Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for connecting macro‐ and micro‐level research on competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach – Based on some major international survey research reports (by the WEF, IMD, OECD, and the EU) and research experience, a gap is...

Chapter 1: Introduction: The nature and structure of the inventory problem -- Chapter 2: Review of the literature -- Chapter 3: Methodology -- Chapter 4: Analysis of inventory behaviour of OECD countries -- Chapter 5: Stability of macroeconomic variables -- Chapter 6: Inventory developments in...

There are very few research studies on macroeconomic inventory behaviour of various countries. It is clear that macro inventories are the results of a large number of individual microdecisions. However, we believe that it is worth analysing how inventories develop in the individual countries and...

The paper aims to make the first step to the empirical investigation of managers' perception of the role of inventories in today's business. In a previous paper [Chikn, A., 2004. The new role of inventories in business: real world changes and research consequences. Paper presented at the 13th...

Cardinal Utility -- Game Solutions and the Normal Form -- Overconfidence in Overconfidence -- Problem Formulation and Alternative Generation in the Decision Making Process -- On Non-Expected-Utility Preferences -- Aspects of Regret Theory and Disappointment Theory as Alternatives to the Expected...

This paper discusses the effects of sectoral structure on the long run macroeconomic inventory behaviour of national economies. Data on 15 OECD countries are included in the analysis, which is based on correlation and cluster analysis methodologies. The study is part of a long-term research...