prof.dr. R.A. (Rob) Zuidwijk

Rob Zuidwijk is professor of Global Supply Chains and Ports at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). The chair focuses on three topics: coordination for sustainable global supply chains, synchromodal transport networks (a flexible and integral deployment of different modes of transport on a network to better meet customer demand and sustainability objectives), and inter-organisational systems in logistics.
His work has been published in journals like California Management Review, Transportation Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Communications of the ACM, and Production and Operations Management. He has participated and coordinated funded research projects in the area of international logistics and container transport.
He teaches freight transport systems, intermodal transportation, international logistics and global supply chain management, and inter-organizational systems in logistics to BSc, MSc, and PhD students, and he is also involved in post-experience courses.
Professor Rob Zuidwijk makes a significant contribution to Smartport, a strong research community in port-related research for which RSM and EUR are one of the main stakeholders. He is also Captain of Science of the Topsector Logistics in the Netherlands.
Professor Zuidwijk received his PhD in Mathematics from Erasmus University and has held a one-year visiting position at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Publications (79)
Articles (41)
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A.M. Arslan, N.A.H. Agatz, L.G. Kroon & R.A. Zuidwijk (2019). Crowdsourced Delivery -- A Dynamic Pickup and Delivery Problem with Ad-Hoc Drivers. Transportation Science, 53 (1), 222-235. doi: 10.1287/trsc.2017.0803
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Y. Fan, B. Behdani, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard & R.A. Zuidwijk (2019). Flow consolidation in hinterland container transport: an analysis for perishable and dry cargo. Transportation Research. Part E, The Logistics and Transportation Review, 130, 128-160. doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2019.08.011 [go to publisher's site]
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H. Saeedi, B. Behdani, B. Wiegmans & R.A. Zuidwijk (2019). Assessing the Technical Efficiency of Intermodal Freight Transport Chains Using a Modified Network DEA Approach. Transportation Research. Part E, The Logistics and Transportation Review, 126, 66-86. doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2019.04.003 [go to publisher's site]
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P. Ypsilantis & R.A. Zuidwijk (2019). Collaborative Fleet Deployment and Routing for Sustainable Transport. Sustainability, 11 (20):5666. doi: 10.3390/su11205666 [go to publisher's site]
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A. Kishore Bhoopalam, N.A.H. Agatz & R.A. Zuidwijk (2018). Planning of truck platoons: A literature review and directions for future research. Transportation Research. Part B, Methodological, 107 (January), 212-228. doi: 10.1016/j.trb.2017.10.016
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M. Pourakbar & R.A. Zuidwijk (2018). The Role of Customs in Securing Containerized Global Supply Chains. European Journal of Operational Research, 271 (1), 331-340. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.05.012
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T. Hjortnaes, B. Wiegmans, R.R. Negenborn, R.A. Zuidwijk & R. Klijnhout (2017). Minimizing cost of empty container repositioning in port hinterlands, while taking repair operations into account. Journal of Transport Geography, 58 (1), 209-219. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.12.015
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H. Saeedi, B. Wiegmans, B. Behdani & R.A. Zuidwijk (2017). Analyzing competition in intermodal freight transport networks: The market implication of business consolidation strategies. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 23 (June), 12-20. doi: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2017.02.009
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H. Saeedi, B. Wiegmans, B. Behdani & R.A. Zuidwijk (2017). European intermodal freight transport network: Market structure analysis. Journal of Transport Geography, 60 (4), 141-152. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.03.002
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B. Behdani, Y. Fan, B. Wiegmans & R.A. Zuidwijk (2016). Multimodal schedule design for synchromodal freight transport systems. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 16 (3), 424-444.
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R.A. Zuidwijk & A.W. Veenstra (2015). The Value of Information in Container Transport. Transportation Science, 49 (3), 675-685. doi: 10.1287/trsc.2014.0518
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L.G. Kroon, L.W.P. Peeters, J.C. Wagenaar & R.A. Zuidwijk (2014). Flexible Connections in PESP models for Cyclic Passenger Railway Timetabling. Transportation Science, 48 (1), 136-154. doi: 10.1287/trsc.1120.0453
