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33
Citations
4578
World Ranking
2509
National Ranking
404

Overview

Emel Aktas is affiliated with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within business, management, accounting, and engineering, with a focus on strategy and management, industrial and manufacturing engineering, building and construction, marketing, and management information systems.

The scientist's publication record reflects significant contributions to sustainable supply chain management, supply chain resilience and risk management, urban and freight transport logistics, digital transformation in industry, service and product innovation, quality and supply management, and environmental sustainability in business.

Frequent publication venues include the International Journal of Operations & Production Management with five papers published, arXiv (Cornell University) with three, Computers & Industrial Engineering and the Journal of the Operational Research Society both with two, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, also with two papers.

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of topics and research interests:

  • Managing supply chain uncertainty arising from geopolitical disruptions: evidence from the pharmaceutical industry and Brexit, 2020, International Journal of Operations & Production Management
  • Redesigning global supply chains during compounding geopolitical disruptions: the role of supply chain logics, 2022, International Journal of Operations & Production Management
  • Recycling bread waste into chemical building blocks using a circular biorefining approach, 2021, Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • Barriers to adoption of industry 4.0 and sustainability: a case study with SMEs, 2022, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
  • Multi-objective modelling of sustainable closed-loop supply chain network with price-sensitive demand and consumer's incentives, 2022, Computers & Industrial Engineering

Frequent co-authors associated with Emel Aktas include Heather Skipworth, Samuel Roscoe, Banu Y. Ekren, Michael Bourlakis, and Debesh Jha.

The scientist's main fields of study and subfields indicate an interdisciplinary approach, emphasizing both business management strategies and technical engineering processes.

Best Publications

  • The relationship between green supply chain management and performance: A meta-analysis of empirical evidences in Asian emerging economies

    Ruoqi Geng;S. Afshin Mansouri;Emel Aktas

  • Green scheduling of a two-machine flowshop: Trade-off between makespan and energy consumption

    S. Afshin Mansouri;Emel Aktas;Umut Besikci

  • A consumer behavioural approach to food waste

    Emel Aktas;Hafize Sahin;Zeynep Topaloglu;Akunna Oledinma

  • Firm size and sustainable performance in food supply chains: Insights from Greek SMEs

    Michael Bourlakis;George Maglaras;Emel Aktas;David Gallear

  • A new perspective on the competitiveness of nations

    Şule Önsel;Füsun Ülengin;Gündüz Ulusoy;Emel Aktaş

  • Managing food security through food waste and loss: Small data to big data

    Zahir Irani;Amir M Sharif;Habin Lee;Emel Aktas

  • Outsourcing logistics activities in Turkey

    Emel Aktas;Füsun Ülengin

  • Redesigning global supply chains during compounding geopolitical disruptions: the role of supply chain logics

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  • A decision support model for identification and prioritization of key performance indicators in the logistics industry

    Berk Kucukaltan;Zahir Irani;Emel Aktas

  • Managing supply chain uncertainty arising from geopolitical disruptions: evidence from the pharmaceutical industry and brexit

    Samuel Roscoe;Heather Skipworth;Emel Aktas;Farooq Habib

  • An Integrated Transportation Decision Support System for Transportation Policy Decisions: The Case of Turkey

    Füsun Ülengin;Şule Önsel;Y. İlker Topçu;Emel Aktaş

  • The role of Guanxi in green supply chain management in Asia's emerging economies: A conceptual framework

    Ruoqi Geng;S. Afshin Mansouri;Emel Aktas;Dorothy A. Yen

  • Barriers to adoption of industry 4.0 and sustainability: a case study with SMEs

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  • A decision support system to improve the efficiency of resource allocation in healthcare management

    Emel Aktaş;Füsun Ülengin;Şule Önsel Şahin

  • Efficient shift scheduling in the retail sector through two-stage optimization

    Özgür Kabak;Füsun Ülengin;Emel Aktaş;Şule Önsel

  • Multi-objective modelling of sustainable closed-loop supply chain network with price-sensitive demand and consumer's incentives

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  • A problem-structuring model for analyzing transportation–environment relationships

    Füsun Ülengin;Özgür Kabak;Şule Önsel;Burç Ülengin

  • Optimizing Fire Station Locations for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

    Emel Aktaş;Özay Özaydın;Burçin Bozkaya;Füsun Ülengin

  • The competitiveness of nations and implications for human development

    Füsun Ülengin;Özgür Kabak;Sule Önsel;Emel Aktas

  • Operational Research: methods and applications

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  • The use of outsourcing logistics activities: The case of turkey

    Emel Aktas;Berrin Agaran;Fusun Ulengin;Sule Onsel

  • Minimising food waste: a call for multidisciplinary research

    Maria del Carmen Alamar;Natalia Falagán;Emel Aktas;Leon A Terry

  • Collaboration in urban distribution of online grocery orders

    Dimitris Zissis;Dimitris Zissis;Emel Aktas;Michael Bourlakis

  • How does servitisation affect supply chain circularity? – A systematic literature review

    Carl Kühl;Michael Bourlakis;Emel Aktas;Heather Skipworth

Frequent Co-Authors

İlker Bekir Topçu
İlker Bekir Topçu Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Michael Bourlakis
Michael Bourlakis Cranfield University
Zahir Irani
Zahir Irani University of Bradford
S. Afshin Mansouri
S. Afshin Mansouri Brunel University London
Brijesh K. Tiwari
Brijesh K. Tiwari Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Carlos Mena
Carlos Mena Portland State University
Leon A. Terry
Leon A. Terry Cranfield University
Konstantinos Salonitis
Konstantinos Salonitis Cranfield University
George Ioannou
George Ioannou Athens University of Economics and Business
JC Jan Fransoo
JC Jan Fransoo Tilburg University

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