ARNOLD REISMAN is a Professor of Operations Research at Case Western Reserve University, and a registered Professional Engineer in California, Ohio, and Wisconsin. He has authored 12 books on management, including the book, Managerial and Engineering Economics, which won the Lanchester Prize (Honorable Mention) in 1971. As Chairman of the Global Countertrading Group, he teaches, consults, and structures businesses within what was the Soviet Union. As consultant to the UN, he has traveled widely in the Americas, India, and the Caribbean.

• Preface The Challenge Introduction Some of the Ways and the Means On Alternative Strategies for Doing Research in the Management and Social Sciences Expansion of Knowledge Via Consolidation of Knowledge Finding Research Topics Via a Taxonomy of a Field of Knowledge A Systems Approach to Identifying Knowledge Voids in Problem Solving Disciplines and Professions Alternative Strategies for Real-World Problem Solving and Mission Oriented Research Formal Aids to Creativity and Synthesis Some Philosophical Considerations On Stages of Knowledge Growth in the Management Sciences Toward an Epistemology of OR/MS Some Extended Examples Technology Transfer Technology Transfer: A Taxonomic View Technology Transfer Transactions: A Taxonomic Perspective Toward Meta-Research on Technology Transfer Not-For-Profit Sector Toward A Generic Taxonomy of the Not-for-Profits, Not-For-Profit Managers, and Not-for-Profit Managerial Functions Countertrade Growth and Types of Countertrade Countertrade in the Not-For-Profit Sector Management Science Methodology Discounted Cash Flow Analysis: A Generalized Formulation and Classification Unification of Single Objective Mathematical Programming Problems Glossary of Terms Biography Index

ARNOLD REISMAN is a Professor of Operations Research at Case Western Reserve University, and a registered Professional Engineer in California, Ohio, and Wisconsin. He has authored 12 books on management, including the book, Managerial and Engineering Economics, which won the Lanchester Prize (Honorable Mention) in 1971. As Chairman of the Global Countertrading Group, he teaches, consults, and structures businesses within what was the Soviet Union. As consultant to the UN, he has traveled widely in the Americas, India, and the Caribbean.

• Preface The Challenge Introduction Some of the Ways and the Means On Alternative Strategies for Doing Research in the Management and Social Sciences Expansion of Knowledge Via Consolidation of Knowledge Finding Research Topics Via a Taxonomy of a Field of Knowledge A Systems Approach to Identifying Knowledge Voids in Problem Solving Disciplines and Professions Alternative Strategies for Real-World Problem Solving and Mission Oriented Research Formal Aids to Creativity and Synthesis Some Philosophical Considerations On Stages of Knowledge Growth in the Management Sciences Toward an Epistemology of OR/MS Some Extended Examples Technology Transfer Technology Transfer: A Taxonomic View Technology Transfer Transactions: A Taxonomic Perspective Toward Meta-Research on Technology Transfer Not-For-Profit Sector Toward A Generic Taxonomy of the Not-for-Profits, Not-For-Profit Managers, and Not-for-Profit Managerial Functions Countertrade Growth and Types of Countertrade Countertrade in the Not-For-Profit Sector Management Science Methodology Discounted Cash Flow Analysis: A Generalized Formulation and Classification Unification of Single Objective Mathematical Programming Problems Glossary of Terms Biography Index