Overview
- Provides a timely overview of the most current and important topics related to operations management for social good
- Features selected papers from the 2018 POMS International Conference in Rio
- Showcases the work of researchers in the area of operations management from academia, government, and industry
Part of the book series: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics (SPBE)
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Conference proceedings info: POMS 2018.
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Table of contents (114 papers)
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Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics in Operations
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Defense, Tourism and Other Emerging OM Issues
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Healthcare Operations Management
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Operations Management for Social Good
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Carlos A. Gonzalez-Calderon is associate professor at the National University of Colombia, in Mendellin as well as a research associate at the Rensselaer Polytechnin Institute. He holds a PhD and a ME degree on Transportation Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnin Institute in Try, New York. Carlos has research experience on freight transportation engineering, acquired through research projects with the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF), Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (CoE-SUFS); the Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; the Department of Civil Engineering of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and the Universidad de Antioquia at Medellin, Colombia.
Irineu Brito Jr holds, from the University of São Paulo, a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, a masters degree in Logistic Systems Engineering and a PhD in Production Engineering. He is currently a professor at the Institute of Science and Technology of the Júlio de Mesquita Filho São Paulo State University, at the Campus of São José dosCampos. Irineu is also a researcher at the Disaster Research Center of the University of São Paulo. he mainly works with following subject areas: operational research, logistics, humanitarian logistics, disaster management, location of facilities, materials management and physical distribution.
Sebastian Villa currently works at the Faculty of Administration at the Los Andes University in Colombia. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Università della Svizzera Italiana in Switzerland, a Master degree in Science in Engineering and a bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Sebastian does research in Supply chain management, Business Administration and Behavioural Economics. His most recent publication is 'Transshipments in Supply Chains: A Behavioral Investigation'.
Hugo Tsugunobu Yoshida Yoshizaki has, from the University of São Paulo, a PhD in Production Engineering, a master's degree in Transport Engineering and a bachelor degree on Naval Engineering. In 2008, he had a senior research fellow at the London School of Economics and he is currently associate professor at the University of São Paulo where he coordinates the Specialization Program (Post-Graduation Lato Senso) in Business Logistics of the Polytechnic School. Hugo is scientific coordinator of the Nucleus of Research Support of the Center for Studies and Research on Disasters of São Paulo and deputy coordinator of the NAP Center for Innovation in Sustainable Logistics at the same university.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Operations Management for Social Good
Book Subtitle: 2018 POMS International Conference in Rio
Editors: Adriana Leiras, Carlos Alberto González-Calderón, Irineu de Brito Junior, Sebastián Villa, Hugo Tsugunobu Yoshida Yoshizaki
Series Title: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23816-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23815-5Published: 16 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23818-6Published: 17 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-23816-2Published: 14 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2198-7246
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7254
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 1160
Number of Illustrations: 68 b/w illustrations, 213 illustrations in colour
Topics: Risk Management, Operations Management, Sustainability Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory