Contact Dr Andrea Appolloni
- Email: A.Appolloni@cranfield.ac.uk
- Twitter: @appolloni
Background
Andrea Appolloni MSc. PhD. is post-doc fellow and Member Faculty in Management at Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy). In the same University he received a doctorate degree in Management. At University of Macerata (Italy), he received a Master degree in International Business for China and Eastern Countries. He is Visiting Fellow at the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Centre, Cranfield School of Management (UK). He has been a visiting scholars at Tianjin University (China), at University of Tennessee in Knoxville (USA) and at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETH (CH).
His research activities mainly focus on supply chain management and purchasing with a specific interest in sustainability and innovation including competition and cooperation, collaboration in supply management. Recently his interests have extended to lean and performance management.
He is regularly present at international conferences and he teach undergraduate, postgraduate and executive Master level in a variety of subjects in Operations Management.
Clients
- Accenture
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Newaz MS & Appolloni A. (2024). Evolution of behavioral research on E‐waste management: Conceptual frameworks and future research directions. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(2)
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Appolloni A, Jagtap S, Iranmanesh M, .... (2024). Unleashing the power of internet of things and blockchain: A comprehensive analysis and future directions. Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems, 4
- Nicoletti B & Appolloni A. (2024). A framework for digital twins solutions for 5 PL operators. Technology in Society, 76
- Zafar AU, Shahzad M, Shahzad K, Appolloni A & Elgammal I. (2024). Gamification and sustainable development: Role of gamified learning in sustainable purchasing. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 198
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Appolloni A & Treiblmaier H. (2024). Foundations and knowledge clusters in TikTok (Douyin) research: evidence from bibliometric and topic modelling analyses. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 83(11)
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Appolloni A, Keogh JG & Iranmanesh M. (2024). Uncovering the Green Procurement Knowledge Structure: a Systematic Citation Network Analysis. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 4(1)
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Appolloni A & Seuring S. (2024). Public procurement research: a bibliometric analysis. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 37(2)
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Appolloni A, Treiblmaier H & Iranmanesh M. (2024). Exploring the impact of ChatGPT on education: A web mining and machine learning approach. The International Journal of Management Education, 22(1)
- Feng T, Appolloni A & Chen J. (2024). How does corporate digital transformation affect carbon productivity? Evidence from Chinese listed companies. Environment, Development and Sustainability
- Ding X, Sheng Z, Appolloni A, Shahzad M & Han S. (2024). Digital transformation, ESG practice, and total factor productivity. Business Strategy and the Environment
- Bi S, Hu J, Shao L, Feng T & Appolloni A. (2024). Can public transportation development improve urban air quality? Evidence from China. Urban Climate, 54
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Appolloni A, Treiblmaier H & Iranmanesh M. (2024). Mapping the scholarly landscape of TikTok (Douyin): A bibliometric exploration of research topics and trends. Digital Business, 4(1)
- Appolloni A, Wong P, Ho Y, Zheng S & Ding X. (2023). Comparative analysis on R&D internationalization under economy-level technological disparities and ownership-specific technological differences. European Journal of Innovation Management, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Appolloni A & Treiblmaier H. (2023). Navigating the crowdfunding landscape: a study of knowledge trajectories based on main path analysis. European Journal of Innovation Management, 26(7)
- Vejaratnam N, Chenayah S, Mohamad ZF & Appolloni A. (2023). Strategic responses to environmental performance monitoring barriers: a case study of Malaysian Government green procurement. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 14(3)
