Professors

Xavier BRUSSET

Professor

Supply chain management, organization and management of operations for large and small firms, Problem solving of managerial issues affecting the efficiency and profitability of operations of both inbound and outbound logistics and as well as information processes, Information Systems applied to logistics and supply chain management, distribution, Blockchain, risque météorologique

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Xavier BRUSSET

Academy

Digitalization

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Analytics and Management Science

Location

Paris

Discipline

Analytics Information & Operations

Xavier Brusset holds a PhD in Management Science from the Louvain Catholic University and an Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches from Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense university. He has been teaching Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the Toulouse Business School, ESSCA and now SKEMA since 2009. His research focuses on the relationship between the supply chain partners and the impact of information on their behavior, More recently he has studied the influence of abnormal weather on consumer sales, the possible uses of Blockchain in the supply chain as well as the impact of COVID on supply chains. His findings have been published in academic journals. He edited and co-authored a textbook about business cases in distribution. Previously, Xavier also worked in financial markets and created in Argentina a web-based platform of information sharing and logistic services between shippers and carriers (WebLogistix). Every year, he organizes or co-organizes a Colloquium on European Research in Retailing (CERR). He is a recognised expert assessing the European Union in CINEA research projects (transport, climate change, logistics). He is on the editorial board of the journal Logistics Research.

Education
2016
HDR in Management Science, Université Paris Nanterre, France
2010
Doctorate in Supply Chain Management, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
2003
DEA, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2016
Professor in Supply Chain, SKEMA Business School, France
2015 - 2016
Professor in Purchasing and Supply Chain, Toulouse Business School, France
2009 - 2015
Associate Professor in Purchasing and Supply Chain & In charge of the Master 2 in Achats et Supply Chain Management, ESSCA School of Management, France
Other academic affiliations and appointments
Since 2017
Director of the PRISM Research Centre, SKEMA Business School, France
2017 - 2019
Program Director - Master of Science in Supply Chain Management and Purchasing, SKEMA Business School, France
Other professional experiences
2007 - 2009
Project Manager, TransLogisTIC, Belgium
2000 - 2002
Co-Founder & Marketing/Sales Manager, WebLogistix, Argentina
1997 - 2000
Sales Representative, PERAX, AREAL, Argentina
1995 - 1997
Money Market fund Manager, Banque Française du Commerce Extérieur, France
1994 - 1995
Fixed Income strategist, Société Générale, France
1992 - 1994
Futures broker, Paine Webber France, France
1987 - 1992
Interest rate futures broker, X. Dupont F.Denant Stockmarket broker, France
Other research activities
Senior or Associate Editor
2022 - 2023
International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management
Editorial Board Member
2022 - 2023
International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management
Reviewer for:
International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Operational Research, Production Planning and Control, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Operations Research, Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, Systèmes d'Information et Management, Recherche et Applications en Marketing, International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, International Journal of Production Research, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
Organization of a conference or a research seminar
2021 - 2022
Organizing international conference, SKEMA Business School, France
PhD Supervision
2024
V. CAPOCASALE, PhD thesis, Thesis Reviewer
2021
R. ALKHUDARY, Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, PhD thesis, Thesis co-director
Other academic activities
2020
Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), Belgium
2020
Expert evaluation of European Project, Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), Belgium
2018
Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), Belgium

