Biography
Biographie
Konstantina Spanaki is an Associate Professor at Audencia Business School in France since 2021. Prior to this appointment she has held positions at Loughborough University, Imperial College London and Brunel University London. Her work focuses on the intersection of Information Systems (IS) and Operations Management (OM). Recently, she is actively involved in projects related to Digital Transformation in contextual environments, digitally-enabled Supply Chains and topics around data and information management. Konstantina’s research has been published in various IS/OM outlets. She has served as Guest Editor for Special Issues in Production Planning and Control (PPC) and the International Journal of Production Research (IJPR). Konstantina also is an AIS and EurOMA member and has served the AIS community as both AE and a reviewer.
Konstantina holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems and Computing from Brunel University London, an M.Sc. in Information Systems and Management from Warwick Business School and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Business Administration and Information Technology from Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB).
Diplomas
Doctorate, Information Systems Management
Brunel University, Uxbridge
(2014)
Master of Science, Business administration, Information Systems Management
Warwick Business School, Coventry
(2009)
Bachelor of Science, Business administration, Information Systems Management
Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens
(2008)
Experiences
Associate Professor
Audencia Business School, Nantes
Since 2021
External Examiner M.Sc. Engineering Business Management
University of Surrey, Guildford
2021 - 2022
External Examiner M.Sc. Business Information Systems
Royal Holloway University
2019 - 2022
Assistant Professor
Loughborough University
2017 - 2021
Research Associate
Imperial College Business School, London
2014 - 2017
Teaching Assistant
Brunel University, Uxbridge
2010 - 2014
Publications
Published
MARSHAN A., NIZAR F. N. M., IOANNOU A., SPANAKI K., (2025). Comparing Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques for Text Analytics: Detecting the Severity of Hate Comments Online.
Information Systems Frontiers, 27 (2), 487–505
OLAN F., SPANAKI K., AHMED W., ZHAO G., (2025). Enabling Explainable Artificial Intelligence capabilities in Supply Chain Decision Support Making.
Production Planning and Control, 36 (6), 808–819
DOUSIOS D., KORFIATIS N., SPANAKI K., (2025). The Persuasive Impact of Text and Audio Features on Technology Crowdfunding Campaigns: An empirical study on Kickstarter .
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 72, 2049-2064
SPANAKI K., DENNEHY D., PAPADOPOULOS T., DUBEY R., (2025). Data-Driven Digital Transformation in Operations and Supply Chain Management.
International Journal of Production Economics, 284 (109599), 1-7
Zamani E. D., Griva A., SPANAKI K., O'Raghallaigh P., Sammon D., (2024). Making sense of business analytics in project selection and prioritisation: insights from the start-up trenches.
Information Technology and People, 37 (2), 895-918
KAVA H., SPANAKI K., PAPADOPOULOS T., DESPOUDI S., RODRIGUEZ ESPINDOLA O., FAKHIMI M., (2024). Data analytics diffusion in the UK renewable energy sector: an innovation perspective.
Annals of Operations Research, 333 (2-3), 717-742
VLACHOS I., PASCAZZI R. M., NTOTIS M., SPANAKI K., DESPOUDI S., REPOUSSIS P., (2024). Smart and Flexible Manufacturing Systems using Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and the Internet of Things (IoT).
International Journal of Production Research, 62 (15), 5574–5595.
ARGYROPOULOU M., GARCIA E., NEMATI S., SPANAKI K., (2024). The effect of IoT capability on supply chain integration and firm performance: An Empirical study in the UK Retail industry..
Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 37 (3), 875-902
YANG N., KORFIATIS N., ZISSIS D., SPANAKI K., (2024). Incorporating Topic Membership in Review Rating Prediction from Unstructured Data: A Gradient Boosting Approach..
Annals of Operations Research, 339, 631–662
BALTA M. E., PAPADOPOULOS T., SPANAKI K., (2024). Business model pivoting and digital technologies in turbulent environments.
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 30 (2/3), 773-799
SPANAKI K., ZISSIS D., PAPADOPOULOS T., LI F., (2024). The Transformation of Digital Strategy and Value Creation in Omnichannel Organisations: The Case of the Gambling Industry.
European Journal of Information Systems, 33 (6), 975-992
PANTANO E., CARLSON J., SPANAKI K., CHRISTODOULIDES G., (2024). Guest editorial: More supportive or more distractive? Investigating the negative effects of technology at the customer interface.
International Journal of Information Management, 75 (April 2024), 102752
ZAMANI E., SPANAKI K., (2023). Affective Temporal Experiences and New Work Modalities: the role of Information and Communication Technologies.
