Professor Van Wassenhove is among academic leaders in sustainable innovation and is a pioneer of reverse logistics. His business models for Closed-Loop Supply Chains played a central role in the EU’s electrical waste directive (WEEE Directive) and underpin concepts at the heart of the Circular Economy.

Professor Szulanski is recognised as a world leading authority on inter-firm transfer of best practice, helping companies realise cost savings and enhance competitiveness. Early in his career, Szulanski’s research showed that the transfer of knowledge was not a single act of communication, as widely perceived, but an intricate process.

Professor Erin Anderson’s research work opened up new horizons for transaction cost analysis and provided crucial models to companies to help them make the ever-pressing decision of whether to “make” or “buy”.

Supply chains experience wild fluctuations in demand when they’re not coordinated. Professor Paddy Padmanabhan wrote one of the most influential papers in Management Science that showed how to alleviate the effect with collaboration and information-sharing strategies.