Volume 12 presents studies in the application of forecasting methodologies to such areas as supply chain, health care, prospecting for donations from university alumni, and the use of clustering and regression in forecasting. The orientation of this volume is for business applications for both...

In Collective Action and Exchange: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Contemporary Political Economy, William D. Ferguson presents a comprehensive political economy text aimed at advanced undergraduates in economics and graduate students in the social sciences. The text utilizes collective action as a...

Cover -- IBFD Doctoral Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Overview of Research Project -- 1.1. An alternative approach to a classic problem -- 1.2. Research questions -- 1.3. Methodology -- 1.3.1. Selection of...

Programmatically outlines a paradigmatic shift towards an expanded fashion discourse at the intersection of doing and thinking. Designers, artists, curators and theorists investigate the multifaceted debates on the rise of practice-based research in fashion and thus make a significant step to...

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Opposing the Market Through Responsible Consumption to Transform It -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Corporate adjustment strategies in response to the contestation of market...

Influences of agricultural technology on the size and importance of food price variability / Julian M. Alston, William J. Martin, and Philip G. Pardey ; comment: James M. MacDonald -- Corn production shocks in 2012 and beyond : implications for harvest volatility / Steven T. Berry, Michael J....