AWARDS
Honouring OM research and teaching.
Three peer-reviewed awards are presented at the closing session of the EurOMA Annual Conference each year. Papers submitted to the conference are eligible; entries are judged on their contribution to the theory and practice of operations management.
CV
Chris Voss Best Paper Award
Established 2002.
Granted to the best paper presented at the EurOMA Annual Conference. Since 2004, the award has been supported by Emerald Group Publishing, publisher of the International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Papers are judged on their contribution towards the advancement of the theory and practice of operations management.
Prize:
The winner receives a framed certificate and three months’ access to an Emerald journal of their choice. Up to two runners-up receive framed certificates. All prizes are announced and handed over during the closing session of the conference, at the Awards Presentation.
HB
Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award
Established 2009.
Granted to the best paper presented at the conference authored by a PhD student. Supported by Emerald Group Publishing, publisher of the International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Papers are judged on their contribution towards the advancement of the theory and practice of operations management.
Prize:
The winner receives GBP 250 and a framed certificate. Up to two runners-up receive framed certificates. In addition, the winner is awarded one complimentary conference registration voucher for the following year for the main author, sponsored by EurOMA.
NS
Nigel Slack Teaching Innovation Award
Recognises impact and innovation in the teaching of operations management. The award aligns with the submission and evaluation process used for the other EurOMA best-paper awards, whilst allowing submissions to demonstrate creativity and impact in pedagogy and classroom practice.
Prize:
Winners and commended entries receive framed certificates, presented during the closing session of the EurOMA Annual Conference.
ROLL OF HONOUR
Award Winners and Runners-Up
A timeline of papers recognised at the EurOMA Annual Conference.
2026
Vienna
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Can AI think like a supply chain manager? Replicating managerial decisions with AI personas
Javier Amaya, Anton Shevchenko
1 runner-up
Hybrid care pathway configuration: Operational trade-offs in combining digital and in-person hospital care
Vincent Peters, Zhening Liu
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Exploring the sustainability-related perception building role of intermediaries in multi-tier supply chains
Jia Zuo, Satwant Dahiya, Christian Busse
2 runners-up
Building Resilience across Borders: Supply Chain Coordination in a Multinational Corporation
Muqier Buka, Dirk Pieter Van Donk, Stefania Boscari
Resilience as practice: Securing critical resource supply chains
Leon Iden
NIGEL SLACK TEACHING INNOVATION AWARD
Winner
Institutional Sustainability Pressures in the Classroom: A Gamified Experiment Case for Apparel Supply Chain
Ahmet Onur Agca, Reem Hadeed, Tamer Panagiotis Doss
2 finalists
Applying AI in Higher Education: Case Chats
Scott Sampson
A Pedagogical Innovation for Teaching Operations Management
Oncu Hazir
2025
Milan
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
(How) do informal cooperatives enhance upstream social sustainability?
