Professor Robert W. Grubbström FVR RI, FLO K                               April 2011

robert@grubbstrom.com

 

Brief Curriculum Vitae

 

Personal

            Date of Birth: November 12, 1941, in Malmö, Sweden. Swedish citizen.

            Marital Status: Married to Anne-Marie Grubbström, née Behm, with three children   Henrik (born 1972), Carl (born 1975), Cecilia (born 1978).

 

Education and degrees

Matriculation, Uppsala Enskilda Läroverk, 1960.

National Service Officer Training (Naval Engineer), Royal Naval Academy, Näsbypark, 1960-65.

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1965.

Licentiate of Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1969.

Master of Business Administration, Stockholm School of Economics, 1968.

Docent of Business Administration, Gothenburg School of Economics and Business Administration, 1971.

Doctor of Economics, Gothenburg School of Economics and Business Administration, 1973.

Honorary Doctor of Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, 1994.

Honorary Doctor of Economic Sciences, Corvinus University, Budapest, 2004.

Honorary Doctor of Economic and Social Sciences, Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbruck, 2006.

 

University Positions etc.

Assistant, Department of Industrial Economics and Management, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1965-67.

Assistant Lecturer, Department of Industrial Economics and Management, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1967-68.

Acting Professor of Industrial Economics and Management, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 1968-69.

Research Assistant, Gothenburg School of Economics and Business Administration 1970.

Docent, Gothenburg School of Economics and Business Administration, 1971-74 (on leave entire period).

Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Stockholm, 1970-71.

Acting Professor of Business Administration, University of Stockholm, 1971-72.

Acting Professor of Production Economics, Linköping Institute of Technology, 1972-74.

Professor of Production Economics, Linköping Institute of Technology (appointed by King-in-Council), 1974-. Emeritus, December 2008.

Research Fellow, European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels, 1971-.

Visiting Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1978-79, 1990-91.

Visiting Professor, Haute Études Commerciales (HEC), Jouy-en-Josas, Paris, Spring 1995.

External Examiner, Cranfield Institute of Technology, 1983-90.

Honorary Research Fellow, Lancaster University, 1988-.

Member of International Evaluation Committee, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, 1989-.

Member of International Evaluation Committee for the Industrial Management and Engineering Programmes, Finnish Higher Educational Evaluation Council, 1998.

Member of International Evaluation Committee for the Faculty of Management & Organization and the Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen, 2003.

Special Professor, School of Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing Engineering and Management, Nottingham University (later Nottingham University Business School), 1998-.

Member of International Advisory Board, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, 2001-2004.

Visiting Professor, University of Ljubljana, 2006-2007.

Honorary Visiting Professor, University of Ljubljana, 2005-.

Dean and President of Senate, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Šempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia, 2007-.

Chairman of International Research Assessment Panel for the merger between the Helsinki School of Economics, the Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Art and Design Helsinki into the Aalto University, 2009.

 

Scientific Editorial Assignments

Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE), (formerly Engineering Costs and Production Economics), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1979-.

The IJPE has a current Impact Factor of 2.068 and five-year Impact Factor of 2.736 (both 2009), and is ranked among the top few journals in the fields of Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Operational Research.

Editor, Studies in Production and Engineering Economics, Book Series, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1979-.

Associate Editor, Opsearch (Journal of the Operational Research Society of India), 1982-1989.

Section Editor or Member of Advisory Editorial Board, Kybernetes, United Kingdom, 1971-.

Associate Editor, Managerial and Decision Economics (USA), 1988‑.

Editorial Adviser, Production and Operations Management (USA), 1990-2003.

Member of International Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, USA, 1994-.

Member of International Editorial Advisory Board, Decisions in Economics and Finance (Association for Mathematics Applied to Social and Economic Sciences (AMASES), Italy), 1999-.

Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Production Research (Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom), 1998-.

Member of Advisory Board, Budapest Management Review (Hungary), 2006-.

Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management (Inderscience, Switzerland), 2004-.

Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Inventory Research (Inderscience, Switzerland), 2005-.

Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management (Inderscience, Switzerland), 2007-.

Member of Editorial Board, The Open Operational Research Journal (Bentham, United Kingdom), 2007-.

Member of Editorial Board, The Open Management Journal (Bentham, United Kingdom), 2007-.

Member of Editorial Board, Open Operational Research Reviews (Bentham, United Kingdom), 2007-.

Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of E-Adoption (IJEA) (Information Resources Management Association, USA), 2007-.

Member of Editorial Board, Open Statistics and Probability Journal (Bentham, United Kingdom), 2008-.

Member of Editorial Committee, Production Engineering (Springer, Germany), 2008-.

Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Productivity Innovation (IRP, Pakistan), 2008-.

Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Advanced Operations Management (Inderscience, Switzerland), 2008-.

Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling (Inderscience, Switzerland), 2008-.

Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Strategic Engineering Asset Management (Inderscience, Switzerland), 2009-.

Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development (Inderscience, Switzerland), 2009-.

Member of International Advisory Board, International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering, 2010-.

 

Refereeing assignments for various scientific journals, among others International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Planning and Control, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Engineering Costs and Production Economics, Opsearch, Managerial and Decision Economics, Production and Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Omega, Scandinavian Journal of Management, Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research, Optimal Control- Applications and Methods, The Engineering Economist, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Applied Energy, International Journal of Advanced Operations Management, Supply Chain Modelling: An International Journal, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, Journal of Applied Physics and Engineering.

 

Guest Editorship for Several Special Issues of International Scientific Journals.

 

Member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), London, 2008-.

 

Awards, Board Positions and Memberships etc.

 

Honorary

Honorary Corporal, Kungl. Svea Trängregemente, 1981-.

Honorary Member, Management Professionals Association, India, 1983-.

Honorary Research Fellow, Lancaster University, 1988-.

Doctor of Technology Honoris Causa, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, 1994.

Honorary Council Member, Förbundet Ung Företagsamhet i Sverige (Young Enterprise Sweden), 1996-.

European Leadership Award, Young Enterprise Europe, 1996.

Service Award, International Society for Inventory Research, 1996.

Special Professor, Nottingham University, 1998-.

Award of Recognition ”For outstanding contributions to the development of the Faculty”, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport, University of Ljubljana, 2000.

Knight (First Class) of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, 2002.

Doctor of Economic Sciences Honoris Causa, Corvinus University, Budapest, 2004.

Doctor of Economic and Social Sciences Honoris Causa, Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbuck, 2006.

Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland, 2010.

Honorary President, Ekonomiska Klubben i Linköping (Linköping Economic Club), 2011.

 

Scientific/Educational

American Institute of Industrial Engineers, Senior Member, 1980-.

European Academy of Industrial Management, Fellow, 1985-.

Global Manufacturing Research Group, Member of Executive Council, 2002-.

International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP), Member of Working Group 5.7 (Production Control), 1994-.

International Foundation for Production Research, Member of Council, 1993-.

The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS, later INFORMS), Member, 1967-, Director, College on Production and Operations Management, 1988-1990.

International Society for Inventory Research, Board Member, 1990-1994, Vice President, 1982-1990, President, 1990-1992, Fellow, 1998-.

New York Academy of Sciences, Member, 1995-.

Operational Research Society of Sweden, Member, 1972-.

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), Fellow, 1987-.

Scientific Council of Aerospace Division Saab-Scania (Forskningsrådet LiTH-Saab-Flyg), Saab-Scania, Member, 1986-1995.

Scientific Council for the Boards of Östgötabanken AB and Östgöta Holding AB (Östgötarådet), Chairman, 1984-86.

Swedish Institute of Industrial Engineers (SIFEO), Member, 1965-, Board Member 1974-81, President 1974-78.

World Organisation of General Systems and Cybernetics, Member of Liaison Committee, 1971-.

Young Enterprise Europe (European Federation of Young Enterprises), Founding Member, Member of Bureau, 1985-1996, Vice President, 1991-1996.

