The core research areas of the Department covers and integrates five academic research areas Supply chain management ( design and management of flows of goods services knowledge and information between firms); Performance management ( design use and effects of financial and non-financial measures in strategy development and implementation); Innovation management ( deployment of management tools and mechanisms to connect technology organization and markets); Operations management ( relation between production organization and strategy in manufacturing and service industries); Managerial economics ( decision modelling around pricing costing production planning and forecasting) .