Editorial: Interfaces' Mission, A Declaration of Dependence

Contemplations about statements the author considers to be self-evident truths: The management sciences are applied sciences, gaining their importance from their usefulness in policy and decision making. The value of research in the management sciences depends upon its ultimate usefulness for decision and policy making. The value of practice in the management sciences depends upon the existence of a base of relevant knowledge. Thus, researchers and practitioners in the management sciences are of necessity dependent upon each other.