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PROGRAM COMMITTEE Sukran N. Atadeniz, Yeditepe University, Turkey Josè Benitez, Rennes School of Business, France Constantin Blome, University of Sussex, UK Markku Kuula, Aalto University, Finland Bartholomew MacCarthy, University of Nottingham, UK Gyula Vastag, Széchenyi University, Hungary SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Lydia Bals, The University of Applied Sciences Mainz, VENUE Germany The Conference will be hosted in two extremely attractive Manfredi Bruccoleri, University of Palermo, Italy locations, the ancient town of Udine and Venice, one of the Federico Caniato, Politecnico di Milano, Italy best known tourist destinations in the world. The city of Silvano Cincotti, University of Genova, Italy Venice has an average of 18 million tourists a year thanks Krishna Dhir, University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA to its celebrated art and architecture. It boasts numerous at- Maling Ebrahimpour, University of Rhode Island, USA tractions including St Mark’s Basilica, the Doge’s Palace, the Lisa Ellram, Miami University, USA Grand Canal, and the Piazza San Marco. The Lido di Venezia Emilio Esposito, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy is also a popular international luxury destination. Michael Essig, Universität der Bundeswehr, Germany Udine is a small historical town with several squares of Barbara Flynn, Indiana University, USA Venetian style: from Piazza Libertà, defined a s “ the most Luciano Fratocchi, University of L’Aquila, Italy beautiful Venetian square on the mainland”, to Piazza Mat- Patrizia Garengo, University of Padova, Italy teotti, all surrounded by porticos, and looking like an open- Ilaria Giannoccaro, Politecnico di Bari, Italy air lounge. On the hill of the town rises the castle: from its Jeet Gupta, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA walls you can see the whole city, the mountains all around it, Christine Harland, Politecnico di Milano, Italy whereas to the south, less than an hour’s drive away, there Michael Henke, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany is the Adriatic Sea. Fu (Jeff) Jia, University of Bristol, UK Reaching Venice and Udine is easy. The nearest airports Thomas Johnsen, Politecnico di Milano, Italy are Venice Airport, Treviso Airport, and Trieste Airport. Matteo Kalchschmidt, University of Bergamo, Italy TH Dirk Jan F. Kamann, University of Pannonia, Hungary CONFERENCE CHAIR 9 ANNUAL EDSI CONFERENCE Luise Knight, University of Aston, UK Marco Sartor, University of Udine Keong Leong, University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA Nathan Levialdi, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS DECISION SCIENCES FOR Ram Narasimhan, Michigan State University, USA Guido Nassimbeni, University of Udine Steve New, Oxford University, UK Guido Orzes, Free University of Bozen – Bolzano THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan Olhager, Lund University, Sweden Emilio Paolucci, Politecnico di Torino, Italy ORGANISING COMMITTEE UNE RD TH Gerald Reiner, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Alberto Felice De Toni, University of Udine J 3 - 6 , 2018 Pietro Romano, University of Udine, Italy Alessandro Ancarani, University of Catania UDINE AND VENICE Stefano Ronchi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Carmela Di Mauro, University of Catania Funda Sahin, University of Houston, USA Li Wan, University of Udine UNIVERSITY OF UDINE (ITALY) Tobias Schoenherr, Michigan State University, USA FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN-BOLZANO (ITALY) Stefan Seuring, University of Kassel, Germany Sri V. Sridharan, Clemson University, USA INFORMATION Morgan Swink, Texas Christian University, USA More information will be available soon at Sri Talluri, Michigan State University, USA www.edsi-conference.org. Wendy Tate, University of Tennessee, USA Helen Walker, Cardiff University, UK Finn Wynstra, Erasmus University, Netherlands Xiande Zhao, China-Europe Int. Business School, China George Zsidisin, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA CALL FOR PAPERS The general program welcomes contributions not related to the conference topics and addressing relevant issues in all areas of decision sciences. Potential topics include but are not limited to: • Advances in Decision Theory CONFERENCE FEES • Behavioural Aspects of Operations Management Early bird registration Until April 3rd, 2018 • Globalization of Manufacturing DSI members 390 Euro • Innovations in Information Technology Applications Non-DSI members 490 Euro • Innovative Applications in Modelling and Decision Techniques Ph.D. Students 290 Euro • Network Analysis Spouse-Partner* 190 Euro • New Trends in Entrepreneurship • Networks, Ecosystems and Open Innovation Standard registration After April 3rd, 2018 ABOUT EDSI • Industry 4.0 DSI members 440 Euro EDSI, a regional division of the Decision Sciences • Performance Management Non-DSI members 540 Euro Institute (DSI) (www.decisionsciences.org), is a non-profit • Public Sector Decision Making Ph.D. Students 340 Euro organization of European researchers, managers, and • Purchasing and Supply Management Spouse-Partner 240 Euro educators interested in decision-making in private and • Risk Management public organizations. • Supply Chain Finance Early/Standard fee (Spouse-Partner excluded) includes: • Supply Chain Management Admission to all academic sessions, handout materials • Sustainability and CSR and conference proceedings, 2 lunches, 2 dinners, 4 cof- THE CONFERENCE THEME • Research Methods for Decision Sciences fee breaks, wine tasting event, Italian liquor tasting event, The chosen conference theme is: “Decision Sciences for the • Health Care Management and Operations Udine city tour, transfer Udine-Venice-Udine on 6th June, New Global Economy”. • Big Data and Alig membership. Few decades of rapid globalization processes have dismantled previous business and institutional landscapes All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Pro- Spouse-Partner fee includes: 2 lunches, 2 dinners, wine without proposing new effective orders. The horizon in front ceedings. The conference “Best Paper” on purchasing and tasting event, Italian liquor tasting event, Udine city tour, of us is confused: high disparities in wealth distribution, supply management will have fast track in the “Journal of transfer Udine-Venice-Udine on 6th June, and Alig mem- vulnerability of real economies to the movements of the Purchasing and Supply Management” by Elsevier. bership. financial markets, instability of the location advantages, and a generalized unemployment problem with relevant social TENTATIVE PROGRAM Optional Venice tour (95 Euro/person) includes: Venice sustainability consequences. The difficulty of governing June 3rd • Doctoral Consortium tour, light lunch in Venice, Doge’s palace visit, gondola tour. processes that overcome the sovereignty of individual • Doctoral sessions countries, and the weakness of supranational governments, June 4th • Parallel sessions Cancellations RECEIVED BY May 3rd 2018 are eligible for explain why protectionist temptations are resurfacing not • Keynote speech 50% refund of the conference fee. No refunds can be made • City sightseeing only in the Western context. after that date. We live then a transition phase where companies and • Italian dinner in the city Castle garden • Italian liquor tasting experience institutions are urged to rethink the conceptual models and June 5th • Parallel sessions IMPORTANT DATES the decision patters so far used. The theme of the conference • Keynote speech COMPETITIVE PAPERS WORKING PAPERS aims at exploring the future of globalization as we know it • Italian wine tasting experience Abstract submission January 30th 2018 today, re-assessing the underlying theories and the relevant • Italian dinner at the city Castle practices in both institutional and business environments, June 6th • Transfer from Udine to Venice Full paper submission January 30th 2018 Notification of the • Plenary session March 15th 2018 March 15th 2018 and providing innovative guidance to managerial and review process policy issues. • Venice tour and Gondola experience (optional) • Transfer from Venice to Udine Final submission April 15th 2018 April 15th 2018.