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R.A. Zuidwijk, F. Caro, T. Tan & C.J. Corbett (2013). Double-Counting in Supply Chain Carbon Footprinting. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 15 (4), 545-558. doi: 10.1287/msom.2013.0443
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R. Dekker, C. Pince, R.A. Zuidwijk & M.N. Jalil (2013). On the Use of Installed Base Information for Spare Parts Logistics: A Review of Ideas and Industry Practice. International Journal of Production Economics, 143 (2), 536-545. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.11.025
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P. Ypsilantis & R.A. Zuidwijk (2013). Joint Design and Pricing of Intermodal Port - Hinterland Network Services: Considering Economies of Scale and Service Time Constraints. In ERIM Report Series Research in Management (No. ERS-2013-011-LIS) [go to publisher's site]
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R.A. Zuidwijk, A.W. Veenstra & E. van Asperen (2012). The extended gate concept for container terminals: Expanding the notion of dry ports. Maritime Economics and Logistics, 14 (1), 14-32. doi: 10.1057/mel.2011.15
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M.N. Jalil, R.A. Zuidwijk & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2011). Spare parts logistics and installed base information. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62 (3), 442-457. doi: 10.1057/jors.2010.38
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T. Mahr, Jordan Srour, M. de Weerdt & R.A. Zuidwijk (2010). Can agents measure up? A comparative study of an agent-based and on-line optimization approach for a drayage problem with uncertainty. Transportation Research. Part C, Emerging Technologies, 18 (1), 99-119. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2009.04.018
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A.W. Veenstra, R.A. Zuidwijk & M.P.A. van Oosterhout (2010). Benefit analysis of visibility in global logistics chains. In Conference Proceedings of 2010 Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economics. Lisbon: International Association of Maritime Economists
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M.N. Jalil, R.A. Zuidwijk, M. Fleischmann & J. van Nunen (2009). Spare Parts Logistics and Installed Base Information. Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan, 62 (3), 442-457.
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E. Giesen, W. Ketter & R.A. Zuidwijk (2009). An Agent-based Approach to Improving Resource Allocation in the Dutch Youth Health Care Sector. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (pp. 2403-2415). Verona, Italy
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E. Giesen, W. Ketter & R.A. Zuidwijk (2009). An Agent-based Analysis Approach to Resource Allocation in the Dutch Youth Health Care System. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth Workshop on Information Systems and Technology (WITS-09). Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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R.A. Zuidwijk & M.E. Ketzenberg (2009). Optimal Pricing, Ordering, and Return Policies for Consumer Goods. Production and Operations Management, 18 (3), 344-360. doi: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01017.x
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R.A. Zuidwijk & H.R. Krikke (2008). Strategic response to EEE returns: Product eco-design or new recovery processes. European Journal of Operational Research, 191 (3), 1206-1222. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.08.004
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T. Mahr, Jordan Srour, M. de Weerdt & R.A. Zuidwijk (2008). Agent Performance in Vehicle Routing when the Only Thing Certain is Uncertainty. In Proceedings of the workshop on Agents in Traffic and Transportation (ATT)
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Jordan Srour, M.P.A. van Oosterhout, R.A. Zuidwijk & P.J. van Baalen (2008). Port Community System Implementation: Lessons Learned from International Scan. In Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, Washington DC
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W. Ketter, E. van Heck, R.A. Zuidwijk (2008). The Application of Intelligent Personalized Agents for Buyer Decision Empowerment at the Dutch Flower Auction. In WITS08. Paris, France
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J. van Hillegersberg, J.C.M. Tseng, R.A. Zuidwijk & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2006). Hub to Higher Performance? An Internet Hub for the Vos Logistics Supply Chain. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, 9 (1), 13-23.
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A.W. Veenstra, R.A. Zuidwijk & B. Geerling (2006). Maintenance logistics in the Dutch dredging industry. In IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics. IEEE
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L.F.J.M. Pau, H. Chen, P. van de Coterlet & R.A. Zuidwijk (2005). Case of the Port of Rotterdam: Introduction of 3rd generation wireless services in a multienterprise VPN environment. In Xiande Zhao , Baoding Liu (Ed.), Proc. 5 th Intl Conf. on electronic business (pp. 90-92). Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong
