Professor Martin Spring
Professor of Operations ManagementQualifications
B.Tech (Hons); D.M.S., Ph.D.
Profile
Martin Spring is Professor of Operations Management at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), UK. He is also Principal Investigator of TiPS (Technology in Professional Services) Accelerator for digital adoption in law and accountancy firms and Director of the School’s Centre for Productivity & Innovation. His research is concerned with the intersection between innovation in products, services and technologies, and the processes and supply chains of which they are a part. His work on this theme has focussed on product customisation, supply chain flexibility, the links between public policy and innovation in supply networks, and innovation in business-to-business services. Recently, he has been researching the adoption of AI-based digital technology in law and accountancy firms, and the role of innovation support organisations in accelerating innovation adoption.
He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), a Member of the Council of Experts of the ESRC/Innovate UK Innovation & Research Caucus (IRC) and an AIM (Advanced Institute for Management Research) Services Fellow. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, and of the Journal of Operations Management, and a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Supply Chain Management. He serves, or has served as: an ESRC CASE Studentship Panel Member (2005-2008), an ESRC Peer Review College member (2010-present), a Fellow of the British Academy of Management Peer Review College, a member of the Board of the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), and Vice-President (Conferences) of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM). He also chaired the 2021 British Academy of Management Conference, which was hosted by Lancaster University.
Research Interests
- Business-to-Business Services - Operations and Supply Aspects
- Qualitative Research Methods in Operations and Supply Management
Professional Role
Director, Centre for Productivity & Efficiency
Selected Publications
How information technology automates and augments processes: Insights from Artificial‐Intelligence‐based systems in professional service operations
Spring, M., Faulconbridge, J., Sarwar, A. 30/09/2022 In: Journal of Operations Management. 68, 6-7, p. 592-618. 27 p.
Journal article
Fostering SME supplier-enabled innovation in the supply chain: The role of innovation policy
Selviaridis, K., Spring, M. 31/01/2022 In: Journal of Supply Chain Management. 58, 1, p. 92-123. 32 p.
Journal article
Supply chain alignment as process: Contracting, learning and pay-for-performance
Selviaridis, K., Spring, M. 5/03/2018 In: International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 38, 3, p. 732-755. 24 p.
Journal article
Creating the competitive edge: a new relationship between operations management and industrial policy
Spring, M., Hughes, A., Mason, K., McCaffrey, P. 1/03/2017 In: Journal of Operations Management. 49-51, p. 6-19. 14 p.
Journal article
The role of operations managers in translating management ideas and practices between firms
Spring, M., Unterhitzenberger, C. 28/02/2022 In: Production Planning and Control. 33, 4, p. 340-355. 16 p.
Journal article
“The map is not the territory”: a boundary objects perspective on supply chain mapping
Fabbe-Costes, N., Lechaptois, L., Spring, M. 1/09/2020 In: International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 40, 9, p. 1475-1497. 23 p.
Journal article
All Publications
Accelerating Innovation Adoption in Next Generation Professional Service Firms
01/05/2023 → 30/09/2025
Research
Accelerating Innovation Adoption in Next Generation Professional Service Firms
01/05/2023 → 30/09/2025
Research
Innovating Next Generation Services through Collaborative Design
01/12/2018 → 31/03/2021
Research
Supply chain mapping
01/11/2018 → …
Research
Performance measurement, productivity and management practices in smaller firms
03/09/2018 → 30/09/2020
Research
WEBS OF INNOVATION AND VALUE CHAINS OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING UNDER CONSIDERATION OF RRI
01/05/2018 → 30/10/2021
Research
Universities, innovation and productivity
01/01/2018 → …
Research
Developing contracting capabilities for innovation-oriented public procurement
27/03/2017 → 06/09/2019
Research
Temporary supply chains
10/10/2015 → …
Research
Service Triads
28/11/2011 → …
Other
Modularity of Processes and Processes of Modularity
03/07/2006 → …
Other
POMS International Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
26th EurOMA Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
EurOMA Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
49th Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting (2018)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Fabian Nullmeier
Hosting an academic visitor
25th EurOMA Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
CRET-LOG International Workshop on Innovation and coordination in inter-organisational Networks
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Keynote lecture, ‘Case study research in operations management: new contexts, new theories, new approaches’
Invited talk
DSI Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Warwick University
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
EurOMA
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
23rd AMCIS Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
EurOMA Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
International Journal of Operations and Production Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
23rd International EurOMA Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Journal of Operations Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
British Academy of Management
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
22nd International EurOMA Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
ESRC (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Presentation to Cranfield Key Account Management Club
Business Course/Training
, 21st International EurOMA Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
3rd Interdisciplinary Market Studies Workshop
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Reflections on Case Study Research in Operations Management and SCM
Invited talk
The Future of Manufacturing
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
5th International Seminar on Service Architecture and Modularity
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
EURAM Conference Developmental Working Group session
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Spring Servitization Conference 2013
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Office of the Île de France Region
Visiting an external academic institution
ESRC (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Service Operations Management track of Decision Sciences Institute conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Academy of Management Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
POMS/EurOMA World Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Excellent Interfaces for Excellent Care workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Opening the Black Box of Information Technology in Operations and Supply
Invited talk
Presentation: AIM practice/policy event
Oral presentation
ESRC Social Science week events
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
ESRC Social Science week events
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Special issue of Journal of Operation Management on ‘Service Triads’ (Journal)
Editorial activity
Decision Sciences Institute 43rd Annual Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
The Shifting Terrain of Service Operations Management
Invited talk
'An HR strategy for Innovation' workshop programme
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Bringing information systems into operations strategy: an information services approach
Invited talk
Journal of Supply Chain Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
Production and Operations Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Supply Chain Management (Journal)
Editorial activity
Innovative Business Models one-day workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Service Supply Chains
Invited talk
Carliss Y Baldwin
Hosting an academic visitor
Richard N. Langlois
Hosting an academic visitor
17th International EurOMA Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
IFERA Conference
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
EURAM 2010
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
ESRC Social Science Week event
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Manufacturing Advisory Service Northwest
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Special Issue of Journal of Supply Chain Management, on ‘Service Supply Chains’ (Journal)
Editorial activity
Academy of Management Journal (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Service Supply Chains
Invited talk
Current Realities Panel Session: What is Happening to Toyota? Is there such a thing as too lean?
Invited talk
ESRC (External organisation)
Membership of committee
ESRC Peer Review College (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Business Model Dynamics
Invited talk
Rethinking Operations Strategy: The role of service-focussed Business Models
Invited talk
AIM Workshops: How to Devise and Write Applications for ESRC CASE Studentships in Business and Management
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Modularity in Services - an International Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
The Dynamics of Products, Services and Business Models: Innovation, Risk and Employment in Business-to-Business Markets
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
EurOMA Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
EurOMA Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Journal of Supply Chain Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
”Nothing to be done”: Rethinking the nature of services in the context of supply networks
Invited talk
Products, services and the institutional structure of production
Invited talk
Global manufacturing
Invited talk
ESRC (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Supply-chain Management: an Inter-organisational Power Analysis
Invited talk
Power in Supply Chain Management
Invited talk
Operations Management for Eclectics
Invited talk
Operations Management for Eclectics
Invited talk
The Abstract and the Concrete in Management Research: Implications for Methodology
Invited talk
Supply Chain Management: An International Journal (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Financial Times Prentice Hall (Publisher)
Publication peer-review
Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Publication peer-review
Wiley (Publisher)
Publication peer-review
Sage (Publisher)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Operations and Production Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Production Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of Production Economics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
- Centre for Productivity & Efficiency
- Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK
- Supply Chain Management