Choice-based conjoint analysis has increased in popularity in recent years among marketing practitioners. The typical practice is to estimate choice-based conjoint models at the aggregate level, given insufficient data for individual-level estimation of part-worths. We discuss a method for...

After a record-setting 2007, the collapse of the housing market and vanishing liquidity severely constrained both U.S. and global M&A activity, particularly private equity deals, which in 2007 accounted for approximately 25% of total M&A volume. M&A volume continued its downward march in 2008...

"Management is the art of putting people to work. But what are the fundamental elements of the work of management and managers? What tools and techniques can they employ as they do this? The Concise Guide to Management will succinctly define the basic practices and concepts that guide modern...

This document presents a conceptual framework and a method for deciding whether or not a function that was considered the responsibility of government should be performed by public organizations or devolved to private for-profit and non-profit organizations. This conceptual framework goes beyond...