International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2026

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

Current editor(s): Stefan Minner

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Volume 291, issue C, 2026

Impact of informality on operational security in emerging markets

Xingze Zhao, Yuxiao Ye, Yiting Han and Baofeng Huo

Can Gen-AI promote community group buying? A tripartite evolutionary game analysis

Fuli Zhou, Chenchen Zhang, Sunil Tiwari, Xingjun Huang and Preetam Basu

Leveraging AI to enhance firms’ resource efficiency: ecological modernization theory and resource-based view perspectives

Lang Zhao, Jiawei Xu, Baofeng Zhang and Jianjun Lu

Digital corporate governance at diversity, equity, and inclusion in operations and supply chain management: A mixed-method approach

Alexandre Arns Steiner, Laura Visintainer Lerman, Dalton Alexandre Kai and Guilherme Brittes Benitez

Forecasting and managing price volatility in salmon production: A hybrid system using conformal prediction and dynamic hedging

Manuel Luna, Olaya Pérez-Mon and João Luiz Becker

Benchmarking supplier performance: How scorecard comparisons and supply risk influence termination decisions

Neale G. O'Connor, Jorge Romero and Kaveh Asiaei

A deep fusion framework for end-to-end multi-product inventory optimization in e-commerce scenarios

Shan Chen, Meizhen Zhu, Shuihua Han and Shivam Gupta

An intelligent Digital Twin based on machine learning for interpretable decision-making in manufacturing

Stefano Genetti, Giorgio Scarton, Marco Formentini and Giovanni Iacca

Digital twins in supply chain management: Scope and methodological issues

Latifa Benhamou, Vincent Giard and Samir Lamouri

Impact of pricing and replenishment decisions on food waste at stores and households

Bouchra Bacha, Yann Bouchery, M. Zied Babai and Zied Jemai

Optimization of cooperation mode and decision strategy in online game supply chain

Longmei Tian, Bneyong Hu and Chao Mneg

Positioning of omnichannel inventories to protect revenue

Alborz Hassanzadeh and Victor Martínez-de-Albéniz

Impact of network nestedness on resistance and recovery of supply chain resilience

Sihang Chen, Junqin Lin, Xiaopo Zhuo, Libo Yin and Jiaxin Shen

Nudging the last mile: Combining behavioral insights and monetary incentives for sustainable delivery choices

Eleonora Rizzitello, Giovanna Lo Nigro, Simona Mancini and Margaretha Gansterer

Responding to upstream uncertainty: How does supplier risk-taking affect client ESG performance?

Jing Zhou, Tingwei Wu and Kaiwen Wu

Joint bunker fuel and freight revenue management in liner shipping: A decision-focused learning approach

Nitish Bhide, Jasashwi Mandal, Ramesh Kumar and Manoj K. Tiwari

Uncovering the risks of digital supply chains: A large language model framework for semantic identification and validation

Jiaqi Fang, Bixiang Su, Shuzhen Wang and Bin Wang

Integrating industry 4.0 technologies into green supply chains: An empirical investigation of pathways to green innovation and circular economy

Fakhar Shahzad, Younes Ben Zaied and Qingyu Zhang

Redefining work in the supply chain: combining digital technologies and knowledge sharing for a smart working environment

Joyce Danielle de Araújo, Cíntia Wilke Franco, Paulo Renato de Sousa and Alejandro G. Frank

Platform-led or firm-led? An analysis of artificial intelligence development strategies in agricultural supply chains

Changhua Liao, Qihui Lu, Yanglei Li and Victor Shi

Integrated production and maintenance planning in imperfect hybrid manufacturing–remanufacturing systems with outsourcing and carbon emissions

Mohammed Merghem, Mohammed Haoues, Ahmed Senoussi, Mohammed Dahane and Nadia Kinza Mouss

Firm remanufacturing and product distinction decisions: The implications of servitization implementation

Junwei Zhao, Huiqin Zhang, Yuxiang Zhang and Deru Xie

Identifying critical node set in supply chain network considering hybrid operational risk management

Bin Hou, Xinyu Wang and Jiafu Tang

Navigating trade-offs in online food delivery: The interplay of buy-online-and-pick-up-in-store and delay insurance

Minjian Liu, Qi Dong, Yunbing Li and Shaofu Du

Impacts of supply chain finance on enterprise resilience: the interplay between financial linkage and business relationship among supply chain partners

Bei Cui

Volume 290, issue C, 2025

Dual channel or not? Implication of free-riding in altering consumer channel preferences

Zhenyang Pi, Weiguo Fang, Ke Wang, Xiaohang Yue and Baofeng Zhang

Optimization of production scheduling and energy cost considering carbon trading strategies

Shuai An, Jian Zhong, Chengjiang Li and Wei Zhang

Exploring the effect of justice and buyer-supplier embeddedness on supply chain disruption response: Buyer-supplier dyadic perspectives

Chang-Hun Lee, Sinéad Roden and Byung-Gak Son

The impact of sustainability reporting on manufacturer market and operations performance: Five long-term event studies from signaling and stakeholder perspectives

Mingze Xu, Christina WY. Wong, Chee Yew Wong and Sakun Boon-itt

Federated digital twins platform for smart city logistics: A knowledge-driven approach

Yu Liu, Shenle Pan and Eric Ballot

Inventory control models for disassembly systems with lost sales

Dong-Hoon Son, Hwa-Joong Kim and Kwang-Tae Kim

Unlocking blockchain technologies potential in supply Chains: A study on cost governance and dynamic capabilities perspective

Aalok Kumar, Sourabh Kumar and Sunil Tiwari

Information sharing and contracting with manufacturers on a hybrid platform

Huajiang Luo and Jia Shi

Individual or joint audit? Managing supplier social responsibility with extortion risk

Ruoxin Gao, Ruina Yang and Li Li

Supplier concentration and operational efficiency during catastrophic risks

Lu Shen, Kevin Zheng Zhou and Yan Ye

Blockchain adoption under integrated and differentiated pricing strategies in the farm-adopted mode

Xiaoping Xu, Nan Li, Shengming Zheng, T.C.E. Cheng and Hua Liu

Integrating material and cash flows in centralized supply chains: A robust optimization perspective

Daoheng Zhang, Hasan Hüseyin Turan, Ruhul Sarker and Daryl Essam

Achieving sustainable development by integrating circular economy principles into solid waste management: A systematic literature review and research agenda

Marzieh Monfared, Fateme Marandi and Philipp C. Sauer

Collaborative lot-sizing for industrial symbiosis

Elodie Suzanne, Nabil Absi, Valeria Borodin and Wilco van den Heuvel

Demand forecasting in micro-fulfillment centers using association rule-based machine learning

Min Jeong An, Seung Hwan Jung and Dong Hee Lee

Bilevel joint optimization for product design changes with a resilient supply chain based on deep reinforcement learning

Yujie Ma, Xin Xia, Peiyao Liu and Chen Zhang

Sustainable life cycle management of batteries in a closed-loop supply chain under hierarchical cost-sharing contracts and carbon policies

Mohammad Reza Khodoomi, Babak Mohamadpour Tosarkani and Eric Ping Hung Li

From invisible to visible: How artificial intelligence facilitates generativity in product architecture

Jianyu Zhao, Yingbo Xu, Bo Zou, Xi Xi and Wei Liu

Strategic optimization of onboard carbon capture and storage for maritime supply chain management

Yuan Liu, Shuaian Wang and Lu Zhen

Environmental uncertainties and reciprocal investments within coopetition: The contingent role of appropriability mechanisms

Chandrasekararao Seepana, Antony Paulraj and Aneesh Datar

Volume 289, issue C, 2025

Capital-constrained third-party logistics firm encroachment with a retail platform

Fuli Shen, Lei Song and Gongbing Bi

Green premiums or economic pitfalls? Unraveling the profitability puzzle of credence attributes in agricultural supply chains

Mahsa Boroushaki, Tava Lennon Olsen and Quan Zhou

Circular supply chain network design: A robust probabilistic multi-objective optimisation approach

Ali Nazarinia, Amir Pirayesh, Olivier Dupouët and Maïder Saint-Jean

Sustainable cast iron supply chain network design: Robust multi-objective optimization with scenario reduction via genetic algorithm

Kasra Fathollahzadeh, Mehran Saeedi, Matin Ghasempour Anaraki and Meysam Rabiee

Effective job reassignments in large scale collaborative additive manufacturing networks

Dominik Zehetner and Margaretha Gansterer

Strengthening short food supply chains: Prioritizing obstacles and opportunities with PROMETHEE, Fuzzy DEMATEL, and Fuzzy TOPSIS class

Giovana Degaspari Pinto, Vitor Melão Cassânego, Lucas Gabriel Zanon, Diogo Ferraz and Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento Rebelatto

Constructing resilient supply chain for risk-averse buyers by data-driven robust optimization approach

Yanjiao Wang, Aixia Chen and Naiqi Liu

Factors and their multilevel relationships in global facility location decision making: An integrative review and framework for offshoring and backshoring decisions

Aseem Kinra, Debarshee Bhardwaj and Herbert Kotzab

A tripartite sequential game for relief prepositioning with framework agreements and catastrophe insurance

Xihui Wang, Mengzhe Zhou, Jianfang Shao and Qi Dong

Carrots, sticks, or hybrids? Evaluating policy instruments for low-carbon economic transition in CCUS supply chains

Lu Liu, Weijie Chen, Yu Xiong and Wenting Yang

Integrated data-driven and artificial intelligence framework to develop digital twins in distribution system of supply chains: A real industrial case

Matineh Ziari and Ata Allah Taleizadeh

Enhancing digital manufacturing efficiency and dominance relation driven big Data analytics

Zhuo Jin, Zhixiang Zhou and Huaqing Wu

Manufacturer encroachment in car per-use rental: The role of partial integration of supply chain

Jinyi Chen, ChenGuang Liu and Yongjie Dong

Pricing and wage decisions for on-demand food delivery platforms with multiple customer classes and courier pools

Yoo Seok Seo, JeongWook Lim, Byeong Kwon Lee and Kun Soo Park

Beware of the customer: Managing customer deviance in last mile logistics

Kathrin Mayr, Richard Heininger, Christoph Teller and Christian Stary

Power dynamics and financial flexibility: Insights from supply chain dyads

Ying Xu, Liukai Wang, Jason X. Wang and Xiangrui Meng

ESG greenwashing behaviour in the electric vehicle supply chain: Insights from evolutionary game theory

Yuhang Gao, Mimi Zhang, Muhammad Ali Nasir, Yan Hao, Jinghui Wu and Lixiao Zhang

Process innovation similarity with suppliers and bullwhip effect

Zishun Qian, Tingting Yan and Jianbin Li

Shareholding or authorization? The choice of cooperation between original equipment manufacturers and independent remanufacturers

Fei Cheng, Qiao Chen, Xiaoxi Liu and Yimeng Zhang

Evaluating the efficacy of emerging third-party logistics role: An examination of potential limitations

Chaorui Huang, Xin Wen and Sai-Ho Chung