Chapter 2

Laboratory Experiments in Operations Management

Elena Katok
Smeal College of Business, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16870, ekatok@psu.edu

Abstract
Controlled laboratory experiments give researchers a great deal of control in making them useful for testing analytical models. In this tutorial I introduce laboratory experiments and discuss methodological issues in designing and conducting laboratory experiments.

Keywords: operations management; behavioral economics

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Citation information:

Katok E. Laboratory experiments in operations management. J. Geunes, ed. INFORMS TutORials in Operations Research, Vol. 8. INFORMS, Hanover, MD, pp. 15--35.