Ghadafi Razak, Mehmet Chakkol
2 runners-up
From centralized to shared supply chain governance: insights from a longitudinal case study in the circular economy
Mateja Zavadlav, Pietro Romano, Pamela Danese, Jury Gualandris
Leveraging public entrepreneurship for societal value by developing supply chain entrepreneurial capabilities
Fahian Huq, Jas Kalra, Ilma Nur Chowdhury, Stefan Gold, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Supply chain emergence in nascent industries: A study of the plant-based meat sector
Tim Schlaich, Benn Lawson, Kai Hoberg
1 runner-up
Effects of augmenting technologies on cognitive disposition and work task performance: A field experiment with exoskeletons
Jannick Fiedler, Torbjørn Netland
NIGEL SLACK TEACHING INNOVATION AWARD
Winner
Understanding Complex Ambiguous Problems Using Soft Systems Methodology and Empathetic Discourse in the Classroom
Amrik Singh, Joy Garfield
2 runners-up
Game changers: Community-based experiential learning for sustainable futures
Maria Sofia Pugliese, Amy Benstead, Albachiara Boffelli, Jo Conlon, Lindsay Pressdee
Impact-focused teaching: How we built a research-driven, student-favorite course
Vincent Peters, Cindy Kuijpers
2024
Barcelona
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
The Silver Lining of a Strategic Asymmetry: Does Power Asymmetry Strengthen Supply Chain Network Resilience Amid Catastrophic Disruptions
Mohammad Rishehchi Fayyaz, Evelyne Vanpoucke, Canan Kocabasoglu Hillmer
2 runners-up
Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Supplier Diversity: An Exploratory Case Study
Deepak Ram Asokan, Chris Smith, Fahian Huq
Blockchain information for remanufactured consumer goods
Dina Ribbink, Rohan Savio D’Lima, Hubert Pun
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Embracing Social Procurement: An Institutional Work Perspective on Implementation in Procurement Practices
Josephine Chikwana, Leila Alinaghian, Kamran Razmdoost
1 runner-up
Mastering Control in the Age of AI Decision-Making
Diletta Tosetto, Letizia Mortara, Constanze M. Leeb, Andrea Vinelli
NIGEL SLACK TEACHING INNOVATION AWARD
Winner
The Factory: An Operations Management board game for active learning
Leopoldo Gutierrez, Ana Castillo, Matilde Ruiz-Arroyo
2023
Leuven
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Disentangling the effects of IIoT on proactive work behaviors
Ambra Galeazzo, Andrea Furlan, Luca Vendraminelli, Andrea Vinelli
2 runners-up
Supply chain design and societal impact in purpose-driven organizations: Insights from B Corps
Kelsey M. Taylor, Eugenia Rosca
How does Transparency of Lower-tier Suppliers Influence Focal Firm Reputational Risk?
Jesús Diego Castillo, Maria J. Montes-Sancho
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Navigating the innovation complexities across supply networks using attractors: A multi-level perspective
Iryna Malacina, Katrina Lintukangas · LUT University, Finland
1 runner-up
The effect of care concentration on patient logistics in healthcare supply networks
Michael Fröhlke, Gerdien Regts, Taco van der Vaart (University of Groningen) · Sabine Siesling (University of Twente)
NIGEL SLACK TEACHING INNOVATION AWARD
Winner
AI-Human Collaboration in Teaching: Autogeneration and test of operations management education videos
Torbjørn Netland, Katalin Tesch, Daniel Kwasnitschka, Oliver Von Dzengelevski
2 runners-up
Developing a sustainable mindset in a sustainable supply chain course
Beate Klingenberg, Albachiara Boffelli, Alice Madonna
A gamified approach to teaching process improvement
Paul Walley, Nicolas Wake
2022
Berlin
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Buying firm ESG controversies and supply base heterogeneity: A network governance perspective
Seongtae Kim, Son Byung-Gak, Sangho Chae
2 runners-up
Complex supply chain structure and carbon emissions: can the management of equivocality help to tackle climate change?
