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Tenured associate professors | Management Engineering

Guido Orzes

Guido.Orzes@unibz.it

+39 0471 017697

BZ B1 4.07
Faculty of Engineering
NOI Techpark - Bruno-Buozzi-Straße 1 - via Bruno Buozzi, 1
39100
Bozen-Bolzano
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Tuesday, 18:00 - 19:00
By email appointment.
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Guido Orzes, PhD is Associate Professor in Management Engineering at the Free University of Bozen (Italy). He has also been Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter Business School (UK) and Visiting Scholar at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA). His research focuses on international sourcing and manufacturing and their social and environmental implications and has been published in leading operations management and international business journals such as the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, the International Journal of Production Economics, the International Business Review, and the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management.

Courses

Economics and Management

42420 · IEGE-01/A · Bachelor in Electronic and Information Engineering · EN

Economics and Management

42420 · IEGE-01/A · Bachelor in Electronics and Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering · EN

Economics for engineers

42171 · IEGE-01/A · Bachelor in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering · EN

Management Control and Business Planning

47554 · IEGE-01/A · Master in Industrial Mechanical Engineering · EN

Process and Technology Management

47540B · IEGE-01/A · Master in Industrial Mechanical Engineering · EN

Students Sprint (23-27/02/2026)

25577 · ECON-07/A · Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation · EN

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Sustainability Event

Standards and certifications for sustainability. How the rules are changing

This will be discussed on Monday, 15 December, in the workshop ‘Standards and Certifications for Sus…

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Economics Sustainability

Economia circolare: non sempre significa maggiore sostenibilità

Una ricerca internazionale di unibz rivela: senza una pianificazione accurata, riuso e riciclo posso…

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Sustainability Event Innovation

La montagna del futuro: ricerca, energia e resilienza

Il 21 novembre la Facoltà di Ingegneria della Libera Università di Bolzano ospiterà uno dei momenti …

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Research Focuses

Offshoring and Reshoring strategies
Social and environmental sustainability 
Global Sourcing organizational design and International Purchasing Offices

Selected publications

Sartor M., Orzes G., Nassimbeni G., Jia F., Lamming R., 2014, “International purchasing offices: Literature review and research directions”, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, vol. 20, n. 1, pp. 1-17, DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2013.09.002.
Jia F., Lamming R., Sartor M., Orzes G., Nassimbeni G., 2014, “Global purchasing strategy and International Purchasing Offices: Evidence from case studies”, International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 154, pp. 284-298, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.09.
Jia F., Lamming R., Sartor M., Orzes G., Nassimbeni G., 2014, “International purchasing offices in China: A dynamic evolution model”, International Business Review, vol. 23, n. 3, pp. 580-593, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.09.006.
Nassimbeni G., Sartor M., Orzes G., 2014, “Countertrade: Compensatory Requests to Sell Abroad”, Journal for Global Business Advancement, vol. 7, n. 1, pp. 69-87, DOI: 10.1504/JGBA.2014.058884.
Sartor M., Orzes G., Nassimbeni G., Jia F., Lamming R., 2015, “International Purchasing Offices in China. Roles and resource/capability requirements”, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, vol. 35, n. 8, pp. 1125-1157, DOI: 10.110
Ancarani, A., Di Mauro, C., Fratocchi, L., Orzes, G., Sartor, M., 2015, “Prior to reshoring: A duration analysis of foreign manufacturing ventures”, International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 169, pp. 141-155, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.07.031.
Sartor, M., Orzes, G., Di Mauro, C., Ebrahimpour, M., Nassimbeni, G., 2016, “The SA8000 Social Certification Standard: Literature Review and Theory-based Research Agenda”, International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 175, pp. 164-181, DOI: 10.1016/
Jia F., Orzes, G., Nassimbeni G., Sartor M., 2017, “Global sourcing strategy and structure: Toward an integrated conceptual framework”, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, vol. 37, n. 7, pp. 840-864, DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-09-2015-0
Orzes G., Sartor M., Nassimbeni G., Fratocchi L., 2017, “Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT): An emerging entry mode for service offshoring”, Production Planning and Control, vol. 28, n. 4, pp. 295-309, DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2017.1282055.
Orzes G., Jia F., Sartor M., Nassimbeni G., in press, “Performance implications of SA8000 certification”, accepted for publication in International Journal of Operations and Production Management, DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-12-2015-0730.
Nassimbeni G., Orzes G., Sartor M., in press, “Strategic Types and Competences of Domestic and Foreign Plants: An Empirical Study”, Global Business Review, vol. 19, n. 4, pp. 1-25, DOI: 10.1177/0972150917698267.
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