- Zheng S, Appolloni A, Lin H & Ding X. (2023). Configuration analysis of the innovation pathway of gerontechnological enterprises under the market-organization-technology perspective. European Journal of Innovation Management, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Appolloni A, Basile V, Caboni F & Pizzichini L. (2023). An innovative approach to online consumer behaviour segmentation: the self-determination theory in an uncertain scenario. European Journal of Innovation Management, 26(7)
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Appolloni A, Treiblmaier H & Iranmanesh M. (2023). Correction to: Circular Economy Research in the COVID-19 Era: A Review and the Road Ahead. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 3(4)
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Appolloni A, Treiblmaier H & Iranmanesh M. (2023). Circular Economy Research in the COVID-19 Era: a Review and the Road Ahead. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 3(4)
- Nazarian A, Shahzad M, Ding X & Appolloni A. (2023). Do TQM Instigate Sustainable Development: Identifying the Key Role of Green Innovation and Knowledge Management. Journal of the Knowledge Economy
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Appolloni A, Kayikci Y & Iranmanesh M. (2023). The landscape of public procurement research: a bibliometric analysis and topic modelling based on Scopus. Journal of Public Procurement, 23(2)
- Shaikh AR, Qazi A, Ali I & Appolloni A. (2023). Analyzing the barriers to sustainable procurement in an emerging economy: an interpretive structural modeling approach. International Journal of Emerging Markets, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Sundar D, Mathiyazhagan K, Agarwal V, Janardhanan M & Appolloni A. (2023). From linear to a circular economy in the e‐waste management sector: Experience from the transition barriers in the United Kingdom. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(7)
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Treiblmaier H, Appolloni A, Alghamdi S, .... (2023). The Internet of Things (IoT) in healthcare: Taking stock and moving forward. Internet of Things, 22
- Agarwal V, Hameed AZ, Malhotra S, Mathiyazhagan K, Alathur S, .... (2023). Role of Industry 4.0 in agile manufacturing to achieve sustainable development. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(6)
- Hristov I, Appolloni A, Cheng W & Venditti M. (2023). Enhancing the strategic alignment between environmental drivers of sustainability and the performance management system in Italian manufacturing firms. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 72(10)
- Goodarzian F, Shishebori D, Bahrami F, Abraham A & Appolloni A. (2023). Hybrid meta-heuristic algorithms for optimising a sustainable agricultural supply chain network considering CO 2 emissions and water consumption. International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics, 10(1)
- Mathiyazhagan K, Majumdar A & Appolloni A. (2023). Guest editorial: Resilience in sustainable supply chain post-COVID-19: future pathways. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 34(4)
- Vassallo L, Appolloni A, Fantauzzi C & Frondizi R. (2023). Reducing Plastic Pollution by Recovery and Recycling: Evidence from a “Blue Economy” Project Impacting Policy-Making in Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(8)
- Hussain S, Shahzad M, Appolloni A & Xuetong W. (2023). The impact of public infrastructure project delays on sustainable community development. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(14)
- Rejeb A, Appolloni A, Rejeb K, Treiblmaier H, Iranmanesh M, .... (2023). The role of blockchain technology in the transition toward the circular economy: Findings from a systematic literature review. Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances, 17
- Appolloni A, Centi G & Yang N. (2023). Promoting carbon circularity for a sustainable and resilience fashion industry. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 39
- Appolloni A, D'Adamo I, Gastaldi M, Yazdani M & Settembre-Blundo D. (2023). Reflective backward analysis to assess the operational performance and eco-efficiency of two industrial districts. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 72(6)
- Yang Y, Appolloni A, Ding X, Basile V & Ma H. (2022). The influence of excessive consumption on residents’ family thriving: the roles of intergenerational poverty transmission and educational cognition. Annals of Operations Research
- Li H, Appolloni A, Dou Y, Basile V & Kopsakangas-Savolainen M. (2022). A parametric method to estimate environmental energy efficiency with non-radial adjustment: an application to China. Annals of Operations Research
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Appolloni A, Iranmanesh M, Treiblmaier H, .... (2022). Exploring Food Supply Chain Trends in the COVID-19 Era: A Bibliometric Review. Sustainability, 14(19)
