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Xu Jinou

Researcher

Xu Jinou

Researcher

Jinou (Valentina) Xu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano.

Her research focuses on supply chain management and planning under sustainable, circular, and digital transition.

She teaches Production management and Supply chain management at both graduate and post-graduate levels in Politecnico di Milano and POLIMI GSoM.

She is member of national and international research communities (EurOMA, AIDI and IPSERA), reviewer of multiple international journals, and active contributor to national and international projects.

Career

PHD: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Master of Science: Management Engineering, Double degree: Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino (Alta Scuola Politecnica).

Research

The research of Jinou (Valentina) Xu lies at the intersection between Supply chain management and Planning, Emerging technologies and Circular-sustainable transitions.

The main research themes include:

  • technology-enabled sustainability and circular economy in supply chains;
  • emerging technologies for supply chain management and planning;
  • technology adoption in supply chains.

Selected Publications

Abdelkafi N. Xu J. Pero M. Ciccullo F. Masi A. , "Does the Combination of Sustainable Business Model Patterns Lead to Truly Sustainable Business Models? Critical Analysis of Existing Frameworks and Extensions", Journal of Business Economics, 95, 597-634

Xu J. Pero M. Fabbri M., "Unfolding the link between big data analytics and supply chain planning", Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 196

Xu J. Pero M., "A resource orchestration perspective of organizational big data analytics adoption: evidence from supply chain planning", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 53, 71-97

Xu J. Pero M. Ciccullo F. & Sianesi A. , "On relating big data analytics to supply chain planning: towards a research agenda", International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 51, 656-682

Pero M. Rossi M. Xu J. & Cigolini R. , "Designing supplier networks in global product development, International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management", International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, 13, 115-139

Community service

  • Organizing committee for Setting the future: Sustainable and Digital Transition conference, 03/07/2023 - 29/11/2023
  • Post-doc Research Fellow, 01/02/2022 - 04/12/2022
  • Research Fellow, 01/07/2017 - 31/10/2018