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Working Paper

Energy Company Diversification and Innovation

David J. Teece
1978

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

Energy Company Financial Reporting: Conceptual Framework for an Energy Information System

Paul A. Griffin, David J. Teece
1978

Abstract not available.

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a New Method for Computing Approximately Optimal (s,S) Inventory Policies

Evan L. Porteus, James Freeland
1978

A new method, recently proposed by Porteus, for obtaining approximately optimal (s,S) inventory policies was evaluated numerically. When demand was normally distributed, the method performed very well. The performance was good but diminished…

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A Framework for MIS Software Development Projects

1978

This paper questions the tacit assumption that computer software development is a homogeneous activity across differing tasks. A descriptive framework is proposed which distinguishes software developmental attributes for MIS from those of other…

Working Paper

French Auctions of Common Stock New Issues, 1966-1974

Jack McDonald, Bertrand Jacquillat, Jacques Rolf
1978

Abstract not available.

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Hierarchies and Clans: A New Perspective on Organizational Development

William G. Ouchi, Raymond L. Price
1978

Some recent articles suggest that current approaches to organizational development are less successful than expected. These approaches are based on theories of the psychology of healthy organizations. In this paper, we present a compatible but…

Working Paper

Implementing: Two Approaches

Harold J. Leavitt, Eugene J. Webb
1978

Abstract not available.

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Incentive Effectiveness: An Empirical Analysis of Contracting for National Defense

J. Michael Cummins
1978

Abstract not available.

Journal Article

Just World Research and the Attribution Process: Looking Back and Ahead

Melvin J. Lerner, Dale T. Miller
Psychological Bulletin 1978 Vol. 85 Issue 5 Pages 1030–1051.

The just world hypothesis states that people have a need to believe that their environment is a just and orderly place where people usually get what they deserve. The present article reviews the experimental research that has been generated by…

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Local Control in Organizations: Implications for the Paradigm

William G. Ouchi, Alan L. Wilkins
1978

Studies of organizational control currently reflect a paradigm which contains the assumption that mechanisms of control are homogeneously distributed throughout the subunits of a whole company or other organization. This paper presents the…

Working Paper

Marketing Mix Decision Rules For Nonprofit Organizations

Charles Weinberg
1978

What price should a nonprofit organization charge users and how much effort should the organization devote to developing, delivering and communicating its services to users and to attracting contributions from donors? A review of current practice…

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Martingales and the Valuation of Redundant Assets

David M. Kreps, J. Michael Harrison
1978

We explore foundational issues in the theory of arbitrage. Given a probabilistic model of a fixed set of securities, an equivalent martingale measure is a probability measure equivalent to the original measure which causes the securities to earn…

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A Note on Errors-in-Variables and Inconsistency in Multiple Regression Models

Charles I. Plosser
1978

Abstract not available.

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On The Use of Ordinary Least Squares Regression With Paired Comparisons and Rank Order Data

Philippe Cattin, Dick R. Wittink
1978

In this paper we compare selected metric and nonmetric procedures for estimating the weights of a linear model linking predictor variables with a criterion variable. Synthetic rank order data are generated to determine conditions under which one…

Working Paper

Portfolio Investments in Foreign Assets

George Feiger
1978

Abstract not available.

Working Paper

Prices of State-Contingent Claims Implicit in Option Prices

Douglas Breeden, Robert Litzenberger
1978

This paper implements the time-state preference model in a multi-period economy, deriving the prices of primitive securities from the prices of call options on aggregate consumption. These prices permit an equilibrium valuation of assets with…

Working Paper

Properties of Judgment Models in a Financial Setting

William Wright
1978

The purpose of this study is to extend judgment research by investigating properties of information processing models utilized in a financial judgment situation. Forty-seven graduate business school students estimated percentage changes in the…

Working Paper

Public and Nonprofit Marketing Comes of Age

Charles Weinberg, Christopher Lovelock
1978

Abstract not available.

Journal Article

Reducibility of Principal Series Representations of p-Adic Chevalley Groups

Norman Winarsky
American Journal of Mathematics 1978 Vol. 100
Working Paper

A Representation Theorem for “Preference for Flexibility”

David M. Kreps
1978

This paper concerns individual choice among “opportunity sets”, sets from which the individual. will later choose a single object. In particular, it concerns preference relations on opportunity sets which satisfy “preference for flexibility”, a…