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INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCUSSION FORUM ON USING EXPERIMENTS IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
Author(s) -
ECKERD STEPHANIE,
BENDOLY ELLIOT
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of supply chain management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.75
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1745-493X
pISSN - 1523-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-493x.2011.03231.x
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , supply chain management , momentum (technical analysis) , supply chain , computer science , management science , data science , engineering ethics , operations research , marketing , business , economics , engineering , mathematics , finance , pure mathematics
The use of laboratory experiments in supply chain management research is gaining momentum and provides an opportunity for researchers to make exciting new contributions to the field. In this introductory essay, we describe the motivation for the discussion forum, and introduce the four remaining essays presented in the forum. These essays discuss various topics concerning experimental research, with the goal of enhancing our community's understanding of experimental methods.