How to make complexity an advantage?
Facing growing complexity in markets, business models, and behaviours, the research within NEOMA's Complexity Advantage Area of Excellence helps organisations turn complexity into a strategic advantage.
2025
Anjum, N., Paulraj, A., Blome, C., & Rajkumar, C. (2025). Environmental process design and performance: Understanding the key role of learning by doing and employee empowerment. International Journal of Production Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109563
Antony, R., Sharma, M., & Ishizaka, A. (2025). Green entrepreneurial mindset for a sustainable future: Does environmental dynamism have a say? Business Strategy and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70355
Ariningsih, P. K., Irawan, C. A., Paulraj, A., & Dai, J. (2025). A pharmaceutical distribution network considering supply cycles, waste, and inequity. Computers and Operations Research, 176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2024.106943
Belaounia, S., & Bouslama, G. (2025). International intensity, regional dispersion, and institutional distance: How a multinational configuration shapes capital structure. International Business Review, 34(6), 102504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102504
Block, J., Brandstetter, C., & Zaggl, M. (2025). Maker motives and entrepreneurial opportunity evaluation in academic makerspaces. Small Business Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-025-01018-1
Boasiako, K. A., Adasi Manu, S. A., Boamah, E. O., & Bonsu, C. O. (2025). Skilled labor shortage risk and dividend payout policy. The European Journal of Finance, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2025.2553047
Boasiako, K. A., Adasi Manu, S., Kyiu, A., & Tawiah, B. (2025). Auditor litigation risk and capital structure dynamics. The International Journal of Accounting, 60(2). https://doi.org/10.1142/S1094406025500039
Byun, K., & Yoo, S. (2025). Does overconfidence of CEOs increase startup performance? The role of marketing capability. European Journal of Marketing. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-01-2024-0085
Caloffi, A., Colovic, A., Rossi, F., Yang, J., & Bagherzadeh Niri, M. (2025). Determinants of crowdsourcing openness in high-urgency conditions: A configurational approach. R&D Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.70000
Cao, L., Yang, J., & Chen, Y. (2025). Managing artificial intelligence across functions for enhanced retail firm performance. European Management Review, emre.70042. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.70042
Cavallo, B., & Ishizaka, A. (2025). A comparative study on precision of direct evaluations, the pairwise comparisons method and the Best-Worst Method. Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, 130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2024.103175
Chibane, M., & Janson Calamaro, N. (2025). Is Bitcoin the best safe haven against geopolitical risk? Finance Research Letters, 74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.106543
Colovic, A., Bagherzadeh Niri, M., & Liévin, J.-L. (2025). Choosing the right crowdsourcing strategy: Implications for governments' crowdsourcing initiatives. Public Administration Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13917
Colovic, A., Caloffi, A., Rossi, F., & Russo, M. (2025). Institutionalising the digital transition: The role of digital innovation intermediaries. Research Policy, 54(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105146
Ding, R., Florackis, C., & Zhang, J. Z. (2025). Mandatory central clearing and derivatives offsetting. Accounting Forum, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/01559982.2025.2591530
Faruquee, M., Paulraj, A., Zhang, L., & Irawan, C. A. (2025). Formal or informal governance mechanism: A contingent view in resolving supply chain disruptions. International Journal of Operations and Production Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-04-2024-0347
Jafari, H., Paulraj, A., & Ghaderi, H. (2025). Leveraging last mile logistics for customer responsiveness in omni-channel retailing: The contingency effects of environmental uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 72, 3200–3214. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3584211
Khan, J., Ishizaka, A., & Babai, M. Z. (2025). Enhancing multi-criteria inventory classification: Resolving boundary issues with VIKOR-Fuzzy Sorting. International Journal of Production Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109623
Khan, J., Ishizaka, A., & Kheybari, S. (2025). Risk assessment of perishable products supply chains amidst COVID-19 through multi-criteria visualization. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpaf001
Kleinaltenkamp, M., Kleinaltenkamp, M. J., & Tierney, K. D. (2025). The emergence, stabilization, and destabilization of resources: Gated reverb and the sound of the 80s. Industrial Marketing Management, 129, 166–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2025.07.009
Le Dain, M.-A., Allal-Chérif, O., & Poissonnier, H. (2025). Identifying purchasing and supply management grand challenges through a literature review of its paradoxes. Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/16258312.2025.2575751
Li, W., Ding, R., & Zhang, Z. (2025). What role do directors' networks play in corporate brownwashing? Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12793
Liu, F., & Sainathan, A. (2025). Maximizing profit and minimizing waste with buy-x-get-y-free promotion policies during clearance sales. Production and Operations Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059147825132
Loignon, A., Fonti, F., Bagherzadeh Niri, M., Gurca, A., & Shresta, S. (2025). When more is less: The role of social capital in managing talent in teams. Academy of Management Discoveries. https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2023.0039
Lu, L., Jalali, H., & Menezes, M. B. C. (2025). An efficient algorithm for large-scale dynamic assortment planning problems. European Journal of Operational Research, S0377221725007349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.09.017
Lu, L., Jalali, H., & Menezes, M. B. C. (2025). An efficient algorithm for large-scale dynamic assortment planning problems. European Journal of Operational Research, S0377221725007349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.09.017
