<p style="margin:0px">The papers in this volume introduce powerful new innovations in global supply chain networks. The best papers from the 2014 annual conference of the European regional subdivision of the Decision Sciences Institute (EDSI), they analyze the latest global trends associated with:</p><ul><li><div style="margin:0px">Sustainability and corporate social responsibility</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Applications in modeling and decision techniques</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Social network analysis for better decision-making</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Innovation and entrepreneurship</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Relationship management</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">ERP/Enterprise Business Intelligence</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Globalized manufacturing</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Performance and revenue management</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Risk management</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Business innovation management</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Supply chain operations management, and more</div></li></ul><p style="margin:0px">The papers collected here will be valuable to wide audiences of faculty, researchers, and students in diverse programs covering supply chain and/or operations management, and for others interested in the frontiers of decision science.</p>