Luk Van Wassenhove

Professor Van Wassenhove currently focuses on aligning business models and new technologies with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, e.g. closed-loop supply chains, circular economy, and disaster and health logistics. He recently co-edited special issues on humanitarian operations for the Journal of Operations Management, the Production and Operations Management Journal and the European Journal of Operational Research.

Professor Van Wassenhove is Fellow of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS 2005). In 2006, he received EURO’s Gold Medal. He is Distinguished Fellow of the Manufacturing and Services Operations Management Society (MSOM 2009), and Honorary Fellow of the European Operations Management Association (EUROMA 2013). In 2018 he was elected Fellow of INFORMS and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Thessaloniki.

At INSEAD Emeritus Professor Van Wassenhove holds the Henry Ford Chair in Manufacturing, as emeritus. He created the INSEAD Social Innovation Center and acted as academic director until 2010. He currently leads INSEAD’s Humanitarian Research Group and its Sustainable Operations Initiative.

PUBLICATIONS

• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Plant Networks for Processing Recyclable Materials - Manufacturing and Services Operations Management
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - How Collection Cost Structure Drives a Manufacturer's Reverse Channel Choice - Production and Operations Management
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Anatomy of a Decision Trap in Complex New Product Development Projects - Academy of Management Journal
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - An Operations Perspective on Product Take-back Legislation for e-waste: Theory, Practice, and Research Needs - Production and Operations Management
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Lifecycle Pricing for Installed Base Management with Constrained Capacity and Remanufacturing - Production and Operations Management
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Field Vehicle Fleet Management in Humanitarian Operations: A Case-based Approach - Journal of Operations Management
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Do Random Errors Explain Newsvendor Behavior? - Manufacturing and Services Operations Management
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - So What if Remanufacturing Cannibalizes my New Product Sales? - California Management Review
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Closed-Loop Supply Chain Activities in Japanese Home Appliance/Personal Computer Manufacturers: A Case Study - International Journal of Production Economics

RESEARCH AREAS

Supply Chain Management, Closed-Loop Supply Chains, Humanitarian Logistics, Sustainable Operations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Excellence in Operations and Software Management Effectiveness

TEACHING AREAS

Management in the Humanitarian Sector, Executive Education

INDUSTRY SECTORS

Automobiles, Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Engineering & Machinery