This paper is motivated by the reported poor performance of IS implementations. In contrast to the dominant emphasis on formal approaches such as structured methods, this paper takes a position drawing upon research in management science, organizational science and psychology. It focuses on key personal and organizational capabilities in the IS implementation project, and in particular, entrepr...

From strengths use to work performance: The role of harmonious passion, subjective vitality, and concentration Philippe Dubreuil, Jacques Forest & François Courcy a Department of Psychology, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boulevard de l’Université, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1K 2R1 b Department of Organization and Human Resources, UQAM School of Management Science, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Vill...

This paper presents a review of the literature on dynamic pricing models in management science. We discuss monopolistic and competitive situations, with an emphasis on applications in different contexts. We also describe the main development perspectives of this literature.

The paper serves as background material for the review of debated issues and standpoints in the theory and application of Islamic economics, IE; and for discussion of fruitful research avenues in application of IE to modern economies. The focus is on six areas: (1) theory: links between IE and mainstream economics; while topics (2) to (6) treat applications of the given directives in Islamic ec...

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Use of the term knowledge management varies depending on the context. In this paper we will investigate its use in relation to research output in universities. Universities need to keep track of their research and to note what research papers have been written, the topic of the research, who collaborated in the writing and where the research was published. To collate and store this data some ty...

Scheduling problems have been studied a lot over the last decade. Due to the complexity and the variety of such problems, most works consider static problems in which activities are known in advance and constraints are fixed. However, every scheduling problem is subject to unexpected events (consider for example a new activity to schedule, or a machine breakdown). In these cases, a new solution...

We provide a decision analysis perspective on the decision making process leading to the merger of The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS) and the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) to form the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Throughout the merger negotiation era from 1989 until the merger in 1995, discussion regarding a possible merger wa...

background: today, with the rapid growth of scientific production, research misconduct has become a worldwide problem. this article is intended to introduce the successful experience on the management of research paper misconducts in the field of health research. methods: our aim was to design and develop the strategy for research misconduct policy. focusing on the national regulatory system, w...