IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/inm/ormsom/v24y2022i1p1-23.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

OM Forum—Pandemics/Epidemics: Challenges and Opportunities for Operations Management Research

Author

Listed:
  • Sushil Gupta

    (College of Business Administration, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199)

  • Martin K. Starr

    (Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College, Columbia University, Winter Park, Florida 32789)

  • Reza Zanjirani Farahani

    (Kingston Business School, Kingston University London, Surrey KT2 7LB, United Kingdom)

  • Nasrin Asgari

    (Roehampton Business School, University of Roehampton, London SW15 5SL, United Kingdom)

Abstract

We reviewed research papers related to pandemics/epidemics (disease outbreaks of a global/regional scope) published in major operations management, operations research, and management science journals through the end of 2019. We evaluate and categorize these papers. We study research trends, explore research gaps, and provide directions for more efficient and effective research in the future. In addition, our recommendations include the lessons learned from the ongoing pandemic, COVID-19. We discuss papers in the following categories: (a) warning signals/surveillance, (b) disease propagation leading to pandemic conditions, (c) mitigation, (d) vaccines and therapeutics development, (e) resource management, (f) supply chain configuration, (g) decision support systems for managing pandemics/epidemics, and (h) risk assessment.

Suggested Citation

  • Sushil Gupta & Martin K. Starr & Reza Zanjirani Farahani & Nasrin Asgari, 2022. "OM Forum—Pandemics/Epidemics: Challenges and Opportunities for Operations Management Research," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 24(1), pages 1-23, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormsom:v:24:y:2022:i:1:p:1-23
    DOI: 10.1287/msom.2021.0965
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/msom.2021.0965
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1287/msom.2021.0965?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:inm:ormsom:v:24:y:2022:i:1:p:1-23. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Asher (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/inforea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.