrepreneurship policies and both formal and informal gender equality affect women's inclination towards self-employment in contrast to men? Design/methodology/approach This study introduces and validates... Read More about Breaking Barriers and Bridging Gaps: The influence of Entrepreneurship Policies on Women's entry into Entrepreneurship.

Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda (2024)
Journal Article
Rutter, S., Zamani, E., McKenna-Aspell, J., & Wang, Y. (2024). Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Article 103278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2024.103278

Technologies support our everyday lives, and to ensure that people are not routinely excluded they must be usable by the wider population. However, technologies are not commonly tested with participants from a range of backgrounds. This paper reports... Read More about Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda.

Unified framework for choice-based facility location problem (2024)
Journal Article
Hui Lin, Y., Tian, Q., & Zhao, Y. (2024). Unified framework for choice-based facility location problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing, https://doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2022.0366

The choice-based facility location (CBFL) problem arises in various industrial and business contexts. The problem stands on a decentralized perspective: Companies set up chains of facilities, and customers determine from which chain or facility to se... Read More about Unified framework for choice-based facility location problem.

Market Thickness in Online Food Delivery Platforms: The Impact of Food Processing Times (2024)
Journal Article
Zhao, Y., Papier, F., & Teo, C. (2024). Market Thickness in Online Food Delivery Platforms: The Impact of Food Processing Times. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 26(3), 853-872. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2021.0354

Problem definition: Online food delivery (OFD) platforms have witnessed rapid global expansion, partly driven by shifts in consumer behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. These platforms enable customers to order food conveniently from a diverse arra... Read More about Market Thickness in Online Food Delivery Platforms: The Impact of Food Processing Times.

Forecasting and planning for special events in the pulp and paper supply chains (2024)
Journal Article
Brookes, T., Nikolopoulos , K., Litsiou, K., & Alghassab, W. (2024). Forecasting and planning for special events in the pulp and paper supply chains. Supply Chain Forum: an International Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/16258312.2024.2315029

Due to global warming, flood is an increasing threat to companies operating in the pulp and paper industry. The impact of this threat needs to be managed. We deploy a qualitative investigation into how paper manufacturers can forecast and mitigate th... Read More about Forecasting and planning for special events in the pulp and paper supply chains.

The importance of being privileged: Digital entrepreneurship as a class project (2024)
Journal Article
Murray, G., Carter, C., & Spence, C. (2024). The importance of being privileged: Digital entrepreneurship as a class project. Journal of Professions and Organization, 11(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpo/joae001

Established professional occupations can become the preserve of elites when fitting in is driven by class-based criteria. In contrast, digital entrepreneurship has been proposed as a means by which people may emancipate themselves from societal const... Read More about The importance of being privileged: Digital entrepreneurship as a class project.

Corporate Investment Decisions with Switch Flexibility, Constraints, and Path-dependency (2024)
Journal Article
Martzoukos, S., Trigeorgis, L., & Pospori, N. (2024). Corporate Investment Decisions with Switch Flexibility, Constraints, and Path-dependency. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-023-01234-4

We model sequential, corporate investment decisions with time-to-build delays, operating scale mode switching, operating constraints, and path dependencies. We also account for stochastic salvage (abandonment) values that are utilization (path) depen... Read More about Corporate Investment Decisions with Switch Flexibility, Constraints, and Path-dependency.

The impact of intersectional racial and gender biases on minority female leadership over two centuries (2024)
Journal Article
Pogrebna, G., Angelopoulos, S., Motsi-Omoijiade, I., Kharlamov, A., & Tkachenko, N. (2024). The impact of intersectional racial and gender biases on minority female leadership over two centuries. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 111. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50392-x

This study scrutinizes the enduring effects of racial and gender biases that contribute to the consistent underrepresentation of minority women in leadership roles within American private, public, and third sector organizations. We adopt a behavioura... Read More about The impact of intersectional racial and gender biases on minority female leadership over two centuries.

Operational Research: Methods and Applications (2023)
Journal Article
Petropoulos, F., Laporte, G., Aktas, E., Alumur, S. A., Archetti, C., Ayhan, H., …Zhao, X. (2023). Operational Research: Methods and Applications. Journal of the Operational Research Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2023.2253852

Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods, models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This encyclopedic article consists of two main sections: methods and applications. The first summar... Read More about Operational Research: Methods and Applications.

Going complex or going easy? The impact of research questions on citations (2023)
Journal Article
Solarino, A. M., Rose, E. L., & Luise, C. (2024). Going complex or going easy? The impact of research questions on citations. Scientometrics, 129(1), 127-146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04907-y

The growing need for academic impact requires researchers to develop and address important ideas. In this paper, we analyze how theory has been framed and operationalized within international business scholarship, which has a long tradition of produc... Read More about Going complex or going easy? The impact of research questions on citations.

Optimization of dynamic product offerings on online marketplaces: A network theory perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Zuo, M., Angelopoulos, S., Ou, C., Liu, H., & Liang, Z. (2023). Optimization of dynamic product offerings on online marketplaces: A network theory perspective. Journal of Management Information Systems, 40(4), 1328-1357. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2023.2267314

The fierce competition amongst brands on online marketplaces makes the optimization of offerings within this context a significant challenge. To address this challenge, we draw upon network theory and model the degree of competition through consumers... Read More about Optimization of dynamic product offerings on online marketplaces: A network theory perspective.