Peer-reviewed journal articles

, BRUSSET, X., KINRA, A., NASERALDIN, H. and ALKHUDARY, R. (2024). Increasing willingness to pay in the food supply chain: a Blockchain-oriented trust approach. International Journal of Production Research, 62(24), pp. 8858-8879.
BERTRAND, J.L., CHABOT, M., BRUSSET, X. and COURQUIN, V. (2024). Identifying assets exposed to physical climate risk: A decision-support methodology. International Journal of Production Economics, 276(109355).
BRUSSET, X., ZHANG, L., MA, Y., ZHANG, F. and QIAO, P. (2024). Resilience of interdependent supply chain networks design and protection under the ripple effect. International Journal of Production Research, pp. 1-27.
BRUSSET, X., IVANOV, D., JEBALI, A., LA TORRE, D. and REPETTO, M. (2023). A dynamic approach to supply chain reconfiguration and ripple effect analysis in an epidemic. International Journal of Production Economics, 263, pp. 108935.
BRUSSET, X., DAVARI, M., KINRA, A. and LA TORRE, D. (2023). Modelling ripple effect propagation and global supply chain workforce productivity impacts in pandemic disruptions. International Journal of Production Research, 61(8), pp. 2493-2512.
BRUSSET, X., JEBALI, A. and LA TORRE, D. (2023). Production optimisation in a pandemic context. International Journal of Production Research, 61(5), pp. 1642-1663.
BRUSSET, X., JEBALI, A., LA TORRE, D. and LIUZZI, D. (2023). Production optimization in the time of pandemic: an SIS-based optimal controlmodel with protection effort and cost minimization. Annals of Operations Research.
BRUSSET, X., JEBALI, A., LA TORRE, D. and MAZAHIR, S. (2022). Optimal Pollution Control in a Dynamic Multi-echelon Supply Chain. Environmental Modelling and Assessment, 27, pp. 585-598.
REICH, J., KINRA, A., KOTZAB, H. and BRUSSET, X. (2021). Strategic global supply chain network design – how decision analysis combining MILP and AHP on a Pareto front can improve decision-making. International Journal of Production Research, 59(5), pp. 1557-1572.
BERTRAND, J.L., BRUSSET, X. and CHABOT, M. (2021). Protecting Franchise Chains against Weather Risk: A Design Science Approach. Journal of Business Research, 125, pp. 187-200.
ALKHUDARY, R., BRUSSET, X. and FENIÈS, P. (2020). Blockchain in General Management and Economics: A Systematic Literature Review. European Business Review, 32(4), pp. 765-783.
TELLER, C., BRUSSET, X. and KOTZAB, H. (2019). Physical and Digital Market Places - Where Marketing Meets Operations. International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, 47(12), pp. 1225-1231.
BRUSSET, X. and BERTRAND, J.L. (2018). Hedging weather risk and coordinating supply chains. Journal of Operations Management, 64(1), pp. 41-52.
BERTRAND, J.L. and BRUSSET, X. (2018). Managing the financial consequences of weather variability. Journal of Asset Management, 19(5), pp. 301-315.
BRUSSET, X. and AGRELL, P. (2017). Intrinsic impediments to category captainship collaboration. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 13(1), pp. 113-133.
BRUSSET, X. and TELLER, C. (2017). Supply Chain Capabilities, Risks, and Resilience. International Journal of Production Economics, 184, pp. 59-68.
BRUSSET, X. (2016). When manufacturers hold information back from strong suppliers. RAIRO - Operations Research, 50(3), pp. 553-565.
BRUSSET, X. (2016). Does supply chain visibility enhance agility? International Journal of Production Economics, 171(1), pp. 46-59.
BERTRAND, J.L., BRUSSET, X. and FORTIN, M. (2015). Assessing and hedging the cost of unseasonal weather: case of the apparel sector. European Journal of Operational Research, 243(1), pp. 345-363.
BRUSSET, X. and AGRELL, P. (2015). Dynamic supply chain coordination games with repeated bargaining. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 80, pp. 12-22.
BRUSSET, X. (2014). Estimating the supply chain efficiency loss when the seller has to estimate the buyer's willingness to pay. RAIRO - Operations Research, 48(4), pp. 477-496.
BRACH, F. and BRUSSET, X. (2014). La reverse logistique en tant qu'avantage compétitif. Revue Française de Gestion Industrielle, 33(1), pp. 33-53.
BRUSSET, X. (2012). Avantages économiques du partage de l'information dans une chaine étendue. Revue Française de Gestion Industrielle, 31(2), pp. 103-119.
BRUSSET, X. (2009). Choosing a transport contract over multiple periods. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 5(3-4), pp. 273-322.
BRUSSET, X. and TEMME, N. (2007). Optimizing an objective function under a bivariate probability model. European Journal of Operational Research, 179(2), pp. 444-458.

