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The Dynamic Organization: Structure, Technology, and Environment
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The Effect of Race, Insurance and Distance Upon the Utilization of Physician Services
This paper examines the relationships between the utilization of physician services and three variables — race, insurance, and distance to care — in a rural setting. Four measures of utilization are considered: (1) Total number of physician…
The Management and Economics of MIS Software Development Projects
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The Multi-Region Dynamic Capacity Expansion Problem - I
We consider the problem of determining a schedule of capacity expansions for m producing regions and a schedule of shipments from the regions to n markets so as to meet the market demands over a T-period planning horizon at minimum discounted…
The Multi-Region Dynamic Capacity Expansion Problem - 11
We consider the problem of determining a schedule of capacity expansions for m producing regions and a schedule of shipments from the regions to the n markets so as to meet the market demands over a T-period planning horizon at minimum discounted…
The Role of Territory Characteristics in Sales Response Functions
This paper presents a study of sales response functions in the retail apparel industry. Past research is reviewed and critiqued. The results of this study indicate that the territory characteristics of sales potential and workload are important…
The Stage Hypothesis and the S-Curve: Some Contradictory Evidence
This paper presents the results of a study testing the s-shaped budget curve of Nolans stage model of computer development in an organization. Research on the data processing budgets of California counties fails to support the s-shaped curve or…
The Use of Phased, Noncompensatory Strategies in Decisions Between Multiattribute Products
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Three Learning Theory Traditions and Their Application in Marketing
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Unanticipated Inflation and the Value of Common Equity: Two Insights on the Theory
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Advertising and the Distribution of Consumer Demand
In this paper, the Houthakker-Taylor model of consumer demand is extended to include the effects of advertising. Industry demand equations are estimated and long-run price and advertising elasticities of demand computed. A primary finding is that…
An Information System for Community Health Services Planning and Management
One response to the crisis on the American health care scene has been the formation of new kinds of organizations to deliver care on a more cost-effective and equitable basis. Due to the added responsibilities of delivering truly comprehensive…
An Interactive Procedure for the School Boundary Problem With Declining Enrollment
School districts in some urban areas are facing reduced enrollments. Educational and economic considerations dictate closing schools. Parents, on the other hand, often resist closing neighborhood elementary schools and object to having children…
Behavioral Factors in System Implementation
A descriptive model of variables influencing the use of an information system is presented. The model is tested with empirical data from a study of the use of a sophisticated sales information system. These results suggest three crucial factors…
Bonds Versus Stocks: Some Lessons From Capital Market Theory
The apparent end of the bear market in bonds and relatively high interest rates have led some investors to conclude that bonds are now the superior investment medium. On the other hand, stocks continue to command a large following. Theoretically…
Bounds and Transformations in the Computational Theory for Finite State and Action Markov Decision Processes
New improved bounds on the optimal return function infinite state and action, infinite horizon, stationary Markov decision processes are developed. They require solving a single constraint, bounded variable linear program, which can be done using…
Consumer Initial Processing: Definitions, Issues and Applications
This research paper will appear in substantially its present form in G. David Hughes, Michael L. Ray and George Haines (Eds.) Consumer Information Processing, Chapel Hill, N. C.: U. of North Carolina Press, 1974. The book is based on a conference…
Consumer Research Contributions to the Evaluation of Public Policy: The Case of Truth in Lending
This paper explores two converging trends of potential interest to consumer researchers. The first is the burgeoning area of evaluation research, and the second is the growing interest of legislators and regulators in information disclosure as a…
Decentralized Capital Budgeting Decisions and Shareholder Wealth Maximization
The firm’s objective function is well defined as shareholder wealth maximization. However, the firm is a group of individuals and each member has objectives that are not necessarily coincidental to the organization’s goal. This paper investigates…
A Decision Sequence Analysis of Developments in Marketing Communication
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