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User Attitudes and the Management of Information Services

Henry C. Lucas, Jr.
1972

The results of a study of the relationship between users and the information services department in seven companies are presented. Predicted associations between favorable user attitudes and other variables were tested with data collected from…

Alternative Strategies for Primary Education in Indonesia: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Dean T. Jamison
1971

This report is divided into six major sections. Section 1 provides introductory and background material, as well as reviewing the available literature on the economic benefits of education. Section 2 discusses the cost and performance of the…

An Attitudinal Framework For Advertising Strategy

Harper Boyd, Michael L. Ray, Edward C. Strong
1971

Abstract not available.

An Econometric Model of the World Copper Industry

Franklin M. Fisher, Paul H. Cootner
1971

Abstract not available.

Behavioral Measurement For Marketing Models: Estimating The Effects Of Advertising Repetition For Media Planning

Michael L. Ray, Alan Sawyer
1971

As management science models are developed in marketing, they make demands for more sophisticated inputs from the behavioral sciences. This is particularly true in the area of advertising media models. A continuing behavioral research program to…

Decision Processes for Major Durables: An Empirical View

William K. Brandt, George S. Day
1971

Abstract not available.

Distance And Health Services: Issues Of Utilization And Facility Choice For Demographic Strata

William J. Abernathy, Edward L. Schrems
1971

Abstract not available.

Earnings Of MBA's In The Classes Of 1961-65

Thomas W. Harrell
1971

Abstract not available.

Engineering Roles in Development Projects

Francis W. Wolek
1971

This paper describes a methodology for analyzing the organization of engineering development projects. Specifically, the methodology focuses on the different roles which engineers play in such projects. A small study based on this methodology…

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…