Call for Papers Special Issue of Production and Operations Management: Not for Profit Operations Management Guest Editors: Gemma Berenguer, Purdue University Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology J. George Shanthikumar, Purdue University Jayashankar M. Swaminathan, UNC, Chapel Hill Luk Van Wassenhove, INSEAD Motivation Over the past few years, there has been increasing interest in studying the management of operations run with not for profit incentives. In the area of Production and Operations Management (POM), the applied areas that have captured more attention related to this type of operations are humanitarian disaster management and global health care, but not for profit operations appear in multiple other applied settings such as edu- cation, community services, public services, and even some activities run by for-profit organizations. The study of Not for Profit Operations Management is an emerging and important research area that is underserved by POM scholars. Much of the exist- ing literature is scant and consists of the study of specific cases but a large number of operational issues for these cases are recurrent in different not for profit settings. This special issue aims to collect work from different applied areas and motivate scholars to develop theoretical models in the realm of Not for Profit Operations Management. The stan- dard POM tools developed to address for-profit operations are not always the best fit to address not for profit operations. For this reason there is a need to build theory by developing analytical and empirical models tailored to this type of operations. Moreover, novel POM theory needs to be developed to address issues exclusively pertinent to this area such as the management of donations, the design of fundraising mechanisms, and the study of the fund allocation problem. Scope and Topics With this special issue we encourage POM research- ers to develop rigorous and relevant analytical and empirical research in this emerging field of study. We seek high-quality research that contributes to shape via theoretical, empirical and behavioral insights the area of Not for Profit Operations Management. The topics of interest to the special issue include but are not limited to: Pricing Inventory Procurement and supplier selection Logistics Funds allocation Performance measures Donor problem of monitoring and bench- marking recipients’ performance Coordination issues between different recipient organizations Coordination issues between different donors Donor-recipient relationship The design of fundraising mechanisms The management of donations (earmarked donations, gifts-in-kind, voluntary labor) Important Dates Submission deadline: March 1 st 2015 Target date for publication: May 2016 Authors will be strongly encouraged to revise and resubmit their papers within three months. Accep- tance decision will be made within two review cycles. Submission procedure Please prepare the article following POM’s guidelines and submit the file online at the POM Manuscript Central site. Please ensure that you select J. George Shanthikumar as the Department Editor and specify 1664 Vol. 23, No. 9, September 2014, pp. 1664–1665 DOI 10.1111/poms.12288 ISSN 1059-1478|EISSN 1937-5956|14|2309|1664 © 2014 Production and Operations Management Society

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Call for Papers

Special Issue of Production and Operations Management:Not for Profit Operations Management

Guest Editors:Gemma Berenguer, Purdue University

Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology

J. George Shanthikumar, Purdue University

Jayashankar M. Swaminathan, UNC, Chapel Hill

Luk Van Wassenhove, INSEAD

Motivation

Over the past few years, there has been increasinginterest in studying the management of operations runwith not for profit incentives. In the area of Productionand Operations Management (POM), the applied areasthat have captured more attention related to this typeof operations are humanitarian disaster managementand global health care, but not for profit operationsappear in multiple other applied settings such as edu-cation, community services, public services, and evensome activities run by for-profit organizations.The study of Not for Profit Operations Management

is an emerging and important research area that isunderserved by POM scholars. Much of the exist-ing literature is scant and consists of the study ofspecific cases but a large number of operationalissues for these cases are recurrent in different notfor profit settings. This special issue aims to collectwork from different applied areas and motivatescholars to develop theoretical models in the realmof Not for Profit Operations Management. The stan-dard POM tools developed to address for-profitoperations are not always the best fit to addressnot for profit operations. For this reason there is aneed to build theory by developing analytical andempirical models tailored to this type of operations.Moreover, novel POM theory needs to be devel-oped to address issues exclusively pertinent to thisarea such as the management of donations, thedesign of fundraising mechanisms, and the studyof the fund allocation problem.

Scope and Topics

With this special issue we encourage POM research-ers to develop rigorous and relevant analytical and

empirical research in this emerging field of study. Weseek high-quality research that contributes to shapevia theoretical, empirical and behavioral insights thearea of Not for Profit Operations Management. The top-ics of interest to the special issue include but are notlimited to:� Pricing� Inventory� Procurement and supplier selection� Logistics� Funds allocation� Performance measures� Donor problem of monitoring and bench-

marking recipients’ performance� Coordination issues between different recipi-

ent organizations� Coordination issues between different donors� Donor-recipient relationship� The design of fundraising mechanisms� The management of donations (earmarked

donations, gifts-in-kind, voluntary labor)

Important Dates

Submission deadline: March 1st 2015Target date for publication: May 2016Authors will be strongly encouraged to revise and

resubmit their papers within three months. Accep-tance decision will be made within two review cycles.

Submission procedure

Please prepare the article following POM’s guidelinesand submit the file online at the POM ManuscriptCentral site. Please ensure that you select J. GeorgeShanthikumar as the Department Editor and specify

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in your cover letter that the manuscript is for thespecial issue.Questions on this special issue can be sent to any ofthe guest editors:Gemma Berenguer [[email protected]]Pinar Keskinocak [[email protected]]

J. George Shanthikumar [[email protected]]Jayashankar Swaminathan [[email protected]]Luk Van Wassenhove [[email protected]]