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Books by Stavros Ponis

Pressures imposed by todays modern and highly competitive business environment and momentum creat... more Pressures imposed by todays modern and highly competitive business environment and momentum created with the emergence of Information and Communication Technologies force business entities to rethink current models, in order to benefit from a more flexible and cost effective form of organizational management.
Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles aspires to set a point-of-reference for scholars and researchers in the fields of Virtual Enterprises and Supply Chain Management who are interested in studying the Risk Management dimension in a cross-disciplinary fashion by applying new ideas and synthetic thinking in already well established concepts. Furthermore, this valuable reference aims to attract both graduate and post-graduate students studying the Risk Management discipline.

This collection, entitled Organizational Advancements through Enterprise Information Systems: Eme... more This collection, entitled Organizational Advancements through Enterprise Information Systems: Emerging Applications and Developments, provides a comprehensive assessment of the latest developments in the EIS revolution. Individual chapters, which focus on Enterprise Resource Planning ERP adoption, the integration of enterprise systems, personalized ERP, and the Semantic Web, offer ideas and solutions for the future of the global enterprise.

Strategists describe networking and being able to access knowledge as the leading path to gaining... more Strategists describe networking and being able to access knowledge as the leading path to gaining a competitive advantage. Cultural Implications of Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer: Identifying Competitive Advantage gathers contributions of scholars from multi-disciplinary fields to illustrate, compare, and discuss models, perspectives, and approaches involved in the distribution, administration, and transmission of knowledge across organizations. Containing research from leading international experts, this defining reference collection offers diverse viewpoints and depicts possible trajectories of future development in achieving competitive advantage.

Web 2.0 is one of the most prominent business models for information systems available today. It ... more Web 2.0 is one of the most prominent business models for information systems available today. It brings together technology and social networks, and the interactivity that creates business value.

Web 2.0: The Business Model, an edited volume, is the first reference that integrates the business implications of Web 2.0/3.0, along with its linkage to business. The editors’ discussions emphasize three major components of Web 2.0: social networks analysis, recommendation systems and community building. This volume also includes a number of successful business models for business exploitation using Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 with various case studies.

Web 2.0: The Business Model is designed for professionals working as policy makers, corporate quality managers, and government officers in IT, as well as for researchers, professors and advance-level students in computer science and business management.

In today's networked societies, a key factor of the social and economic success is the capability... more In today's networked societies, a key factor of the social and economic success is the capability to exchange, transfer, and share knowledge. In the wide-ranging area of knowledge management, the issue of knowledge exchange in networked environments emerges in several application fields, and is treated with different approaches.
Building the Knowledge Society on the Internet: Sharing and Exchanging Knowledge in Networked Environments proposes a vast panorama of research on the topic while presenting a variety of viewpoints, approaches, and indications of the shared elements intended as the foundations of an emerging and fascinating multidisciplinary field.

This edited book describes new trends in supply chain design and management with an emphasis on t... more This edited book describes new trends in supply chain design and management with an emphasis on technologies and methodologies. It contains guidelines detailing the real-world applications of these technologies and methodologies. This book is of interest to researchers and practitioners and can also be used as a reference handbook by lecturers and postgraduate students in this field.

This book defines the scope of Virtual Enterprise in the context of today's environments, while a... more This book defines the scope of Virtual Enterprise in the context of today's environments, while also exploring the international trends that power today's business environment. It incorporates the culture and infrastructure required to make a 'virtual transformation' so that 'seamless connectivity' in any part of the country could be made possible.

Enterprise Architects, in their endeavor to achieve Enterprise Integration, have limited guidance... more Enterprise Architects, in their endeavor to achieve Enterprise Integration, have limited guidance on how best to use Enterprise Models and Modeling Tools to support their practice. It is widely recognized that the practice of engineering enterprises needs a number of models, but how to maintain the relation between these models with ease is still a problem. Model interoperability is an issue on multiople counts:

- How to interchange models between enterprise modeling tools?

- How to maintain the interdependencies between models - whether they describe the enterprise on the same level (but from different points of view), or from the same point of view (but on different levels of abstraction and granularity)?