Young Enterprise Sweden (Förbundet Ung Företagsamhet i Sverige), Co-Founder and National Board Member, 1980-1996.

RiskLab Global, University of Toronto, Member of Advisory Board, 2011-.

 

Company

Argentus AktiesparfondförvaltningsAB, Stockholm, Board Member (Swedish Government Representative), 1982-1991, Scandinavian-Asian Venture Management Aktiebolag, Stockholm, Board Member, 1986, Östgöta Holding Aktiebolag, Board Member, 1983-1985, Prosper Aktiebolag, Board Member, 1983-1985, Laser Tool Aktiebolag, Board Member, 1985, Kontors Konsult Aktiebolag, Board Member, 1984, Tulwe Personnel Fund, Stockholm, Chairman of the Board, 1970-1982, MSS Management Simulation Systems AB, Board Member, 1998-2003.

 

Official Reviewing Assignments for Professorships

Engineering Systems Department, University of California Los Angeles, USA, 1974.

Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, 1975.

Agricultural University of Sweden, Ultuna, Sweden, 1978, 1988.

Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden, 1982.

University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1984.

Odense University, Denmark, 1984.

Helsinki School of Economics, Finland, 1984, 1990.

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 1984.

Norwegian University of Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 1984, 1990 (2), 1994.

Cranfield Institute of Technology, United Kingdom, 1988.

Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, 1988, 1996, 1997.

University of Lancaster, United Kingdom, 1989, 2005 (2).

Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, 1990.

Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 1990, 2010.

New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, 1990, 1996, 1998.

University of Oklahoma, USA, 1992.

Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, USA, 1993.

School of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Deanship), Troy, USA, 1993.

London School of Business, United Kingdom, 1993.

University of Iowa, USA, 1994.

University Centre of Stavanger, Norway, 1994.

Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, 1996, 2000.

Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1998.

Mälardalen University, Sweden, 1999.

University of Oulu, Finland, 2000.

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 2000, 2001, 2002.

University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 2001, 2007.

Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, 2002.

University of Ioannina, Greece, 2003.

Tampere University of Technology, Finland, 2006.

Long Island University, N.Y., USA, 2007.

Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2007.

Cardiff University Business School, United Kingdom, 2009.

US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Cal., USA, 2010

American University of Beirut, The Lebanon, 2010

Università Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy, 2011

 

In addition, reviewing assignments have been carried out concerning senior lectureships, docent positions and research assistantships for various universities (mainly in Sweden, Finland, Austria, Greece, and the United Kingdom).

 

Examination/Subject Area Responsibility for Graduated Doctoral Students

Björn Leonardz, "To Stop or Not To Stop - Some Elementary Optimal Stopping Problems with Economic Interpretations" (University of Stockholm), 1973.

Stig-Arne Mattsson, (Licentiate) "Turordningsbestämning vid produktionsplanering", 1974.

Kaj Rosling, "Three Essays on Batch Production and Optimization", 1977.

N. C. Åke Almgren, "Framtagning av komplexa kundorder av anläggningskaraktär", 1977.

Janerik Lundquist, "Decentralized Price Control Applied to Cashflow Systems", 1982.

Henrik Jönsson, "Simulation Studies of Hierarchical Systems in Production and Inventory Control", 1983.

Anders Thorstenson, "Capital Costs in Inventory Models - A Discounted Cash Flow Approach", 1988.

Jan Olhager, "Setup Timing - Impact Analysis of Setup Reductions in Production and Inventory Systems", 1989.

Anders Segerstedt, (Licentiate), "Cover-Time Planning - An Alternative to MRP", 1990.

Bengt Savén, (Licentiate), "Produktionssimulering", 1990.

Peter Ovrin, (Licentiate), "The Performance of Manufacturing Planning and Control Methods in Different Production Facilities", Linköping Institute of Technology, 1991.

Huiping Ding, (Licentiate), "Theory of Initial Order Quantities", 1991.

