Luk N. Van Wassenhove

INSEAD

The Henry Ford Chaired Professor of Manufacturing

Boulevard de Constance

77 305 Fontainebleau Cedex

France

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Scholarly Papers (45)

1.

Design of Closed Loop Supply Chains

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Feb 2003
H. R. Krikke, Jacqueline M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Tilburg University - Tilburg University School of Economics and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Technology and Operations Management and INSEAD
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supply chain management, product design, network design, facility location, reverse logistics

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Cleaning after Solar Panels: A Circular Outlook

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Jun 2021
Serasu Duran, Atalay Atasu and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
University of Calgary - Haskayne School of Business, INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 713 (63,019)
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sustainable operations, renewable energy, end-of-life management, solar panels, circular economy, e-waste, WEEE Directive

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Business Model Choice under Right-to-Repair: Economic and Environmental Consequences

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2022/05/TOM
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Jan 2022
Ece Gulserliler, Atalay Atasu and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
affiliation not provided to SSRN, INSEAD and INSEAD
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Right to Repair, Circular Economy, Leasing, Selling, Ownership, Circular Business Models

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Last Mile Vehicle Supply Chain in the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2009/40/TOM/INSEAD
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Orla Stapleton, Alfonso Pedraza Martinez and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
INSEAD, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies and INSEAD
Downloads 559 (85,667)
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Humanitarian Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Fleet Management, Case Study, Field Research, Disaster Management

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Using OR to Support Humanitarian Operations: Learning from the Haiti Earthquake

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/47/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Jul 2010
Alfonso Pedraza Martinez, Orla Stapleton and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies, INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 541 (89,225)
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Field Vehicle Fleet Management in Humanitarian Operations: A Case-Based Approach

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/38/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Alfonso Pedraza Martinez, Orla Stapleton and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies, INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 540 (89,418)
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Always Cola, Rarely Essential Medicines: Comparing Medicine and Consumer Product Supply Chains in the Developing World

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2011/36/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2014
Prashant Yadav, Orla Stapleton and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
INSEAD, INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 538 (89,829)
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Individual Producer Responsibility: A Review of Practical Approaches to Implementing Individual Producer Responsibility for the WEEE Directive

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/71/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 28 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2015
INSEAD, Yale School of the Environment, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, INSEAD Social Innovation Centre, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise - Hewlett-Packard Company, INSEAD, Lund University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lansforsakringar, Electrolux and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Institute for European Studies
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Brooks' Law Revisited: Improving Software Productivity by Managing Complexity

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Aug 2006
Joseph Blackburn, Michael A. Lapre and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Vanderbilt University - Operations Management, Vanderbilt University - Operations Management and INSEAD
Downloads 400 (127,880)
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Project Management, Software Development, Software Productivity, Complexity, Project Team Size

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Dataset of the Refrigerator Case: Design of Closed Loop Supply Chains

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Feb 2003
H. R. Krikke, Jacqueline M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Tilburg University - Tilburg University School of Economics and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Technology and Operations Management and INSEAD
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supply chain management, product design, network design, facility location, reverse logistics

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Managing Value in Supply Chain – Case Studies on the Sourcing Hub Concept

California Management Review 56(2), Winter 2014.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2014
Anupam Agrawal, Luk N. Van Wassenhove and Arnoud De Meyer
Texas A&M University, INSEAD and Independent
Downloads 339 (153,409)

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Case Study, Sourcing Hub, Supply Chain, Raw Material

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An Operational Mechanism Design for Fleet Management Coordination in Humanitarian Operations

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/87/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 27 Oct 2010
Alfonso Pedraza Martinez, Sameer Hasija and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies, INSEAD - Technology and Operations Management and INSEAD
Downloads 303 (172,842)
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Incentives, Humanitarian Logistics, Fleet Management

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Technology Choice and Capacity Portfolios under Emissions Regulation

Production and Operations Management. (Forthcoming), INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/93/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre, Harvard Business School Technology & Operations Mgt. Unit Working Paper No. 12-079
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2015
David Drake, Paul R. Kleindorfer and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and INSEAD
Downloads 296 (177,119)
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Technology Choice, Capacity Investment, Carbon Regulation, Sustainable Operations

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The Optimal Disposition Decision for Product Returns

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 06-036
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Aug 2006
V. Daniel R. Guide, Evrim Didem Gunes, Gilvan Souza and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Pennsylvania State University, Koc University - College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, University of Maryland - Decision and Information Technologies Department and INSEAD
Downloads 277 (189,638)
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closed-loop supply chains, reverse logistics, queuing, time-value, remanufacturing

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Business Model Innovation for Ambulance Systems in Developing Economies: 'Coordination and Competition'

Forthcoming in Production and Operations Management, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 4049997, INSEAD Working Paper No. 2023/29/TOM
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 14 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2023
Andreas Gernert, Andre Calmon, Gonzalo Romero and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Department of Logistics, Kühne Logistics University, Georgia Institute of Technology - Operations Management Area, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and INSEAD
Downloads 260 (202,093)
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Platforms, Development Operations, Healthcare, Innovative Business Models, Emergency Transportation Systems, Game Theory

