Chris Voss
Best Paper Award
2024
WINNER:
The Factory: An Operations Management board game for active learning - Leopoldo Gutierrez, Ana Castillo, Matilde Ruiz-Arroyo
Harry Boer Best
Student Paper Award
2024
WINNER:
Embracing Social Procurement: An Institutional Work Perspective on Implementation in Procurement Practices- Josephine Chikwana, Leila Alinaghian, Kamran Razmdoost
RUNNER UP:
Mastering Control in the Age of AI Decision-Making - Diletta Tosetto, Letizia Mortara, Constanze M. Leeb, Andrea Vinelli
Nigel Slack Teaching Innovation Award
2024
WINNER:
The Silver Lining of a Strategic Asymmetry: Does Power Asymmetry Strengthen Supply Chain Network Resilience Amid Catastrophic Disruptions- Mohammad Rishehchi Fayyaz, Evelyne Vanpoucke, Canan Kocabasoglu Hillmer
RUNNER UP:
Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Supplier Diversity: An Exploratory Case Study- Deepak Ram Asokan, Chris Smith, Fahian Huq
RUNNER UP:
Blockchain information for remanufactured consumer goods - Dina Ribbink, Rohan Savio D'Lima, Hubert Pun
Chris Voss Best Paper Award
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award, established in 2002, is granted to the best paper presented at the EurOMA Annual Conference. Since 2004, the award has been supported by Emerald Group Publishing, publisher of the International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Papers are be judged on their contribution towards the advancement of theory and practice of Operations Management. The winner of the best conference paper receives a framed certificate and three months’ access to an Emerald journal of their choice; up to two runners-up receive framed certificates. All prizes are announced and handed over during the closing session of the conference, during the Awards Presentation.
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Past Winners
2023
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Ambra Galeazzo, Andrea Furlan, Luca Vendraminelli, Andrea Vinell for their paper “Disentangling the effects of IIoT on proactive work behaviors”
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to:
· Kelsey M. Taylor*, Eugenia Rosca for their paper :”Supply chain design and societal impact in purpose-driven organizations: Insights from B Corps”
· Jesús Diego Castillo*, Maria J. Montes-Sancho for their paper: “How does Transparency of Lower-tier Suppliers Influence Focal Firm Reputational Risk?”
2022
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Seongtae Kim, Son Byung-Gak, Sangho Chae for their paper: “Buying firm ESG controversies and supply base heterogeneity: A network governance perspective”
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to:
· M. Cristina De Stefano, Maria J. Montes-Sancho for their paper: “Complex supply chain structure and carbon emissions: can the management of equivocality help to tackle climate change?”
· Eugenia Rosca, Sehwon Kang for their paper: ” Labour issues at supplier factories in developing countries: Drivers and remediation of civil and collective violations”
2021
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Rima Al-Hasan, Pietro Micheli for their paper “How managers’ mental frames affect the use of process improvement approaches in NPD”
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to:
· Martin Spring, James Faulconbridge, Atif Sarwar for their paper :”Artificial Intelligence in law and accountancy services: implications for tasks, processes and strategy”
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to:
· Annachiara Longoni, Sergio Salas, Cristina Sancha, Frank Wiengarten, Vicenta Sierra for their paper: “Digital last mile delivery industry: The impact of working conditions on workers’ well-being and individual performance”
2020
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Shobod Nath, Gabriel Eweje for their paper “Inside the multi-tier supply firms: Exploring responses to institutional pressures and challenges for sustainable supply management”
2019
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Mervi Vähätalo, Vincent J.T Peters, Bert R. Meijboom, Alice Barendregt, Levinus A. Bok, Esther de Vries, for their paper “Alleviating service fragmentation with interorganizational interfaces
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to:
· Sarah Shiffling,Yiyi Fang, Matthew Tickle, Claire Hannibal for their paper ” Swift Trust-Swifter distrust:
Exploring cooperation in humanitarian supply chain”
· Xiaohong Liu, Chen Qian, Shenhui Wang for their paper “When do 3PLs initiate low carbon supply integration?”