Mandal, P., & Roy, A. (2025). Fighting together: Agency vs. wholesale distribution contracts for digital content supply chains in the presence of piracy. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, msom.2024.1186. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2024.1186
Mandal, P., Chakraborty, A., & Kumar, R. R. (2025). Investigating the manufacturer's decision to invest in generative AI. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2025.2579853
Manthiou, A., & Kuppelwieser, V. (2025). An ethical triangulation approach to tourism. Tourism Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105154
Manthiou, A., Ayadi, K., & Fan, H. (2025). Destination in crisis: Place identity degradation. Annals of Tourism Research, 115, 104048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2025.104048
Marval, M. (2025). International linkages between entrepreneurial ecosystems: Understanding the role of corporate accelerators. Small Business Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-025-01025-2
Marval, M., & Mauer, R. (2025). Les transformations des accélérateurs corporate et leur influence sur les interactions grande entreprise-startup pour l'innovation ouverte. Innovations - Revue d'Economie et de Management de l'Innovation. https://doi.org/10.3917/inno.pr2.0182
Nakamura, A., Paulraj, A., Datar, A., & Barbieri, P. (2025). The intriguing effect of women board representation and women power on global supply base risk. International Journal of Operations and Production Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-10-2024-0933
Pan, X., Zhen, C., Mangla, S. K., Gupta, S., Ali, I., & Song, M. (2025). The impact of global value chain embeddedness on decarbonization in sunset industries. International Journal of Production Economics, 109764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109764
Paulraj, A., Anjum, N., & Blome, C. (2025). Joint information sharing governance in buyer-supplier relationships: The role of partnership and monitoring in acquiring useful supplier innovations. International Journal of Production Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109589
Paulraj, A., Barbieri, P., Blome, C., Rajkumar, C., & Prasanna, S. R. (2025). Could the double-edged nature of innovation partnership with suppliers invoke the "other sides" of trust and interdependence? Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 101054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2025.101054
Paulraj, A., Subramanian, N., Jayaram, J., & Blome, C. (2025). The dark and bright sides of dependence relationships and their effect on buyer-supplier unethical behaviour. International Journal of Production Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2025
Paulraj, A., Zhang, I., Faruquee, M., & Irawan, C. A. (2025). Effect of product and process complexities on disruptions: Can coordination and transparency negate this effect? Industrial Marketing Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2025.02.010
Peron, M., Panza, L., Demiralay, E., & Talluri, S. (2025). Additive manufacturing for spare parts management: Is decentralized production always environmentally preferable? IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 72.
Peron, M., Saporiti, N., Coruzzolo, A. M., Lolli, F., & Holmström, J. (2025). The impact of additive manufacturing on supply chain resilience: A Delphi study. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124231
Peron, M., Saporiti, N., Pozzi, R., & Ciano, M. P. (2025). Blockchain in the pharmaceutical sector: Empirical evidence on the associated challenges and countermeasures. International Journal of Production Economics, 288, 109685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109685
Quintane, E., Brashears, M. E., González-Gómez, H., & Brands, R. (2025). Gender, network recall, and structural holes. Personnel Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12691
Ramadhan, F., Irawan, C. A., Paulraj, A., & Cai, Z. (2025). A bi-objective truck traveling salesman problem with drone and boat considering an equity-based perspective in disaster relief distribution. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 72, 3704–3719. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3597937
Rath, S. B., Mandal, P., Basu, P., & Tang, O. (2025). How a platform's private label interacts with a manufacturer's financing strategy. International Journal of Production Research, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2025.2599492
Sahoo, S., Venkatesh, V. G., Shi, Y., Sreedharan, V. R., & Schleper, M. C. (2025). Analyzing the effect of lean six sigma practices and green culture on circular manufacturing capabilities in achieving 3P performance. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.70197. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70197
Seepana, C., Paulraj, A., & Datar, A. (2025). Environmental uncertainties and reciprocal investments within coopetition: The contingent role of appropriability mechanisms. International Journal of Production Economics, 109811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109811
Sodhi, M. S., Roscoe, S., Ellram, L. M., Tang, C., Sarkis, J., Handfield, R. B., Roehrich, J. K., & Schleper, M. C. (2025). Infiltration, interdiction, and other covert supply chain operations: A research agenda. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 45(13), 233–252. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-02-2025-0115
Song, Y. (Amy), Kim, T. J., Zuo, P., & Fan, H. (2025). Navigating patients' word-of-mouth: Attribution theory and the dynamics of self-empowerment in elective medicine. Social Science & Medicine, 387, 118711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118711
Zaggl, M. (2025). How artifact-based and authority-based coordination affect propagation costs in open source software development. MIS Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2024/18021
Zaggl, M. A., Linzmajer, M., Walsh, G., Reinhardt, R., & Pottbäcker, J. (2025). Success of mass customization toolkits: Product design typicality as boundary condition. Journal of Business Research, 200, 115669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115669
Zaggl, M., Malhotra, A., Alexy, O., & Majchrzak, A. (2025). Maximize the wisdom of the crowd for complex problems. MIT Sloan Management Review. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/maximize-the-wisdom-of-the-crowd-for-complex-problems/
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