Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 1989

FIRST PLACE

Team: ABB Electric, Inc.
Paper: A Choice-Modeling Market Information System That Enabled ABB Electric to Expand its Market Share
Laureates: Nicola Aversa - ABB Electric, Inc.
Dennis Gensch - University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Steven Moore - ABB Electric, Inc.

FINALISTS

Team: Hidroelectrica Espanola, S.A.
Paper: Managing Hidroelectrica Espanola's Hydroelectric Power System
Laureates: Angel Chiarri - Hidroelectrica Espanola S.A.
Ron Dembo - University of Toronto
Jesus Gomez Martin - Hidroelectrica Espanola S.A.
Luis Paradinas - Hidroelectrica Espanola S.A.
Team: IBM
Paper: Gurlington's Logistics Managment System
Laureates: Kenneth Fordyce - IBM
Gerald Sullivan - IBM
Team: IBM Optimizer
Paper: Optimizer: IBM's Multi-Echelon Inventory System for Managing Service Logistics
Laureates: Morris Cohen - University of Pennsylvania
Pasumarti Kamesam - IBM
Paul Kleindorfer - University of Pennsylvania
Hau Lee - Stanford University
Armen Tekerian - IBM
Team: S.T.C.U.M.
Paper: The HASTUS Vehicle and Manpower Scheduling System at the Societe de transport de la Communaute urbaine de Monetreal
Laureates: Jean-Yves Blais - GIRO, Inc.
Jacques Lamont - S.T.C.U.M.
Jean-Marc Rousseau - Univeristy of Montreal
Team: AT&T National Technical Center
Paper: AT&T's Telemarketing Site Selection System Offers Customer Support
Laureates: Anthony Brigandi - AT&T
Dennis Dargon - AT&T
Michael Sheehan - AT&T
Thomas Spencer - AT&T
Team: The Egyptina Cabinet
Paper: Managing Institutionalization of Strategic Decision Support for the Egyptian Cabinet
Laureates: Hisham El Sherif - American University in Cairo/Cabinet of Egypt

Interfaces Edelman Award Special Issue

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