2018
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Stanley Frederick W.T. Lim, Elliot Rabinovich, Sungho Park, and Minha Hwang for their paper: “An Analysis of Shopping Behavior at Warehouse-Club Stores and Its Store-Network-Density Implications”
2017
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Li Wan, Guido Orzes, Marco Sartor, Carnela Di Mauro and Guido Nassimbeni, for their paper: “Entry Modes in Reshoring Strategies: An Empirical Analysis”.
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to:
· Yu Gong, Fu Jia, Steve Brown and Lenny Koh, for the paper “Supply Chain Learning of Sustainability in Multi-Tier Supply Chains: A Resource Orchestration Perspective”.
· Ornella Benedettini and Andy Neely, for their paper “Does Buyers’ Dependence Translate into Financial Performance? An Empirical Analysis of Manufacturer-Service Provider Relationships”
2016
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Chris Story, Canan Kocabasoglu Hillmer, Sinead Roden, Ko di Ruyter for their paper: “The role of certification and partner communities in the ICT sector.”
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to:
· Annachiara Longoni and Raffaella Cagliano for their paper: “Competitive advantage through green operations: Does information disclosure with stakeholders matter?”
· Dirk Pieter Van Donk, Cristina Sancha Fernandez and Kirstin Scholten for their paper, “Building resilient supply chains: the role of supply chain integration.”
2015
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Menglei Niu, Christian Busse, Stephan M. Wagner, for their paper: “Supplier development for sustainability in global supply chains: Insights from dyadic case studies conducted in Switzerland and China”.
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to:
· Carolien De Blok, for the paper “How public service supply chains achieve integration: Findings from five cases”.
· Guido Orzes, Fu Jia, Marco Sartor, Guido Nassimbeni, for their paper “Does social accountability pay off? An empirical investigation on the performance impact of Sa8000”
2014
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Antony Potter, Benn Lawson, Frits Pil, Matthias Holweg, for their paper: “Organizational responsiveness to supplier disruptions: Empirical evidence from agri-food product recalls”.
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to:
· Annachiara Longoni, Raffaella Cagliano, for their paper “Sustainable supply chain management and competitive advantage: The role of human capital”.
· Katri Kauppi, Federico Caniato, Markku Kuula, Annachiara Longoni, for their paper “Supply chain risk management and operational performance: The impact of country-level disruption risks”.
2013
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to
· Min Zhang (Norwich Business School, UK), Xiande Zhao (China-Europe International Business School, China), and Marjorie A. Lyles (Indiana University Kelley School of Business, USA), for their paper: “Absorptive capacity and mass customization capability: The role of customers and suppliers as sources of knowledge”.
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to
· Antony Potter (Manchester Business School, UK), Benn Lawson (Cambridge Judge Business School, UK), and Beverly B. Tyler (North Carolina State University, USA), for their paper: “Building new product advantage within inter-firm NPD projects: The role of firm selection, supplier technology, and absorptive capabilities”.
· Lisa Hüttinger and Holger Schiele (both at University of Twente, Netherlands), for their paper: “Empirical evidence for the influencing factors of preferential treatment by suppliers”.
2012
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Benn Lawson (University of Cambridge, UK), Daniel Krause (Colorado State University, USA), andAntony Potter (University of Manchester, UK), for their paper: “Managing Supplier Performance during Collaborative New Product Development”.
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to
· Melek Akin Ates (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands), Guido Ianniello (Luiss Guido Carli University, Italy), and Jan van den Ende (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands), for their paper: “An Exploratory Model for Coordination Approaches in
Buyer-supplier-supplier Triads in NPD projects”.
· Emanuele Lettieri, Giovanni Radaelli, Nicola Spiller (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), and Matteo Mura (Università di Bologna, Italy), for their paper: “Innovating Healthcare Operations: lessons from a micro-level investigation”.
