A monopolist uses prices as an instrument to influence consumers' belief about the unknown quality of its product. Consumers observe prices and sales in earlier periods to learn about the product. Every period they decide whether to consume the product or to wait for a lower price in future. We...

The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have a high...

Microfinance is a sector where MIS is a strategic need for up scaling to get both economic sustainability and social outreach and performance. It should help in lowering transaction costs and interest rates. A study of the MIS for this sector is therefore crucial. This paper studies different...

The productivity of firms in developing countries appears to be extremely low. Prior work, such as that summarized in James Tybout (2000) and World Bank (2004), has highlighted a set of issues around infrastructure, informality, regulations, trade policies, and human capital that reduce the...

So far little effort has been put into researching the importance of internal ERP project stakeholders' mutual interactions, realizing the project's complexity, influence on the whole organization, and high risk for a useful final outcome. This research analyzes the stakeholders' interactions...

Knowledge is key to the success of a firm. Firms and their managers acquire knowledge via channels which are often difficult to track down and quantify. By matching employer-employee data with trade data at the firm level we show that the export experience acquired by managers in previous firms...

The research article presents the highly innovative theoretical research results:1) the new quantum microeconomics theory in the quantum econophysics science is formulated; the idea on the existence of the discrete-time induced quantum transitions of firm's earnings (the firm's value) in the...

Spanish Abstract: El presente estudio aborda el tema del sobrepeso y obesidad en México, ilustra estadísticas nacionales y de Baja California que permiten reconocer la presencia de un problema social relevante que debe atenderse con políticas públicas. Una de las medidas tomadas por el...

The English version of this paper can be found at 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=3009386' http://ssrn.com/abstract=3009386.Spanish Abstract: A principios del siglo XXI con la globalización se han puesto de manifiesto el consumismo y materialismo, ya que en el mercado se encuentra una amplia variedad...

Recent years have seen dramatic changes in data storage and processing technologies. New opportunities to collect and leverage data have led many managers to change how they make decisions — relying less on intuition and more on data. In this paper we provide the first systematic empirical...