Dear colleagues,
The interface of Finance, Operations and Risk Management (iFORM) SIG will hold its annual conference on the SIG day, June 27, preceding the main MSOM 2025 conference (June 28-29). We are seeking high-quality submissions for the SIG-day presentations. Acceptance decisions will be based on full paper submissions, and in-person presentations of the accepted papers will be scheduled in a single track. Submissions can be analytical, empirical, theoretical, methodological, or applied. They may examine any operations and supply chain management topic that incorporates considerations from financing, financial engineering, risk management, and decision-making under uncertainty. We look forward to receiving your paper!
Please see the attached "Call for Papers" for details.
Important Dates
- SIG submission opens: January 10, 2025. (A link to the submission site will be available on the conference website on January 10, 2025.)
- SIG submission deadline (full paper): January 24, 2025. (Please note that no extensions will be given for the submission deadline. To facilitate the review process, we encourage you to submit your papers as early as possible.)
- Notification of acceptance decisions: April 15, 2025.
Submission Guidelines and Review Process
- Parallel submission to the MSOM main conference: SIG authors who want their paper/talk to be considered for MSOM main conference presentation (in case of rejection by the SIG) must also submit an extended abstract to the MSOM main conference separately by January 31, 2025, which is the standard submission deadline for the main conference. Please indicate the corresponding SIG submission when submitting to the MSOM main conference. Review of SIG paper submissions and main conference submissions will occur in parallel.
- Submission options:
- Dual Purpose (SIG+M&SOM 1RR): Considered for both the SIG-Day presentation and the first-round review at M&SOM.
- Eligibility: Papers not under review at any other journals.
- Review: Conducted by the M&SOM journal review team (DE, AE, referees) using the M&SOM journal review form.
- Decision:
- SIG-Day presentation: Determined by SIG-Day Event Co-chairs.
- M&SOM journal: Determined by the M&SOM review team
✔ Papers recommended for Major Revision continue at M&SOM with the same review team.
✔ Papers not recommended for Major Revision at M&SOM may be submitted to M&SOM as new submissions.
- Single Purpose: Considered for SIG-Day presentation.
- Review: Conducted by the SIG-Day Event Co-chairs and reviewers using the SIG review form.
- Decision: Made by the SIG-Day Event Co-chairs.
Paper format: Each paper should comply with M&SOM journal formatting standards.
2025 iFORM SIG Conference Chairs:
MSOM Society iFORM SIG Chair:
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Jie Ning
Associate Professor
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland OH
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