Effective coordination is a hallmark of successful supply chain management. Without such coordination, vendors and buyers will act independently to make decisions that optimize their own objectives (e.g., maximize their respective profits or minimize their costs). This non-coordinated approach...

This paper examines the foundations for comparing individuals and treatment subjects in experimental and other program evaluation contexts. We raise the question of multiattribute "characterization" of individuals both theoretically and statistically. The paper examines the information basis of...