Special Issues

Call for Papers - Special Issues

We are planning several special issues and you are welcome to contribute to any of them.

Call for Papers - Special Issue on

" Data Envelopment Analysis: The Research Frontier"

Guest Editors

Wade D. Cook, York University, Canada, wcook@schulich.yorku.ca

Lawrence M. Seiford, University of Michigan, USA, seiford@umich.edu

Joe Zhu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA, jzhu@wpi.edu

Aims and Scope

            Since the advent of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in 1978, there has been an impressive growth both in theoretical developments and applications of these developments to practical situations. On the methodological front, we have seen the development of (1) various models for measuring efficiency, (2) approaches for incorporating DMUs’ structures, (3) models for examining the status of variables, and (4) models for evaluating data variations. After more than thirty years of DEA development, this special issue seeks papers that address and extend the above important areas of research in DEA. Novel applications as well as survey papers on specific DEA research streams are also welcomed. The main theme of the special issue is research aimed at extending the boundaries of DEA.

Submission

            Manuscripts should be submitted via EES http://www.ees.elsevier.com/omega/ and indicate in the Article Type “Special Issue: Data Envelopment Analysis”. They should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Refereeing and the selection of papers follow the normal standards of OMEGA. For details related to the format, please refer to the webpage:

http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/omegagfa2.pdf

            Those papers that do not fit the focus of the special issue but meet the quality of OMEGA will be refereed as a regular OMEGA submission.

Deadline

            The submission deadline is December 31, 2010. The Special Issue is scheduled for publication in 2012.

Call for Papers - Special Issue on

" Management Science and Environmental Issues "

Guest Editors

Chiang Kao, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ckao@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Hsihui Chang, Drexel University, USA, hc336@drexel.edu

Associate Guest Editor

Rong-Ruey Duh, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, rrduh@management.ntu.edu.tw

Aims and Scope

Climate change has become an important issue in recent years as the frequency of severe weather conditions has increased. To combat global warming, the Kyoto Protocol enacted in 2005 to address greenhouse gas emissions. The UN Climate Change Conference 2009 reached the Copenhagen Accord to limit the global temperature increase. Global warming is now a global issue.

There are at least two major factors which are closely related to Global warming. One is energy burning that produces CO2. Hence, green energy, such as solar and wind, has received increasing attention from scientists. The other is deforestation and forest degradation such that the uncontrolled harvesting of forests decreases the amount of CO2 being converted to oxygen. Forests thus need to be sustainably managed.

In addition to CO2 emissions, other environmental problems, such as pollution, have affected the quality of human lives. Leaving a clean earth for future generations is the responsibility of our generation. In this special issue, we solicit high quality papers that apply existing management science methods and techniques to solve problems related to environmental issues or that develop models to investigate these problems. The emphasis is the application of management science to the problem, rather than the problem itself.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Global warming
Reduction of CO2 emissions
Green energy
Energy conservation
Water supply
Forest resource management
Land planning and utilization
Pollution control
Waste management
Natural disaster prevention
Environmental policy

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted via EES http://www.ees.elsevier.com/omega/ and indicate in the Article Type “Special Issue: Management Science and Environmental Issues”. They should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Refereeing and the selection of papers follow the normal standards of OMEGA. For details related to the format, please refer to the webpage:

http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/omegagfa2.pdf

Deadline

The submission deadline is October 31, 2010. The Special Issue is scheduled for publication in 2012.

Call for Papers - Special Issue on

" Forecasting In Management Science:

A Survey of Developments Over The Last 40 Years"

Guest Editors

John E. Boylan, Buckinghamshire New University, UK john.boylan@bucks.ac.uk

Aris A. Syntetos, University of Salford, UK a.syntetos@salford.ac.uk

Sales forecasting is critical for many aspects of business planning (strategic, financial, marketing and logistics). This is an area that has benefited, over many years, from Management Science (MS) interventions. Traditionally, MS improvements have been algorithmic, and work in this area continues to flourish. However, more recently, MS work has broadened to include whole system planning and a re-discovery of the role of System Thinking/Dynamics. There has been increased interest, too, in the role of human judgement in forecasting and the scope for organisational learning. Related research into information systems to support forecasting and planning is becoming increasingly important.

Papers are invited for a special issue on ‘Forecasting in Management Science: A survey of developments over the last 40 years’ of OMEGA: The International Journal of Management Science. We are looking at publishing about 10 papers that collectively will capture the most significant developments in the field and set the agenda for further research in this area. Ideally, the papers should present a critical review of the relevant literature, followed by a state-of-the-art original application in the form of an organisational case study/empirical intervention or experimentation with real-world data, and culminate with the natural next steps of research in the respective areas.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Forecasting and Planning Systems;
Forecasting Processes;
Forecasting Support Systems (FSS);
Hierarchical Forecasting Systems;
Integration of System Dynamics and Forecasting Models;
Judgemental Forecasting;
Knowledge Sharing and Organisational Learning;
Performance Measurement;
Product Classification for Forecasting.

Manuscript preparation and submission

To prepare their manuscripts, authors are asked to closely follow the ‘Instructions to Authors’ available at: http://www.omegajournal.org/authors.html. Authors should submit their papers via the EES http://www.ees.elsevier.com/omega/ and indicate in the title ‘Special Issue: Forecasting in Management Science: A survey of developments over the last 40 years’. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts will be refereed according to the standards of OMEGA.

Publication schedule

We are interested in papers that currently constitute work-in-progress but we would also like to encourage new research to be developed as a result of the call. Consequently, the submission deadline is May 31^st 2010.

Manuscript submission May 31, 2010

Reviewer reports August 31, 2010

Revised paper submission November 30, 2010

Final manuscript submission to publishers February 28, 2011

The submission deadline is May 31, 2010.

The Special Issue is scheduled for publication in 2011.

A Special Issue on

"Empirical Research in the EU Banking Sector "

Guest Editors

Fotios Pasiouras, University of Bath, UK f.pasiouras@bath.ac.uk

Constantin Zopounidis, Technical University of Crete, Greece kostas@dpem.tuc.gr

The Special Issue appeared Volume 38, Issue 5.