October 2009 / Volume 40(5)

Beginning with the July 2009 issue of Decision Line (v40n4) and until further notice, this publication will be available in electronic (pdf) format only.

October 2009 Decision Line (entirety, 2.8MB pdf file)

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Page 1: President's Letter. "Update on Board Actions," by Ram Narasimhan, Michigan State University.

From the Editor. Decision Line Editor Krishna S. Dhir provides an overview of 40(5) feature articles.

President-elect Vision Statements. Krishna S. Dhir of Berry College and Marc J. Schniederjans of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln provide their vision statements for this year’s election of officers.

Feature Article. “Partnering with Industry—Easier Said Than Done: Ten Lessons Learned,” by Douglas N. Hales and Shaw K. Chen, University of Rhode Island.

POM. “The Dilemma of Trying to Understand the ‘Real World,’” by Mikko Ketokivi, Helsinki University of Technology. [Contact Feature Editor]

In the Classroom. “Enhancing Course Delivery in Operations Management: Integrating Web Technology and Face-to-Face Learning,” by Arash Azadegan and Lisa McLain-Sharp, New Mexico State University. [Contact Feature Editor]

Ecommerce. “Trends and Differences of Perceptions among Web 2.0 Users: Lessons for the Future Use and Study of Web 2.0,” by J. P. Shim, Mississippi State University; Kyung-Mo Ahn, Korea Culture & Content Agency and Kyung Hee University; and Juyeon Kim, International Tourism Strategy Institute and Kyung Hee University. [Contact Feature Editor]

Deans’ Perspective. “The Times are Changing: A Call for Governing Boards of Universities to Awaken to Sarbanes-Oxley and Practice of Good Governance,” by Jean Harris, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg; and Gary Cunningham, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden. [See column archive] [Contact Feature Editor]

From the Bookshelf. “Essentials of Operations Management,” by Keah Choon TanY, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. [Contact Feature Editor]

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2009 Annual Meeting News on the upcoming conference to be held in New Orleans. [Contact 2009 Program Chair]

Names in the News: Jatinder (Jeet) N. D. Gupta of University of Alabama in Huntsville and Ram Narasimhan of Michigan State University. [Contact Executive Director]

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Related Conferences & Related Publications

2009 DSI Calendar

See the 2009 DSI Annual Meeting homepage for more information on the upcoming conference in New Orleans.

 

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