Behavioural Operations Management in the Multi-period Setting
This special issue looks for papers focusing on operations management problems that consider the impacts of human behaviour in the multi-period setting. On the one hand, when making operational decisions, people are not as rational as assumed by previous research. They are usually boundedly rational and may have different social preferences or emotional concerns. Therefore, it is important and meaningful to consider the impacts of human behaviour on operations management involving parties (including consumers) in a supply chain. On the other hand, most firms make business decisions in multiple periods. They either use product refinement to develop new products based on the present ones, such as iPhone; or repeatedly sell the same-shelf stable products to consumers, such as books and rice. Different from one-time transactions, firms engaged in multi-period operations are more interested in their interactions with the other parties in the supply chain, and care more about long-term relationships and profits. In pursuing multi-time transactions, firms can also monitor their suppliers and customers better, especially with the help of big data analysis. Therefore, it is interesting to study the impacts of human behaviour in the multi-period setting.
The purpose of this special issue is to publish high-quality analytical and empirical papers addressing emerging supply chain, operations management and production economics issues concerning human behaviour in the multi-period setting. We seek research works that employ quantitative and/or qualitative methodologies, such as mathematical modelling, optimization, simulation, empirical surveys and case studies. Original, high quality research that is neither published nor currently under review by any other journal is welcome. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Pricing management/marketing promotion with behavioural concerns
Supplier contracts/supplier management with behavioural concerns
Relationship commitment and supply chain governance
Sharing economy with behavioural concerns
Consumer information sharing
Green technology adoption and user behaviour
Behavioral capacity/inventory decisions
Asymmetric information with behavioural concerns
Consumers heterogeneity/market segmentation
Behavioural big data analysis in operations management
Competing against copycats with behavioural concerns
Trade-in allowance with behavioural concerns
Manuscript preparation and submission
Before submission, authors should carefully read the journal's “Instructions for Authors”. The review process will follow the journal’s practice. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript via the manuscript submission system by selecting the article type “BOM in multi-period setting’ in the EES, according to the following time table:
Manuscript due: 30 April 2018
First-round review: 31 August 2018
Final manuscript submissions to publisher: October/November 2018
For further enquiries, please contact any of the Special Issue guest editors.
Guest editors:
Prof. C.T. Daniel Ng, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, PolyU Business School, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.daniel.ng@polyu.edu.hk [Managing Guest Editor]
Prof. Eric W.T. Ngai, Department of Management & Marketing, PolyU Business School, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.eric.ngai@polyu.edu.hk
Prof. George Huang, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong.gqhuang@hku.hk
多周期情境下的行为运营管理
本期特刊将重点讨论考虑多周期环境下人类行为对运营管理的影响问题。一方面，在做出运营决策时，人们不像以往的研究所假设的那样理性。他们通常是有限理性的，可能有不同的社会偏好或情绪问题。因此，考虑人类行为对涉及供应链中各方（包括消费者）的运营管理的影响是重要和有意义的。另一方面，大多数公司在多个时期做出商业决策。他们要么使用产品改进来开发基于当前产品的新产品，例如iPhone;或反复向消费者销售同样稳定的产品，如书籍和大米。与一次性交易不同，参与多期运营的企业更关注与供应链中其他各方的互动，更关注长期关系和利润。在追求多周期交易时，公司可以更好地监控供应商和客户，特别是在大数据分析的帮助下。因此，研究人类行为在多时期环境中的影响是很有趣的。
本期特刊的目的在于发表高质量的分析性和实证性论文，探讨多时期背景下有关人类行为的新兴供应链，运营管理和生产经济问题。我们寻求采用定量和/或定性方法的研究工作，如数学建模，优化，模拟，经验调查和案例研究。 欢迎任何其他期刊既未发表也未正在审查的原始高质量研究进行投稿。
潜在的主题包括但不限于以下内容：
对行为问题进行定价管理/营销促销
行为问题的供应商合同/供应商管理
关系承诺和供应链管理
行为问题和共享经济
消费者信息共享
采用绿色技术和用户行为
行为能力/库存决策
具有行为问题的不对称信息
消费者异质性/市场细分
运营管理中的海量大数据分析
与行为关注的竞争对手进行竞争
有行为问题的交易补贴
手稿准备和提交：
提交之前，作者应仔细阅读期刊的“作者须知”。 审查过程将遵循期刊的惯例。 根据以下时间表，通过在EES中选择文章类型“多周期设置中的物料清单”，潜在作者应通过稿件提交系统提交完整手稿的电子副本：
手稿截止日期：2018年4月30日
第一轮评审：2018年8月31日
提交给出版商的最终稿件：2018年10月/ 11月
如需进一步咨询，请联系任何特刊客座编辑。
客座编辑：
Prof. C.T. Daniel Ng, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, PolyU Business School, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.daniel.ng@polyu.edu.hk [Managing Guest Editor]
Prof. Eric W.T. Ngai, Department of Management & Marketing, PolyU Business School, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.eric.ngai@polyu.edu.hk
Prof. George Huang, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong.gqhuang@hku.hk