Anton Ovchinnikov receives prestigious international sustainability award

QSB management science and operations management professor Anton Ovchinnikov was recognized for advancing the study of sustainable operations at the annual Production and Operations Management (POM) society conference in Washington, D.C. in May. He was unanimously selected by a committee of his peers to receive the prestigious Paul Kleindorfer Award in Sustainability from this international organization of POM professionals.

Anton’s research has contributed to two areas of sustainable operations. The first focuses on government incentives for the adoption of green technologies, such as the use of subsidies and rebates to motivate the adoption of pollution-reducing technologies. The second concentrates on the economic and environmental assessment of remanufacturing—the rebuilding of products to original specifications using reused, repaired and new parts.

His research and insights have been published in both academic and management journals and he has also written several business cases based on his research and industry experience.