M. Cristina De Stefano, Maria J. Montes-Sancho
Labour issues at supplier factories in developing countries: Drivers and remediation of civil and collective violations
Eugenia Rosca, Sehwon Kang
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Using deep learning to improve inventory record accuracy: Concept and application
Javier R. Amaya Silva
NIGEL SLACK TEACHING INNOVATION AWARD
Winner
Using “Microcase studies” in Operations Management teaching
Elcio Mendonça Tachizawa, Irene Martín Rubio, Thais Rangel
2021
Online
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
How managers’ mental frames affect the use of process improvement approaches in NPD
Rima Al-Hasan, Pietro Micheli
2 runners-up
Artificial Intelligence in law and accountancy services: implications for tasks, processes and strategy
Martin Spring, James Faulconbridge, Atif Sarwar
Digital last mile delivery industry: The impact of working conditions on workers’ well-being and individual performance
Annachiara Longoni, Sergio Salas, Cristina Sancha, Frank Wiengarten, Vicenta Sierra
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Business Ecosystem Embeddedness: Improving Supply Chain Competence through External Knowledge Capacities
Marta Riquelme-Medina, Vanesa Barrales-Molina, Francisco Javier Llorens-Montes (University of Granada) · Mark Stevenson (Lancaster University)
1 runner-up
Cascading Sustainability Through Multi-Tier Supply Chains: A Power Perspective
Kati Marttinen, Anni-Kaisa Kähkönen · LUT University
NIGEL SLACK TEACHING INNOVATION AWARD
Winner
A virtual reality app for teaching operations management
Torbjørn Netland, Rafael Lorenz, Daniel Kwasnitschka, Julian Senoner · ETH Zurich
2 runners-up
Agile teaching: using the principles of scrum to design and deliver education
Nicholas Wake, Søren Riber (Hult International Business School) · Desirée Kolman
2020
Online
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Inside the multi-tier supply firms: Exploring responses to institutional pressures and challenges for sustainable supply management
Shobod Nath, Gabriel Eweje
2 runners-up
Artificial Intelligence in law and accountancy services: implications for tasks, processes and strategy
Martin Spring, James Faulconbridge, Atif Sarwar
Digital last mile delivery industry: The impact of working conditions on workers’ well-being and individual performance
Annachiara Longoni, Sergio Salas, Cristina Sancha, Frank Wiengarten, Vicenta Sierra
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Exploring paradoxes in sustainable supply chain management — Insights from multi-tier supply chains
A. Zehendner, A.K. Kähkönen, P.C. Sauer, P. Schöpflin
2019
Helsinki
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Alleviating service fragmentation with interorganizational interfaces
Mervi Vähätalo, Vincent J.T. Peters, Bert R. Meijboom, Alice Barendregt, Levinus A. Bok, Esther de Vries
2 runners-up
Swift Trust – Swifter Distrust: Exploring cooperation in humanitarian supply chains
Sarah Shiffling, Yiyi Fang, Matthew Tickle, Claire Hannibal
When do 3PLs initiate low carbon supply integration?
Xiaohong Liu, Chen Qian, Shenhui Wang
2018
Budapest
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
An Analysis of Shopping Behavior at Warehouse-Club Stores and Its Store-Network-Density Implications
Stanley Frederick W.T. Lim, Elliot Rabinovich, Sungho Park, Minha Hwang
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Using machine learning to improve manufacturing: Proposing and validating a data-driven framework
Julian Senoner, Oliver Flaeshner, Torbjørn H. Netland
2017
Edinburgh
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Entry Modes in Reshoring Strategies: An Empirical Analysis
Li Wan, Guido Orzes, Marco Sartor, Carmela Di Mauro, Guido Nassimbeni
2 runners-up
Supply Chain Learning of Sustainability in Multi-Tier Supply Chains: A Resource Orchestration Perspective
Yu Gong, Fu Jia, Steve Brown, Lenny Koh
Does Buyers’ Dependence Translate into Financial Performance? An Empirical Analysis of Manufacturer-Service Provider Relationships
Ornella Benedettini, Andy Neely
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
To Delegate or Control? A Behavioral Investigation of the Multi-Tier Sourcing Decision
Sangho Chae, Benn Lawson, Thomas J. Kull, Thomas Y. Choi
NIGEL SLACK TEACHING INNOVATION AWARD
Winner
Inquiry-based Intermodal Shipping Competition
Brent Snider, Nancy Southin
2 runners-up
A Gamified Approach to Improving Customer Service Delivery in a Train Operating Company
Richard Orme, Ben Clegg, Andy Poole, Andy Yeoman, Chris Owen, Panagiotis Petridis, Pavel Albores
The Effects of Teaching Style on Student Recall
Alexander Urquhart, Nicholas Wake, Amanda Nimon Peters
2016
Trondheim
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
The role of certification and partner communities in the ICT sector
Chris Story, Canan Kocabasoglu Hillmer, Sinead Roden, Ko de Ruyter
2 runners-up
Competitive advantage through green operations: Does information disclosure with stakeholders matter?
