Transforming Decision Science Through Emergent Technologies By Kevin Linderman November 23 – 25, 2019 New Orleans Marriott New Orleans, LA Celebrating 50 Years of Service Welcome to New Orleans, LA, for the 2019 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference! The conference dates are November 23 – 25, 2019. The theme for this conference is Transforming Decision […]
What is Islamic Finance and What Can It Do?
Introduction A well-established financial system plays a vital role in the growth and development of an economy. The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 raised serious concerns about the operations of the conventional financial system. Consequently, Islamic Finance emerged as an alternative— presenting itself as not only resilient enough to absorb shocks but also capable of […]
12th Indian Subcontinent Region of Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) Conference Report
The 12th Annual Indian Subcontinent Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) conference was held from December 27 – 30, 2018 at SPJIMR Mumbai. As a key chapter of the DSI, ISDSI has been steadily growing for the past few years. With the central theme of ‘Data Driven Decision Making in the Digital Age’, the conference provided a […]
Be A DSI Conference Buddy
Building upon the success of last year’s Buddy Project, you are invited to participate in the DSI annual conference “buddy” project. With more than 1,100 participants and myriad sessions to choose among, the annual conference can be a bit overwhelming for those new to our community. The Buddy Project is designed to welcome new members, […]
DSI to Offer Four Consortia at Annual Conference
At the DSI 2018 Annual Conference, DSI is offering two half-day doctoral consortia’s for Ph.D. students in different stages of completion – Pre-Proposal and Post-Proposal. In addition, two half day faculty development consortia are also offered for those in different stages of their career – new faculty and mid-career faculty. All consortia will take place […]
Resources for refreshing OM course content with hands-on activities
by Kathryn Zuckweiler, Midwestern State University For many faculty, summer is a chance to refresh course content and instructional approaches. Over the years, I’ve tried to make my courses more hands-on and engaging for students because I believe doing fosters learning much more than passive watching or listening. In today’s educational parlance, this could be […]
Authorship Credit: Thoughts for PhD Students and Faculty Mentors
By Viswanath Venkatesh, University of Arkansas For all the hard work that PhD students and their collaborators, especially faculty members, put into research endeavors, authorship credit is vital to job searches, annual performance reviews, and may be even promotion and tenure. This brief is meant to be an education for PhD students about authorship […]
Negotiation Course: The Key Success Factors
by Guy Deloffre, ICN Business School – ARTEM Campus Introduction This article explores the way that international negotiation skills can be integrated into an academic course. The article explains components that are of the utmost importance in teaching such course to business students at the undergraduate and master’s degree levels. The main goal of the […]
Information Security and Benford’s Law
INTRODUCTION Falsified numbers in tax returns, invoice payment records, expense account claims, and many other settings often display patterns that aren’t present in legitimate records. In fact, there is a certain pattern in the way a large group (list) of numbers behave that may be somewhat counter intuitive. One would expect that the ten digits […]
From E-commerce to Social Commerce: Management of Reverse Logistics
Reverse Logistics Reverse logistics deals with the management of backward flow of returned items in the supply chain, from end users to the producer. Returned items can be classified into two categories (Toktay 2003): (1) Used returns, where the product has been used by the customer, including warranty returns, lease returns, reusable articles, product recalls, […]
