Frances A. O’Brien

1.2k total citations
32 papers, 838 citations indexed

About

Frances A. O’Brien is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Strategy and Management and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Frances A. O’Brien has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 838 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 17 papers in Strategy and Management and 8 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Frances A. O’Brien's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (18 papers), Cognitive Science and Mapping (6 papers) and Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence (5 papers). Frances A. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (18 papers), Cognitive Science and Mapping (6 papers) and Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence (5 papers). Frances A. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Chile. Frances A. O’Brien's co-authors include Maureen Meadows, Martin Kunc, Robert G. Dyson, Juan Pablo Torres, John Mingers, Mandie Foster, George Wright, Paul Goodwin, George Cairns and Christine Currie and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Operations Research and Journal of the Operational Research Society.

In The Last Decade

Frances A. O’Brien

32 papers receiving 799 citations

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Ángela Espinosa United Kingdom

Markus Schwaninger Switzerland

Caroline Maria de Miranda Mota Brazil

Hélder Gomes Costa Brazil

Simon Peck United Kingdom

James L. Corner New Zealand

Anand Desai United States

Andreas Größler Germany

Andreas C. Georgiou Greece

Ángela Espinosa United Kingdom

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Albert, Laura A., Julia A. Bennell, Sally Brailsford, et al.. (2024). Commentary on Carroll & Esposito Amideo “Gender Equality: Opportunities and challenges for the OR community”. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 75(6). 1030–1042. 2 indexed citations

Dyson, Robert G., et al.. (2021). Soft OR and Practice: The Contribution of the Founders of Operations Research. Operations Research. 69(3). 727–738. 15 indexed citations

Meadows, Maureen & Frances A. O’Brien. (2020). The use of scenarios in developing strategy: An analysis of conversation and video data. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 158. 120147–120147. 10 indexed citations

Wright, George, George Cairns, Frances A. O’Brien, & Paul Goodwin. (2018). Scenario analysis to support decision making in addressing wicked problems: Pitfalls and potential. European Journal of Operational Research. 278(1). 3–19. 49 indexed citations

O’Brien, Frances A., Maureen Meadows, & Sam Griffiths. (2017). Serialisation and the use of Twitter: Keeping the conversation alive in public policy scenario projects. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 124. 26–40. 7 indexed citations

Kunc, Martin & Frances A. O’Brien. (2017). Exploring the development of a methodology for scenario use: Combining scenario and resource mapping approaches. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 124. 150–159. 47 indexed citations

Wright, George, et al.. (2017). Improving scenario methodology: theory and practice, introduction to the special issue. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 124. 1–5. 13 indexed citations

Henao, Felipe, et al.. (2017). UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF OR/MS IN THE STRATEGIC DECISIONS OF COLOMBIAN ORGANISATIONS - AN EXPLORATORY STUDY. Pesquisa Operacional. 37(1). 1–28. 1 indexed citations

Torres, Juan Pablo, Martin Kunc, & Frances A. O’Brien. (2017). Supporting strategy using system dynamics. European Journal of Operational Research. 260(3). 1081–1094. 90 indexed citations

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Monks, Thomas, et al.. (2014). The use of search experimentation in discrete-event simulation practice. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 66(7). 1155–1168. 12 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Frances A.. (2014). On the roles of OR/MS practitioners in supporting strategy. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 66(2). 202–218. 9 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Frances A.. (2011). Supporting the strategy process: a survey of UK OR/MS practitioners. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 62(5). 900–920. 34 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Frances A., Robert G. Dyson, & Martin Kunc. (2011). Teaching Operational Research and Strategy at Warwick Business School. INFORMS Transactions on Education. 12(1). 4–19. 9 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Frances A.. (2011). Supporting strategy : a survey of UK OR/MS practitioners. Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick). 2 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Frances A. & Robert G. Dyson. (2007). Supporting strategy : frameworks, methods and models. John Wiley & Sons eBooks. 81 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Frances A. & Maureen Meadows. (2006). Developing a visioning methodology: Visioning Choices for the future of operational research. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 58(5). 557–575. 26 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Frances A. & Maureen Meadows. (2003). Exploring the current practice of visioning: case studies from the UK financial services sector. Management Decision. 41(5). 488–497. 13 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Frances A.. (2003). Scenario planning––lessons for practice from teaching and learning. European Journal of Operational Research. 152(3). 709–722. 112 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Frances A. & John Mingers. (1997). A heuristic algorithm for the equitable partitioning problem. Omega. 25(2). 215–223. 10 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Frances A.. (1995). Understanding future uncertainty. OR Insight. 8(3). 9–14. 3 indexed citations

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