Huiping Ding, "Theory of Initial Order Quantities - A Dynamic Sequence of Economic Order Quantities", 1992.

Anders Molinder, (Licentiate), "Modelling of MRP in Terms of Input-Output Analysis and Laplace Transforms", 1993.

Joakim Wikner, ”Dynamic Modelling and Analysis of Information Flows in Production-Inventory and Supply Chain Systems”, 1994.

Anders Segerstedt, "Multi-Level Production and Inventory Control - related to MRP and Cover-Time Planning", 1995.

Anders Molinder, ”Material Requirements Planning Employing Input-Output Analysis and Laplace Transforms”, 1995.

Per J. Agrell, ”Interactive Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Production Economics”, Linköping Institute of Technology, 1995.

Ou Tang, “Planning and Replanning within the Material Requirements Planning Environment – A Transform Approach”, 2000.

Zhiping Wang, (Licentiate), “Capacity-Constrained Production-Inventory Systems – Using Laplace Transforms and Input-Output Analysis”, 2001.

Ruth Savén, “Enterprise Integration into Practice – Content and Process”, 2002.

Thi Thu Thuy Huynh, “Capacity Constraints in Multi-Stage Production-Inventory Systems”, 2006.

 

Conferrer of Doctor's Degrees, Linköping Institute of Technology, May 28, 1984.

 

Assignments as Official Faculty Opponent/Evaluator for Doctoral Theses

Jan Lundmark, "Företagssimulering", Chalmers University of Technology, 1974.

Per Strangert, "Information, Uncertainty and Adaptive Planning", Stockholm School of Economics, 1975.

Anders Lundström,  "Vessel Allocation in Container Systems", University of Gothenburg, 1976.

Ulf Elvestedt, “Beslutsanalys - en interaktiv ansats", Stockholm School of Economics, 1979.

Göran Edsbäcker, "Marginal Pricing of Electricity", University of Stockholm, 1980.

Juhani Strömberg, "On the Evolution of Demand and Supply of Business Information Systems in the Industrial Sector", Tampere University of Technology, 1989.

B. Sasidhar, "Decision Support System for Planning and Cost Control in Large Production Systems with Emphasis on an Integrated Steel Plant", Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri, India, 1991.

Lars Brigelius, Peter Rosén, "Planering av produktflöden under en förändringsprocess", Gothenburg School of Economics and Business Administration, 1992.

Inge Gustafsson, "Kundanpassad anläggningsframtagning för små och medelstora företag", Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1993.

Thor Bjørkvoll, "Rørtransport av naturgass: Kostnader, tariffering og dimensjonering av kapasitet", Norwegian University of Technology, 1994.

Niels E. Joachim Høeg-Krohn, "On Producer Assessment of Demand and Equilibrium in Differentiated Markets", Norwegian School of Economics and Business, 1994.

Anders Buvik, ”Essays on Financial Optimization”, Norwegian School of Economics and Business, 1997.

Carmen de Nieves Nieto, ”Desarrollo de un modelo de recursos humanos basado en los procesos de la entidad de negocio. Aplicacion a los sistemas logisticos.”, Technical University of Cartagena, 2003.

Francisco Campuzano Bolarin, ”Modelo de Gestion de la Variabilidad de la Demanda en la Cadena de Suministro. Analisis del Efecto Bullwhip.”, Polytechnic University of Valencia, 2006.

Mats Johansson, ”Product Costing for Sawmill Business Management”, Växjö University, 2007.

 

In addition membership has been held in Doctoral Examination Committees (etc.), apart from Linköping Institute of Technology, for the University of Gothenburg, the Stockholm School of Economics, the Agricultural University of Sweden, Cranfield Institute of Technology, the Royal Institute of Technology, Lund Institute of Technology, Technical University of Cartagena, Polytechnic University of Valencia, and others.

 

International Conference Responsibilities

Programme Committee/Organisation Committee/Advisory Committee responsibilities at conferences in Austria, China, Chile, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

 

International Teaching Responsibilities

Several Socrates Courses held.

