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Working Paper

Unobtrusive Marketing Research Techniques

Michael L. Ray, Peter N. Sherrill
1972

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

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…

Working Paper

User-Oriented Systems Analysis: A Model and Example

1972

Abstract not available.

Book

Management Science: Marketing Management Models

David Bruce Montgomery (1938–2025)
TIMS December1971

The first special issue of the journal Management Science dedicated to marketing management models.  Contains four classic papers on sales management including Detailer, Callplan, Geoline, and sales compensation.

Journal Article

A Multiple Product Sales Force Allocation Model

David Bruce Montgomery (1938–2025), Alvin J. Silk, Carlos Zaragoza
Management Science December1971 Vol. 18 Issue 4

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…

Journal Article

Clusters of Consumer Interests and Spheres of Influence of Opinion Leaders

David Bruce Montgomery (1938–2025), Alvin J. Silk
Journal of Marketing Research August1971 Vol. 8 Issue 3 Pages 317-321.

This article reports a test of King and Summers’ hypothesis that opinion leadership overlaps among topics when interest in them overlaps. Patterns of association in opinion leadership for 16 topics corresponded to the structure of…

Journal Article

Scrutinizing the MIS Myopia

David Bruce Montgomery (1938–2025)
European Business April1971
Journal Article

On the Optimality of Generalized (s,S) Policies

Evan L. Porteus
Management Science March1971 Vol. 17 Issue 7 Pages 411-426.

A standard inventory model is examined with a concave increasing ordering cost function rather than simply a linear one with a setup cost. A generalized (s, S) policy is shown to be optimal in the n-period problem. A generalization of k-convex…

Journal Article

Consumer Characteristics Associated with Dealing: An Empirical Example

David Bruce Montgomery (1938–2025)
Journal of Marketing Research February1971 Vol. 8 Issue 1 Pages 118-120.
Working Paper

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…

Working Paper

An Attitudinal Framework For Advertising Strategy

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

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

An Econometric Model of the World Copper Industry

Franklin M. Fisher, Paul H. Cootner
1971

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

Another Method for the Symmetric Positive Semidefinite Linear Complementarity Problem

Evan L. Porteus
1971

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Working Paper

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…

Working Paper

Cost And Performance Of Computer-Assisted Instruction For Education Of Disadvantaged Children

J. Dexter Fletcher
1971

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

Decision Processes for Major Durables: An Empirical View

William K. Brandt, George S. Day
1971

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

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

William J. Abernathy, Edward L. Schrems
1971

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

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

Thomas W. Harrell
1971

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

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…