Biography
Merieke Stevens is an Associate Professor of Technology & Operations Management at RSM Erasmus University, and a Visiting Academic Fellow at the Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. She serves as Department Editor of the Technology Management department at the Journal of Operations Management.
Merieke's research focuses on Supply Ecosystems. She is particularly interested in how supply chain processes can be adjusted to improve economic, societal, and environmental outputs. One of her focus areas is the use of trust and digital tools to increase supply chain transparency and inclusiveness.
Merieke lived in Japan for several years, where she conducted extensive on-site research in the automotive industry. She retains her automotive focus, but applies her experience to other settings such as medical teams, global ports, and the energy infrastructure.
Merieke was the recipient or runner-up for several awards, including the PMB best teacher award; the Journal of Operations Management Reviewer Service Award; the Industry Studies Association Giarratani Rising Star Award; the Institute for Supply Management Best Paper in Supply Chain Award; and the Cambridge Judge Business School Best Doctoral Paper Award.
Merieke teaches, amongst others, the core course Operations Management in RSM's fulltime MBA. She has held visiting positions at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo; and the Management Research Center, École Polytechnique Paris.
Merieke obtained her PhD in Operations Management at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, and is a member of Queens' College where Desiderius Erasmus studied between 1510 and 1515.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- mstevens@rsm.nl
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Work
- Britt W.C.M. Warmerdam, Merieke Stevens, Carla S.P. van Rijswijk, Daniël Eefting, Rutger W. van der Meer, Hein Putter, Jaap F. Hamming, Joost R. van der Vorst & Jan van Schaik (2023) - Learning Curve Analysis of Complex Endovascular Aortic Repair - Annals of Vascular Surgery, 93, 308-318 - doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.01.044 - [link]
- Merieke Stevens (2023) - Introduction to the special issue on mobility, climate change, and economic inequality - Journal of Operations Management, 69 (1), 4-8 - doi: 10.1002/joom.1233 - [link]
- Merieke Stevens & J van Schaik (2020) - Implementing new technologies for complex care: The role of embeddedness factors in team learning - Journal of Operations Management, 66 (1-2), 112-134 - doi: 10.1002/joom.1034
- Fabian Sting, Merieke Stevens & Murat Tarakci (2019) - Temporary deembedding buyer-supplier relationships: A Complexity Perspective - Journal of Operations Management, 65 (2), 114-135 - doi: 10.1002/joom.1008 - [link]
- Merieke Stevens (2015) - Inter-organisational trust: is more always better? - RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 24 (4), 8-10 - [link]
- Merieke Stevens, JP MacDuffie & S Helper (2015) - Reorienting and recalibrating inter-organizational relationships: Strategies for achieving Optimal Trust - Organization Studies, 36 (9), 1237-1264 - doi: 10.1177/0170840615585337 - [link]
- Merieke Stevens (2012) - Renault-Nissan Alliance: Not just a handshake
- Merieke Stevens & T Fujimoto (2009) - Nissan: From the brink of bankruptcy
- Merieke Stevens (2008) - Foreign Influences on the Japanese Automobile Industry: The Nissan-Renault mutual learning alliance - doi: 10.1080/13602380701660947
RSM Department 1
- Start date approval
- november 2022
- End date approval
- november 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Teaching various programmes for RSM BV
Strategic Sourcing
- Year Level
- master, master, master, master
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- BMME070