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A Goal Partitioning Procedure for Modeling Coordination Activities in a Hierarchical Decentralized Organization
A mathematical model of the resource allocation decision process in a two level decentralized organization is presented. The model and solution procedure are capable of representing a wide range of behavioral situations. Some important aspects of…
Improved Penalties for the Branch and Bound Algorithm
Improved penalty calculation for the branch and bound algorithm, as applied to mixed integer programming problems, are presented. For a given variable, finding the best (“up” or “down”) penalty requires solving a mixed integer program. When…
Imputing Expected Security Returns From Portfolio Composition
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Inflation, The Kessel-Alchian Hypothesis, and the Value of the Firm
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Inter-Industry Profitability Under Uncertainty
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International Pricing of Risk: An Empirical Investigation of the World Capital Market Structure
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Investment Objectives: Diversification, Risk and Exposure to Surprise
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Job Shop Scheduling with Due Dates and Operation Overlap Feasibility
This paper uses a formulation of the job shop problem with due dates that allows successive operations on a job to overlap in the schedule. Setup times and multiple transports of sublots are two applications where this formulation can result in…
Marketing Communication And The Hierarchy-Of-Effects
A recurring problem for marketing communication planners is the nature of the hierarchy of communication effects. Does awareness lead to comprehension to conviction and then to purchasing behavior? It depends. In fact three kinds of hierarchies…
Marketing Information and Decision Systems: Coming of Age in the '70's
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Minority Financial Institutions, Inner City Consumers, and The Hunt Commission Report
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Monopoly and the Distribution of Wealth
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Note on the Validity of the Random Walk for European Stock Prices
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A Novel Approach to Organizational Control
This paper argues that organizations may adopt one of two forms of control: behavior control or output control. Behavior control rests on the specification of rules and procedures and on the use of hierarchical surveillance to insure that those…
Optimal Design of a Multi-item, Multi-location,Multi-repair Type Repair and Supply System
The design of a system with many locations, each with many items which may fail while in use, is considered. When items fail, they require repair; the particular type of repair being governed by a probability distribution. As repairs may be…
Patterns of Joint Intentions and Acquisitions Among Major Durable Goods
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A Perspective on Research in Computer-Based Information Systems
This paper attempts to place research on computer-based information systems in perspective. The interdisciplinary nature of the information systems field is stressed. A conceptual framework to classify and guide research on computer-based…
Price-Level Restated Accounting, and the Measurement of Inflation Gains and Losses
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