Volume 27, Number 9 the flagship research journal of production and society

POMS Volume 27 ■ Number 9 ■ September 2018 PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

SPECIAL ISSUE ON PERSPECTIVES ON BIG DATA EDITED BY KALYAN SINGHAL, he mission of Production and Operations Management is Production and Operations Management QI FENG, RAM GANESHAN, NADA R. SANDERS, AND J. GEORGE SHANTHIKUMAR Tto serve as the fl agship research journal in operations management in manufacturing and services. Kalyan Singhal, Qi Feng, Ram Ganeshan, Nada R. Sanders, J. George Shanthikumar Introduction to the Special Issue on Perspectives on Big Data The journal publishes scientifi c research into the problems, Hau L. Lee interests, and concerns of managers who manage product Big Data and the Innovation Cycle and process design, operations, and supply chains. It covers Wallace J. Hopp, Jun Li, Guihua Wang all topics in product and process design, operations, and Big Data and the Precision Medicine Revolution supply chain management and welcomes papers using Marshall Fisher, Ananth Raman any research paradigm. Using Data and Big Data in Retailing Qi Feng, J. George Shanthikumar For additional information, please visit our website: www. How Research in Production and Operations Management May Evolve in the Era of Big Data poms.org. Charles J. Corbett How Sustainable Is Big Data? Jayashankar M. Swaminathan

September Big Data2018 Analytics for Rapid, Impactful, Sustained, and Effi cient (RISE) Humanitarian Operations Sripad K. Devalkar, Sridhar Seshadri, Chitrabhanu Ghosh, Allen Mathias Data Science Applications in Indian Agriculture Maxime C. Cohen Big Data and Service Operations Samayita Guha, Subodha Kumar Emergence of Big Data Research in Operations Management, Information Systems, and Healthcare: Past Contributions and Future Roadmap

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Information for Contributors Offi cers and Board for 2018 President Regional Vice President—Americas Submit your papers or possible Spacing and Formatting Submission of a paper to Production J. George Shanthikumar Hugo Yoshijaki publication in Production and Operations The manuscript, including the and Operations Management for possible Purdue University, West Lafayette, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil Management (POM) to an appropriate abstract and references, should be publication implies that the author is IN, USA Regional Vice President—Europe departmental editor or to the certifyingthat the manuscript is not double-spaced in size 11 font, and President—Elect Amit Eynan editor-in-chief electronically copyrighted; nor has it been accepted it should have one-inch margins Nada Sanders University of Richmond, Richmond, (preferably a pdf fi le) at the on all four sides of the page. 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In addition, some of the proofs, double-spaced reference section at Guidelines. University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, lemmas, tables and other supporting Vice President—Member Activities the end of the paper in the following Mark Ferguson USA material may be included in an online style: Once a manuscript is accepted for University of South Carolina, USA Gal Raz companion. There is no page limit for publication, the authors are asked to Vice President—Publications Western University, Ontario, Canada the online companion. A page limit Hayes, R. H., G. P. Pisano. 1996. sign a copyright transfer agreement Chelliah Sriskandarajah Founder & Editor-in-Chief is imposed because papers should Manufacturing strategy: At the and to supply quality artwork for any Production and Operations Management Texas A&M University, focus on their main contribution and intersection of two paradigm shifts. fi gures. Kalyan Singhal short papers are more likely to be read Production and Operations Management, College Station, Texas, USA University of Baltimore, USA and cited. 5 (1), 25-41. Vice President—Industry Director of Strategic Planning Russell Allgor Martin K. Starr Chief Scientist, Worldwide Operations Rollins College, USA and Logistics, USA Executive Director Vice President—Colleges Sushil K. Gupta Xiuli He Florida International University, USA University of North Carolina, Associate Executive Director for Global Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Initiatives and Outreach Vice President—Communications Nagesh Murthy Henrique Correa University of Oregon, USA Rollins College, USA Associate Executive Director of POMS Secretary Information Technology Services Haoying Sun Subodha Kumar University of Kentucky, USA Temple University, USA

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Volume 27 • Number 9 • September 2018

PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Kalyan Singhal, Qi Feng, Ram Ganeshan, Nada R. Sanders, J. George Shanthikumar 1639 Introduction to the Special Issue on Perspectives on Big Data

Hau L. Lee 1642 Big Data and the Innovation Cycle

Wallace J. Hopp, Jun Li, Guihua Wang 1647 Big Data and the Precision Medicine Revolution

Marshall Fisher, Ananth Raman 1665 Using Data and Big