International Society for Inventory Research Summer School for Doctoral Students, Loftahammar, Sweden, August 6-10, 2001. Chairman and Main Organiser.

Course Responsibility for international courses concerning the International Logistics Management Game. Latest runs held in Budapest, Riga and Cartagena, 2010.

 

Current Educational Development Interests

Applications of Information Technology to Interactive Educational Processes.

Economic-Theoretic Model Playing. Software development for student interaction. First prototype developed and used Spring 1999. New version developed in collaboration with Ou Tang 2000-2003.

International Logistics Management Game, Software development of interactive Management Game. Game has been run in several European countries (Italy the last country to join), and is currently also planned to be run in the US and in Uruguay. Internet version (Version 3.2) has been developed from 2003 onwards.

 

Consulting Activities

Miscellaneous consulting assignments in a number of major Swedish companies and banks, educational institutions, government authorities, military agencies, etc., and for the United Nations (UNIDO, 1985).

 

Books Published

Author, co-author, or editor/co-editor, of some 15 books, the latest being Bogataj, Ludvik, Grubbström, Robert W. and Marija Bogataj, (Eds), Input-Output Analysis and Laplace Transforms in Material Requirements Planning, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1998.

 

Articles and Research Reports etc.

Author or co-author of some 300 articles, essays, research reports and working papers, of which more than one hundred have been published in scientific journals, including Management Science, International Journal of Production Economics, The Mathematical Scientist, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Cybernetics, European Journal of Operational Research, Managerial and Decision Economics, Omega, Economic Systems Research, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Applied Energy, Annual Reviews in Control, and others. Please refer to SCOPUS.

 

Sample of latest articles and presentations:

 

“An Attempt to Introduce Dynamics Into Generalised Exergy Considerations”, Applied Energy, Vol. 84(7 ‑ 8), 2007, 701 ‑ 718.

“Transform Methodology Applied to Some Inventory Problems”, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Vol. 77(3), 2007, 297 ‑ 324.

“Balancing Queueing Costs and Capacity Costs along the Assembly Line – A Queueing-Theoretic Approach with Accounting Implications”, in Corsten, H., Missbauer, H., (Eds), Produktions- und Logistikmanagement, Verlag Franz Vahlen, Munich 2007, 395 ‑ 417.

”Planned lead time determination in a make-to-order remanufacturing system”, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 108(1-2), 2007, 426-435, (co-authors Ou Tang and Simone Zanoni).

”Extensions of MRP Theory with Application to Distribution and Remanufacturing”, Opening Keynote Address, Proceedings, Second International Workshop on Successful Strategies in Supply Chain Management, January 8-9, 2009, Hong Kong, 3‑19.

”Optimal Lotsizing within MRP Theory”, Preprints of the 13th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM’09), Keynote Address, Moscow, Russia, June 3-5, 2009, 15-30, (co-authors L. Bogataj and M. Bogataj), Revised version published in Annual Reviews in Control, Vol. 34(1), 2010, 89‑100.

“The Newsboy problem when customer demand is a compound renewal process”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 203(1), 2010, 134-142 (available online 7 July 2009).

“On the Representation of Timing for Different Structures within MRP Theory”, PrePrints, Vol. 1, 16th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck March 1 ‑ 5, 2010, 179. (Co-author: Marija Bogataj)

“The Newsboy problem when customer demand is a compound renewal process”, Opening Keynote Address, Eighth International Conference on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems (SCMIS 2010), Hong Kong, October 6 ‑ 8, 2010.

“Efficient location of industrial activity cells in a global supply chain”, International Journal of Production Economics, Article in Press, 2010. (Co-authors: Marija Bogataj, Ludvik Bogataj)

“The space of solution alternatives in the optimal lotsizing problem for general assembly systems applying MRP theory”, International Journal of Production Economics, Article in Press, 2011. (Co-author: Ou Tang)