Strengthening the Empirical Base of Operations Management
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management · 2007 · Volume 9 · Issue 4
Abstract
Isuggest that the prospering fields of physics, medicine, and finance illustrate the value of a strong empirical dimension to research that is well integrated with theoretical research. I use empirical research in these fields to formulate a framework for classifying empirical research and illustrate that framework with a few selected examples in operations management. I offer some advice on data sources and approaches to conducting empirical research and suggest ways strengthening empirical research in operations management. This is obviously a partial treatment of a large subject and represents my personal point of view. This paper should encourage comments by others to further develop the topic and to offer alternative points of view.
Keywords
empirical research, econometrics, experiments, case research, data sources
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