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EURO Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize (MSSIP)
Preamble
The European Association of Operational Research Societies (EURO) is offering an award to foster specific areas of application of Operational Research in management. The prize is intended to award outstanding contributions in theory or in practice of the envisaged area. This area is announced three years in advance to encourage innovative researchers and possibly entire research groups to focus their work on a domain of particular strategic interest. The award will be called Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize (MSSIP). It is characterised by the following regulations:
Article 1
Significance and Description
The prize is to be awarded for an outstanding innovative contribution of Management Science/OR in a particular field of management. This contribution can be a theoretical achievement or an innovative practical implementation in that area.
The submitted work consists of a paper in which the theoretical result or the practical implementation is explained. The theoretical result ought to be an outstanding contribution to the theory in the selected area. The practical application should describe a successful implementation for which a recently developed OR technique plays a predominant role.
Article 2
Awarding, Endowment, and Announcement
The prize is awarded each year when a EURO Conference takes place. It is
conveyed on an exceptional occasion at that conference. The paper is
presented in full length at the conference and is being published in
EJOR.
The specific area of Management Science/OR is announced 3 years in advance.
The prize is endowed with an amount of at least 12.000 EUR and has to
be sponsored by a private company, public institution or consortia of
private and/or public bodies.
There are no second or third prizes; however, in exceptional cases, the
prize might be split.
Article 3
Administration
The general administration of the prize is in the responsibility of the
president of EURO.
The EURO Executive Committee (EC) selects the area of the prize and the
chairperson of the jury. It seeks the advice of an advisory board.
This board consists of :
- the chairpersons of the PCs of the last and the two next EURO Conferences,
- the editors of EJOR
- the co-ordinators of the working
groups, and
- a representative of the sponsor.
The jury selects the winner of the prize. It consists of 7 persons:
- the chairperson who is an outstanding expert in the area selected,
- an additional expert to be appointed by the chairperson,
- one editor of EJOR,
- the PC chairperson of the EURO conference at which the prize is to be awarded,
- a practitioner most adjacent to the specified area, to be appointed by the
chairperson,
- the EURO president in office at the time the area of the award has been chosen,
- one representative of the sponsor.
If any member of the award jury has a past or current relationship with a nominee that might influence the selection process for reasons other than the merits of the case relative to the award, it is the responsibility of each jury member to bring to the attention of the jury chair such a conflict of interest. The jury chair should propose a response that ensures that the final decision of the jury is exempt from any apparent conflict.
Article 4
Administrative regulations
For the handling of the prize, the sponsor supports EURO by an amount of
3.000 EUR, each time the prize is awarded. A specific budget line
is added for this purpose to the EURO accounts and balance.
Article 5
Temporary regulations
The first five editions of the award (foreseen for EURO 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009) will be sponsored on an exclusive basis by SAP AG, Walldorf, Germany, through a specific agreement. The subsequent sponsors will be chosen by the EC.
Time Line for the EURO MSSIP
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t - 3,5 years |
Call for area-applications by the EURO President |
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t - 3 years |
Choice of the area and of the jury chairperson by the E.C.
Announcement of the area by the EURO President and call for applications.
Formation of the jury by the chairperson.
Approval of the jury by the EC |
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t - 6 months |
Deadline for applications. |
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t - 3 months |
Decision of the jury |
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Presentation of the prize |
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