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Equivalent Formulations of the Stochastic Cash Balance Problem

Evan L. Porteus
1971

Abstract not available.

Estimating Dynamic Effects of Market Communications Expenditures

David Bruce Montgomery (1938–2025), Alvin J. Silk
1971

This paper is concerned with the problem of measuring market response to a “communications mix” — the various means which a firm employs to transmit sales messages to potential buyers. Distributed lag models are applied to time series data for an…

Experiments on Reactions to Budget Itemization

Yair Aharoni
1971

Abstract not available.

Exploratory Cluster Analysis and Nonmetric Scaling of Multitrait-Multimethod Matrices

Roger Heeler, Michael L. Ray
1971

A review of existing methods for exploratory analysis of the multitrait-multimethod matrix finds them lacking because of inferential biases, overly stringent data input requirements, and linear assumptions. The advantages of a cluster analysis…

Future Research on Racial Discrimination

William S. Comanor
1971

Abstract not available.

High Earning MBA'S

Thomas W. Harrell
1971

Abstract not available.

Interperiod Tax Allocation And The Behavior Of Security Prices

William H. Beaver (1940–2024), Roland Dukes
1971

The measurement of earnings has been of continuing concern to accountants and to users of accounting data. Because an unlimited number of possible reporting methods exists, and because the collection, storage, reporting and analysis of data are…

Issues in the Design of Information Systems

William Massy
1971

Abstract not available.

Location for Best Service

William J. Abernathy, John C. Hershey
1971

Abstract not available.

Measure Validation in Marketing

Roger M. Heeler, Michael L. Ray
1971

Many of the controversies in marketing science in the past have revolved around particular consumer behavior variables such as attitudes, risk avoidance, opinion leadership, brand loyalty, commitment, innovativeness, price sensitivity, social…

More on Quadratic Programming

Evan L. Porteus
1971

The positive definite, equalities case of quadratic programming with n variables is converted into an n dimensional symmetric positive semidefinite linear complementarity problem, which can be solved by any of several methods, including a…

A Multiple-Product Sales Force Allocation Model

David Bruce Montgomery (1938–2025), Alvin J. Silk, Carlos E. Zaragoza
1971

When several products are marketed by the same sales force, it frequently becomes impossible or impractical for salesmen to promote all items in the product line extensively in each and every time period. Management’s problem is to decide how the…

A New Approach To Job Shop Scheduling With Due Dates

Charles A. Holloway, Rosser Nelson
1971

The classical formulation of the static job shop scheduling problem with job due dates implies that: the question of interest to the manager is: What is the best that can be done to meet due dates with fixed resources? In this paper, two…

Noise Reduction in Segmentation Research

Ronald E. Frank, William F. Massy
1971

Abstract not available.

Non-Response Bias and Callbacks in Sample Surveys

William C. Dunkelberg, George S. Day
1971

Abstract not available.

Note On A Limit Distribution Arising In Certain Stochastic Response Models

David Bruce Montgomery (1938–2025)
1971

Abstract not available.

A Note on Changes in the Supply of Money, the Firm's Market Value and Cost of Capital

A. P. Budd, Robert H. Litzenberger
1971

Abstract not available.

A Note on Geometric Mean Portfolio Selection and the Market Prices of Equities

A. P. Budd, Robert H. Litzenberger
1971

Abstract not available.

On Advertising and Profitability

William S. Comanor, Thomas A. Wilson
1971

Abstract not available.

On-Line Computer Applications in Marketing and Marketing Research

David Bruce Montgomery (1938–2025)
1971

Abstract not available.