Sam AFLAKI

Professor

Information Systems and Operations Management

Biography

Sam Aflaki is a professor of information systems and operations management and the chair of that department. He also serves as the academic director of the operations module in the HEC EMBA program. Sam holds a Ph.D. in management from INSEAD and his current research focuses on sustainable decision making, operations management, and (energy) policies. Sam's research has been published in leading management and economics journals as well as being recognized in a number of INFORMS' prestigious competitions. Sam currently serves as the French co-director of the industrial excellence award, one of the most prestigious operational management competitions for manufacturing and service organizations worldwide. Sam teaches operations management courses in various degree programs and has served as a guest lecturer in a number of leading management institutions around the world.

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Scientific articles

Technology-push, demand-pull and endogenous drivers of innovation in the renewable energy industry

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2021, vol. 23, pp 1563–1580, (in coll. with S. A. Basher, A. MASINI)

Contracting for Technology Improvement: the Effect of Asymmetric Bargaining Power and Investment Uncertainty

European Journal of Operational Research, Septembre 2021, vol. 293, n° 2, pp 481-494, (in coll. with A. SHANTIA, A. MASINI)

Right Information at the Right Time: Reevaluating the Attitude–Behavior Gap in Environmental Technology Adoption

International Journal of Production Economics, December 2021, vol. 242, n° 108278, (in coll. with S. GOODARZI, A. MASINI, B. FAHIMNIA)

Input-price Risk Management: Technology Improvement and Financial Hedging

Production and Operations Management, August 2019, vol. 28, n° 8, pp 2044-2067, (in coll. with A. SHANTIA, H. GHODDUSI)

Optimal Feed-In Tariff Policies: The Impact of Market Structure and Technology Characteristics

Production and Operations Management, May 2019, vol. 28, n° 5, pp 1108-1128, (in coll. with S. GOODARZI, A. MASINI)

Is your valley as green as it should be? Incorporating economic development into environmental performance indicators

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, October 2018, vol. 20, n° 8, pp 1903–1915, (in coll. with S. BASHER, A. MASINI)

Strategic Investment in Renewable Energy Sources: The Effect of Supply Intermittency

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Summer 2017, vol. 19, n° 3, pp 489-507, (in coll. with S. NETESSINE)

Competition and The Operational Performance of Hospitals: The Role of Hospital Objectives

Production and Operations Management, November 2015, vol. 24, n° 11, pp 1812–1832, (in coll. with D. A. ANDRITSOS)

Time series properties of the renewable energy diffusion process: Implications for energy policy design and assessment

Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, December 2015, vol. 52, pp 1680-1692, (in coll. with S. BASHER, A. MASINI)

Managing Retention in Service Relationships

Management Science, February 2014, vol. 60, n° 2, pp 415-433, (in coll. with I. POPESCU)

Chapters in edited books

Going Green: The Pfizer Freiburg Energy Initiative

Sustainability In Supply Chain Management, P. A. Soyka, R. Palevich, S. M. Leon (Eds), FT Press

Proceedings

Performance-based contracts for energy efficiency projects

8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management , 2018 , Bandung , 2018 , March (L. DING, R. KAPUSCINSKI)

Time Value Of Different Information Dimensions In The Adoption Of Photovoltaic System

Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings , 2014 , Doha , 1 (S. GOODARZI, A. MASINI)

Working papers

Right Information at the Right Time: Time Value of Information Characteristics for Environmental Technology Adoption

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Performance-Based Contracts for Energy Efficiency Projects

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Does Economic Growth Matter? Technology-Push, Demand-Pull and Endogenous Drivers of Innovation in the Renewable Energy Industry

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015

Energy Efficiency Contracting in Supply Chains Under Asymmetric Bargaining Power

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015

Recovery Targets and Taxation/Subsidy Policies to Promote Product Reuse

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015

Case Studies

Groupe Point Vision: Process Innovation and a Revolution in Ophthalmology

Inditex: Is 'Greening of the Red' Possible? Addressing Menstrual Hygiene Management

2022

African Solar Rise: Electrifying Rural Tanzania

2014

Going Green: The Pfizer Freiburg Energy Initiative (A)

2010