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Knowledge Creation and Dissemination in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Author(s) -
Roth Aleda,
Singhal Jaya,
Singhal Kalyan,
Tang Christopher S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
production and operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.279
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1937-5956
pISSN - 1059-1478
DOI - 10.1111/poms.12590
Subject(s) - dissemination , business , work (physics) , supply chain , knowledge management , exploratory research , supply chain management , public relations , marketing , computer science , sociology , political science , mechanical engineering , telecommunications , anthropology , engineering
During the last 25 years, the ecosystem of knowledge creation and dissemination in operations and supply chain management has improved remarkably. We now see OM as a vibrant community and an ecosystem in steady state. Yet, there are many opportunities ahead to revitalize our field and to expand our influence. In the spirit of continuous improvement, we propose that we focus our major efforts on accelerating the following four developments: First, having greatly expanded the domain of operations management, we should continue to expand its boundaries. Second, after a visible increase in exploratory studies, our community should accelerate our pursuit of such research. Third, we encourage OM faculty to develop programs that enable Ph.D. students to carry out part of their work in actual organizational settings. Fourth, we should further strengthen our interactions with the business community and create mechanisms to systematically disseminate our research to its members.