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Competition of Alternative Health Care Delivery Systems
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Competitive Bidding in the Underwriting of Public Utilities Securities
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Control in Organizational Hierarchies: Coupled Versus Uncoupled
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A Convergence Theorem for Competitive Bidding With Differential Information
This paper investigates the behavior of the winning bid in a sealed bid tender auction where each bidder has private sample information. With an appropriate concept of value, the winning bid will converge in probability to the value of the object…
Decision Times and Processes on Complex Decision Problems
In analysing what factors influence how long a consumer deliberates on a complex preferential choice problem, attention should be given to the antecedents of internal “conflict”, the decomposition of the decision process into stages, the tactical…
Divergent Rational Expectations Equilibrium in a Dynamic Model of a Futures Market
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Dynamic Choice Theory and Dynamic Programming
Finite horizon sequential decision problems with a “temporal vonNeumann-Morgenstern utility” criterion are analyzed. This criterion, as developed in [7], is a generalization of vonNeumann-Morgenstern (expected) utility of the vector of rewards,…
Elimination of the Double Taxation of Dividends and Corporate Financial Policy
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Employment Practices and Employee Attitudes: A Study of Japanese and American Managed Firms in the United States
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Estimation of a Noninvertible Moving Average Process: The Case of Overdifferencing
The effect of differencing all of the variables in a properly specified regression equation is examined. Excessive use of the difference transformation induces a noninvertible moving average (MA) process in the disturbances of the transformed…
Evaluation Methodology in Organization Development:_x000B_An Analysis and Critique
The purpose of this analysis is to present a detailed overview of the current state of evaluation methodology in Organization Development. A detailed search procedure yielded thirty-five empirical studies in the OD field for the period 1959 to…
Further Results on the Informational Efficiency of Competitive Stock Markets
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Heuristic Algorithms for Capital Budgeting Decisions in Multi-Division Firms
This paper presents two versions of a heuristic algorithm to solve a model of the capital budgeting problem in a multi-division firm. These algorithms allow a final allocation of the budget to projects to be found in two information exchanges…
Horizontal Integration in Energy: Organizational and Technological Considerations
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How to Develop Nuclear Power While Limiting Its Dangers: Proposed Chances in the International Nuclear System
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Implementation Research in OR/MS and MIS: Description versus Prescription
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Implications of Product Portfolio Analysis for Strategic Competitive Intelligence
Product portfolio analysis is an increasingly popular framework for strategic planning within multiproduct corporations. This paper explores the impact of this trend on the nature and role of strategic competitive intelligence designed to support…
Information Environment Perception and Information Processing Behavior: An Empirical Investigation
This study investigates the relationship between integrative complexity of managers’ perception of their information environment and the volume, breadth, and balance of their use of information sources. Twenty-nine portfolio managers participated…
Initial Observations on a Pioneer Cohort: 1974 Women MBAs
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