This forum paper examines the past and the future of Operations Management (OM) research.First, we investigate the evolution of OM research from 1997 to 2018 by using machine learning tools to analyze all OM papers published in five journals (JOM, MS, M&SOM, POM, and OR), and find that the...

Understanding services -- The important role services play in an economy -- The nature of services and service encounters -- Customers : the focus of service management -- Globalization of services -- Service strategy and competitiveness -- Ethical challenges in service management -- Building...