Annachiara Longoni, Raffaella Cagliano
Building resilient supply chains: the role of supply chain integration
Dirk Pieter Van Donk, Cristina Sancha Fernandez, Kirstin Scholten
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Examining the anatomy of last-mile distribution in omni-channel retailing: A supply network configuration and contingency approach
Stanley Frederick W.T. Lim, Jagjit Singh Srai, Elliot Rabinovich
1 runner-up
High Involvement — Does it fit all mass customization strategies?
Enrico Sandrin, Alessio Trentin, Cipriano Forza
2015
Neuchâtel
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Supplier development for sustainability in global supply chains: Insights from dyadic case studies conducted in Switzerland and China
Menglei Niu, Christian Busse, Stephan M. Wagner
2 runners-up
How public service supply chains achieve integration: Findings from five cases
Carolien De Blok
Does social accountability pay off? An empirical investigation on the performance impact of SA8000
Guido Orzes, Fu Jia, Marco Sartor, Guido Nassimbeni
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Justice or efficiency versus justice and efficiency: findings from three Western criminal justice chains
Aline Seepma, Carolien de Blok, Dirk Pieter van Donk
2 runners-up
The moderating role of stakeholder pressure in the relationship between CSR practices and financial performance in a globalizing world
Fazli Haleem, Sami Farooq, Harry Boer, Cristina Gimenez
The role of precarious work on the efficacy of lean practices
Cristina Sancha, Frank Wiengarten
NIGEL SLACK TEACHING INNOVATION AWARD
Winner
Advancing the skill set of SCM graduates — An active learning approach
Kirstin Scholten, Anna Dubois
2 runners-up
The Blue Suitcase: Operations Management Education through Reflexive Articulated Perception
Alastair Nicholson, Dana Brown, John Schirn, Steve New
“Flip” or not to “Flip”? Reflections on the Redesign of an Undergraduate Operations Management Course
Mark Johnson, Mehmet Chakkol, Max Finne
2014
Palermo
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Organizational responsiveness to supplier disruptions: Empirical evidence from agri-food product recalls
Antony Potter, Benn Lawson, Frits Pil, Matthias Holweg
2 runners-up
Sustainable supply chain management and competitive advantage: The role of human capital
Annachiara Longoni, Raffaella Cagliano
Supply chain risk management and operational performance: The impact of country-level disruption risks
Katri Kauppi, Federico Caniato, Markku Kuula, Annachiara Longoni
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Dealing with deliberately defaulting suppliers: An agency theory perspective
Ernst-Jan Prosman, Kirstin Scholten, Damien Power
2 runners-up
The impact of global operations on product architecture
Sebastian Pashaei, Jan Olhager
Effective lean knowledge transfer across manufacturing units in multinational corporations
Stefania Boscari, Pamela Danese, Pietro Romano
2013
Dublin
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Absorptive capacity and mass customization capability: The role of customers and suppliers as sources of knowledge
Min Zhang (Norwich Business School) · Xiande Zhao (CEIBS) · Marjorie A. Lyles (Indiana University Kelley)
2 runners-up
Building new product advantage within inter-firm NPD projects: The role of firm selection, supplier technology, and absorptive capabilities
Antony Potter, Benn Lawson, Beverly B. Tyler
Empirical evidence for the influencing factors of preferential treatment by suppliers
Lisa Hüttinger, Holger Schiele · University of Twente
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Empirical Relationship Between Infrastructure Practices, Lean Practices and Factory Fitness: The Swift Even Flow Perspective
George Onofrei, Brian Fynes, Sean de Burca, Evelyn Roche · University College Dublin
1 runner-up
Performance Effects of Purchasing Category Strategy Alignment with Purchasing’s Structural Configuration in Industrial Category Supply Management
Karl J. Grajczyk, Markus Amann, Michael Essig · Bundeswehr University Munich
2012
Amsterdam
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Managing Supplier Performance during Collaborative New Product Development
Benn Lawson (Cambridge), Daniel Krause (Colorado State), Antony Potter (Manchester)
2 runners-up
An Exploratory Model for Coordination Approaches in Buyer-supplier-supplier Triads in NPD projects
Melek Akin Ates, Jan van den Ende (Erasmus) · Guido Ianniello (Luiss Guido Carli)
Innovating Healthcare Operations: lessons from a micro-level investigation
Emanuele Lettieri, Giovanni Radaelli, Nicola Spiller (Politecnico di Milano) · Matteo Mura (Università di Bologna)
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Supplier and Purchasing Function involvement in NPD: What are the effects?
