determined for each of the criteria of the credit applicant. Decision Support System with Promethee method is based on the …

into technical efficiency change and technological changes. Second, using the Promethee II method and the software ARGOS, a … of criteria used in method Promethee and software ARGOS. Both methods of analysis provide however complementary useful … dimensions of performance for Promethee: that are the service to the community and the enterprises performances, often in …

owned do not seem to perform better that those owned by farmers’ cooperatives. …

authorities that vertical mergers rarely introduce competitive concerns and are usually driven by efficiency motivations. This …

Theoretical Framework of Information Technology in Alliances and Mergers, describes the central themes of this dissertation … corporate alliances and mergers. This is followed by a theoretical essay, entitled Propositions on the Value of Flexible IT … derive particularly from collaborative corporate alliances or deeply integrative mergers. …

In the first chapter of this dissertation, entitled “Signaling and Value Creation in Mergers,” I analyze the acquirers … withdrawal. These results suggest that the initial negative stock price reaction in stock mergers is due to a signaling effect …, but that the mergers themselves are positive NPV investments for the acquirers’ shareholders. Analysis of the acquirers …

electricity industry has spawned a new wave of mergers, both raising questions and providing opportunities to examine these … mergers. Third chapter of my dissertation investigates the drivers of electric utility mergers consummated between 1992 and … 2004. My results provide support for disturbance theory of mergers, size hypothesis, and inefficient management hypothesis …