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This book is intended as atribute to Gianluca Spina, the influential and inspiring Professorof Business Management & Organization and Supply Chain Management at theSchool of Management of Politecnico di Milano, who very sadly passed away earlyin 2015. It brings together seven of his most important papers, published inrenowned international journals, and supplements these papers with insightfulcommentaries from friends and colleagues who highlight key messages and valuesof enduring validity. The selected papers offer a clear sense of Spina'sresearch journey over the years and cover the main research streams thatdistinguished his work. They have also been chosen on account of their highimpact, as reflected by the number of citations received, and to represent the mostimportant research collaborations that Spina had established within Italyand abroad. An introductory chapter relates his research to major developmentsin the field of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Strategy and also outlines thevery important contribution that Gianluca Spina made to Management Education.
List of contents
"The Impact of the Just-in-Time Approach on Production System Performance: A Survey of Italian Industry" by CiprianoForza and Roberto Filippini.- "Strategically flexible production: the multi-focused manufacturing paradigm" by Chris Voss.- "Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Strategically Flexible Production" by Harry Boer.- "A model of codesign relationships: definitions and contingencies" by Alberto De Toni and Guido Nassimbeni.- "E-business strategy: how companies are shaping their manufacturing and supply chain through the Internet" by Matteo Kalchschmidt and AnnVereecke.- "Logistics and supply chain management in luxury fashion retail: empirical investigation of Italian firms" by Andrea Vinelli, amelaDanese and Pietro Romano.- "Past, present and future trends of purchasing and supply management: An extensive literature review" by Finn Wynstra and Michael Essig.
Summary
This book is intended as a
tribute to Gianluca Spina, the influential and inspiring Professor
of Business Management & Organization and Supply Chain Management at the
School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, who very sadly passed away early
in 2015. It brings together seven of his most important papers, published in
renowned international journals, and supplements these papers with insightful
commentaries from friends and colleagues who highlight key messages and values
of enduring validity. The selected papers offer a clear sense of Spina’s
research journey over the years and cover the main research streams that
distinguished his work. They have also been chosen on account of their high
impact, as reflected by the number of citations received, and to represent the most
important research collaborations that Spina had established within Italy
and abroad. An introductory chapter relates his research to major developments
in the field of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Strategy and also outlines the
very important contribution that Gianluca Spina made to Management Education.
