{"50136":{"#nid":"50136","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE\u0027s Ergun, Houghtalen, and Sokol Awarded MSSIP","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo faculty members and a Ph.D. student in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) were awarded the Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize (MSSIP) from the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) in July 2007.  \u003Cstrong\u003EAssistant Professor Ozlem Ergun\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAssociate Professor Joel Sokol\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EPh.D. student Lori Houghtalen \u003C\/strong\u003Ewere recognized for their work on air cargo alliances.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir paper entitled \u0022Designing Mechanisms for the Management of Carrier Alliances* addresses the operational issues that arise when cargo carriers form an alliance, taking into account the technical and legal challenges associated with integrating information systems of autonomous carriers and how to best manage alliances to ensure sustainability.  Dr. Sokol states \u0022This research could help airlines decide how to choose alliance partners, how to make themselves more attractive to potential partners, and how to realistically manage the alliance\u0027s resources and revenues in ways that benefit all participants.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEURO offers the MSSIP for outstanding contributions in theory or in practice to a well-chosen scientific area encouraging innovative researchers and possibly entire research groups to focus their work on a domain of a particular strategic interest.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, the scientific domain was LOGISTICS and the prize was awarded at EURO XXII in Prague.  The prize amount of $12,000 Euros is sponsored by SAP AG and it is awarded annually.  For additional information about EURO XXII visit:  \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/euro2007.vse.cz\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/euro2007.vse.cz\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize was awarded to Stewart School faculty members Ozlem Ergun, Joel Sokol, and Ph.D. student Lori Houghtalen for their work on air cargo alliances.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE\u0027s Ergun, Houghtalen, and Sokol Awarded MSSIP"}],"uid":"27216","created_gmt":"2007-08-31 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:12","author":"Ruth Gregory","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50137":{"id":"50137","type":"image","title":"(L-R): Stewart School faculty members Dr. Ozlem Er","body":null,"created":"1449175428","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:48","changed":"1475894468","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:08","alt":"(L-R): Stewart School faculty members Dr. Ozlem Er","file":{"fid":"127109","name":"tbb01816.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbb01816_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbb01816_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36049,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tbb01816_0.jpg?itok=i5pzzl59"}}},"media_ids":["50137"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8042","name":"Ergun"},{"id":"8041","name":"EURO"},{"id":"8043","name":"Houghtalen"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"8040","name":"MSSIP"},{"id":"169279","name":"Sokol"},{"id":"167205","name":"Stewart School"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}