Conference proceedings

BRUSSET, X., DAVARI, M., KINRA, A. and LA TORRE, D. (2021). Modelling COVID-19 Ripple Effect and Global Supply Chain Productivity Impacts Using a Reaction-Diffusion Time-Space SIS Model. pp. 3-12.
ALKHUDARY, R., BRUSSET, X. and FENIÈS, P. (2020). Blockchain and Risk in Supply Chain Management., 23, pp. 159-165.
BRUSSET, X. and BERTRAND, J.L. (2019). Impact of the weather on the price of potatoes.
BRUSSET, X. and AGRELL, P. (2018). Use and Misuse of supply chain echelon competition to improve efficiency. pp. 23-29.
BRUSSET, X. and DELAFENESTRE, R. (2018). New business models in supply chains: a bibliometric study.
DELAFENESTRE, R. and BRUSSET, X. (2018). Supply Chains and New Supply Chain Business Models: literature review and research agenda.
BRUSSET, X. and BERTRAND, J.L. (2018). Mitigating the consequences of abnormal weather: evidence from the cosmetics industry in the framework of chaos theory.
BRUSSET, X., DELAFENESTRE, R. and LECOEUVRE, L. (2017). Business process approach to risk mitigation in projects and supply chains, case studies.
BRUSSET, X. and DJERBI, Z. (2017). The impact of logistics turbulence on performance and the mitigating role of management controls.
DELAFENESTRE, R. and BRUSSET, X. (2017). Internet of Things, Big Data, and new business models: a literature review.
BRUSSET, X. and BERTRAND, J.L. (2017). Coordinating retailers and hedging weather risk in supply chains.

Book chapters

BRUSSET, X., LA TORRE, D. and BROEKAERT, J. (2022). Algorithms, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence - Harnessing Data to Make Supply Chain Decisions. In: Bart MacCarthy, Dmitry Ivanov eds. The Digital Supply Chain. 1st ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 93-110.
BRUSSET, X., DAVARI, M., KINRA, A. and LA TORRE, D. (2021). Modelling COVID-19 Ripple Effect and Global Supply Chain Productivity Impacts Using a Reaction-Diffusion Time-Space SIS Model. In: Alexandre Dolgui, Alain Bernard, David Lemoine, Gregor von Cieminski, David Romero eds. Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems. 1st ed. Nantes: Springer, pp. 3-12.
BRUSSET, X. (2013). Gestion de la qualité en distribution: Cas Pizzeria. In: Xavier Brusset (ed.). Cas en distribution: 7 cas réels d'entreprises. 1st ed. Paris: EMS Éditions, pp. 102-118.
BRUSSET, X. (2009). Multi Period contracts in transport under asymmetric information and prior investments. In: Stefan Voss and Julia Pahl and Silvia Schwarze (ed.). Logistik Management, Systeme, Methoden, Integration. 1st ed. Springer, pp. 37-54.
BRUSSET, X. (2007). Endogenous choice of procurement contracts in a supply chain. In: René de Koster and Werner Delfmann (ed.). Managing Supply Chains: Challenges and Opportunities. 1st ed. Copenhagen Business School Press, pp. 145-174.
BRUSSET, X. and TEMME, N. (2005). The impact of information and coordination on transport procurement. In: René de Koster and Werner Delfmann (ed.). Supply Chain Management -- European Perspectives. 1st ed. Copenhagen Business School Press, pp. 239-261.

Keynote speaker

BRUSSET, X. (2023). Introduction to the 8th Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. In: CERR 2023. Portsmouth.
BRUSSET, X. (2022). Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. In: Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. Zagreb.
BRUSSET, X. (2021). Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. In: Collouqium on European Research in Retailing. Sophia Antipolis.
BRUSSET, X. (2018). Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. In: Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. Guildford.
BRUSSET, X. (2016). Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. In: Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. Toulouse.