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L.F.J.M. Pau, H. Chen, P. van de Coterlet & R.A. Zuidwijk (2005). Introduction of 3rd generation wireless services in a multi-enterprise VPN environment : Case of the Port of Rotterdam. In W.Brooks , E.Lawrence (Ed.), Proc. Intl IEEE Conference "Mobile business 2005" (ICMB 2005) (pp. 643-646). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer society
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S. Arimoto, M. Spivakovsky, H. Ohno, P. Zizler, R.A. Zuidwijk, K.F. Taylor, T. Yamabe & P.G. Mezey (2004). Structural Analysis of Certain Linear Operators Representing Chemical Network Systems via the Existence and Uniqueness Theorems of Spectral Resolution VII. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 97 (3), 765-775.
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J.A.E.E. van Nunen & R.A. Zuidwijk (2004). E-Enabled Closed-Loop Supply Chains. California Management Review, 46 (2), 40-54.
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J. van Hillegersberg, J.C.M. Tseng, R.A. Zuidwijk, M.P.A. van Oosterhout & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2003). Hub to higher performance? An internet hub for the VOS logistics supply chain. In R Jardim-Concalves, J Cha & A. Steiger-Garcao (Eds.), Concurrent Engineering: Enhanced interoperable systems (pp. 435-443). A.A. Balkema Publishers
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M.M. Malamud & R.A. Zuidwijk (2003). Simultaneous similarity to fractional powers of the operator of integration. Methods of Functional Analysis and Topology, 9 (2), 154-162.
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R.A. Zuidwijk (2001). Simultaneous similarity of pairs of companions to their transposes. In Operator Theory and Analysis (pp. 417-425). Boston: Birkhauser Verlag
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J. van Hillegersberg, R.A. Zuidwijk, J.A.E.E. van Nunen & D. van Eijk (2001). Supporting Return Flows in the Supply Chain. Communications of the ACM, 44 (6), 74-79. doi: 10.1145/376134.376172
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H. Bart & R.A. Zuidwijk (1998). Simultaneous reduction to triangular forms after extension with zeroes. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 281, 105-135.
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H. Bart, L.G. Kroon & R.A. Zuidwijk (1998). Quasicomplete factorization and the two machine flow shop problem. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 278, 195-219.
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R.A. Zuidwijk (1997). Quasicomplete factorizations of rational matrix functions. Integral Equations and Operator Theory, 111-124.
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R.A. Zuidwijk (1997). Complementary triangular forms. Linear Operators, 443-452.
Books (3)
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H. Geerlings, B.S. Kuipers & R.A. Zuidwijk (Ed.). (2017). Ports and Networks: Strategies, Operations and Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge doi: 10.4324/9781315601540
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P.J. van Baalen, R.A. Zuidwijk & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2009). Port Inter-Organizational Information Systems. Capabilities to Service Global Supply Chains. Boston - Delft: Now Publishers
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R.A. Zuidwijk (2001). Simultaneous similarity of pairs of companions to their transposes (Operator Theory: Advances and applications). Boston: Birkhauser Verlag
Book Contributions (18)
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H. Geerlings, B. Kuipers & R.A. Zuidwijk (2018). Introduction. In H. Geerlings, B. Kuipers & R.A. Zuidwijk (Eds.), Ports and Networks: strategies, operations and perspectives (pp. 1-6). Abingdon: Routledge
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R.A. Zuidwijk & A.W. Veenstra (2015). Towards efficient multimodal Hinterland networks. In Logistics and Supply Chain Innovation (pp. 55-66). -: Springer doi: 10.1007%2F978-3-319-22288-2_4
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F. Arendt, J. Hintsa, N. Meyer-Larsen, R. Muller, M.P.A. van Oosterhout, A.W. Veenstra, L. Urciouli & R.A. Zuidwijk (2011). Impact of Supply Chain Visibility and Security on International Container Transport. In T Blecker (Ed.), Maritime Logistics in the Global Economy. Lohmar-Köln: Josef Eul Verlag GmbH
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A.W. Veenstra & R.A. Zuidwijk (2010). The future of seaport hinterland networks. In L. Kroon, R. Zuidwijk & T. Li (Eds.), Liber Amicorum Jo van Nunen. Springer
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T. Mahr, Jordan Srour, M. de Weerdt & R.A. Zuidwijk (2009). The Merit of Agents in Freight Transport. In A Bazzan & F Klugl (Eds.), Multi-Agent Systems for Traffic and Transportation Engineering (pp. 323-341). Hershey: Information Science Reference
