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Risk Management as Knowledge Production: Application to Fast-Tracked Complex Multi-Stakeholder Airport Projects (2020)
Book Chapter
Marshall, A. J., Ojiako, U., Williams, T., Al-Mazrooie, J. R., Lin, F., & Chipulu, M. (2020). Risk Management as Knowledge Production: Application to Fast-Tracked Complex Multi-Stakeholder Airport Projects. In H. C. Webb, & H. A. Al Numairy (Eds.), Entre

Rapid national infrastructure growth, as witnessed today in many countries such as the United Arab Emirates, commonly makes fast-tracking demands of what are already highly complex multi-stakeholder projects. Considering the long history of airport p... Read More about Risk Management as Knowledge Production: Application to Fast-Tracked Complex Multi-Stakeholder Airport Projects.

On perishable inventory in healthcare: Random expiration dates and age discriminated demand (2020)
Journal Article
Dalalah, D., Ojiako, U., & Chipulu, M. (2022). On perishable inventory in healthcare: Random expiration dates and age discriminated demand. Journal of Simulation, 16(5), 458-479. https://doi.org/10.1080/17477778.2020.1851614

The aim of the study is to explore how best to mitigate against inventory volatility in perishable inventory, which is characterized by random premature expiration, random demand, irregular supply, age differentiated demand and custom replenishment g... Read More about On perishable inventory in healthcare: Random expiration dates and age discriminated demand.

The analysis of information flow interdependencies within projects (2020)
Journal Article
Bashir, H., Ojiako, U., Marshall, A., Chipulu, M., & Yousif, A. (2022). The analysis of information flow interdependencies within projects. Production Planning and Control, 33(1), 20-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1821115

Information flow exchange within highly distributed, co-located, self-organising and networked projects is critical for successful planning, and ultimately, for successful infrastructure project delivery. While conventional project scheduling methods... Read More about The analysis of information flow interdependencies within projects.

All policies are wrong, but some are useful—and which ones do no harm? (2020)
Journal Article
Brito, M., Chipulu, M., Dawson, I. G., Hanoch, Y., & Katsikopoulos, K. V. (2021). All policies are wrong, but some are useful—and which ones do no harm?. Mind and Society, 20, 119-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11299-020-00251-3

The five of us research and teach risk analysis with an eye towards decision support. Our work has been dedicated to taming risks and helping to make challenging decisions. But nothing had prepared us for the Covid-19 pandemic. We first had to grappl... Read More about All policies are wrong, but some are useful—and which ones do no harm?.

An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional 'disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Mazrouie, J. R., Ojiako, U., Williams, T., Chipulu, M., & Marshall, A. (2021). An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional 'disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects. Production Planning and Control, 32(4), 283-

This article seeks to highlight the essential readiness factors commonly engaged to prevent ‘disastrous openings’ of complex multi-stakeholder infrastructure projects. To identify these readiness factors, we undertook a survey of 724 Operations manag... Read More about An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional 'disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects.

Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, sustainability behaviors than others? A culture theory explanation (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chipulu, M. (2020, January). Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, sustainability behaviors than others? A culture theory explanation. Paper presented at Sixteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social

In this theoretical study, I consider the question: Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, i.e. beyond self-serving, sustainability behaviors than others? I argue that organisation culture, comprising shared axioms, values, belief... Read More about Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, sustainability behaviors than others? A culture theory explanation.