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Modelling and analysis of sustainable operations management: certain investigations for research and applications
Gunasekaran, A. Irani, Zahir Papadopoulos, T.
Gunasekaran, A.
Irani, Zahir
Papadopoulos, T.
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© 2014 Palgrave Macmillan. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in the Journal of the Operational Research Society. The definitive publisher-authenticated version, as above, is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jors.2013.171
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Sustainable operations management (SOM) can be defined as the operations strategies, tactics and techniques, and
operational policies to support both economic and environmental objectives and goals. The subject of sustainability
has gained much attention from both researchers and practitioners in the past 6–8 years. Most of the articles deal
with sustainability from environmental perspectives, but a limited number of them integrate both economic and
environmental implications or focus on trading-off between profitability, competitiveness and environmental
dimensions. Moreover, there is a limited focus on modelling and analysis (MA) of SOM integrating and balancing
the interests of both economic and environmental interests. Therefore, an attempt has been made in this paper to
review the extant literature on SOM. The objective is to understand the definition of SOM and present the current
status of research in MA, as well as future research directions in the field. Considering the recent focus of the
subject, we review the literature on MA of SOM beginning in 2000 in order to make our study current and more
relevant for both researchers and practitioners. Finally, a summary of findings and conclusions is reported.
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Gunasekaran A, Irani Z and Papadopoulos T (2014) Modelling and analysis of sustainable operations
management: certain investigations for research and applications. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 65(6): 806-823.
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