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R.A. Zuidwijk, P.J. van Baalen, M.P.A. van Oosterhout & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2009). Port IT Capabilities: Toward a PCS Strategy. In R.A. Zuidwijk, P.J. van Baalen & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (Eds.), Port Inter-Organizational Information Systems: Capabilities to Service Global Supply Chains (pp. 73-92). Boston - Delft: Now Publishers
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R.A. Zuidwijk, A.W. Veenstra & R. Dekker (2009). Information and Coordination in Container Transport. In P. van Baalen, R.A. Zuidwijk & J. van Nunen (Eds.), Port Inter-Organizational Information Systems: Capabilities to Service Global Supply Chain, Foundations and Trands R_in Technology, Information and Operations Management (pp. -2). NOW publishers
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M.N. Jalil, R.A. Zuidwijk & H.R. Krikke (2007). Yesterday Proactive, Responsive Today: Use of Information to Enhance Planning in Closed Loop Supply Chains. In S.M. Gupta & A.J.D. Lambert (Eds.), Environment Conscious Manufacturing (pp. 215-234). Boca Raton: CRC Press
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L.G. Kroon & R.A. Zuidwijk (2006). Mathematical models for planning support. In W. van Wezel, R. Jorna & A. Meystel (Eds.), Planning in Intelligent Systems: Aspects, Motivations, and Methods (pp. 245-277). Wiley Interscience
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L.G. Kroon & R.A. Zuidwijk (2006). Mathematical Models for Planning Support. In W.M.C. Van Wezel & R.J.J.M. Jorna (Eds.), Planning in Intelligent Systems (Wiley Interscience) (pp. 245-277). Hoboken: Wiley
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J.A.E.E. van Nunen, R.A. Zuidwijk & J.M. Moonen (2005). Smart and Sustainable Supply Chains and Networks. In Peter Vervest & Eric van Heck (Eds.), Smart Business Networks (pp. 159-167). Berlin: Springer
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R.A. Zuidwijk, E.A. van der Laan & L. Hoek (2004). End-of-lease asset recovery: the Oce case. In S.D.P. Flapper & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (Eds.), Managing Closed-Loop Supply chains (pp. 141-150). Berlin: Springer Verlag
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A. Kokkinaki, R.A. Zuidwijk, J.A.E.E. van Nunen & R. Dekker (2004). Information and Communication Technology Enabling Reverse Logistics. In R Dekker & M Fleischmann (Eds.), Reverse Logistics: Quantitative Models for Closed Loop Supply Chains (pp. 381-405). Berlin: Springer Verlag
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H.R. Krikke, J.A.E.E. van Nunen, R.A. Zuidwijk & R. Kuik (2004). E-Business and Circular Supply Chains: Increased business opportunities by IT-based Customer oriented Return-flow Management. In B Fleischmann & A Klose (Eds.), Distribution Logistics: Advanced Solutions to Practical Problems (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 544) (pp. 221-242). Berlin: Springer Verlag
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J. van Hillegersberg, J.C.M. Tseng, R.A. Zuidwijk, M.P.A. van Oosterhout & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2003). Hub to higher performance? An internet hub for the VOS logistics supply chain. In T Verduijn & B van Loo (Eds.), Intelligent Logistic Concepts: improving your supply chain with collaboration and ICT (pp. 45-76). Delft: Eburon
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J.A.E.E. van Nunen & R.A. Zuidwijk (2003). Samenwerken in de keten voor kruidenierswaren. In Logistieke Kennisbanken (pp. 83-97). Den Haag: Ten Hagen Stam Uitgevers
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J.A.E.E. van Nunen & R.A. Zuidwijk (2002). Multi-Media Cases - Slimme logistieke ketens. In Aa, W. van der (Ed.), Management education & e-learning (pp. 21-24)
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R.A. Zuidwijk (2001). Simultaneous similarity of pairs of companions to their transposes. In Operator Theory and Analysis (Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, 122) (pp. 417-425). Boston: Birkhauser Verlag
Doctoral Thesis
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R.A. Zuidwijk (1994, oktober 20). Complementary trangular forms for pairs of matrices and operators. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (142 pag.) ( Tinbergen Instituut) Prom./coprom.: H. Bart.
Inaugural Speech
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R.A. Zuidwijk (2015). Are we connected? (2015, november 13). Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management
Professional Publications (15)
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R.A. Zuidwijk (2019). Managing Global Supply Chains and Logistics: The Role of Supply Chain Structure. Port Technology International, 86. Retrieved from https://www.porttechnology.org/technical-papers/managing_global_supply_chains_and_logistics_the_role_of_supply_chain_struct/ [go to publisher's site]
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H. Geerlings, B. Kuipers & R.A. Zuidwijk (Ed.). (2018). Ports and networks; Strategies, Operations and Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge
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R.A. Zuidwijk (2018). Ports in Global Supply Chains: Challenges and Opportunities. Port Technology International, 79. Retrieved from https://www.porttechnology.org/technical_papers/ports_in_global_supply_chains_challenges_and_opportunities [go to publisher's site]
