This paper develops a maximum likelihood based methodology for simultaneously performing multidimensional unfolding and cluster analysis on two-way dominance or profile data. This new procedure utilizes mixtures of multivariate conditional normal distributions to estimate a joint space of...

A not uncommon situation in industrial marketing is for an outside supplier to find itself competing against an in-house supplier. Knowing how to compete against an in-house supplier is of importance because industrial marketing firms typically respond with one of two diametrically opposed...

With escalating expectations and opportunities for HR professionals to add greater value comes the mandate for greater knowledge about the fundamental driving forces of business. Business leaders and employees increasingly assume that HR professionals have foundational knowledge of HR concepts...

This dissertation examines changing conditions of contemporary capitalism through an analysis of the production of a wild commodity. The Bristol Bay region of rural southwest Alaska is home to the world's largest sockeye salmon populations. Yet its wild salmon industry has struggled since the...

For the development of valid algorithms for matching protein spots between two-dimensional gels, it is essential that one has an understanding of the relative roles of the many sources of variability affecting the location of spots. We first consider the contribution of observers to the...

This paper has two main contributions. Firstly, we introduce a new approach, the latent instrumental variables (LIV) method, to estimate regression coefficients consistently in a simple linear regression model where regressor-error correlations (endogeneity) are likely to be present. The LIV...

In this issue, Merle Crawford and Milton Rosenau present their thoughts on some of the issues confronting product development professionals. Both reflect on the emergence of new products management as a profession--a field with its own requirements for success. Crawford wonders about the...