- Mathivathanan D, Agarwal V, Mathiyazhagan K, Saikouk T & Appolloni A. (2022). Modeling the pressures for sustainability adoption in the Indian automotive context. Journal of Cleaner Production, 342
- Qazi AA & Appolloni A. (2022). A systematic review on barriers and enablers toward circular procurement management. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 33
- Hristov I, Appolloni A, Cheng W & Huisingh D. (2022). Aligning corporate social responsibility practices with the environmental performance management systems: a critical review of the relevant literature. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence
- Hristov I, Appolloni A & Chirico A. (2022). The adoption of the key performance indicators to integrate sustainability in the business strategy: A novel five‐dimensional framework. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(7)
- Hristov I & Appolloni A. (2022). Stakeholders' engagement in the business strategy as a key driver to increase companies' performance: Evidence from managerial and stakeholders' practices. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(4)
- Hemmati M, Newaz MS, Rahman MK, Appolloni A & Zailani S. (2022). Sustainability performance of digitalized manufacturing industry in COVID era: a comparative study between developed and developing economies. International Journal of Emerging Markets
- Binci D, Appolloni A & Wenjuan C. (2022). Space Economy, Innovation and Sustainability. Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management
- Ding X, Appolloni A & Shahzad M. (2022). Environmental administrative penalty, corporate environmental disclosures and the cost of debt. Journal of Cleaner Production, 332
- Rajak S, Mathiyazhagan K, Agarwal V, Sivakumar K, Kumar V, .... (2022). Issues and analysis of critical success factors for the sustainable initiatives in the supply chain during COVID- 19 pandemic outbreak in India: A case study. Research in Transportation Economics, 93
- Kazemargi N, Tavoletti E, Appolloni A & Cerruti C. (2022). Managing open innovation within supply networks in mature industries. European Journal of Innovation Management, 25(6)
- Qazi AA, Appolloni A & Shaikh AR. (2022). Does the stakeholder's relationship affect supply chain resilience and organizational performance? Empirical evidence from the supply chain community of Pakistan. International Journal of Emerging Markets
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Zailani S, Keogh JG & Appolloni A. (2022). Examining the interplay between artificial intelligence and the agri-food industry. Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, 6
- Tavoletti E, Kazemargi N, Cerruti C, Grieco C & Appolloni A. (2022). Business model innovation and digital transformation in global management consulting firms. European Journal of Innovation Management, 25(6)
- Appolloni A, Chiappetta Jabbour CJ, D'Adamo I, Gastaldi M & Settembre-Blundo D. (2022). Green recovery in the mature manufacturing industry: The role of the green-circular premium and sustainability certification in innovative efforts. Ecological Economics, 193
- Liu J, Ma Y, Appolloni A & Cheng W. (2021). How external stakeholders drive the green public procurement practice? An organizational learning perspective. Journal of Public Procurement, 21(2)
- Ma Y, Liu Y, Appolloni A & Liu J. (2021). Does green public procurement encourage firm's environmental certification practice? The mediation role of top management support. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 28(3)
- Yang W, Si Y, Zhang J, Liu S & Appolloni A. (2021). Coordination Mechanism of Dual-Channel Supply Chains Considering Retailer Innovation Inputs. Sustainability, 13(2)
- Zimon G, Appolloni A, Tarighi H, Shahmohammadi S & Daneshpou E. (2021). Earnings Management, Related Party Transactions and Corporate Performance: The Moderating Role of Internal Control. Risks, 9(8)
- Abdolazimi O, Shishebori D, Goodarzian F, Ghasemi P & Appolloni A. (2021). Designing a new mathematical model based on ABC analysis for inventory control problem: A real case study. RAIRO - Operations Research, 55(4)
- Mathiyazhagan K, Agarwal V, Appolloni A, Saikouk T & Gnanavelbabu A. (2021). Integrating lean and agile practices for achieving global sustainability goals in Indian manufacturing industries. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 171
- Moradi M, Appolloni A, Zimon G, Tarighi H & Kamali M. (2021). Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Price Crash Risk: Do Managers Withhold Bad News in the Crisis-Ridden Iran Market?. Sustainability, 13(7)
- Hristov I, Appolloni A, Chirico A & Cheng W. (2021). The role of the environmental dimension in the performance management system: A systematic review and conceptual framework. Journal of Cleaner Production, 293(Organ. Environ. 26 2013)
