• Professor, Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution
  • Industrial Distribution
  • Harvey Hubbell Professor of Industrial Distribution
  • Associate Director of Supply Chain Resilience & Sustainability, Texas A&M Energy Institute
  • Co-Director, Global Value Chains Program, Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, The Bush School of Government and Public Service
  • Associate Director, Supply Chain Management & Applied Operations Research, Texas A&M Center for Applied Technology
  • Professor of Supply Chain Management, Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, The Bush School of Government and Public Service
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Eleftherios Iakovou

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University – 1992
  • M.Sc., Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University – 1990
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – 1987

Research Interests

    • Resilient and Sustainable Integrated Energy and Manufacturing Supply Chains
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Inventory Management
    • Intermodal & Maritime Logistics
    • Port Management
    • Global Logistics & Free Trade Facilitation
    • Manufacturing & Production Systems
    • Humanitarian Logistics
    • Emergency Response Management
    • Supply Chain Strategy and Policy-Making

Selected Publications

  • I. Mallidis, S. Despoudi, R. Dekker, E. Iakovou, D. Vlachos, “The Impact of Sulphur Limit Fuel Regulations on Maritime Supply Chain Network Design,” Annals of Operations Research, 294, pp. 677-695, 2020
  • Y. Chang, E. Iakovou, W. Shi, “Blockchain in Global Supply Chains and Cross Border Trade: A Critical Synthesis of the State-of-the-Art, Challenges and Opportunities,” International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 58, No. 7, pp. 2082-2099, DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2019.1651946, 2020
  • V. Yakavenka, I. Mallidis, D. Vlachos, E. Iakovou, E. Zafeiriou, “Development of a Multi-Objective Model for the Design of Sustainable Supply Chains: The Case of Perishable Products, ” Annals of Operations Research; 294, pp. 593-621, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03434-5, 2020
  • G. Aifadopoulou, I. Mallidis, D. Vlachos, J.M.S. Grau, E. Iakovou, “Development of a 'Fair' Marketplace for On-Demand Capacity Matching,” Transportation Research Record; Vol. 2674 No. 3, pp. 46-56, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198120909107, 2020
  • D. Bechtsis, N. Tsolakis, D. Vlachos, E. Iakovou, “A Data Sharing Framework for Data-Driven Resilient, Secure and Sustainable Supply Chains,” International Journal of Production Research; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1957506, 2021
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