Emel Arikan Fichtinger

Emel Arikan Fichtinger is an Associate Professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), affiliated with the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management and the Institute for Production Management. Her research focuses on inventory management, supply chain planning, and decision-making under risk and uncertainty, with extensions to sustainable operations and humanitarian logistics.

• PhD in Business Administration from WU Vienna
• MSc in Industrial Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Research Interests:

• Inventory Management
• Supply Chain Planning
• Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty
• Integrated Pricing Decisions
• Sustainable Operations
• Humanitarian Logistics

Recent Research Trends:

Her 2025 work explores sustainable servitization through a proximity lens, while 2024 studies address hydrogen production systems in power balancing markets and horizontal information sharing to mitigate the bullwhip effect. Earlier studies (e.g., 2020) quantify supply chain segmentation strategies, balancing differentiation and standardization.

Awards and Collaborations: No specific awards listed. Active in international collaborations, with recent projects involving the University of Innsbruck and research on humanitarian procurement and retail supply chains.

Teaching and Projects:

• Teaches operations and supply chain management courses at bachelor's and master's levels
• Currently leads projects like Reducing Food Waste by Retail Chain Supply and Store Management (2020-2022) and An Empirical Investigation on Supply Chain Segmentation Through Strategic Alignment (2019-2020)