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This paper considers the problems of a dynamic continuous thief, such as a habitual shoplifter or a gas siphoner, who must choose the pilfering rate (which increases the probability of his arrest over time) to maximize the present value of his total expected gain over a given finite or infinite...
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We study how firms can use a knowledge management system to optimally leverage employee-generated know-how. In particular, we consider the following practical strategic questions for the manager of a knowledge-intensive firm: Should her firm develop a formal knowledge system? And if so, how...
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procedures) on the attainment of both cross-functional cooperation and perceived project outcomes. Through the use of path … analysis, the results indicated that superordinate goals, physical proximity and project team rules and procedures have … significant direct and/or indirect effects on project outcomes through influencing cross-functional cooperation. Further, cross …
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and cost performance of both the design and manufacturing phases of new product development (NPD). We modeled the impact …
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This paper describes a multiple competing technologies market penetration model which incorporates multiple attributes rather than strictly price into the market share allocation function. The model which is linear and deterministic was developed in response to the sponsor's request for a...
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solution routine for project time/cost tradeoff problems and other network cut based problem situations in which the …
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of a sequence of actions. A causal mapping, which may be incompletely known by the project team, represents the impact of …This article develops a model of a project as a payoff function that depends on the state of the world and the choice …. Activities are endogenous, in that they are the result of a policy that maximizes the expected project payoff. A key concept is …
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familiarity and usage of project management techniques. Data were also collected on the perceived impact of techniques on project …The results of an empirical study on the current usage of quantitative techniques for R&D project management in … decision making, and any recent/planned changes in the cadre of techniques. Heavy use and high perceived impact of financial …
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projects with upstream and downstream operations, and explore the impact of such rework on project delays. Using survey data … downstream rework or the amount of cooperative planning. After accounting for project scope, implementation horizon and whether … delays are anticipated, we find that project delay is primarily influenced by the magnitude of downstream rework and …
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We consider the problem of minimizing renewable resource availability costs in an activity-on-the-node project network … subject to a project due date. Project activities have fixed durations and may require the use of multiple renewable resources …
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