Introduction
The joining of operations research/management science (OR/MS) and strategy may, at first, seem a bit incongruous, as they often address issues at very different levels within organizations. OR/MS typically deals with the internal workings and performance of organizations, strategy with external market conduct and consequent gains (or losses) in competitive advantage. The presumed bright line dividing operations from strategic decision making, however, does not always hold. Indeed, the field of strategy has long recognized the role internal systems management can play in driving advantage.
Internal considerations have always been part of strategy analysis. It is notable that the rather well-known analytical framework of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) addresses internal organizational strengths and weaknesses, as well as external opportunities and threats (Andrews 1971). And, the so-called resource-based view (Barney and Clark 2007), takes a...
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Luke, R.D., Ozcan, Y.A. (2013). Health Care Strategic Decision Making. In: Gass, S.I., Fu, M.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1153-7_1174
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