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EXPRESS: Supply Chain Resilience as Endotherm Resilience: Theorizing Through Metaphorical Transfer 快讯：作为内热复原力的供应链复原力：通过隐喻转移实现理论化

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Production and Operations Management Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1177/10591478241234170

Christopher S. Kwaramba, Susan Meyer Goldstein, Erica F. Cooper, Quinton J. Nottingham, Paul B. Lowry

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EXPRESS: Procurement for Empowerment: the Impact of Female Decision-Makers in Reproductive Health Supply Chains EXPRESS：采购促进赋权：女性决策者在生殖健康供应链中的影响

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Production and Operations Management Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1177/10591478241235585

Amir Karimi, Dwaipayan Roy

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EXPRESS: Diversity and Inclusion under Pressure: Building Relational Resilience into Humanitarian Operations 快讯压力下的多样性和包容性：在人道主义行动中建立关系复原力

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Production and Operations Management Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1177/10591478241234993

Brooke A. Gazdag, Niels Van Quaquebeke, M. Besiou

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EXPRESS: Trend-Chasing versus Minimalism: Selling Fewer, Better Products to Fashion-Sensitive Customers 快讯追逐潮流与极简主义：向对时尚敏感的顾客销售更少、更好的产品

IF 5 3区管理学

Production and Operations Management Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1177/10591478241234996

M. Jalili, Michael S. Pangburn, Alireza Yazdani

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EXPRESS: Managing Product Variety to Increase Sales in Used Automotive Closed-loop Supply Chains 快递：管理产品种类，提高中古汽车闭环供应链的销售额

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Production and Operations Management Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1177/10591478241234991

Lance W. Saunders, Jason R.W. Merrick, Chad W. Autry, Michael R. Galbreth, Randy V. Bradley

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EXPRESS: Goal Orientation for Fair Machine Learning Algorithms EXPRESS：公平机器学习算法的目标导向

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Production and Operations Management Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1177/10591478241234998

Heng Xu, Nan Zhang

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EXPRESS: Regulation of Privatized Public Service Systems 快讯对私有化公共服务系统的监管

IF 5 3区管理学

Production and Operations Management Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1177/10591478241235005

Ming Hu, Weixiang Huang, Chunhui Liu, Wenhui Zhou

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EXPRESS: Seeking and Exploiting Synergies among the UN Sustainability Development Goals: Research Opportunities for Operations Management 快讯：寻求和利用联合国可持续发展目标之间的协同作用：运营管理的研究机会

IF 5 3区管理学

Production and Operations Management Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1177/10591478241235004

M. Sodhi, Christopher S. Tang

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EXPRESS: Trend-Chasing versus Minimalism: Selling Fewer, Better Products to Fashion-Sensitive Customers 快讯追逐潮流与极简主义：向对时尚敏感的顾客销售更少、更好的产品

IF 5 3区管理学

Production and Operations Management Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1177/10591478241234996

M. Jalili, Michael S. Pangburn, Alireza Yazdani

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EXPRESS: Revisiting Equity in Urban Operations Management 50 Years Later: What Do City Planners Have to Say? 快讯50年后重新审视城市运营管理中的公平问题：城市规划者怎么说？

IF 5 3区管理学

Production and Operations Management Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1177/10591478241235002

Mark Brennan

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