Biography

Tom Aben is an Assistant Professor in the Operations Management group at Warwick Business School. He received his PhD in Supply Chain Management from Tilburg University. Prior to his PhD, he was awarded a MSc in Supply Chain Management and a MSc in Academic Teaching from Tilburg University. Before joining Warwick Business School, Tom worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Tilburg University.

Tom's research is focused on the impact of digitalisation on both the intra-organisational and inter-organisational operations of organisations. More specifically, Tom is interested in how organisations implement and adopt (new) digital technologies, how digital transformations influence buyer-supplier relationships, and the role of a network of actors in the digital transformation of a complete sector. He integrates his primary research field of supply chain management with insights from the information systems field and the healthcare operations field.

Research Interests

Inter-organisational governance; Data and data management; Digitalisation; Sustainability; Innovation (management); Public-private relationships; Healthcare operations; Case studies; Engaged scholarship