Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically review the relationship between management research and practice particularly in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of an historical survey of initiatives and different conceptual approaches. Findings – The...

The Concept of Usefulness Usefulness in forecasting implies two critical issues. Firstly, there is a concern to relate forecasting to its decision making context. This covers the vast majority of forecasting that is actually done although it is possible that a very limited number of instances...