in the diverse disciplines of the decision sciences through publication, conferences, and other services. Our vision is to be the premier professional organization of choice for business scholars. Specifically, the Institute seeks to define the scope of quantitative methods to functional and behavioral problems of administration and the degree of sophistication that should be achieved by graduates of collegiate schools of business administration. The Institute is located and receives extensive support from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.