- How to maintain a coherent and evolving set of enterprise models in support onf continuous change processes?

- How to use and reuse enterprise models as a knowledge resource?

The answers to these questions are of great importance to anyone who is implementing ISO9001:2000 requirements, whether through using enterprise architecture practice or not - although it can be argued that a well executed architecture practice should satisfy ISO9001 without additional effort.

This volume attacks the problem on three fronts:

1. Authors working in international standardisation and tool development as well as in enterprise modeling research present the latest developments in semantic integration;

2. Authors who are practitioners of, or conducting active research in, enterprise architecting methodologies give an account on the latest developments and strategic directions in architecture frameworks and methodologies;

3. Authors who use or develop information integration infrastructures present best practice and future trends of this aspect of enterprise integration.

Containing case studies and research findings, this book deals with methods and tools suitable fo... more Containing case studies and research findings, this book deals with methods and tools suitable for designing, managing, and controlling processes within the supply chain. The authors are leading experts within the international community in the field of production management.

For many years production management has no longer been confined to individual production facilit... more For many years production management has no longer been confined to individual production facilities. Intensive cooperation with suppliers has become an integral part of production management. In recent years two further developments have gained ground. On the one hand enterprises have been specialising and concentrating on their core competencies with outsourcing as a consequence, on the other hand globalization has intensified the range of choice among suppliers. Increased dependence on suppliers called for new forms of cooperative ventures. Strategic and legal issues had to be considered and production management had to include sophisticated logistic chain management. These developments have led to the concept of `Extended Enterprise'.
Among many other topics, this book discusses:
co-operation between companies;
supply chain management;
agile and virtual management;
integration of the logistic chain; and
production and logistical strategies.

Pressures imposed by todays modern and highly competitive business environment and momentum creat... more Pressures imposed by todays modern and highly competitive business environment and momentum created with the emergence of Information and Communication Technologies force business entities to rethink current models, in order to benefit from a more flexible and cost effective form of organizational management.
Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles aspires to set a point-of-reference for scholars and researchers in the fields of Virtual Enterprises and Supply Chain Management who are interested in studying the Risk Management dimension in a cross-disciplinary fashion by applying new ideas and synthetic thinking in already well established concepts. Furthermore, this valuable reference aims to attract both graduate and post-graduate students studying the Risk Management discipline.

Papers by Stavros Ponis

European Journal of Business and Management Research, Dec 7, 2022

The international journal of knowledge, culture and change management, 2006

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International Journal of Production Research, Apr 9, 2009

Sustainability

The purpose of this study is two-fold. Firstly, it aims to investigate the available papers on th... more The purpose of this study is two-fold. Firstly, it aims to investigate the available papers on the effect of gamification elements to explain behavioural changes through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). Secondly, based on the SLR, it proposes a four-step SEM (Structural Equation Model)-based approach that can be used to validate the effects of gamification on behavioural change and can be further applied in the context of a research project that aims to lower maritime plastic pollution in coastal areas. The SLR approach provides an overview of empirical studies that successfully measure the three identified objectives, i.e., increased (O1) usage of a web platform, (O2) awareness, and (O3) participation in behaviour, and it focuses on SEM to collect empirical results. Findings from the SLR highlight multiple research shortcomings, such as the lack of a unified taxonomy for gamification and motivational affordances, the absence of studies soundly linking gamification elements to ...

International Review of Mechanical Engineering (IREME), 2015

In this paper, the conception, design and initial experimental development of an innovative solar... more In this paper, the conception, design and initial experimental development of an innovative solar-thermal application with the capacity to harness the heat of domestic Solar Water Heaters (SWHs) and transform it into low-cost and clean electric power, is presented. In the heart of the application, lies a novel -high efficiency- compressing device able to transform thermal energy into potential energy from a working fluid and enabling solar thermal collectors to generate twice as must electricity as solar photovoltaic panels at nearly half the cost. The proposed compressor tackles the inherent disadvantages of conventional compressors, by reducing the number of moving parts and being capable of handling fluids in multiple phases. Moreover, the compressor is compatible with typical installations that would otherwise include a standard compressor, as well with installations where an abundance of thermal energy and a need for compressing a working fluid coexist. This paper presents the core concept of the research venture, provides the technical details and operation of the proposed innovative compressor and finally discusses the potential market innovation and impact of the invention. The ultimate objective of the research presented in this paper is to introduce to the market the first solar application with the capacity to harness the heat absorbed by domestic SWHs.

