The learning objectives of the School focus on:
– Designing a research which is relevant and rigorous.
– Understanding what criteria are important in assessing a research and the criteria an Editor/Reviewer generally applies to assess the relevance and rigor of a research.
– Effectively communicating the distinctive features of one’s own research.
To this aim, the programme will include interactive sessions with invited speakers/lecturers, labs and teamworks with mentors.
Below, you can find the detailed programme.
Invited speakers:
Prof. Pär Åhlström – «The research process»
Professor at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, in the field of Innovation and Operations Management, where he is vice president and director of the Centre for Innovation and Operations Management.
For several years, coordinator of the EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Research Methodology in Operations Management (till 2019).
Coordinator of the EurOMA Doctoral Seminar (an initiative of the European Operations Management Association).
Associate Editor of International Journal of Operations and Production Management, member of the Editorial Review Board of Journal of Operations Management and of Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management.
Prof. Pamela Danese – «A framework for a research self-assessment»
Professor of Operations & Supply Chain Management, Università degli Studi di Padova.
Coordinator of the EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Research Methodology in Operations Management.
Associate Editor of International Journal of Operations and Production Management, member of the Editorial Review Board of Journal of Operations Management and Area Editor of Operations Management Research.
Prof. Riccardo Fini – «Roundtable with editors»
Associate Professor and Coordinator of the PhD Program in Management at the University of Bologna and Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and Nord U. Bodø.
Director of the Entrepreneurship Hub and of the Master in Entrepreneurship at Bologna Business School.
Associate Editor for the Journal of Technology Transfer, member of the Editorial Boards of Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, and Journal of Management Studies. Appointed to the Membership Committee of the Entrepreneurship Division at the Academy of Management.
Prof. Cipriano Forza – «Experience of Review»
Professor of Management Engineering, Università degli Studi di Padova.
Since 2012, he has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Academic Journal Guide by the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS), his subject area of appointment being Operations and Technology Management.
Member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. Former Associate Editor of the Journal of Operations Management and Decision Sciences Journal.
Prof. Matteo Kalchschmidt – «Research in Management Engineering»
Professor of Project and Innovation Management at the University of Bergamo, where he is also Vice-Chancellor for Internationalization and International Relations and Head of the Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering
Editor in Chief of Operations Management Research, member of the Editorial Review Board of the International Journal of Operations & Production Management.
His research interests are related to the Supply Chain Management area with specific attention to Global and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.
Prof. Mikko Ketokivi – «Criteria for rigor and relevance in research: Some recent developments»
Professor of Operations Management and Organization Design at IE Business School. In addition to the substantive topics of operations management and organization design, he specializes in methodology: research design, analysis of complex statistical data, measurement, reasoning, scientific rhetoric, and argumentation.
In 2015-2017, he served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Operations Management. In addition, he serves or has served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Review, Decision Sciences, and Production and Operations Management.
Prof. Guido Nassimbeni – «Rountable with Editors»
Professor of Management Engineering at the University of Udine.
Area Editor of Operations Management Research, member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. Former Associate Editor of the Journal of Operations Management.
Prof. Gerardo Patriotta – «Rountable with Editors»
Professor of Organization Studies at the Warwick Business School. His research focuses on organizational sensemaking, particularly in the contexts of crises and breakdowns, transitions between routine and non-routine events, learning from errors, face-to-face interactions, and identity processes. His work has combined sociological and organizational theory to understand the work practices and behaviors of, amongst others, shopfloor operators, courtrooms judges, business consultants, global bank managers, air force pilots, e-markets sellers, chefs, migrant workers, and news workers.
Consulting Editor (former General Editor) of the Journal of Management Studies, member of the Editorial boards of Academy of Management Review and Organization Studies.