INFORMS Publications Announcements

Management Science - New Issue
Read the 12 new articles in the May 2012 issue of Management Science. "Management Insights" provides you with a brief overview of all the new papers.

• "The Extroverted Firm: How External Information Practices Affect Innovation and Productivity"
• "Information Transmission and the Bullwhip Effect: An Empirical Investigation"
• "When to "Fire" Customers: Customer Cost-Based Pricing"

Operations Research - New Issue
Go to the 17 new articles in the March/April 2012 issue of Operations Research. Read "In this Issue" for a comprehensive overview of this month's journal.

• "A Simulation Optimization Approach to Long-Term Care Capacity Planning"
• "Technology Adoption with Uncertain Future Costs and Quality"
• "Estimating Primary Demand for Substitutable Products from Sales Transaction Data"

Organization Science - Special Issue
Access the 13 new articles in the May/June 2012 special issue of Organization Science. Subscribe to the 2012 INFORMS PubsOnLine Suite for only $99 for access to all 13 journals back to volume 1, issue 1.

• "Reproducing Knowledge: Inaccurate Replication and Failure in Franchise Organizations"
• "Collaborating for Knowledge Creation and Application: The Case of Nanotechnology Research Programs"
• "Resisters at Work: Generating Productive Resistance in the Workplace"
• "Knowing Where You Stand: Physical Isolation, Perceived Respect, and Organizational Identification Among Virtual Employees"

M&SOM - New Issue
The Spring 2012 issue of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management includes 13 feature articles. Access the IPOL Portal information on all the current INFORMS journal content and publications news.

• "What Is Interesting in Operations Management?"
• "Capacity Planning in the Semiconductor Industry: Dual-Mode Procurement with Options"
• "Are Reservations Recommended?"
• "Optimizing Organic Waste to Energy Operations"

Transportation Science - New Issue
The May 2012 issue of Transportation Science includes nine feature articles. Go to the Publications site for updates on all INFORMS publications.

• "Twenty-Five Years of Hub Location Research"
• "Addressing Passenger Risk Uncertainty for Aviation Security Screening"
• "Equitable and Efficient Coordination in Traffic Flow Management"

Mathematics of Operations Research - New Issue
Access the 11 new articles in the May 2012 issue of Mathematics of Operations Research. The INFORMS PubsOnLine Suite gives you access to all 13 journals back to volume 1, issue 1 for only $99. Go here to add to complete your membership.

• "On Large Delays in Multi-Server Queues with Heavy Tails"
• "Unique Minimal Liftings for Simplicial Polytopes"
• "A Re-Solving Heuristic with Bounded Revenue Loss for Network Revenue Management with Customer Choice"

Service Science - Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Cloud Computing as a Service"
A special issue of Service Science will provide a global forum for presenting research results on various aspects of cloud computing as a service. Submission deadline is July 1, 2012, for more information access the Call for Papers.

Management Science - Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Business Analytics"
To encourage further developments in this rapidly growing area of interdisciplinary research, Management Science will publish a special issue dedicated to business analytics. Submission deadline is September 16, 2012; for more information access the Call for Papers.

Interfaces - Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Operations Research in Freight Transportation and Logistics"
O.R. can play a critical role in designing, operating, and improving freight transportation and logistics systems. Accordingly, Interfaces is planning a special issue focusing on the application of O.R. techniques on freight transportation and logistics. Submission deadline is November 15, 2012; for more information access the Call for Papers.

2012 Library Subscriptions - Recommend a New INFORMS Journal
Take a minute and send a 2012 recommendation to your librarian using the INFORMS Grassroots web page. The UPDATED Grassroots website is even easier to use as it now provides your librarian's contact information.