18th International Working Seminar on Production Economics

The Seminar Objective

The purpose of this seminar is to provide an opportunity for

research scientists and practitioners to meet, present and develop

their ideas on subjects within the field of Production Economics.

Papers submitted will be distributed to all participants in advance. A

discussant will be appointed for each paper. The intention is, that

models and methods presented, and the discussion of them, will

result in concrete ideas for future research and developments in this

area. Participants of the Seminar are expected to act as discussants

within their field of expertise.

Production Economics

focuses on scientific topics treating the interface between engineering

and economics/management. The subject is interdisciplinary in

nature. The ultimate objective is to create and develop knowledge for

improving industrial practice and to strengthen the theoretical base

necessary for supporting sound decision making. Tracing economic

and financial consequences in the analysis of the problem and

solution reported, belongs to the central theme.

Call for abstracts

Participants, who wish to present papers, are requested to send an

abstract not exceeding 250 words (in Word format), to the

Programme Committee by November 1, 2013 at the latest (by email

to robert@grubbstrom.com). The conference language is English.

Acceptance of abstracts will be notified to authors by ca December

1, 2013. The number of participants will be limited.

The Seminar is a Working Seminar intending to provide ample opportunities

for interaction between Authors, Discussants and Audience. Participants are

therefore recommended to join the sessions of the seminar for at least three of the

four days.

By submitting an abstract authors implicitly agree to have their

paper published in the Seminar Proceedings, which means that

their paper has not been published nor is intended to be

published elsewhere.

Full papers should be submitted by January 10, 2014, in order to be

included in the Pre-Prints.

Papers presented will be reviewed after the seminar. Accepted papers

will be printed in proceedings issues of the International Journal of

Production Economics by Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Seminar location

Congress Innsbruck

Rennweg 3, A-6020 Innsbruck

Phone: 43-512-5936-1161, fax: +43-512-575607

website: www.cmi.at

Seminar sessions

The seminar will be held in Congress Innsbruck beginning Tuesday

and ending Friday in morning sessions 8.00-11.30 am and evening

sessions (except Friday) 7.00-9.15 pm.

Afternoons will be free for other activities. Busses will be

available for participants going to skiing areas.

Reception and Registration

A reception will be held on Monday, February 24, beginning at

6 pm in Kristall Foyer, Congress Innsbruck. Registration takes

place prior to the reception.

Internet access

Internet is accessible in the Congress Hall by wireless connection.

Conference fee

The basic fee for the seminar is € 620.00 (incl. VAT € 103), which

includes reception, morning and evening coffees, Pre-Prints and

Farewell Cocktails. The fee is to be paid into Tiroler Sparkassen AG,

Innsbruck: IBAN: AT9120 5030 3300 415746, BIC: SPIHAT22XXX,

Account: PRODECO, by January 10, 2014. Please identify your

name with the payment. Payment can also be made by credit

card (Visa or MasterCard) on the attached Application Form.

(For Austria only, the bank account is 3300 – 415746, BLZ 20503.)

Payment into Tiroler Sparkasse is the preferred option for participants

from the eurozone. Accompanying family members are not requested

to pay any basic fee.

Programme Committee

M. Bogataj, University of Ljubljana

D. Çelebi, Istanbul Technical University

A. Chikán, Corvinus University, Budapest

H. Ding, Beijing Jiaotong University

G. Fandel, Fern-Universität Hagen

L. Gelders, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven

R. F. Hartl, Universität Wien

J.-C. Hennet, LSIS-CNRS, Marseille

G. Lo Nigro, Università di Palermo

H. Matsukawa, Keio University, Yokohama

S. Minner, Technische Universität München

Ch. O’Brien, Nottingham University

C. Pappis, University of Piraeus

L. Peccati, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan

J. Rowcroft, University of New Brunswick

M.T. Tabucanon, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok

R.H. Teunter, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

M. Tuominen, Lappeenranta University of Technology

S.M. Wagner, Eidgenössige Technische Hochschule, Zürich

D.C. Whybark, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Organisation Committee

R.W. Grubbström, Linköping Institute of Technology

H.H. Hinterhuber, Universität Innsbruck

J. Lundquist, Linköping Institute of Technology

A. Mayr, Universität Innsbruck

Official mailing address and Web Site

Organisation Committee,

Att: Professor Hans H. Hinterhuber, Falkstrasse 16,

A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

e-mails: hans@hinterhuber.com, robert@grubbstrom.com.

Fax: +43 512 582414, www.uibk.ac.at/smt/production-economics

Social Programme

A Social Programme for participants and their accompanying family

members will be arranged, including a Tyrolean dinner, a ski race, a

visit to Swarovski Crystal Worlds, the new ski jump, the new

Nordpark Cable Railway, and several other activities.