We model and evaluate an emergency service system in which cross-trained fire-medics respond to both fire calls and medical emergencies. Compared to the traditional system, adding the server flexibility may be beneficial in terms of both cost savings and response time performance. A...

The lively debate about converging or diverging management practices is not yet decided. Human resource management (HRM) is no exception. Using the widely discussed issue of HR specialists handing over HR tasks to line management as an example, the article analyses whether European companies in...

This study addresses a problem commonly encountered by marketers who attempt to assess the impact of their sales promotions—namely, the lack of data on competitive marketing activity. In most industries, competing firms may have competitive sales data from syndicated services or trade...

The Territorial Papers of the United States are a valuable and underused resource containing almost 10,000 documents written between 1789 and 1848 about the formation of new sovereign states from US territory. These communications between the federal government and frontier settlers comprise the...

This paper puts forward suggestions that could improve the efficiency of field experiments as they are currently carried out in experimental economics. Two recommendations are made: (1) Prior to the actual study, economic field experiments should include sample size calculations that confirm...