Despite ambitious efforts in various fields of research over multiple decades, the goal of
making academic research relevant to the practitioner remains elusive: theoretical and …

To improve demand chain performance, is it better for parties in a supply chain to focus first
on lead time reduction, or instead concentrate on improving the transfer of demand …

Supply Chain Security Management (SCSM) is a relatively new research discipline, thus
introductory papers are scarce. The recent concerns on security are driving the introduction of …

… Ari‐Pekka Hameri (Ecole des HEC, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland) …
Capkun, V., Hameri, A. and Weiss, LA (2009), "On the relationship between inventory and …

We employed the grounded theory method to construct a framework describing the distinctive
mechanisms through which big-science centers generate industrial knowledge spillovers …

This longitudinal study is based on nine in-depth case studies carried out over the past 9 years,
entailing observation of and participation in the actual innovation processes taking place …

Pure science-driven incentives and applied industrial and technology policy have seldom
produced significant synergy. The demarcation between basic and applied research is still …

… Ari‐Pekka Hameri is professor of operations management at University of Lausanne, …
Ari‐Pekka Hameri is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: ahameri@unil.ch …

The epistemic (knowledge creation) benefits of big science centres are obvious to everyone.
During an era of tight budgetary constraints, however, it is difficult to justify the existence of …

Sixty-seven per cent of Iceland's total exports are fish-related products and of the total catch
the domestic market consumes only a fraction. With its remote location from the main …