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OM Forum—Making OM Research More Relevant: “Why?” and “How?”

Christopher S. Tang

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management · 2016 · Volume 18 · Issue 2

DOI: 10.1287/msom.2015.0553

Abstract

Should OM research become more relevant? I provide my own perspective on this question and some practical ideas for our community to explore. This article is based on my Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Distinguished Fellow inaugural lecture given at the University of Toronto on June 29, 2015.

Keywords

operations management research, innovation, relevance, rigor, research process

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