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The Valuation of Government Loan Guarantees: a Theoretical and Empirical Perspective
(Sage Publications, 1996)
This study provides a model for the valuation of the benefits associated with government guarantee programs. The model generates the social value of a government loan guarantee under disequilibrium conditions that justify ...
Thermal error modelling for real-time error compensation
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag London Limited, 1996-07)
A modelling strategy for the prediction of both the scalar and the position-dependent thermal error components is presented. Two types of empirical modelling method based on the multiple regression analysis (MRA) and the ...
Customer satisfaction and price tolerance
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-07)
This study investigates the association between customer satisfaction and willingness-to-pay or price tolerance. The goal is not only to determine whether the association between customer satisfaction and price tolerance ...
A spatial interaction model for deriving joint space maps of bundle compositions and market segments from pick-any/J data: An application to new product options
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-03)
We propose an approach for deriving joint space maps of bundle compositions and market segments from three-way (e.g., consumers x product options/benefits/features x usage situations/scenarios/time periods) pick-any/J data. ...
The relationship between the marketing mix and share of category requirements
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-01)
A criticism of purchase-based brand loyalty measures is that they are confounded by the marketing mix variables that affect brand choice. This paper investigates the magnitude and direction of the associations for share ...
The optimal choice of privatizing state-owned enterprises: A political economic model
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-03)
We study the choices of two types of maximizing Public Servants over how far to carry privatization of industries and in what order to privatize. Two stylizations of the Public Servant's objectives are considered, a ...
A contracting model for flexible distributed scheduling
(Baltzer Science Publishers, Baarn/Kluwer Academic Publishers; J.C. Baltzer AG, Science Publishers ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-08)
We are interested in building systems of autonomous agents that can automate routine information processing activities in human organizations. Computational infrastructures for cooperative work should contain embedded ...
Systemic Uptake and Clearance of Chloroform by Hairless Rats Following Dermal Exposure. I. Brief Exposure to Aqueous Solutions
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1996-06)
Effects of Public and Private Policies on Working after Childbirth
(SAGE Periodicals Press, 1996)
This study investigates the impact of parental leave laws, policies that help families balance work and family life, and the supply, cost, and quality of substitutes for the mother's time on how soon mothers begin working ...
Clustering problems in optimization models
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-08)
We discuss a variety of clustering problems arising in combinatorial applications and in classifying objects into homogenous groups. For each problem we discuss solution strategies that work well in practice. We also discuss ...