Alireza Tajbakhsh

Associate Professor

PhD (McMaster University)

Management, Faculty of

Tilley Hall 334

Fredericton

alireza.tajbakhsh@unb.ca
1 506 453 5076
https://bit.ly/3AleTSL



Alireza Tajbakhsh joined the Faculty of Management in the Summer of 2019 and is a member of the Quantitative Methods area. Currently at UNB, he teaches BBA and MBA courses in project management, operations management, and quantitative analytics, and is a member of the committee that developed the MBA Concentration in Management Analytics.

Alireza’s research centres on supply chain management, with a special focus on sustainable operations, energy efficiency, agriculture planning, biomass recycling, and environment-friendly regulations. His research portfolio involves a mixture of theory development, mathematical modeling, empirical analysis, and policy-making experiments.

Education

  • PhD in Operations Management, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, 2012-2016
  • MSc in Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, 2006-2008
  • BSc in Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, 2002-2006

Professional designations

  • Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute
  • SAP Certified Associate, SAP America

Published/accepted papers

Mosadegh Sedghy, B.; Nematollahi, M.; Tajbakhsh, A. (2024) Market dynamics between retail channels and short food supply chains: a case of organic fruits, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (79), July 2024.

Tajbakhsh, A.; Nematollahi, M.; Shamsi, A. (2024) Migration to the quadruple bottom line framework for achieving sustainable development goals: the 4Ps of sustainability. Annals of Operations Research (2024), June 2024.

Tajbakhsh, A.; Hassini, E. (2022). A game-theoretic approach for pollution control initiatives. International Journal of Production Economics (254), December 2022.

Jazinaninejad, M.; Nematollahi, M.; Shamsi, A; Tajbakhsh, A. (2022) Sustainable operations, managerial decisions, and quantitative analytics of biomass supply chains: a systematic literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production (374), November 2022.

Golmohammadi, A.; Tajbakhsh, A.; Dia, M.; Takouda, P. (2022). Effect of timing on reliability improvement and ordering decisions in a decentralized assembly system. Annals of Operations Research (312), May 2022.

Nematollahi, M., Tajbakhsh, A., & Mosadegh Sedghy, B. (2021). The reflection of competition and coordination on organic agribusiness supply chains. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 154, 102462.

Nematollahi, M., & Tajbakhsh, A. (2020). Past, present, and prospective themes of sustainable agricultural supply chains: a content analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 271, 122201.

Tajbakhsh, A., & Shamsi, A. (2019). A facility location problem for sustainability-conscious power generation decision makers. Journal of Environmental Management, 230, 319-334.

Tajbakhsh, A., & Shamsi, A. (2019). Sustainability performance of countries matters: a non-parametric index. Journal of Cleaner Production, 224, 506-522.

Tajbakhsh, A., & Hassini, E. (2018). Evaluating sustainability performance in fossil-fuel power plants using a two-stage data envelopment analysis. Energy Economics, 74, 154-178.

Tajbakhsh, A., & Hassini, E. (2015). A data envelopment analysis approach to evaluate sustainability in supply chain networks. Journal of Cleaner Production, 105, 74-85.

Tajbakhsh, A., & Hassini, E. (2015). Performance measurement of sustainable supply chains: a review and research questions. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 64(6), 744-783.

Tajbakhsh, A., Eshghi, K., & Shamsi, A. (2012). A hybrid PSO-SA algorithm for the travelling tournament problem. European Journal of Industrial Engineering, 6(1), 2-25.

Tri-agency research grants