Guest editor of a journal special issue

KOTZAB, H., BRUSSET, X. and PETLJAK, K. (2023). Guest editorial: The new age of retailing: rethink, reconnect, revive. International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, 51(9/10), pp. 1061-1064.
FRASQUET, M., BRUSSET, X., KOTZAB, H. and TELLER, C. (2021). Transforming Retail Channels in the Digital Era: Marketing and Operations Perspectives - Guest Editorial. International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, 49(7), pp. 813-816.
BRUSSET, X., TELLER, C. and KOTZAB, H. (2017). Guest Editorial. International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, 45(7-8), pp. 686-688.

Editorials of a journal

BRUSSET, X. (2022). Guest editorial: Building resilience in retail for the post COVID-19 world - marketing and operations perspective. International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, 50(8/9), pp. 897-899.

Books and book editor

BRUSSET, X. [Ed] (2013). Cas en distribution: 7 cas réels d'entreprises. Corrigés détaillés. EMS Éditions, 122 pages.
BRUSSET, X. (2010). Modeling contractual relationships in transport. Presses universitaires de Louvain, 268 pages.

Conference presentations

SUAREZ, M. and BRUSSET, X. (2024). Redesigning Demand-Driven Supply Chains: A Longitudinal Study-Based Approach. In: 19th CSCMP European Research Symposium (ERS) on Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Warsaw.
BRUSSET, X., BERTRAND, J.L. and CHABOT, M. (2023). Do firms with ESG risks develop enough managerial control effort? In: POMS Paris 2023. Paris.
BRUSSET, X. (2023). Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. In: Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. Portsmouth.
BRUSSET, X. and SUAREZ, M. (2023). Last Mile Collaboration Business Models and Incentive Schemes. In: International Physical Internet Conference 2023. Athens.
SUAREZ, M. and BRUSSET, X. (2023). Last Mile Collaboration: Business Models and Incentive Schemes. In: IPIC 2023. Athens.
BRUSSET, X. (2023). Business Models and Information requirements for AI last mile distribution models. In: URBANE Second Face to Face meeting. Helsinki.
BRUSSET, X., KINRA, A., ALKHUDARY, R. and NASERALDIN, H. (2022). Increasing willingness to pay in a food supply chain: a blockchain approach. In: CLAIO 2022. Buenos Aires.
BRUSSET, X. and DELAFENESTRE, R. (2018). New business models in supply chains: a bibliometric study. In: CERR Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. Guildford.
BRUSSET, X. and BERTRAND, J.L. (2018). Mitigating the consequences of abnormal weather: evidence from the cosmetics industry in the framework of chaos theory. In: ILS conference. Lyon.
BRUSSET, X. and DELAFENESTRE, R. (2018). Supply Chains and New Business Models: literature review and research agenda. In: ILS conference. Lyon.
BERTRAND, J.L. and BRUSSET, X. (2018). Managing risks and opportunities of weather variability. In: Financial Risks International Forum. Paris.
LECOEUVRE, L., DELAFENESTRE, R. and BRUSSET, X. (2017). New actors, new processes: how to make risk management better, case studies. In: NOFOMA Conference. Lund.
BRUSSET, X. and DJERBI, Z. (2017). The impact of logistics emergencies on performance and the mitigating role of management controls. In: NOFOMA Conference. Lund.
BRUSSET, X. and BERTRAND, J.L. (2017). Coordinating retailers and hedging weather risk in supply chains. In: EUROMA Conference. Edinburgh.

Faculty research seminar presentations

BRUSSET, X. (2022). Increasing willingness to pay in the food supply chain: a Blockchain approach. In: CLAIO 2022. Buenos Aires.
BRUSSET, X. (2022). Modelling Ripple Effect Propagation And Global Supply Chain Workforce Productivity Impacts. In: Informs Annual Conference. indianpolis.
BRUSSET, X. (2021). Modelling COVID-19 Ripple Effect and Global Supply Chain Productivity Impacts Using a Reaction-Diffusion Time-Space SIS Model. In: IFIP 2021. Nantes.
BRUSSET, X. (2020). Maximizing Trust in the Olive Oil Supply Chain: A Blockchain-Based Approach. In: Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. Valence.
BRUSSET, X. (2020). Protecting franchise networks against weather risk, a methodology. In: EWGR Retail. Istamboul.