Research Reports from the Department of Operations
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
8-1-1965
Abstract
The proposal called for an investigation of the questions: Why have different forms of competitive industrial behavior produced the observed results, and under what circumstances can any desired, or required, results be obtained? The problem considered is far more than an economic problem. It was believed that political science would help explain the relations between government and industry, that sociology would provide for understanding of group enterprise, that psychology would give insight into motivation of people and organizations, and that mathematics would provide the structure for analysis, evaluation and description. Therefore, the project was organized as a multidiscipline operations research project.
Keywords
Operations research, Industrial organization (Economic theory), Competition, Industrial policy, Simulation methods, Management games
Publication Title
Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
Issue
Technical memorandum no. 36
Rights
This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use
Recommended Citation
Symonds, Gifford H., "Report on the Research Project on Competitive Enterprise" (1965). Research Reports from the Department of Operations. 478.
https://commons.case.edu/wsom-ops-reports/478