Abstract
Recently, research in Operations Management best practice has began to shift its interest from the justification of the value of those practices to the understanding of the contextual conditions under which they are bound to work - contingency research. This article brings together and tries to clarify a number of relevant themes related to contingency research on OM practice, offering preliminary theoretical and research design foundations for conducting comprehensive contingency research.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1365-1370 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
| Event | 34th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute - Washington, DC, United States Duration: 22 Nov 2003 → 25 Nov 2003 |
Conference
| Conference | 34th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Washington, DC |
| Period | 22/11/03 → 25/11/03 |
Keywords
- Best practice
- Contingency research
- Interdisciplinary
- Research design