6Th AnnuAl ConferenCe

DECISION SCIENCES FORTHE SERVICE ECONOMY

MAy 31 - June 3, 2015TAorMinA (iTAly)

2015

Venue

The conference venue is hotel Villa Diodoro (http://www.hotelvilladiodoro.com) where the conference par-ticipants can also stay, in the beautiful town of Taormina in Sicily.

Settled on a rocky promontory high above the sea, the town dominates the sea and the top of Mount Etna, of-fering to the visitor dramatic and memorable views. Ta-ormina has been the most popular tourist destination in Sicily for a couple of hundreds of years, ever since it beca-me an integral part of the Grand Tour.

The nearest Airport is the Vincenzo Bellini/Fontanarossa airport in Catania (15 minutes from the centre of Catania and about 40 minutes from Taormina). Catania’s airport is well connected to Rome and Milan, and direct flights link it to many European cities.

Organising COmmittee

Alessandro Ancarani, Università di CataniaCarmela Di Mauro, Università di CataniaMaria Daniela Giammanco, Università di CataniaFrancesco Mascali, Università di CataniaPaolo Barbieri, Università di BolognaSimone Gitto, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”Marco Sartor, Università di Udine

InfOrmatiOn

Address correspondence to: info@edsi2015.it Visit our Web site: www.edsi2015.it

2015

PrOgram COmmittee

Carmela Di Mauro, Chair, Università di Catania, ITAlessandro Ancarani, Co-chair, Università di Catania, ITJan Stentoft Arlbjørn, University of Southern Denmark, DKSukran Atadeniz, Yeditepe University, TKConstantin Blome, Université Catholique de Louvain, BEMarkku Kuula, Aalto University, FIBart MacCarthy, University of Nottingham, UKGyula Vastag, Széchenyi University, HU

sCientifiC COmmittee

Alessandro Ancarani, Università di Catania, Italy Jan Stentoft Arlbjørn, Univ. of Southern Denmark, Denmark Sukran N. Atadeniz, Yeditepe University, TurkeyConstantin Blome, Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Carmela Di Mauro, Università di Catania, Italy Maling Ebrahimpour, University of South Florida, USAEmilio Esposito, Università di Napoli Federico II, ItalyMichael Essig, Universität der Bundeswehr, GermanyRoberto Filippini, Università di Padova, ItalySalvatore Greco, Università di Catania, ItalyChristine Harland, Cardiff University, UKMichael Henke, Fraunhofer Institute, GermanyMarkku Kuula, Aalto University, FIRichard Lamming, Manchester Business School, UKKeong Leong, University of Nevada Las Vegas, USABartholomew MacCarthy, University of Nottingham, UK Kathleen McFadden, Northern Illinois University, USARam Narasimhan, Michigan State University, USA Guido Nassimbeni, Università di Udine, Italy Jan Olhager, Linköpings Universitet, SwedenGustavo Piga, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, ItalyMario Raffa, Università di Napoli Federico II, ItalyGianluca Spina, Politecnico di Milano, ItalySri Talluri, Michigan State University, USA Jan Telgen, University of Twente, NetherlandsGyula Vastag, Széchenyi University, Hungary Chris Voss, London Business School, UKStephan M. Wagner, Swiss Institute of Tech., Switzerland Helen Walker, Cardiff University, UKFinn Wynstra, Erasmus University, NetherlandsAndrea Zanoni, Università di Bologna, ItalyXiande Zhao, China-Europe Int. Business School, ChinaGeorge Zsidisin, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

abOut EDSIEDSI, a regional division of the Decision Sciences Institu-te (DSI) (www.decisionsciences.org), is a non-profit orga-nization of European researchers, managers, and educa-tors interested in decision-making in private and public organizations. EDSI is the European network focused on multi-disci-plinary research and Education in the field of Decision Sciences.

DeCisiOn sCienCes fOr the serViCe eCOnOmy

Services represent the largest part of the economy of many countries, and the fastest growing part of their bu-siness for many multi-business companies. Also, a crucial role in modern economies is played by public services in order to improve the quality of life of citizens and the competitiveness of firms.

Today services have become an important element of firms’ value proposition to their customers, thus making the analysis of service provision crucial not only to servi-ce organizations but also to manufacturing firms. In spite of the large amount of research devoted to servi-ces, many issues still require attention and, because of the complex nature of services, call for an interdisciplinary focus. Pursuing research collaboration across disciplines may lead to the development of new insights, theories, and solutions related to complex service challenges and opportunities.

Research priorities include, but are not limited to, service innovation, service design and operations, service net-works and value chains, measuring and optimising ser-vice value to customers.

Against this backdrop, the conference aims at providing an arena for discussion based on multiple lenses, in the belief that the ability of our economies to achieve a further rise in value created passes through a deeper understan-ding of the growing role of services.

Call fOr PaPers

As the conference fosters interdisciplinary research, we invite contributions from all disciplines relevant to de-cision making and decision processes, in addition to the conference theme.

Potential topics include but are not limited to: Advances in Decision Theory• Behavioural Aspects of Operations Management • Globalization of Manufacturing • Innovations in Information Technology Applications• Innovative Applications in Modelling and Decision • Techniques Network Analysis• New Trends in Entrepreneurship • Performance Management • Public Procurement• Public Sector Decision Making • Purchasing and Supply Management • Risk Management• Global Supply Chain Management • Supply Chain Finance• Supply Chain Operations Management• Sustainability and CSR•

A selection of the competition papers submitted to the con-ference and focused on the conference topics will appear in a book to be published by Pearson in 2015.The conference “Best Paper” on purchasing and supply management will be published in the “Journal of Purcha-sing and Supply Management” by Elsevier.

tentatiVe PrOgram

May 31, 2015Doctoral Workshop• Plenary/Parallel sessions• Welcome reception•

June 1, 2015 Plenary/Parallel sessions• Social dinner•

June 2, 2015 Plenary/Parallel sessions•

June 3, 2015 Plant visit (optional)•

COnferenCe fees

Early bird registration Until April 3rd, 2015DSI members € 420,00Non-members* € 540,00PhD-Students € 320,00

Standard registration After April 3rd, 2015DSI members € 490,00Non-members* € 610,00PhD-Students € 390,00* Includes one-year membership to DSI

Early/Standard fee includes: Admission to all academic sessions, handout materials and conference proceedings, welcome reception, conference dinner, lunches and refre-shments throughout the conference. imPOrtant Dates

Competition papers

Working papers

Abstract submission Feb 10, 2015

Full paper submission Jan 10, 2015

Notification of the review process Feb 10, 2015 Mar 10, 2015

Final paper submission (papers accepted for the book) Feb 28, 2015

Final submission(working papers) Apr 10, 2015