Pressures imposed by todays modern and highly competitive business environment and momentum creat... more Pressures imposed by todays modern and highly competitive business environment and momentum created with the emergence of Information and Communication Technologies force business entities to rethink current models, in order to benefit from a more flexible and cost effective form of organizational management.
Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles aspires to set a point-of-reference for scholars and researchers in the fields of Virtual Enterprises and Supply Chain Management who are interested in studying the Risk Management dimension in a cross-disciplinary fashion by applying new ideas and synthetic thinking in already well established concepts. Furthermore, this valuable reference aims to attract both graduate and post-graduate students studying the Risk Management discipline.

This collection, entitled Organizational Advancements through Enterprise Information Systems: Eme... more This collection, entitled Organizational Advancements through Enterprise Information Systems: Emerging Applications and Developments, provides a comprehensive assessment of the latest developments in the EIS revolution. Individual chapters, which focus on Enterprise Resource Planning ERP adoption, the integration of enterprise systems, personalized ERP, and the Semantic Web, offer ideas and solutions for the future of the global enterprise.

Strategists describe networking and being able to access knowledge as the leading path to gaining... more Strategists describe networking and being able to access knowledge as the leading path to gaining a competitive advantage. Cultural Implications of Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer: Identifying Competitive Advantage gathers contributions of scholars from multi-disciplinary fields to illustrate, compare, and discuss models, perspectives, and approaches involved in the distribution, administration, and transmission of knowledge across organizations. Containing research from leading international experts, this defining reference collection offers diverse viewpoints and depicts possible trajectories of future development in achieving competitive advantage.

Web 2.0 is one of the most prominent business models for information systems available today. It ... more Web 2.0 is one of the most prominent business models for information systems available today. It brings together technology and social networks, and the interactivity that creates business value.

Web 2.0: The Business Model, an edited volume, is the first reference that integrates the business implications of Web 2.0/3.0, along with its linkage to business. The editors’ discussions emphasize three major components of Web 2.0: social networks analysis, recommendation systems and community building. This volume also includes a number of successful business models for business exploitation using Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 with various case studies.

Web 2.0: The Business Model is designed for professionals working as policy makers, corporate quality managers, and government officers in IT, as well as for researchers, professors and advance-level students in computer science and business management.

In today's networked societies, a key factor of the social and economic success is the capability... more In today's networked societies, a key factor of the social and economic success is the capability to exchange, transfer, and share knowledge. In the wide-ranging area of knowledge management, the issue of knowledge exchange in networked environments emerges in several application fields, and is treated with different approaches.
Building the Knowledge Society on the Internet: Sharing and Exchanging Knowledge in Networked Environments proposes a vast panorama of research on the topic while presenting a variety of viewpoints, approaches, and indications of the shared elements intended as the foundations of an emerging and fascinating multidisciplinary field.

This edited book describes new trends in supply chain design and management with an emphasis on t... more This edited book describes new trends in supply chain design and management with an emphasis on technologies and methodologies. It contains guidelines detailing the real-world applications of these technologies and methodologies. This book is of interest to researchers and practitioners and can also be used as a reference handbook by lecturers and postgraduate students in this field.

This book defines the scope of Virtual Enterprise in the context of today's environments, while a... more This book defines the scope of Virtual Enterprise in the context of today's environments, while also exploring the international trends that power today's business environment. It incorporates the culture and infrastructure required to make a 'virtual transformation' so that 'seamless connectivity' in any part of the country could be made possible.

Enterprise Architects, in their endeavor to achieve Enterprise Integration, have limited guidance... more Enterprise Architects, in their endeavor to achieve Enterprise Integration, have limited guidance on how best to use Enterprise Models and Modeling Tools to support their practice. It is widely recognized that the practice of engineering enterprises needs a number of models, but how to maintain the relation between these models with ease is still a problem. Model interoperability is an issue on multiople counts:

- How to interchange models between enterprise modeling tools?

