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, I look forward tocontinuing the standards of excellence setby the previous editors of the journal. Ialso believe it is worthwhile to reflect onwhere the field of Operations Management(OM) has come from, where we are today,and the challenges that lie ahead of us as adiscipline. We find ourselves as a field in aninteresting predicament: OM is faced withsome of the most interesting research ques-tions in global business, yet we have theleast developed empirical knowledge baseof any of the academic business disciplines.This represents a challenge, but also a sig-nificant opportunity. In this brief article, Iwill share my particular views on relevantresearch are, and what I hope to promotefor
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