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R.A. Zuidwijk (2015). The value of big data to big ports. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 22 (2), 14-16.
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R.A. Zuidwijk, B. Kuipers & R. Morris (2014). Companies active in the Port of Rotterdam are discovering the benefits of scientific collaboration - thanks to Erasmus Smart Port Rotterdam. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 18 (2), 5-7.
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L.G. Kroon, Ting Li & R.A. Zuidwijk (Ed.). (2010). Liber Amicorum in Memory of Jo van Nunen. Breda: DINALOG
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R.A. Zuidwijk, A.W. Veenstra, J. van Dalen & M.P.A. van Oosterhout (2009). INTEGRITY benefits analysis and measurement plan, Deliverable 6.1. (Extern rapport). Rotterdam: INTEGRITY consortium
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M.P.A. van Oosterhout, A.W. Veenstra & R.A. Zuidwijk (2009). INTEGRITY common evaluation criteria, Deliverable 6.2. (Extern rapport). Rotterdam: INTEGRITY Consortium
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L.F.J.M. Pau, R.A. Zuidwijk, H. Chen, P.M. van de Coterlet & M.P.A. van Oosterhout (2004). Introduction of 3rd generation wireless services at the Port of Rotterdam and its business partners. (Extern rapport). Rotterdam: Contract Final report
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R.A. Zuidwijk & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2003). Een supply chain die Klict! Over samenwerken en het meten en verrekenen van kosten en prestaties in de keten. In M Jansen-Vullers & T Valstar (Eds.), Op het grensvlak van Logistiek en ICT (pp. 63-77). Eindhoven: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
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A.W. Veenstra, R.A. Zuidwijk & J. Ronner (2003). Logistieke concepten voor multimodaal vervoer. (Extern rapport). Rotterdam: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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J.A.E.E. van Nunen & R.A. Zuidwijk (2002). Samenwerken in de keten voor kruidenierswaren. In Ketensynchronisatie in de retail, het antwoord op ECR (pp. 63-76). Deloitte & Touche
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P. Zizler, R.A. Zuidwijk, K. Taylor & S. Arimoto (2002). A Finer Aspect of Eigenvalue Distribution of Selfadjoint Band Toeplitz Matrices. SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 24 (1), 59-67.
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J.C.M. Tseng, J. van Hillegersberg & R.A. Zuidwijk (2002). Monitoring performance in a supply chain for enhancing collaboration through information sharing. In Global Supply Chain Management (pp. 280-284). Beijing: International Academic Publishers
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R.A. Zuidwijk (2000). Directional and Time-Scale Wavelet Analysis. SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 31 (2), 416-430.
PhD Tracks (21)
- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Cerag Pince
- Time frame: 2005 - 2010
- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Muhammad Jalil
- Time frame: 2006 - 2011
- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Jordan Srour
- Time frame: 2006 - 2010
- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Morteza Pourakbar
- Time frame: 2006 - 2011
- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Meditya Wasesa
- Time frame: 2008 - 2017
- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Yixin Lu
- Time frame: 2009 - 2014
- Role: Member Supervisory Team, Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Panagiotis Ypsilantis
- Time frame: 2011 - 2016

- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Irina Romochkina
- Time frame: 2011 - 2020
- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Judith Mulder
- Time frame: 2011 - 2016
- Role: Daily Supervisor
- PhD Candidate: Xishu Li
- Time frame: 2013 - 2019
- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Alp Arslan
- Time frame: 2014 - 2019

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Anirudh Kishore Bhoopalam
- Time frame: 2016 -

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Hobbs White
- Time frame: 2016 -

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Alberto Giudici
- Time frame: 2016 -

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Camill Harter
- Time frame: 2017 -

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Katharina Badenhausen
- Time frame: 2017 -
- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Tim Lamballais Tessensohn
- Time frame: 2012 - 2019

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Linh Nguyen
- Time frame: 2020 -

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Ebrahim Mohammadi Hosein Hajlou
- Time frame: 2020 -

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Gert-Jaap Polinder
- Time frame: 2015 - 2020

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Kaveh Azadeh
- Time frame: 2014 -
Events (5)
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