Journal of Business Research, 154 (January 2023), Article N°113311
Balta M., SPANAKI K., Papadopoulos T., Ravishankar M. N., (2023). Understanding the use of digital technologies in entrepreneurial start-up settings and growth-oriented firms.
International Journal of Information Management, 69 (April), 102616
SPANAKI K., ZAMANI E., JAYAWICKRAMA U., OLAN F., LIU S., PAPPAS I. O., (2023). Information Management in Times of Crisis: The Role of Mindfulness and Digital Resilience.
Information Systems Frontiers, 26 (2), -
SPANAKI K., PAPADOPOULOS T., JAYAWICKRAMA U., OLAN F., LIU S., (2023). Editorial: fake news, misinformation, and supply chain disruptions: the role of emerging technologies.
Annals of Operations Research, 327 (2), pages601–604
Akter S., Sultana S., Mariani M., Wamba S. F., SPANAKI K., Dwivedi Y. K., (2023). Advancing algorithmic bias management capabilities in AI-driven marketing analytics research.
Industrial Marketing Management, 114 (October), 243-261
GIANNAKIS M., DUBEY R., YAN S., SPANAKI K., PAPADOPOULOS T., (2022). Social Media and Sensemaking Patterns in New Product Development: Demystifying the Customer Sentiment.
Annals of Operations Research, 308 (2022), 145-175
SPANAKI K., Sivarajah U., Fakhimi M., Despoudi S., Irani Z., (2022). Disruptive technologies in agricultural operations: a systematic review of AI-driven AgriTech research.
Annals of Operations Research, 308, 491–524
SPANAKI K., Karafili E., Sivarajah U., Despoudi S., Irani Z., (2022). Artificial intelligence and food security: swarm intelligence of AgriTech drones for smart AgriFood operations.
Production Planning and Control, 33 (16), 1498-1516
Papadopoulos T., Singh S. P., SPANAKI K., Gunasekaran A., Dubey R., (2022). Towards the next generation of manufacturing: implications of big data and digitalization in the context of industry 4.0.
Production Planning and Control, 33 (2-3), 101-104
Mwangi G. M., Despoudi S., Espindola O. R., SPANAKI K., Papadopoulos T., (2022). A planetary boundaries perspective on the sustainability: resilience relationship in the Kenyan tea supply chain.
Annals of Operations Research, 319, 661–695
PAPADOPOULOS T., SIVARAJAH U., SPANAKI K., DESPOUDI S., GUNASEKARAN A., (2022). Editorial: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Sharing in Manufacturing, Production and Operations Management Research.
International Journal of Production Research, 60 (14), 4361-4364
ROE M., SPANAKI K., IOANNOU A., ZAMANI E., GIANNAKIS M., (2022). Drivers and Challenges of Internet of Things Diffusion in Smart Stores: A Field Exploration.
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 178 (May 2022), Article N° 121593
Dwivedi Y. K., Hughes L., Baabdullah A. M., Ribeiro-Navarrete S., GIANNAKIS M., Al-Debei M. M., Dennehy D., Metri B., Buhalis D., Cheung C. M. K., Conboy K., Doyle R., Dubey R., Dutot V., Felix R., Goyal D. P., Gustafsson A., Hinsch C., Jebabli I., Janssen M., Kim Y.-G., Kim J., Koos S., Kreps D., Kshetri N., Kumar V., Ooi K.-B., Papagiannidis S., Pappas I. O., Polyviou A., Park S.-M., Pandey N., Queiroz M. M., Raman R., Rauschnabel P. A., Shirish A., Sigala M., SPANAKI K., Wei-Han Tan G., Tiwari M. K., Viglia G., Wamba S. F., (2022). Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy.
International Journal of Information Management, 66 (October 2022), Article N°102542
MOYSIADIS T., SPANAKI K., KASSAHUN A., KLÄSER S., BECKER N., ALEXIOU G., ZOTOS N., KARALI I., (2022). AgriFood Supply Chain Traceability: Data Sharing in a farm-to-fork case.
Benchmarking: An International Journal, 30 (9), 3090-3123
PAPANAGNOU C., SEILER A., SPANAKI K., PAPADOPOULOS T., BOURLAKIS M., (2022). Data-driven Digital Transformation for Emergency Situations: The Case of the UK Retail Sector.
International Journal of Production Economics, 250, 108628
SPANAKI K., Karafili E., Despoudi S., (2021). AI applications of data sharing in agriculture 4.0: A framework for role-based data access control.
International Journal of Information Management, 59, 102350
Stacey P., Taylor R., Olowosule O., SPANAKI K., (2021). Emotional reactions and coping responses of employees to a cyber-attack: A case study.
