Sunday, September 1, 2013

Simulation - Research Tool in Business and Management Research




SIMULATION MODELING IN ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
J. RICHARD HARRISON, ZHIANG LIN, GLENN R. CARROLL, KATHLEEN M. CARLEY
Academy of Management Review 2007, Vol. 32, No. 4, 1229–1245

Simulation modeling provides a powerful methodology for advancing theory and research on complex behaviors and systems, yet it has been embraced more slowly in management than in some associated social science disciplines. We suspect that part of the reason is that simulation methods are not well understood. We therefore aim to promote understanding of simulation methodology and to develop an appreciation of its potential contributions to management theory by describing the nature of simulations, its attractions, and its special problems, as well as some uses of computational modeling in management research.

Empirical simulation studies in operations management: context, trends, and research opportunities
Scott M. Shafer, Timothy L. Smunt
Journal of Operations Management 22 (2004) 345–354

Simulation as a Research Tool in Management Studies
PETER BERENDS, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
GEORGES ROMME, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
European Management Journal Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 576–583, 1999

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