Individual skill
mgsci-contribution-framing
Use when writing the explicit contribution statement for a Management Science (INFORMS) manuscript — turning an analytical result or empirical finding into a decision-relevant insight that travels across departments, and showing why it belongs in Management Science rather than a sister INFORMS journal. It frames the "so what"; it does not run the analysis (mgsci-data-analysis) or position the literature (mgsci-literature-positioning).
Management-Science-Skills/skills/mgsci-contribution-framing/SKILL.md
Source commit 932eb23331721b16e967c59f093781be1928b498
What was checked
- Matches the observed repository HEAD
- Yes
- Scanner rules are current
- Yes
- Repository scan complete
- No
- Skill scan complete
- Yes
- Observed behavior
- Network or broad shell
- Last checked
- Nov 9, 2026
These are observations at the recorded commit, not a guarantee of safety. Review the source before running it.
Install this skill
Choose an agent in your Stack or copy a command below. Commands fetch the pinned commit and copy only this skill directory. Existing destinations are refused. Copying a command does not install anything.
An install command is unavailable: current rules, complete repository and skill scans, an eligible behavior level and a permitted license are required.
Repository context
- Repository stars (not skill ratings)
- 1,405
- Repository last updated
- Sep 27, 2026
- License
- MIT
Observed agent integration: No specific integration evidence. Standard SKILL.md installation does not imply verified compatibility.
- academic-writing Repository topic
- agent-skills Repository topic
- journal Repository topic
- academic-research Repository topic
- ai-agents Repository topic
- anthropic Repository topic
- awesome-list Repository topic
- claude Repository topic
- claude-code Repository topic
- economics Repository topic
- writing Derived category
- data Derived category
- research Derived category
Files and excerpt
File metadata and permitted, redacted excerpts come from the recorded scan. Source links are pinned to that commit.
Browse files
SKILL.mdcore · 5,595 bytes
Read excerpt
# Contribution Framing (mgsci-contribution-framing)
## When to trigger
- Results exist but the "so what for management decisions" is implicit or thin
- A Department Editor or reviewer questioned the magnitude or the fit of the contribution
- The paper reads as a correct model or a clean finding with no generalizable insight
- You need the contribution sentences for the intro and the discussion
## The Management Science contribution test
Management Science's unifying bar is **rigor plus a demonstrated contribution to management/business decision-making that travels across departments**. A correct proof or a clean estimate is necessary but not sufficient — the paper must say, in plain words, **what decision-relevant insight is now available that was not before**, and why it matters beyond a single niche.
Write the contribution on three axes: