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Gold Mining Stocks: An Economic Analysis, 1968-1974

Jack McDonald, Bruno Solnik
1974

Abstract not available.

Information Requirements for Health Maintenance Organizations

John C. Hershey, John R. Moore, Jr., R. Dixon Speas, Jr.
1974

Health Maintenance Organizations have been proposed as a major element in the restructuring of the health care delivery system to help contain costs and bring about improved distribution of services. The structure and responsibilities of these…

Information Systems for Experimental Social Programs -- A Health Services Example

John R. Moore, Jr., John C. Hershey
1974

The organizational forms and data requirements of experimental social programs contribute to the necessity for the development of new general purpose file management and data processing systems. The organizational aspects of social research…

Involvement and Political Advertising Effect: An Exploratory Experiment

Michael L. Rothschild, Michael L. Ray
1974

Abstract not available.

Made in America (Under Japanese Management)

Richard T. Johnson, William G. Ouchi
1974

In Atlanta, Georgia, a U. S. electronics manufacturer utilizes an assembly line in which thirty five women assemble transistor panels in a prescribed set of steps. Six thousand miles away, an identical assembly line belonging to the same company…

Market Equilibrium in a Multiperiod State Preference Model With Logarithmic Utility

Alan Kraus, Robert H. Litzenberger
1974

Abstract not available.

Organizational Control: Two Functions

William G. Ouchi, Mary Ann Maguire
1974

A distinction is drawn between two modes of organizational control, one based on personal surveillance (behavior control), and the other based on the measurement of outputs (output control). A study of employees over five levels of hierarchy…

Organizational Performance, Action and the Use of Information

Henry C. Lucas, Jr.
1974

A descriptive model of the relationship between organizational performance, action, and the use of information from a formal reporting system is presented. An empirical study of the performance of branch banks, the use of an information system,…

Output Control: An Organizational Response to Large Size

William G. Ouchi
1974

Organizations can achieve control either through the evaluation of behavior or through the evaluation of outputs. This “behavior-output” dimension is not the same as the familiar “personal-impersonal control dimension. Data collected in 78 retail…

Retail Store Credit Card Use A Study of New York Consumers

William C. Dunkelberg, Robert P. Shay
1974

Abstract not available.

Risk Evaluation of Capital Investments: A Survey

Charles Bonini
1974

This is a survey of techniques for evaluation of risk in individual capital investment projects. The paper identifies the four types of relationships affecting project uncertainty; 1)Accounting-type relationships defining cash flow; 2)Statistical…

Stock Price Consistency in a Market with Heterogeneous Investors

David M. Kreps, J. Michael Harrison
1974

This paper examines an idealized dynamic model of a market for a single stock. The model assumes a finite number of investor classes, the members of each class having essentially infinite wealth. All investors are assumed to be risk neutral, but…

A Structured Programming Experiment

Henry C. Lucas, Jr., Robert B. Kaplan
1974

Abstract not available.

Systems Quality, User Reactions, and the Use of Information Systems

Henry C. Lucas, Jr.
1974

Abstract not available.

The Approximate Ruin Function for A Risk Process with Compounding Assets

David C. Emanuel, J. Michael Harrison, Allison J. Taylor
1974

Abstract available on PDF.

The Capital Asset Pricing Model: A "Multi-Beta" Interpretation

William F. Sharpe
1974

Abstract not available.

The Dynamic Organization: Structure, Technology, and Environment

Reuben Harris, William Ouchi
1974

Abstract not available.

The Effect of Race, Insurance and Distance Upon the Utilization of Physician Services

Dennis W. Draper, John C. Hershey, John R. Moore, Jr.
1974

This paper examines the relationships between the utilization of physician services and three variables — race, insurance, and distance to care — in a rural setting. Four measures of utilization are considered: (1) Total number of physician…

The Management and Economics of MIS Software Development Projects

Jeffrey H. Moore
1974

Abstract not available.

The Multi-Region Dynamic Capacity Expansion Problem - I

C. 0. Fong, V. “Seenu” Srinivasan
1974

We consider the problem of determining a schedule of capacity expansions for m producing regions and a schedule of shipments from the regions to n markets so as to meet the market demands over a T-period planning horizon at minimum discounted…