- How to maintain the interdependencies between models - whether they describe the enterprise on the same level (but from different points of view), or from the same point of view (but on different levels of abstraction and granularity)?

- How to maintain a coherent and evolving set of enterprise models in support onf continuous change processes?

- How to use and reuse enterprise models as a knowledge resource?

The answers to these questions are of great importance to anyone who is implementing ISO9001:2000 requirements, whether through using enterprise architecture practice or not - although it can be argued that a well executed architecture practice should satisfy ISO9001 without additional effort.

This volume attacks the problem on three fronts:

1. Authors working in international standardisation and tool development as well as in enterprise modeling research present the latest developments in semantic integration;

2. Authors who are practitioners of, or conducting active research in, enterprise architecting methodologies give an account on the latest developments and strategic directions in architecture frameworks and methodologies;

3. Authors who use or develop information integration infrastructures present best practice and future trends of this aspect of enterprise integration.

Containing case studies and research findings, this book deals with methods and tools suitable fo... more Containing case studies and research findings, this book deals with methods and tools suitable for designing, managing, and controlling processes within the supply chain. The authors are leading experts within the international community in the field of production management.

For many years production management has no longer been confined to individual production facilit... more For many years production management has no longer been confined to individual production facilities. Intensive cooperation with suppliers has become an integral part of production management. In recent years two further developments have gained ground. On the one hand enterprises have been specialising and concentrating on their core competencies with outsourcing as a consequence, on the other hand globalization has intensified the range of choice among suppliers. Increased dependence on suppliers called for new forms of cooperative ventures. Strategic and legal issues had to be considered and production management had to include sophisticated logistic chain management. These developments have led to the concept of `Extended Enterprise'.
Among many other topics, this book discusses:
co-operation between companies;
supply chain management;
agile and virtual management;
integration of the logistic chain; and
production and logistical strategies.

Pressures imposed by todays modern and highly competitive business environment and momentum creat... more Pressures imposed by todays modern and highly competitive business environment and momentum created with the emergence of Information and Communication Technologies force business entities to rethink current models, in order to benefit from a more flexible and cost effective form of organizational management.
Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles aspires to set a point-of-reference for scholars and researchers in the fields of Virtual Enterprises and Supply Chain Management who are interested in studying the Risk Management dimension in a cross-disciplinary fashion by applying new ideas and synthetic thinking in already well established concepts. Furthermore, this valuable reference aims to attract both graduate and post-graduate students studying the Risk Management discipline.

European Journal of Business and Management Research, Dec 7, 2022

The international journal of knowledge, culture and change management, 2006

Shopping Cart Your Cart. Log in. Description All publishers. ...

International Journal of Production Research, Apr 9, 2009

Sustainability

The purpose of this study is two-fold. Firstly, it aims to investigate the available papers on th... more The purpose of this study is two-fold. Firstly, it aims to investigate the available papers on the effect of gamification elements to explain behavioural changes through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). Secondly, based on the SLR, it proposes a four-step SEM (Structural Equation Model)-based approach that can be used to validate the effects of gamification on behavioural change and can be further applied in the context of a research project that aims to lower maritime plastic pollution in coastal areas. The SLR approach provides an overview of empirical studies that successfully measure the three identified objectives, i.e., increased (O1) usage of a web platform, (O2) awareness, and (O3) participation in behaviour, and it focuses on SEM to collect empirical results. Findings from the SLR highlight multiple research shortcomings, such as the lack of a unified taxonomy for gamification and motivational affordances, the absence of studies soundly linking gamification elements to ...