2011
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to
· Carolien de Blok, Wietze van der Aa, Pim den Hertog (University of Amsterdam, NL) for the paper: ‘Managing inter-firm relationships in open service innovation.’
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to
· Katri Karjalainen (University of Manchester, UK), Alistair Brandon-Jones (University of Bath, UK),Stephano Ronchi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Erik van Raaij (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) for the paper: ‘Electronic purchasing tools and purchasing absorptive capacity as antecedents of purchasing category performance.’
· Bart MacCarthy, Amila Jayarathne (University of Nottingham, UK) for the paper: ‘Global supply networks and responsiveness in the international clothing industry:
Differences across different retailer types.’
2010
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to
· Andreas Feldmann, Jan Olhager, Don Fleet, and Yongjiang Shi for the paper:
‘Linking networks and plant roles: The impact of changing a plant role.’
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to
· José Moyano-Fuentes, Macarena Sacristán-Díaz, and Pedro J. Martínez-Jurado for the paper: ‘Cooperation in the supply chain and lean production adoption: Evidence from the Spanish automotive industry.’
· Zoe Radnor and Matthias Holweg for the paper:
‘From tools to systems: A critical appraisal of lean healthcare implementations.’
2009
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to
· Joe Miemczyk, Thomas Stäblein,and Matthias Holweg for the paper: ‘Theoretical versus actual product variety: how much customisation is really demanded in the marketplace?’
The Chris Voss Highly Commended Award was presented to
· Raffaella Cagliano, Federico Caniato, Ruggero Golini, and Evelyn Micelotta for the paper:
‘The impact of country culture on the adoption of new forms of work organization.’
2008
The Chris Voss Best Paper Award was presented to:
· Amrou Away Sheh and Robert D. Klassen for the paper
‘Supply chain structure and its impact on supplier socially responsible practices’.
Chris Voss Highly Commended Awards were presented to:
· Giovani J. C. da Silveira and Rui S. Sousa for the paper ‘Analysis of the relationships between operations strategy paradigms and performance’.
· Giorgia Dal Pont, Andrea Furlan and Andrea Vinelli for the paper
‘Effects on performance of lean bundles’.
Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award, established in 2009, is granted to the best paper presented at the conference authored by a PhD student. The award is supported by Emerald Group Publishing, publisher of the International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Papers are judged on their contribution towards the advancement of theory and practice of Operations Management. The winner of the best student paper receives GBP250 and a framed certificate; up to two runners-up receive framed certificates. All prizes are announced and handed over during the closing session of the conference, during the Awards Presentation. In addition, the winner is awarded one complimentary conference registration voucher for the following year for the main author, sponsored by EurOMA.
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Past Winners
2023
Harry Boer Best Paper Award
The winners are :
Iryna Malacina and Katrina Lintukangas, LUT University, Finland
For their paper: “Navigating the innovation complexities across supply networks using attractors: A multi-level perspective”
The Runner- ups are :
Michael Fröhlke, Gerdien Regts, Taco van der Vaart, University of Groningen, Sabine Siesling, University of Twente
For their paper “The effect of care concentration on patient logistics in healthcare supply networks”
2022
Harry Boer Best Paper Award
The winner is:
Javier R. Amaya Silva for ‘Using deep learning to improve inventory record accuracy: Concept and application’
2021
Harry Boer Best Paper Award
The winners are:
Marta Riquelme-Medina (martariquelme@ugr.es) Department of Business Organisation I, University of Granada, Spain.
Mark Stevenson Department: Management Science, Lancaster University, UK.
Vanesa Barrales-Molina, Department of Business Organisation I, University of Granada, Spain.
Francisco Javier Llorens-Montes, Department of Business Organisation I, University of Granada, Spain.
For their paper: Business Ecosystem Embeddedness: Improving Supply Chain Competence through External Cnowledge capacities.