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Circular Economy: a Slippery Step on the Path to Sustainability? Seven Lessons to Address Resource Consumption

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2021/65/TOM, 2021
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 16 Nov 2021
Kieren Mayers, Tom Davis and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
INSEAD, Westward IOW and INSEAD
Downloads 258 (203,702)

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Circular Economy, Sustainability, Transition, Materials Efficiency, Closed Loop Supply Chains, Industrial Ecology

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The REACH Directive and its Impact on the European Chemical Industry: A Critical Review

INSEAD Working Paper No. 53
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Sep 2008
Luk N. Van Wassenhove, Baptiste Lebreton and Tobias Lorenz
INSEAD, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Valuable E-Waste: Implications for Extended Producer Responsibility

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2018
Gokce Esenduran, Atalay Atasu and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Purdue University - Department of Management, INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 228 (229,774)
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take-back regulation, competition, product recovery, design incentives, e-waste

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The Effect of Earmarked Funding on Fleet Management for Relief and Development

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2012/10/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Jan 2012
Maria Besiou, Alfonso Pedraza Martinez and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Kühne Logistics University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies and INSEAD
Downloads 223 (234,615)
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Humanitarian Logistics, System Dynamics, Fleet Management

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The Challenges of Matching Private Sector Donations to the Humanitarian Needs and the Role of Brokers

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/41/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 29 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2010
Rolando Tomasini, Orla Stapleton and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
INSEAD, INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 217 (240,732)
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Humanitarian, Disasters, Cash Donations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Broker, Matching Demand, Relief

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Queuing for Expert Services

Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business Working Paper No. 2004-E-10
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Dec 2004
Laurens Debo, L. Beril Toktay and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology - Sustainability and INSEAD
Downloads 215 (242,818)
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Queueing, credence goods

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Inventory Management Practices in Private Healthcare Facilities in Nairobi County

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 11 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2020
School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) Erasmus University Rotterdam, INSEAD, INSEAD, PharmAccess Foundation, University of Nairobi, University of Nairobi and INSEAD
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Inventory control, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Urban neighborhoods, Private healthcare, Universal Health Coverage

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Official Recycling and Scavengers: Symbiotic or Conflicting?

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/78/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Sep 2010
Maria Besiou, Georgiadis Patroklos and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Kühne Logistics University, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Department of Mechanical Engineering and INSEAD
Downloads 173 (295,054)
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Supply Chain Management, Scavengers, WEEE, Sustainable Development, System Dynamics

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Organic Production Systems: An Emerging Operations Strategy?

INSEAD Business School Research Paper No. 2007/39/TOM
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2008
Lieven Demeester, Mei Qi and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Independent, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Decision Sciences and INSEAD
Downloads 172 (296,557)
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recycling, flexibility, localization, mini-mills, operations strategy, production systems, optimal market area

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Asset Supply Networks in Humanitarian Operations: A Combined Empirical-Simulation Approach

Journal of Operations Management, forthcoming., Mays Business School Research Paper No. 2960307
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2019
Texas A&M University - Mays Business School, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies and INSEAD
Downloads 169 (300,902)

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Humanitarian Logistics, Simulation, Network Analysis, Exponential Random Graph Models, Dependent Supply, Secondary Support Resources

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Integrating Ethical Issues in Business Decisions: A Case Study on Evaluating the Biodiversity Impacts of a Large-Scale Hydropower Project

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/86/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2014
Julian Rode, Marc Le Menestrel, Anthony Simon and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, affiliation not provided to SSRN and INSEAD
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Development, Biodiversity, Environmental Impact, Business Decisions, Ethical Analysis

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Designing Efficient Infrastructural Investment and Asset Transfer Mechanisms in Humanitarian Supply Chains

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2012/86/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2012
Shantanu Bhattacharya, Sameer Hasija and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Independent, INSEAD - Technology and Operations Management and INSEAD
Downloads 168 (302,406)
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Asset Transfer, Humanitarian Logistics, Supply Chain Design

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Medicine Donations: Matching Demand with Supply in Broken Supply Chains

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2014/19/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Mar 2014
Telesilla Kotsi, Luk N. Van Wassenhove and Michael Hensen
INSEAD, INSEAD and Independent
Downloads 165 (307,104)
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Medicine Donations, Global Health Supply Chains, Cross-sector Partnerships

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Stakeholder Orientation and Operations Outcomes: Evidence from Constituency Statutes

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 24 May 2021
Karca Aral, Erasmo Giambona and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Syracuse University - Department of Supply Chain Management, Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management - Finance Department; James D. Kuhn Center for Real Estate and INSEAD
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Stakeholder orientation, executive decision space, operational decisions, firm value, staggered difference-in-difference, quasi-natural experiments.

30.

