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Professor Emmanuel Thanassoulis

Emmanuel Thanassoulis

Operations & Information Management Group

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Qualifications

  • 1984 University of Warwick, PhD. Research area: Operational Research.
  • 1975 University of Warwick, MSc in "Management Science and Operational Research".
  • 1973 Sussex University, BSc in "Engineering with Operational Research", 1st Class Honours.  

Background

  • 1999- Professor in Management Sciences, Aston Business School, University of Aston, Birmingham.
  • 1996 - 1999 Senior Lecturer in Operational Research, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry
  • 1977 - 1996 Lecturer in Operational Research, Warwick University as above.

Research Interests and Consultancy

My research interests lie in the broad area of performance management with special emphasis on the quantitative methods of performance measurement, and especially those based on the broad set of methods known as Data Envelopment Analysis, (DEA).

Teaching

The main subject areas I have taught are:

  • Linear programming - Data Envelopment Analysis
  • Project Scheduling - Non-linear optimisation methods
  • Dynamic programming - Multi-objective programming methods
  • Statistics
  • BNM1 (PG) Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Management
  • BNM4 (PG) Data Envelopment Analysis
  • BNM5 (PG) Application of comparative performance measurement methods
  • BNM701 (PG) Operational Research Methods

Recent Publications

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Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Thanassoulis, E., Kortelainen, M., Allen, R. (2011) Improving envelopment in data envelopment analysis under variable returns to scale. European Journal of Operational Research.

  2. Portela, M., Thanassoulis, E. Productivity change in the water industry in England and Wales: Application of the meta-Malmquist Index. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62: 2173-2188.

  3. Thanassoulis, E., Anouze, A.L., Emrouznejad, A. (2010) A semi-oriented radial measure for measuring the efficiency of decision making units with negative data, using DEA.  European Journal of Operational Research, 200(1): 297-304.

  4. DeWitte, K., Thanassoulis, E., Simpson, G., Battisti, G., May, C. (2010) Assessing pupil and school performance by non-parametric and parametric techniques.  Journal of Operational Research Society, 61: 1224-1237.

  5. Thanassoulis, E., Kortelainen, M., Johnes, G., Johnes, J. (2010) Costs and efficiency of higher education institutions in England: A DEA analysis. Journal of Operational Research Society, Jan-16.

  6. Portela, M., Thanassoulis, E. (2010) Malmquist Indices for measuring productivity in the presence of negative data: An application to bank branches.  Journal of Banking and Finance, 34: 1472-1483.

  7. Emrouznejad, A., Thanassoulis, E. (2010) Measurement of productivity index with dynamic data envelopment analysis. International Journal of Operational Research, 8(2): 247-260.

  8. Emrouznejad, A., Amin, G.R., Thanassoulis, E., Anouze, A.L. (2010) On the boundedness of the SORM DEA models with negative data. European Journal of Operational Research, 206(1): 265-268.

Recent Presentations

  1. Thanassoulis, E., 100th anniversary, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan (2012).

  2. Greasley, A., Wang, Y., Thanassoulis, E., British Academy of Management (BAM) 2011 Conference, "How to achieve complementary benefits of efficiency and flexibility in using ERP systems?", Aston University, Birmingham (13-15 September).

  3. Wang, Y., Greasley, A., Thanassoulis, E., Production and Operations Management (POM) 2011 Conference, "Adopting ERP with informality in order to foster both efficiency and flexibility operations", Reno, Nevada, USA. (April 29-May 2, 2011).

Esteem & Professional Memberships

  • Member, Operational Research Society.
  • Member of the Experts Panel advising the Fire Research Statistics Division of the Department for Communities and Local Government.
  • Member of the Advisory Panel to OFWAT on Future Regulation.