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January 2000, Volume 51, Issue 1
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Part Special Issue: OR and Strategy

Guest Editors: Robert Dyson and Colin Eden

Editorial

1
John Ranyard
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Commentary

A Commentary on ‘Blackett: Operational Research’ 3
R Fildes
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Part Special Issue: OR and Strategy

OR and Strategy: Editorial Introduction 4
Robert Dyson
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Strategy, performance and operational research 5
Robert G Dyson
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Mapping distinctive competencies: a systemic approach 12
C Eden & F Ackermann
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A cognitive approach to group strategic decision taking: a discussion of evolved practice in the light of received research results 21
PH Grinyer
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Corporate visioning: a survey of UK practice 36
F O’Brien & M Meadows
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Evaluating foreign direct investments: new challenges for strategic planners 45
MJ Foster
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A strategic evaluation of capacity retirements in the steel industry 53
BC Dangerfield & CA Roberts
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Other Papers

Case-oriented Paper
Tactical and strategic models for satellite customer assignment 61
CH Scott, OG Skelton & E Rolland
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Case-oriented Papers

Using combined forecasts with changing weights for electricity demand profiling 72
JW Taylor & S Majithia
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A two-stage stochastic programming with recourse model for determining robust planting plans in horticulture 83
K Darby-Dowman, S Barker, E Audsley & D Parsons
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Theoretical Papers

A new model and solution method for product line design with pricing 90
LS Thakur, SK Nair, K-W Wen & P Tarasewich
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Improving the identification of returns to scale in data envelopment analysis 102
LE Read & E Thanassoulis
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Inventory rationing in an (s, Q) inventory model with lost sales and two demand classes 111
P Melchiors, R Dekker & MJ Kleijn
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Technical Notes

A continuous time solution for optimal claim limits in vehicle insurance 123
JS Dagpunar
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Deterministic hierarchical substitution inventory models 129
H Gurnani & Z Drezner
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