Clean Energy Transition, Scarcity and Urban Mining

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2023/18/TOM
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Apr 2023
Clara Carrera, Serasu Duran, Atalay Atasu and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
INSEAD, University of Calgary - Haskayne School of Business, INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 156 (322,065)

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Recycling, Scarcity, Critical Minerals, Urban Mining, Closed-loop Supply Chains, Clean Energy

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Vehicle Replacement in the International Committee of the Red Cross

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2009/38/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Alfonso Pedraza Martinez and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies and INSEAD
Downloads 139 (353,517)
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humanitarian logistics, vehicle replacement, fleet management, field research, dynamic programming, empirical research, disaster management

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A Decision Framework for the Access Strategy of Medicines for Malaria Venture

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2009/41/TOM/Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Prashant Yadav, Orla Stapleton and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
INSEAD, INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 119 (397,598)

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Malaria, global health supply chains, product development partnerships, Medicines for Malaria Venture, price-setting, newsboy, boundary of NGOs

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Evidence-Based Vehicle Planning for Humanitarian Field Operations

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2017/62/TOM/Social Innovation Centre
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Sep 2017
Harwin de Vries and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Independent and INSEAD
Downloads 113 (412,794)
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Planning, Routing, Humanitarian Logistics, Last Mile, Decision Support, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

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Ethics Outside, within, or Beyond or Models

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 22 Nov 2003
Marc Le Menestrel and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences and INSEAD
Downloads 93 (472,273)

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In-Person or Virtual? What Will Operations Management/Research Conferences Look Like?

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2023/07/TOM
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 Mar 2023
University of Padua, INSEAD, INSEAD and University of Padua - Department of Management and Engineering
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Academic Conferences, Carbon Footprint, Perceived Value, Virtualization, Environmental Operations, Survey Research, Technology Management and Process Design

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Resource Allocation with Sigmoidal Demands: Mobile Healthcare Units and Service Adoption

Accepted at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Aug 2021
Andres Alban, Philippe Blaettchen, Harwin de Vries and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
MGH Institute for Technology Assessment, Harvard Medical School, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) Erasmus University Rotterdam and INSEAD
Downloads 78 (525,611)

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humanitarian logistics, diffusion of innovations, sigmoidal programming, gradient boosting

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Life Cycle Assessment of In-Person, Virtual, and Hybrid Academic Conferences: New Evidence and Perspectives

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2022/53/TOM
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2022
University of Padua, INSEAD, INSEAD and University of Padua - Department of Management and Engineering
Downloads 68 (567,257)

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Academic Conferences, Environmental Impacts, Life Cycle Assessment, Virtual Events, Hybrid Events, Carbon Footprint

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Equity in Health and Humanitarian Logistics: A Beneficiary Perspective

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 19 Jan 2023
Thomas Breugem, Yu Fan, Andreas Gernert and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Tilburg University - Tilburg University School of Economics and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - University of Science and Technology of China, Department of Logistics, Kühne Logistics University and INSEAD
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Equity, Health and Humanitarian Logistics, People-Centric, Distributional Preferences

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Supply Chain Tsunamis: Research on Low Probability High Impact Disruptions

Journal of Supply Chain Management, Forthcoming , INSEAD Working Paper No. 2017/73/TOM
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 Nov 2017
Henk Akkermans and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Tilburg University and INSEAD
Downloads 62 (594,698)
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Supply Chain Disruptions, Supply Chain Strategy, Risk Management, Supply Chain Resilience, Organizational Sensemaking

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The Sourcing Hub and Upstream Supplier Networks

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2014
Anupam Agrawal, Luk N. Van Wassenhove and Arnoud De Meyer
Texas A&M University, INSEAD and Independent
Downloads 55 (630,185)

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Sourcing Hub

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Managerial Flexibility, Capacity Investment, and Inventory Levels

Productions and Operations Management, Forthcoming , INSEAD Working Paper No. 2023/56/TOM
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2023
Karca Aral, Erasmo Giambona and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Syracuse University - Department of Supply Chain Management, Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management - Finance Department; James D. Kuhn Center for Real Estate and INSEAD
Downloads 53 (641,139)

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Inventory level, capacity investment, staggered difference in differences, managerial time horizon, quasi-natural experiments.

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The Agenda-Setting Power of Stakeholder Media

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2011/59/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Posted: 14 May 2011 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2014
Mark Lee Hunter, Luk N. Van Wassenhove, Maria Besiou and Mignon Van Halderen
affiliation not provided to SSRN, INSEAD, Kühne Logistics University and Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

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Agenda setting, Beyond Petroleum, BP, Bridging, Corporate Social Responsibility, Framing, Greenpeace, News Media, Stakeholder, Stakeholder Media

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A Crowd of Watchdogs: Toward a System Dynamics Model of Media Response to Corporate Social Responsibility and Irresponsibility Initiatives

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/28/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Posted: 20 May 2010 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2013
Maria Besiou, Mark Lee Hunter and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Kühne Logistics University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and INSEAD

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Disruptive News Technologies: Stakeholder Media and the Future of Watchdog Journalism Business Models

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/15/TOM/INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
Posted: 05 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 23 May 2012
Mark Lee Hunter and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
affiliation not provided to SSRN and INSEAD

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Optimising Environmental Product Life Cycles: A Case Study of the European Pulp and Paper Sector

Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 9, No. 2 (1997)
Posted: 19 May 1998
Durham University - Department of Geography, INSEAD, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Technology and Operations Management and INSEAD

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