INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS

Editor-in-Chief Giovani J.C. da Silveira

Stefan Minner University of Calgary, Haskayne School of Business, Canada
Technical University of Munich, School of Management,
Germany Ou Tang
Linkoping University Department of Management and Engineer-
Editors ing, Linköping, Sweden
Daria Battini
University of Padua, Department of Management Qinghua Zhu
and Engineering, Italy Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Antai College of Economics &
Management, China
Baofeng Huo
Tianjin University, College of Management and Economics, China

EDITORIAL BOARD
P.J. Agrell, Université Catholique de Louvain, IAG School of Management, Belgium
N. Altay, DePaul University, College of Business, United States
P. Amorim, University of Porto, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Portugal
C.A. Bai, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, School of Management and Economics, China
A.P. Barbosa Póvoa, University of Lisbon, Engineering and Management Department, Portugal
M. Bourlakis, Cranfield University, School of Management, United Kingdom
T.C.E. Cheng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Hong Kong
A. Chikán, Corvinus University Budapest, Department of Business Economics, Hungary
T.M. Choi, National Taiwan University, College of Management, Taiwan
J. Dai, University of Nottingham Ningbo, Business School, China
G. Demirel, Queen Mary University of London, School of Business and Management, United Kingdom
H. Ding, Beijing Jiaotong University, School of Economics and Management, China
S.M. Disney, University of Exeter, Business School, United Kingdom
A. Dolgui, École des Mines de Nantes, Department of Automation, Production and Computer Sciences, France
R. Dubey, Liverpool John Moores University, Business School, United Kingdom
B. Fahimnia, The University of Sydney, Business School, Australia
W.G. Ferrell, Clemson University, Department of Industrial Engineering, United States
F.S. Fogliatto, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Department of Industrial Engineering, Brasil
A. Frank, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Department of Industrial Engineering, Brasil
M. Gansterer, University of Klagenfurt, Faculty of Management and Economics, Austria
A. Genovese, Sheffield University, Management School, United Kingdom
T.N. Goh, National University of Singapore (NUS), Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Singapore
D. Golmohammadi, University of Massachusetts Boston, College of Management, United States
Y. He, Southeast University, School of Economics and Management, China
G.Q. Huang, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Hong Kong
P. Kelle, Louisiana State University, Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences, United States
B. Keskin, The University of Alabama, Culverhouse College of Business, United States
W. Klibi, Kedge Business School, France
S.C.L. Koh, Sheffield University, Management School, United Kingdom
K.S. Lam, University of Liverpool, Management School, United Kingdom
Y. Liu, University of Glasgow, Business School, United Kingdom
G. Lo Nigro, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
B.L. MacCarthy, Nottingham University, Business School, United Kingdom
H. Matsukawa, Keio University, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Japan
H. Missbauer, University of Innsbruck, Department of Information Systems, Production and Logistics Management, Austria
A. Nagurney, University of Massachusetts, Isenberg School of Management, United States
M.M. Naim, Cardiff University, Business School, United Kingdom
C. O’Brien, Nottingham University, Business School, United Kingdom
M.M. Parast, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, United States
L.E. Quezada, University of Santiago de Chile, Department of Industrial Engineering, Chile
G. Reiner, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Information Systems and Operations, Austria
J. Rowcroft, University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Arts, Canada
F. Sgarbossa, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Norway
C.S. Tang, University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, United States
R.H. Teunter, University of Groningen, Department of Operations, Netherlands
S. Transchel, Kühne Logistics University, Germany
M.L. Tseng, Asia University, Institute of Innovation and Circular Economy, Taiwan
R. Uzsoy, North Carolina State University, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, United States
G.J. van Houtum, Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Netherlands
S. P. Willems, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business, United States
C.A. Yano, University of California at Berkeley, College of Engineering, United States
Y. Zhan, Birmingham University, Business School, United Kingdom
M. Zhang, Queen’s University of Belfast, Management School, United Kingdom
L. Zhou, University of Greenwich, Faculty of Business, United Kingdom

Honorary Editor
Robert W. Grubbström, Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden

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