Sustainable operations management (SOM) can be defined as the operations strategies,
tactics and techniques, and operational policies to support both economic and …

Abstract Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods,
models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This …

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Sustainability innovations are characterised by a systemic nature and require that multiple
organisations act in an orchestrated fashion. To jointly identify opportunities and plan …

Business sustainability and sustainable development are of great importance in modern-day
socio-economic study. Despite this, the impact of recent contributions from systems and …

The purpose of this research is to explore core contributions from two different approaches
to complexity management in organisations aiming to improve their sustainability,: the …

The purpose of this paper is to learn from Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) theory to inform
the development of Problem Structuring Methods (PSMs) both in general and in the specific …

This paper deals with a strategic issue of closed-loop supply chains with remanufacturing by
developing analytic models under cooperative and competitive settings. The primary goal …

This study deals with managing two differentiated versions of the same product by
developing analytical models using Lagrangean relaxation and dynamic programming …

This paper aims to identify the differences and similarities in the way to explain self-
organization from the different theories of complex systems used in management, which we …