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American management reinvigorated by OR/MS information-based modeling

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  • Hertz, D. b.
  • Sugrue, P. k.

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This paper describes the significant influence that Operations Research/Management Science has had on American management. Specific examples of this influence in three well-known United States corporations are discussed. The three corporations which were selected are Burger King Corporation, Citgo Petroleum Corporation and Ryder Systems. Implications concerning the general impact of OR/MS in US industry are also discussed.

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  • Hertz, D. b. & Sugrue, P. k., 1988. "American management reinvigorated by OR/MS information-based modeling," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 16(3), pages 221-226.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jomega:v:16:y:1988:i:3:p:221-226
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    1. A Paucar-Caceres, 2011. "The development of management sciences/operational research discourses: surveying the trends in the US and the UK," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 62(8), pages 1452-1470, August.

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