International Journal of Information Management, 58, 102298
Dennehy D., Oredo J., SPANAKI K., Despoudi S., Fitzgibbon M., (2021). Supply chain resilience in mindful humanitarian aid organizations: the role of big data analytics.
International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 41 (9), 1417-1441
Jinasena D. N., SPANAKI K., Papadopoulos T., Balta M. E., (2020). Success and Failure Retrospectives of FinTech Projects: A Case Study Approach.
Information Systems Frontiers
GIANNAKIS M., SPANAKI K., DUBEY Rameshwar, (2019). A cloud-based supply chain management system: Effects on supply chain responsiveness..
Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 32 (4), 585-607
SPANAKI K., Gürgüç Z., Mulligan C., Lupu E., (2019). Organizational cloud security and control: a proactive approach.
Information Technology and People, 32 (3), 516-537
Karafili E., SPANAKI K., Lupu E. C., (2018). An argumentation reasoning approach for data processing.
Computers in Industry, 94, 52-61
SPANAKI K., Gürgüç Z., Adams R., Mulligan C., (2018). Data supply chain (DSC): research synthesis and future directions.
International Journal of Production Research, 56 (13), 4447-4466
Papazafeiropoulou A., SPANAKI K., (2016). Understanding governance, risk and compliance information systems (GRC IS): The experts view.
Information Systems Frontiers, 18 (6), 1251-1263
SPANAKI K., Papazafeiropoulou A., (2016). The Implementation of Governance, Risk, and Compliance IS: Adoption Lifecycle and Enterprise Value.
Information Systems Management, 33 (4), 302-315
Forthcoming
TAYLOR R., FAKHIMI M., IOANNOU A., SPANAKI K., (2024). PERSONALIZED LEARNING IN EDUCATION: A MACHINE LEARNING AND SIMULATION APPROACH.
Benchmarking: An International Journal
OLAN F., PAPADOPOULOS T., SPANAKI K., JAYAWICKRAMA U., (2024). Social Entrepreneurial Marketing and Innovation in B2B Services: Building Resilience with Explainable Artificial Intelligence.
Information Systems Frontiers
DESPOUDI S., SIVARAJAH U., SPANAKI K., CHARLES V., DURAI V. K., (2023). Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy for Emerging Markets: Evidence from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Indian Food Sector.
Annals of Operations Research
Despoudi S., SPANAKI K., Rodriguez-Espindola O., Zamani E. D., (2021). Agricultural Supply Chains and Industry 4.0.
Springer
SPANAKI, K., KARAFILI, E., DESPOUDI, S. (2022). Digital Architectures: Frameworks for Supply Chain Data and Information. In MacCarthy, B. and Ivanov, D. (Eds.). Elsevier Publications.
KARAFILI, E., SPANAKI, K., LUPU, E. C. (2019). Access Control and Quality Attributes of Open Data: Applications and Techniques (1 ed.). In Witold Abramowicz, Adrian Paschke (Eds.), Business Information Systems Workshops (pp. 603-614). Springer.
Scientific activities
Associate Editor of an academic journal
Journal of Transformative Technologies and Sustainable Development
2024
Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management
2024
Benchmarking: an International Journal
2024
International Journal of Information Management.
2019
Information Systems Frontiers
2018
Guest Editor of an academic journal
Journal of Enterprise Information Management
2024
International Journal of Production Research
2024
International Journal of Production Economics for the Special Issue on Data-driven Digital Transformation
2023
International Journal of Information Management for the Special Issue on the negative effects of technology at the customer interface
2022
Sustainability for the Special Issue on Digital Production Systems and Global Supply Chain Sustainability
2021
Annals of Operations Research for the Special Issue on Fake News, Misinformation and Supply Chain Disruptions
2021
Information Systems Frontiers for the Special Issue on Information Management in Times of Crisis.
2021
International Journal of Information Management for the Special Issue on Digital Entrepreneurship.
2021
International Journal of Production Research for the Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Sharing.
2020
Production Planning and Control for the Special Issue on Industry 4.0.
2020
Editor of an academic journal
Benchmarking: An International Journal
2024
Reviewer for an academic journal
British Journal of Management
2021
Journal of Enterprise Information Management
2020
International Journal of Operations and Production Management
2020
Psychology and Marketing
2020
Awards and honors
The 2nd OSCM Symposium on Blockchain Research: Economy, Sustainability Innovation and the Dialogue between research and Industry, 2024
HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01, 2023
European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS) - Outstanding Contribution as Reviewer, 2021
European Conference of Information Systems (ECIS) -Outstanding Contribution as Track Chair, 2021
Loughborough University - Dean’s Award for Early Career Researcher, 2020
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - DTP Midlands Graduate Scheme, 2019