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Forecasting for the Small Retail Business: Operational Recommendations
Wilson, J. Holton; Miller, Robert H. - In: American Journal of Business 13 (1998) 2, pp. 27-34
Often small business owners/managers feel they have inadequate time for formal forecasting and/or that they lack the … expertise to do so. Since forecasting is an important decision-aiding tool, managers in small retail establishments can benefit … by implementing a simple forecasting process. Doing so will enable them to better anticipate the firms future level of …
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Research Note: US Census Same-Sex Couple Data: Adjustments to Reduce Measurement Error and Empirical Implications
DiBennardo, Rebecca; Gates, Gary - In: Population Research and Policy Review 33 (2014) 4, pp. 603-614
US Census same-sex couple data represent one of the richest and most frequently used data resources for studying the LGBT population. Recently, the Census Bureau conducted an analysis of a serious measurement problem in these data, finding that as many as 40 % of same-sex couples tabulated in...
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Method trends and method needs: Examining methods needed for accelerating the field
Wilson, Shawn R.; Whitmoyer, Jeffrey G.; Pieper, Torsten M. - In: Journal of Family Business Strategy 5 (2014) 1, pp. 4-14
To define research and statistical methods needed for relevant research and the development of the family business field, this article reviews the past 30 years of analytic and statistical methods used by family business researchers. The article explores the many reasons for studying research...
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Revisión de la metodología empleada y resultados alcanzados en la investigación sobre actuación medioambiental de la empresa y rendimiento económico (1972-2009) || Review of Method...
Molina, Vicente; Azucena, María; Tamayo Orbegozo, Unai; … - In: Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y … 14 (2012) 1, pp. 5-35
La variable “medio ambiente" ha cobrado una creciente importancia en la gestión empresarial. Durante las dos últimas décadas la investigación empírica sobre la relación existente entre la actuación medioambiental de la empresa y su rendimiento económico ha sido uno de los temas...
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Rationalising Risk Assessment: Applications to Agricultural Business
Hardaker, J. Brian; Lien, Gudbrand D. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 15 (2007)
To concentrate on treating the most serious risks, methods of business risk management usually seek to identify the main risks and to assess their relative importance. Risks are typically assessed in terms of their chances of occurrence and the severity of their consequences. The assessments may...
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Business Clusters a Solution for Economic Development of Companies and Regions
Reveiu, Adriana - In: Romanian Economic Journal 15 (2012) 44, pp. 101-124
The paper addresses the issue of business clusters and their skills to improve the economic development of companies and regions. The main factors that influence the identification, promotion and support the development of business clusters are considerate. A set of statistical methods used to...
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Institutionalized dualism: statistical significance testing as myth and ceremony
Orlitzky, Marc - In: Metrika 22 (2011) 1, pp. 47-77
Several well-known statisticians regard significance testing as a deeply problematic procedure in statistical inference. Yet, in-depth discussion of null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) has largely been absent from the literature on organizations or, more specifically, management control...
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Dimensioning and Allocation of the Financial Founds of the Company by Using Dynamic Programming
Ramona, Sãlãgean Liana; Iulia, Pantazi Paula - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XIV (2014) 1, pp. 726-731
Dynamic Programming is a general algorithm design technique for solving problems defined by or formulated as recurrences with overlapping sub-instances. Dynamic programming is regarded as a particular approach to optimization problems in which a considerable number of decision variables and the...
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Modelling the use of alternative channel allocation in granting benefits of social assistance
Belciug, Adrian Vintilescu; Corcheş, Lăcrămioara; … - In: Theoretical and Applied Economics 3(580)(supplement) (2013) 3(580)(supplement), pp. 164-167
The government program for 2013-2016 provides, as one of the main lines of action, the development of social services while reducing the volume of direct financial benefits granted and the development of a system based on the use of social vouchers. The present study is the corollary of a model...
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Root causes of rural decline in economic well-being in Finland
Olli, Lehtonen; Markku, Tykkyläinen; Olli, Voutilainen - In: European Countryside 4 (2012) 3, pp. 217-239
This paper analyses how dependence on primary production, distance, climatic conditions and the intensity of land use bring about variations in economic well-being in rural areas. The conventional interpretation in Finland often concludes that economic well-being declines as dependence on...
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