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Industry Differences in the Relationship Between Advertising and Profitability
The assumption that the relationship between market structure variables and profitability is the same across industries is critically examined. Using observations on food, tobacco and cosmetic firms, the null hypothesis of equal coefficient…
Managerial Communications and Performance: A Study of Decision Making and Implementation in Japanese and American Managed Firms in the United States
Japanese subsidiaries in the United States, representing a hybrid of Japanese and American managerial systems, were paired with American companies in ten industries. A variety of empirical measures were utilized to identify differences, if any,…
Mergers in the Savings and Loan Industry. Structural Changes, Financial Comparisons, and the Performance of Merging Savings and Loan Associations
First, this study analyzes the financial and charter-ownership characteristics of the acquiring and acquired savings and loan associations (S&L’s) involved in non-supervisory mergers for the period January 1969 through December 1974.…
A Monte Carlo Study of Metric and Nonmetric Estimation Methods for Multiattribute Models
Several procedures for estimating the parameters in a model of preference formation have been developed and applied in the past decade. Four methods are compared based on synthetic rank order data. The results indicate that one nonmetric…
Network Models for Estimating Brand "Images"
In multi-attribute models in marketing, a consumer’s preference for a brand in a product class is expressed as a weighted sum of the brand’s attribute values. However, marketing is abundant with examples where two brands may have approximately…
On Optimal Dividend, Reinvestment, and Liquidation Policies for the Firm
The liquid asset management problem of a firm with a fixed business is considered. Two questions are addressed. First, how much, if any, of the firm’s liquid assets should be paid to the owners as dividends? Second, if the liquid asset level is…
On Stockholder Unanimity in Making Production and Financial Decisions
Abstract not available.
Optimal Extrapolations for Discounted Finite Markov Reward Chains
Extrapolations are considered for use in conjunction with iterative methods for finding the infinite horizon values for discounted finite Markov reward chains. The iterative methods considered include the Jacobi, Gauss-Seidel, and successive over…
Optimal Sales Commissions: The Case of Non-Income Maximizing Salesmen
In a multiproduct sales force, it has previously been shown that a commission structure based on equal fractions of each product’s realized gross margin is jointly optimal if the sales force’s goal is to maximize (expected) income and products…
Predicting Compensation Among MBA Graduates Five and Ten Years After Graduation
This paper reports regression results to predict earnings five and ten years after graduation for MBA graduates. All regression models have been double cross validated and also validated against a new set of 70 individuals. Separate analyses were…
Seam, An Interactive File Simulator
SEAM is an interactive file simulator for the evaluation of file alternatives. The simulator focuses on the storages space and access time tradeoffs that are affected by the choice of file organization, access methods and direct access storage…
Self-Insight into the Cognitive Processing of Financial Information
Abstract not available.
Store Choice and Location in a Competitive Market
In competitive markets, it is not unusual to find several providers of the same generic good or service in a shopping area. In this study, it is shown that a company’s market share i s a function of outlet share, relative location in a shopping…
Temporal Resolution of Uncertainty and Dynamic Choice Theory
We consider dynamic choice behavior under conditions of uncertainty, with emphasis on the timing of the resolution of uncertainty. Choice behavior in which an individual distinguishes between lotteries based on the times at which their…
The Determinants of Risk Sharing and Cost Parameters in Defense Contracts
Abstract not available.
The Efficiency and Profitability of Minority Controlled Savings and Loan Associations
Abstract not available.