Andrea Stefano Patrucco, Davide Luzzini, Stefano Ronchi · Politecnico di Milano
1 runner-up
Strategies to Cope with Uncertainty: The moderating role of the supply chain position
Andreas Wieland (TU Berlin) · Carl Marcus Wallenburg (WHU)
2011
Cambridge
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Managing inter-firm relationships in open service innovation
Carolien de Blok, Wietze van der Aa, Pim den Hertog · University of Amsterdam
2 runners-up
Electronic purchasing tools and purchasing absorptive capacity as antecedents of purchasing category performance
Katri Karjalainen (Manchester), Alistair Brandon-Jones (Bath), Stephano Ronchi (Politecnico di Milano), Erik van Raaij (Erasmus)
Global supply networks and responsiveness in the international clothing industry: Differences across different retailer types
Bart MacCarthy, Amila Jayarathne · University of Nottingham
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Integrative practices in hospitals and their impact on patient flow
Justin Drupsteen · University of Groningen
2 runners-up
Supply chain collaboration, inter-firm trust and logistics performance: Evidence from the tourism sector
Pairach Piboonrungroj · Cardiff University & Chiang Mai University
Supply chain integration under resource dependence; How powerful buyers and suppliers shape integration as the value of the relationship rises
Boyana Petkova · University of Groningen
2010
Porto
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Linking networks and plant roles: The impact of changing a plant role
Andreas Feldmann, Jan Olhager, Don Fleet, Yongjiang Shi
2 runners-up
Cooperation in the supply chain and lean production adoption: Evidence from the Spanish automotive industry
José Moyano-Fuentes, Macarena Sacristán-Díaz, Pedro J. Martínez-Jurado
From tools to systems: A critical appraisal of lean healthcare implementations
Zoe Radnor, Matthias Holweg
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Food supply chain in manufacturing companies — An exploratory study on product and configuration
Pichawadee Kittipanyangam, Yongjiang Shi, Mike Gregory · University of Cambridge
2 runners-up
The servitization of manufacturing: A resource-based perspective
Yang Cheng, Harry Boer, John Johansen · Aalborg University
Beyond universalism: continuous improvement in its socio-cultural context
Jürgen P. Wagner, Nigel P. Grigg, Robin Mann, Musli Mohammad, Warwick Harvie · Massey University
2009
Göteborg
Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award introduced.
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Theoretical versus actual product variety: how much customisation is really demanded in the marketplace?
Joe Miemczyk, Thomas Stäblein, Matthias Holweg
1 runner-up
The impact of country culture on the adoption of new forms of work organization
Raffaella Cagliano, Federico Caniato, Ruggero Golini, Evelyn Micelotta
HARRY BOER BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner
Matching Innovation Outsourcing Motivations and Innovation Providers: An Empirical Study at Siemens
Zhijian Cui, Christoph Loch, Bernd Grossmann, Ru He
1 runner-up
Supply chain management concepts and humanitarian aid agencies — an exploratory study
Kirstin Scholten, Pamela Sharkey-Scott, Brian Fynes
2009
Groningen
CHRIS VOSS BEST PAPER AWARD
Winner
Supply chain structure and its impact on supplier socially responsible practices
Amrou Awaysheh, Robert D. Klassen
2 runners-up
Analysis of the relationships between operations strategy paradigms and performance
Giovani J. C. da Silveira, Rui S. Sousa
Effects on performance of lean bundles
Giorgia Dal Pont, Andrea Furlan, Andrea Vinelli
2002
Copenhagen
Chris Voss Best Paper Award established, supported by Emerald.