This book is intended as a tribute to Gianluca Spina, the influential and inspiring Professor of Business Management & Organization and Supply Chain Management at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, who very sadly passed away early in 2015. It brings together seven of his most important papers, published in renowned international journals, and supplements these papers with insightful commentaries from friends and colleagues who highlight key messages and values of enduring validity. The selected papers offer a clear sense of Spina’s research journey over the years and cover the main research streams that distinguished his work. They have also been chosen on account of their high impact, as reflected by the number of citations received, and to represent the most important research collaborations that Spina had established within Italy and abroad. An introductory chapter relates his research to major developments in the field of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Strategy and also outlines the very important contribution that Gianluca Spina made to Management Education.
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“The Impact of the Just-in-Time Approach on Production System Performance: A Survey of Italian Industry” by Cipriano Forza and Roberto Filippini.- ‘Strategically flexible production: the multi-focused manufacturing paradigm’ by Chris Voss.- “Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Strategically Flexible Production” by Harry Boer.- “A model of codesign relationships: definitions and contingencies” by Alberto De Toni and Guido Nassimbeni.- ‘E-business strategy: how companies are shaping their manufacturing and supply chain through the Internet’ by Matteo Kalchschmidt and Ann Vereecke.- “Logistics and supply chain management in luxury fashion retail: empirical investigation of Italian firms” by Andrea Vinelli, amela Danese and Pietro Romano.- “Past, present and future trends of purchasing and supply management: An extensive literature review” by Finn Wynstra and Michael Essig.
