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Corporate elites and corporate strategy: how demographic preferences and structural position shape the scope of the firm
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-06)
This study combines elements of the upper echelons and agency perspectives to resolve some of the ambiguity surrounding how corporate elites affect corporate strategy. We propose and test the notion that while differences ...
Inferring Market Structure from Customer Response to Competing and Complementary Products
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-08)
We consider customer influences on market structure, arguing that market structure should explain the extent to which any given set of market offerings are substitutes or complements. We describe recent additions to the ...
HR professional development: creating the future creators at the University of Michigan Business School
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999)
This article focuses on the development of mid- to senior-level HR professionals through a public program offered at the University of Michigan Business School. We suggest that developing HR professionals requires a theory ...
Firm and industry as determinants of executive perceptions of the environment
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1998-08)
This study examines variation in top executives’ environmental perceptions within firms and within industries. More specifically, we investigate how industry and organizational membership affect top executives’ perceptions ...
Measuring the hedonic and utilitarian sources of consumer attitudes
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1991-04)
It has been suggested theoretically that consumer attitudes have distinct hedonic and utilitarian components, and that product categories differ in the extent to which their overall attitudes are derived from these two ...
Stochastic scheduling of parallel queues with set-up costs
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; J.C. Baltzer AG, Science Publishers ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1995-12)
We consider the problem of allocating a single server to a system of queues with Poisson arrivals. Each queue represents a class of jobs and possesses a holding cost rate, general service distribution, and a set-up cost. ...
One-dimensional cutting stock decisions for rolls with multiple quality grades
(Elsevier, 1990-01-25)
This paper presents a procedure for solving one-dimensional cutting stock problems when both the master rolls and customer orders have multiple quality gradations.The procedure described here is a two-stage sequential ...
Academic application is not an oxymoron
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006)
Commentary on “A Performance-Based, Minimalist Human Resource Management Approach in Business Schools”
A GPSS/H model for a hypothetical flexible manufacturing system
(Baltzer Science Publishers, Baarn/Kluwer Academic Publishers; J.C. Baltzer Scientific Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1985-04)
A GPSS/H model is presented for a hypothetical flexible manufacturing system. The FMS consists of six machines composed of three machine types, manufactures three types of parts, and uses automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) ...
Load planning for shipments of low density products
(Elsevier, 1990-01-25)
This paper presents a complex computer-based heuristic procedure for sizing customer orders and developing three dimensional load diagrams for rail and truck shipment of low density products. This heuristic procedure was ...