The runners-up are:
Kati Marttinen (kati.marttinen@lut.fi), LUT University, School of Business and Management, Lappeenranta, Finland
Anni-Kaisa Kähkönen, LUT University, School of Business and Management, Lappeenranta, Finland
For their paper: Cascading Sustainability Through Multi-Tier Supply Chains: A Power Perspective.
2020
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award was presented to:
- A Zehendner, AK Kähkönen, PC Sauer, P Schöpflin for their paper “Exploring paradoxes in sustainable supply chain management–Insights from multi-tier supply chains”
2018
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award was presented to:
- Julian Senoner, Oliver Flaeshner, Torbørn H. Netland for their paper “Using machine learning to improve manufacturing: Proposing and validating a data-driven framework”
2017
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award was presented to:
- Sangho Chae, Benn Lawson, Thomas J. Kull and Thomas Y. Choi, for their paper “To Delegate or Control? A Behavioral Investigation of the Multi-Tier Sourcing Decision”.
2016
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award was presented to:
- Stanley Frederick, W.T. Lim, Jagjit Singh Srai and Elliot Rabinovich for their paper: ” Examining the anatomy of last-mile distribution in omni-channel retailing: A supply network configuration and contingency approach.”
The Harry Boer Highly Commended Award was presented to:
- Enrico Sandrin, Alessio Trentin and Cipriano Forza for their paper: “High Involvement—Does it fit all mass customization strategies?”
2015
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award was presented to:
- Aline Seepma, Carolien de Blok, Dirk Pieter van Donk, for their paper “Justice or efficiency versus justice and efficiency: findings from three Western criminal justice chains”.
The Harry Boer Highly Commended Award was presented to:
- Fazli Haleem, Sami Farooq, Harry Boer, Cristina Gimenez, for their paper “The moderating role of stakeholder pressure in the relationship between CSR practices and financial performance in a globalizing world”.
- Cristina Sancha, Frank Wiengarten, for their paper “The role of precarious work on the efficacy of lean practices”.
2014
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award was presented to:
- Ernst-Jan Prosman, Kirstin Scholten, Damien Power, for their paper “Dealing with deliberately defaulting suppliers: An agency theory perspective”.
The Harry Boer Highly Commended Award was presented to:
- Sebastian Pashaei, Jan Olhager, for their paper “The impact of global operations on product architecture”.
- Stefania Boscari, Pamela Danese, Pietro Romano, for their paper “Effective lean knowledge transfer across manufacturing units in multinational corporations”.
2013
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award was presented to
- George Onofrei, Brian Fynes, Sean de Burca, and Evelyn Roche (University College Dublin, Ireland), for their paper: “Empirical Relationship Between Infrastructure Practices, Lean Practices And Factory Fitness: The Swift Even Flow Perspective”.
The Harry Boer Highly Commended Award was presented to
- Karl J. Grajczyk, Markus Amann, and Michael Essig (Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany). for their paper: “Performance Effects Of Purchasing Category Strategy Alignment With Purchasing’s Structural Configuration In Industrial Category Supply Management”.
2012
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award was presented to
- Andrea Stefano Patrucco, Davide Luzzini, and Stefano Ronchi (School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Italy), for their paper:
“Supplier and Purchasing Function involvement in NPD: What are the effects?”.
The Harry Boer Highly Commended Award was presented to
- Andreas Wieland (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany), and Carl Marcus Wallenburg (WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany). for their paper: “Strategies to Cope with Uncertainty: The moderating role of the supply chain position”.
2011
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award was presented to
- Justin Drupsteen (University of Groningen, NL) for the paper: ‘Integrative practices in hospitals and their impact on patient flow.’
The Harry Boer Highly Commended Award was presented to
- Pairach Piboonrungroj (Cardiff University, UK & Chiang Mai University, Thailand) for the paper: ‘Supply chain collaboration, inter-firm trust and logistics performance: Evidence from the tourism sector.’
