This paper utilizes a duopoly model to simulate the effects of various management rules of thumb and of changing economic conditions on the market share and profit-goals of the firm. Part I presents and discusses a behavioral model, Part II gives the initial market conditions and the parameters...

This article assumes that nonprofit decisionmakers have an incentive to earn and accumulate surpluses, and it suggests six reasons for this being the case. Based on the assumption that both the program outputs and the equity of a nonprofit yield satisfaction to its decisionmakers, a behavioral...