Get ready for another collegial experience in sunny San Diego! The 2010 annual meeting, to be held November 20-23, marks the beginning of the next 40 years in which we expect to break new ground, try new ideas, and create new value for all participants. The conference theme is Challenging the Status Quo--Breakthrough Innovations that Rejuvenate Organizations. You'll find more information on activities -- and registration for the conference and the conference hotel -- on this website.

See the current news publication for feature articles such as DSI President's Keong Leong's column Transition and Transformation; Decision Line Editor Krishna S. Dhir's overview of 41(4) feature articles; Statistics in B Schools: Millstone or Cornerstone?, by J. Keith Ord, Georgetown University; Arriving at Consensus in Global Business: Globalization Meets Multiculturalism, by Christyne J. Vachon, Northeastern University; Continually Emerging Technologies: Will the iPad Really Change the Way We Live and Work? by Kenneth E. Kendall, Rutgers University; Family Matters: Explaining Asian Capitalism's Distinct Nature, by Arvind V. Phatak and Amandeep Sandhu, Temple University; Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence, book review by Amit Mitra, Auburn University; The Decision Sciences Journal: As We Move Forward, by Asoo J. Vakharia, Editor, University of Florida. The entire issue is also available as a pdf file.

Winners of the 2010 Elwood S. Buffa Dissertation Competition Announced

Aravind Chandrasekaran (Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University) has been named the winner of the 2010 Elwood S. Buffa Dissertation Competition (click for more details). His dissertation advisors were Kevin Linderman and Roger Schroeder, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.

Congratulations to Newly Elected 2010-11 DSI Officers

President-Elect
Krishna S. Dhir, Berry College

Treasurer
Shaw K. Chen, University of Rhode Island

At-Large Vice Presidents

Thomas Y. Choi, Arizona State University
Funda Sahin, University of Tennessee
Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Marion G. Sobol, Southern Methodist University

Asia Pacific DSI Regionally-Elected VP
Norma J. Harrison, CEIBS

European DSI Regionally-Elected VP
Gyula Vastag, Corvinius University of Budapest

Midwest DSI Regionally-Elected VP
Rhonda R. Lummus, Indiana University, Bloomington

Northeast DSI Regionally-Elected VP
Larry Meile, Boston College

The ballot tabulation was audited and verified by DATAMATX, Inc. Atlanta GA.

Board Appoints Professor Asoo Vakharia as the Next Editor of the DSJ

The Board of Directors of the Decision Sciences Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Asoo Vakharia of the University of Florida as the next editor of the Decision Sciences Journal . Asoo has an extensive publication record and prior editorial experience including serving on the current editorial team of DSJ as associate editor. Asoo has a vision for the journal that would not only sustain DSJ 's quality but enhance it significantly in the coming years. The Board's decision to appoint Asoo Vakharia as the next editor of DSJ was unanimous. We wish him much success as he assumes this new leadership role in the Institute.

The editor's position is currently held by Vicki Smith-Daniels, who has been the editor of DSJ for the past seven years. Her term ends in June of this year. She has provided able stewardship for the journal during her tenure as editor. The most striking contribution that Vicki has made to the journal is improving the impact factor of DSJ vis-à-vis the other journals in our field. The ISI citation impact factor has increased from .764 in 2004 to 2.318 in 2008. According to the 2008 ISI and Thompson Reuters Journal Citation Report for management journals, DSJ has a rank of 21 and an impact factor of 2.318 compared to the Journal of Operations Management (rank, 17: impact factor, 2.42) and Management Science (rank, 20; impact factor, 2.354), and Information Systems Research (rank, 22; impact factor, 2.261). This is a significant accomplishment; Vicki and the current editorial team deserve our sincere thanks for this achievement.