- Boyana Petkova (University of Groningen, NL) for the paper: ‘Supply chain integration under resource dependence; How powerful buyers and suppliers shape integration as the value of the relationship rises.’
2010
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award was presented to
- Pichawadee Kittipanyangam (Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK), Yongjiang Shi, and Mike Gregory for the paper: ‘Food supply chain in manufacturing companies – An exploratory study on product and configuration.’
The Harry Boer Highly Commended Award was presented to
- Yang Cheng (Centre for Industrial Production, Aalborg University, Denmark), Harry Boer, and John Johansen for the paper:
‘The servitization of manufacturing: A resource-based perspective.’ - Jürgen P. Wagner (Massey University, New Zealand), Nigel P. Grigg, Robin Mann, Musli Mohammad, and Warwick Harvie for the paper: ‘Beyond universalism: continuous improvement in its socio-cultural context.’
2009
The Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award was presented to
- Zhijian Cui, Christoph Loch, Bernd Grossmann, and Ru He for the paper: ‘Matching Innovation Outsourcing Motivations and Innovation Providers: An Empirical Study at Siemens.’
The Harry Boer Highly Commended Award was presented to
- Kirstin Scholten, Dr. Pamela Sharkey-Scott, and Professor Brian Fynes for the paper: ‘Supply chain management concepts and humanitarian aid agencies – an exploratory study.’
The Nigel Slack Teaching Innovation Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize impact and innovation in the teaching of Operations Management. This award will align with the submission and evaluation process for the other EurOMA best paper awards whilst taking into account the necessity to allow submissions to demonstrate creativity and impact.
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Past Winners
2023
Nigel Slack Award
Winners:
Torbjorn Netland, Katalin Tesch, Daniel Kwasnitschka, Oliver Von Dzengelevski for “AI-Human Collaboration in Teaching: Autogeneration and test of operations management education videos”
Commended:
- Beate Klingenberg, Albachiara Boffelli, Alice Madonna for “Developing a sustainable mindset in a sustainable supply chain course
- Paul Walley, Nicolas Wake for : “A gamified approach to teaching process improvement”
2022
Nigel Slack Award
Winners:
Elcio Mendonça Tachizawa, Irene Martín Rubio and Thais Rangel for ‘Using “Microcase studies” in Operations Management teaching’
2021
Nigel Slack Award
Commended:
- Nicholas Wake, Hult International Business School, UK
- Søren Riber, Hult International Business School, UK
- Desirée Kolman, nl
Agile teaching: using the principles of scrum to design and deliver education
Winner:
- Torbjørn Netland, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Rafael Lorenz, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Daniel Kwasnitschka, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Julian Senoner, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
A virtual reality app for teaching operations management
2020
2017
The Nigel Slack Teaching Innovation Award was presented to:
- Brent Snider, Nancy Southin, for their paper: “Inquiry-based Intermodal Shipping Competition”.
The Nigel Slack Teaching Innovation Award runner-ups:
- Richard Orme, Ben Clegg, Andy Poole, Andy Yeoman, Chris Owen, Panagiotis Petridis, Pavel Albores for their paper:
“A Gamified Approach to Improving Customer Service Delivery in a Train Operating Company”. - Alexander Urquhart, Nicholas Wake, Amanda Nimon Peters, for their paper:
“‘The Effects of Teaching Style on Student Recall”.
2015
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The Nigel Slack Teaching Innovation Award was presented to:
- Kirstin Scholten, Anna Dubois, for their paper: “Advancing the skill set of SCM graduates – An active learning approach”.
The Nigel Slack Teaching Innovation Award runner-ups:
- Alastair Nicholson, Dana Brown, John Schirn, Steve New, for their paper:
“The Blue Suitcase: Operations Management Education through Reflexive Articulated Perception”. - Mark Johnson, Mehmet Chakkol, Max Finne, for their paper:
“‘Flip’ or not to ‘Flip’? Reflections on the Redesign of an Undergraduate Operations Management Course”.