Costello Research Sustainable Operations

With the right operational strategy, transitioning from selling products to delivering services can be the right move for profits, people and the planet. Ioannis Bellos, associate professor of information systems and operations management (OM)  and MBA Program Director at the Donald G. Costello College of Business, and Hang Ren, associate professor of OM at Costello, have published research exploring how servicization can live up to its massive potential. 

The economic data on climate and business outcomes paints a picture of profound disruption beneath a placid-seeming surface.

Why are some firms more forthcoming than others about their social and environmental impact? It may have to do with the CEO’s personal incentives.

A Mason professor is the sole academic working with the U.S. government in an unprecedented effort to measure environmental-economic activity.

Ioannis Bellos, associate professor of information systems and operations management, began researching service design as a PhD student at Georgia Tech.

Years spent engaging with consumers in the business world made School of Business Marketing faculty Niki Vlastara realize that how sustainability concepts and proposals were marketed significantly influenced how successful they became.

Yannis Bellos, associate professor for Information Systems and Operations Management, has been with George Mason University School of Business since 2012. His research interests sit at the intersection of sustainability and service operations, making him a perfect member of the Business for a Better World Center affiliate faculty team.