- Shahzad M, Qu Y, Zafar AU & Appolloni A. (2021). Does the interaction between the knowledge management process and sustainable development practices boost corporate green innovation?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(8)
- Appolloni A, D’Adamo I, Gastaldi M, Santibanez-Gonzalez EDR & Settembre-Blundo D. (2021). Growing e-waste management risk awareness points towards new recycling scenarios: The view of the Big Four’s youngest consultants. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 23
- Mathiyazhagan K, Krishnan S, Bharathi U & Appolloni A. (2021). Pathways towards reverse logistics adoption in Indian educational institutes: a challenging factors analysis. OPSEARCH, 58(3)
- Sathiya V, Chinnadurai M, Ramabalan S & Appolloni A. (2021). Mobile robots and evolutionary optimization algorithms for green supply chain management in a used-car resale company. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(6)
- Ozeren E, Arslan A, Yener S & Appolloni A. (2020). The Predictive Effect of Teachers’ Perception of School Principals’ Motivating Language on Teachers’ Self-Efficacy via a Cultural Context. Sustainability, 12(21)
- Belisari S, Binci D & Appolloni A. (2020). E-Procurement Adoption: A Case Study about the Role of Two Italian Advisory Services. Sustainability, 12(18)
- Binci D, Belisari S & Appolloni A. (2019). BPM and change management. Business Process Management Journal, 26(1)
- Belisari S, Appolloni A & Cerruti C. (2019). Positive and negative impacts of the adoption of e-procurement solutions: the Italian market case. International Journal of Procurement Management, 12(2)
- Belisari S, Appolloni A & Cerruti C. (2019). Positive and negative impacts of the adoption of e-procurement solutions: the Italian market case. International Journal of Procurement Management, 12(2)
- Cheng W, Appolloni A, D'Amato A & Zhu Q. (2018). Green Public Procurement, missing concepts and future trends – A critical review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 176(J. Clean. Prod. 164 2017)
- Testa F, Nucci B, Iraldo F, Appolloni A & Daddi T. (2017). Removing obstacles to the implementation of LCA among SMEs: A collective strategy for exploiting recycled wool. Journal of Cleaner Production, 156
- Kazemargi N, Cerruti C & Appolloni A. (2016). Adopting open innovation in supply networks. International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 15(2/3)
- Bellisario A, Appolloni A & Ranalli F. (2015). Reviewing strategy matters to gain an understanding of balanced scorecard's possible benefits within lean production contexts: a management control perspective. International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 29(1/2)
- Duygulu E, Ozeren E, Bagiran D, Appolloni A & Mavisu M. (2015). Gaining insight into innovation culture within the context of R&D centres in Turkey. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 19(1/2)
- Oz E, Appolloni A, Mavisu M & Ozeren E. (2014). Knowledge management practices of manufacturing firms: a study from the Turkish Aegean Free Zone. International Journal of Intelligent Enterprise, 2(2/3)
- Rizzi F, Frey M, Testa F & Appolloni A. (2014). Environmental value chain in green SME networks: the threat of the Abilene paradox. Journal of Cleaner Production, 85
- Appolloni A, Sun H, Jia F & Li X. (2014). Green Procurement in the private sector: a state of the art review between 1996 and 2013. Journal of Cleaner Production, 85(Int. J. Phys. Distrib. Logist. Manag.4112011)
- Appolloni A, Risso M & Zhang T. (2013). Collaborative Approach for Sustainable Auditing of Global Supply Chains. Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management
- Appolloni A, Mavisu M & Tarangapade SK. (2013). Service innovation in Indian knowledge-intensive business services: the Wipro case. International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 10(3/4)
- Delbufalo E, Appolloni A & Cerruti C. (2013). Strategic and organisational determinants of performance in Italian management consulting firms. International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business, 5(1/2)
- Baroma B, Bellisario A, Chirico A & Appolloni A. (2013). Breakthroughs in the Management Accounting Science: Imaging a Balanced Scorecard Thought by Lean Philosophy Rationales. Transition Studies Review, 20(2)
- Ozeren E, Ozmen ONT & Appolloni A. (2013). The Relationship between Cultural Tightness–Looseness and Organizational Innovativeness: A Comparative Research into the Turkish and Italian Marble Industries. Transition Studies Review, 19(4)
- Bhatt A, Puri M & Appolloni A. (2012). SEZ Proliferation in India: Are the Objectives Being Realized?. Transition Studies Review, 19(1)
