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

Sushil Gupta¹; Martin K. Starr²; Reza Zanjirani Farahani³; Nasrin Asgari⁴

¹ College of Business Administration, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199 · ² Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College, Columbia University, Winter Park, Florida 32789; · ³ Kingston Business School, Kingston University London, Surrey KT2 7LB, United Kingdom; · ⁴ Roehampton Business School, University of Roehampton, London SW15 5SL, United Kingdom

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.

DOI

10.1287/msom.2021.0965

Volume

24 (1)

Pages

1-23

Language

en

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