International Review of Mechanical Engineering (IREME), 2015

In this paper, the conception, design and initial experimental development of an innovative solar... more In this paper, the conception, design and initial experimental development of an innovative solar-thermal application with the capacity to harness the heat of domestic Solar Water Heaters (SWHs) and transform it into low-cost and clean electric power, is presented. In the heart of the application, lies a novel -high efficiency- compressing device able to transform thermal energy into potential energy from a working fluid and enabling solar thermal collectors to generate twice as must electricity as solar photovoltaic panels at nearly half the cost. The proposed compressor tackles the inherent disadvantages of conventional compressors, by reducing the number of moving parts and being capable of handling fluids in multiple phases. Moreover, the compressor is compatible with typical installations that would otherwise include a standard compressor, as well with installations where an abundance of thermal energy and a need for compressing a working fluid coexist. This paper presents the core concept of the research venture, provides the technical details and operation of the proposed innovative compressor and finally discusses the potential market innovation and impact of the invention. The ultimate objective of the research presented in this paper is to introduce to the market the first solar application with the capacity to harness the heat absorbed by domestic SWHs.

Human systems management, Dec 20, 2007

The modern competitive markets rely heavily on the concept of globalization. In this respect, the... more The modern competitive markets rely heavily on the concept of globalization. In this respect, the virtual enterprise approach and a holistic view of an enterprise's supply chain come into play. Nowadays, a company is as reliable and efficient as the weakest link in its supply chain. An unhampered product and information flow among the supply chain nodes and a capability for backtracking are required, raising the need for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Business-to-Business (B2B) integration and interoperability in between ...

International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, 2009

The Virtual Enterprises (VE) approach and a holistic view the supply chain come into play in the ... more The Virtual Enterprises (VE) approach and a holistic view the supply chain come into play in the modern globalised competitive markets. A company is as reliable as the weakest link in its chain. An unhampered product and information flow and backtracking among the parties are required. The current wave of enterprise systems is unable to satisfy the above, raising the need for new system architectures and functionalities. The authors believe that the referred approach is the enhancement of the ERP functionality with web and middleware ...

Proceedings of the International Conferences ICT, Society, and Human Beings 2019; Connected Smart Cities 2019; and Web Based Communities and Social Media 2019

Procedia Manufacturing, 2020

Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0, 2018

In today’s challenging sector of logistics and transportation, companies, seek to adapt software ... more In today’s challenging sector of logistics and transportation, companies, seek to adapt software which leads to efficient solutions at an acceptable cost. Conventional routing software is developed to solve vehicle routing problem and help managers and planners in decision making. Simultaneously, specific constraints and different VRP (Vehicle Routing Problem) variants are considered each time, such as the Capacitated, the Multi Depot and the Pickup and Delivery VRP. However, the last few years the need for more reliable deliveries and better customer services arose. In addition, reducing travel distance, travel cost and environmental impact are important factors encountered in urban freight transportation. Therefore, routing software needs to take into account multiple constraints. Such constraints are traffic congestion, speed limits, transportation regulations and restricted zones. These constraints affect mainly Time dependent VRP, VRP with Time Windows, Dynamic VRP and Green VRP. Data collection and processing are essential in routing software for solving these variants and offering the best solution. The methods for solving these problems, along with technological achievements, including cloud computing, can lead to efficient, easily adaptable routing software. Such software solutions can eventually render companies with complex transportation and logistics problems, competitive. The scope of this paper is to describe the concept and methodological approach for the development of such a routing and scheduling system, operating in a cloud environment. The definition of its requirements and the development of the system is the main purpose of an ongoing research project, being in its first stages of system’s analysis and design.

Procedia Manufacturing, 2020

Procedia Manufacturing, 2020

Procedia Manufacturing, 2020

International Journal of Construction Management, 2018

The research presented in this paper attempts an initial evaluation of Twitter as an instrument f... more The research presented in this paper attempts an initial evaluation of Twitter as an
instrument for emergency response in the context of a recent crisis event. The case
of the 2013 disaster, when typhoon Haiyan hit Philippines is examined by
analyzing nine consecutive days of Twitter messages and comparing them to the
actual events. The results indicate that during disasters, Twitter users tend to post
messages to enhance situation awareness and to motivate people to act.
Furthermore, tweets were found reliable and provided valuable information
content, supporting the argument that Twitter presents a very good potential to
become a useful tool in situations where rapid emergency response is essential