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Kayikci Y, Appolloni A & Treiblmaier H. Mapping the knowledge domain of green procurement: a review and bibliometric analysis. Environment, Development and Sustainability
- Nicoletti B & Appolloni A. Artificial Intelligence for the Management of Servitization 5.0. Sustainability, 15(14)
- Ali SM, Appolloni A, Cavallaro F, D’Adamo I, Di Vaio A, .... Development Goals towards Sustainability. Sustainability, 15(12)
- Wang Q, Appolloni A & Liu J. Does “low-carbon pilot policy” affect the carbon intensity of construction industry? Exploring the implementation mechanism and effectiveness in China. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Shaikh AR, Qazi AA & Appolloni A. Identification and evaluation of the contextual relationship among barriers to the circular supply chain in the Pakistani context – an interpretive structural modelling approach. Production Planning & Control
- Rejeb A & Appolloni A. The Nexus of Industry 4.0 and Circular Procurement: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda. Sustainability, 14(23)
- Rejeb A, Rejeb K, Abdollahi A, Kayikci Y & Appolloni A. Mapping the scholarly research on restaurants: a bibliometric analysis. Journal of Foodservice Business Research
- Tarighi H, Appolloni A, Shirzad A & Azad A. Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure (CSRD) and Financial Distressed Risk (FDR): Does Institutional Ownership Matter?. Sustainability, 14(2)
- Appolloni A, Colasanti N, Fantauzzi C, Fiorani G & Frondizi R. Distance Learning as a Resilience Strategy during Covid-19: An Analysis of the Italian Context. Sustainability, 13(3)
- Chen F, Liu S & Appolloni A. Horizontal Coordination of I-LNGOs in the Humanitarian Supply Chain: An Evolutionary Game Approach. Sustainability, 12(15)
- Hristov I, Chirico A & Appolloni A. Sustainability Value Creation, Survival, and Growth of the Company: A Critical Perspective in the Sustainability Balanced Scorecard (SBSC). Sustainability, 11(7)
- Jia H, Appolloni A & Wang Y. Green Travel: Exploring the Characteristics and Behavior Transformation of Urban Residents in China. Sustainability, 9(6)
- Nduneseokwu C, Qu Y & Appolloni A. Factors Influencing Consumers’ Intentions to Participate in a Formal E-Waste Collection System: A Case Study of Onitsha, Nigeria. Sustainability, 9(6)
- Qu Y, Yu Y, Appolloni A, Li M & Liu Y. Measuring Green Growth Efficiency for Chinese Manufacturing Industries. Sustainability, 9(4)
- Duygulu E, Ozeren E, Işıldar P & Appolloni A. The Sustainable Strategy for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: The Relationship between Mission Statements and Performance. Sustainability, 8(7)
- Nguar KDA & Appolloni A. The impact of digital learning and capacity building on employees’ performance in humanitarian organizations. Knowledge Management Research & Practice, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Nicoletti B & Appolloni, A. Digital transformation in ecosystems: integrated operations model and its application to fifth-party logistics operators. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
Books
- Binci D, Appolloni A & Cheng W. (2024). Space digital platforms: empirical evidence from a case study In Handbook on Digital Platforms and Business Ecosystems in Manufacturing. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Appolloni A, Cheng W, Masili G, Binci D & Stein M. (2024). Sustainable public food procurement in Italy In Sustainable Food Procurement. Routledge.
- Nicoletti B & Appolloni A. (2023). Framework of IoT, Blockchain, Digital Twins, and Artificial Intelligence Solutions in Support of the Digital Business Transformation of Logistics 5.0 In Supporting Technologies and the Impact of Blockchain on Organizations and Society. IGI Global.
- Newaz MS & Appolloni A. (2023). Worldwide E‐waste Management Models In Electronic Waste Management. Wiley.
- Nicoletti B & Appolloni A. (2022). Smart Metering Systems In Advances in Data Mining and Database Management. IGI Global.
- Krishnan S, Mathiyazhagan K & Appolloni A. (2022). Assessing the Drivers and Challenges to Deploying Lean-Green Practices the in Indian Manufacturing Sector In Lean and Green Manufacturing. Springer Singapore.
- Binci D, Scafarto F, Cerruti C, Appolloni A & Ozeren E. (2017). Vertical and Shared Leadership in Large Safety-Oriented Organizations. An Empirical Analysis In Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics (7). Springer International Publishing.
- Palozzi G, Binci D & Appolloni A. (2017). e-Health and Co-production: Critical Drivers for Chronic Diseases Management In Service Business Model Innovation in Healthcare and Hospital Management. Springer International Publishing.