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Christian Durach

Full Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management

Department : Information & Operations Management
Campus : Berlin

Christian F. Durach (Dr.-Ing. habil.) is a full professor and Chair of Supply Chain and Oper-ations Management at ESCP’s Berlin Campus. He teaches Operations Management & Information Systems, (Sustainable) Supply Chain Management, and Research Methods at various levels. In 2016, he received the Berlin Cer-tificate for Teaching in Higher Education from the Berlin Center for Teaching in Higher Education. His research focuses on sustainability in organisations and supply chains, supply chain risk management, and the intersection of digitalisation, sustainability, and risk management. His work has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Operations Manage-ment, Production and Operations Management, and the Journal of Supply Chain Manage-ment. Christian serves as the European Co-Editor of the Journal of Business Logistics (Outstand-ing Senior Editor Award, 2021), Senior Associate Editor of the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management (Emerald Best Reviewer Award, 2017), and an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Operations & Production Man-agement (Emerald Best Reviewer Award, 2020). He regularly presents at conferences and is a member of the Center for Supply Networks (CaSN) at Arizona State University, Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society, and the Global Manufacturing Research Group (GMRG). Christian is also the academic director of all specialised master’s programmes at ESCP Ber-lin. Prior to joining ESCP, he was the Head of the Center for International Logistics Networks at Technische Universität Berlin. He earned his doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) and habilitation from Technische Universität Berlin and holds degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA) and Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland).

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15 publications

Academic Articles

2025

DURACH, C., F., D. SIMPSON, F. WIENGARTEN, Z. WU

Beyond the Yield: Enhancing Agricultural Sustainability through Operations Management

JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Academic Articles

2025

DURACH, C., F., F. WIENGARTEN, M. PAGELL, P. HUMPHREYS

Who should manage worker safety to reduce occupational accidents?

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Academic Articles

2024

DURACH, C., F., Y. PEERS, Y. WANG, T. REPASKY

Mitigating upstream disruptions: Effects of extended inventories in first- and second-tier suppliers

JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, 70 (8), 1261-1285

Academic Articles

2024

DURACH, C., F., L. GUTIERREZ

’Hello, this is your AI co-pilot’ – Operational Implications of Artificial Intelligence Chatbots

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, 54(3), 229-246

Academic Articles

2023

DURACH, C., F., M. PARKINSON, F. WIENGARTEN, M. PAGELL

Cracking the code: Effects of codes of conduct and decision frames on supplier selection in financially distressed firms

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT, 44(2), 462-482

Academic Articles

2023

WISSUWA, F., C. , F. DURACH

Turning German automotive supply chains into sponsors for sustainability

PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL, 34 (2), 159-172

Academic Articles

2023

HOHN, M., C. , F. DURACH

Taking a different view: Theorizing on firms’ development toward an integrative view on socially sustainable supply chain management

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, 53 (1), 13-34

Academic Articles

2023

DURACH, C., F., F. WIENGARTEN, M. PAGELL

The Effect of Temporary Workers and Works Councils on Process Innovation

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT, 43 (5), 781-801

Academic Articles

2023

DURACH, C., F., T. REPASKY, F. WIENGARTEN

Patterns in firms' inventories and flexibility levels after a low-probability, high-impact disruption event: Empirical evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake

PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, 32 (6), 1705-1723

Academic Articles

2022

WISSUWA, F., C. , F. DURACH, T. Y. CHOI

Selecting resilient suppliers: Supplier complexity and buyer disruption

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS, 253

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Academic Articles

2025

Beyond the Yield: Enhancing Agricultural Sustainability through Operations Management

Academic Articles

2025

Who should manage worker safety to reduce occupational accidents?

Academic Articles

2024

Mitigating upstream disruptions: Effects of extended inventories in first- and second-tier suppliers

Academic Articles

2024

’Hello, this is your AI co-pilot’ – Operational Implications of Artificial Intelligence Chatbots

Academic Articles

2023

Cracking the code: Effects of codes of conduct and decision frames on supplier selection in financially distressed firms

Academic Articles

2023

Turning German automotive supply chains into sponsors for sustainability

Academic Articles

2023

Taking a different view: Theorizing on firms’ development toward an integrative view on socially sustainable supply chain management

Academic Articles

2023

The Effect of Temporary Workers and Works Councils on Process Innovation

Academic Articles

2023

Patterns in firms' inventories and flexibility levels after a low-probability, high-impact disruption event: Empirical evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Academic Articles

2022

Selecting resilient suppliers: Supplier complexity and buyer disruption

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