Keyword: research

Found 276 papers in total
Reconsidering the philosophical basis of OR/MS
Reconsidering the philosophical basis of OR/MS
2001,
Many in Operations Research/Management Science (OR/MS) have long predicted a major...
Unidimensional search scheme using identric mean for optimization problems
Unidimensional search scheme using identric mean for optimization problems
2001,
In this paper, a new unidimensional search scheme called identric mean (IM) scheme is...
Queueing network modelling and lead time compression of pharmaceutical drug development
Queueing network modelling and lead time compression of pharmaceutical drug development
2001,
Designing an optimized pharmaceutical drug development process is an important problem...
Operations research at Bell Laboratories through the 1970s: Part II
Operations research at Bell Laboratories through the 1970s: Part II
2000,
This historical account of operations research at Bell Laboratories was drafted in the...
Critically evaluating an applications vs theory framework for research quality
Critically evaluating an applications vs theory framework for research quality
1999,
Ormerod contributes to an ongoing debate by pointing out that not only do US authors...
Evaluating OR/MS research
Evaluating OR/MS research
1999,
Ormerod has suggested that Reisman and Kirschnick's methodology for describing...
What's experience got to do with it? Sources of cost reduction in a large specialty chemicals producer
What's experience got to do with it? Sources of cost reduction in a large specialty chemicals producer
2000,
Conventional learning curves relating unit cost to measures of production experience...
Improving manufacturing performance through process change and knowledge creation
Improving manufacturing performance through process change and knowledge creation
2000,
A model is introduced to guide a profit maximizing firm in its quest to enhance...
Quality function deployment and decision analysis
Quality function deployment and decision analysis
2000,
This article presents and compares two techniques for making multiobjective product...
The assignment of scores for output-based research funding
The assignment of scores for output-based research funding
1999,
This paper considers the assignment of scores to research output items, such as...
Multicriteria decision making for contract research organisation choice in the pharmaceutical industry
Multicriteria decision making for contract research organisation choice in the pharmaceutical industry
1999,
The choice of a Contract Research Organisation (CRO–Sponsor partnership or CRO)...
Valuation of R and D projects using options pricing and decision analysis models
Valuation of R and D projects using options pricing and decision analysis models
1999,
A combination of options-pricing techniques and decision-analysis tools forms a...
Localization of knowledge and the mobility of engineers in regional networks
Localization of knowledge and the mobility of engineers in regional networks
1999,
Knowledge, once generated, spills only imperfectly among firms and nations. We posit...
A punctuated-equilibrium model of technology diffusion
A punctuated-equilibrium model of technology diffusion
1999,
We present an evolutionary model of technology diffusion in which an old and a new...
The effects of R&D team co-location on communication patterns among R&D, marketing, and manufacturing
The effects of R&D team co-location on communication patterns among R&D, marketing, and manufacturing
1998,
Reducing the physical distance among R&D engineers and between R&D and...
Communication and uncertainty in concurrent engineering
Communication and uncertainty in concurrent engineering
1998,
We present an analytical model of concurrent engineering, where an upstream and a...
Conditions for government support of private research and development
Conditions for government support of private research and development
1996,
In a recent paper, Brockhoff and Warschkow attempt to extend Joglekar and Hamburg's...
Contracting structures for custom software development: The impacts of informational rents and uncertainty on internal development and outsourcing
Contracting structures for custom software development: The impacts of informational rents and uncertainty on internal development and outsourcing
1997,
Custom software development projects have special informational attributes that have...
Comments on ‘Fortune Favors the Prepared Firm’
Comments on ‘Fortune Favors the Prepared Firm’
1997,
A recent paper in Management Science titled ‘Fortune Favors the Prepared...
Reply to ‘Comments on “Fortune Favors the Prepared Firm” ’
Reply to ‘Comments on “Fortune Favors the Prepared Firm” ’
1997,
Joglekar, Bohl, and Hamburg (JBH) make two basic sets of criticisms of our paper in...
Effective Operations Research R&D in Industry
Effective Operations Research R&D in Industry
1996,
Changed views in industry have led to more business-driven industrial R&D, also...
A model-based framework to overlap product development activities
A model-based framework to overlap product development activities
1997,
Intense competition in many industries forces manufacturing firms to develop new,...
New product development structures and time-to-market
New product development structures and time-to-market
1997,
In fast-cycle, high technology industries, the speed and rate at which companies can...
Time versus market orientation in product concept development: Empirically-based theory generation
Time versus market orientation in product concept development: Empirically-based theory generation
1997,
In collaboration with industry partners, a normative model of the product concept...
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