This paper investigates a unique policy designed to maintain employment during the privatization of East German firms after the fall of the Iron Curtain. The policy required new owners of the firms to commit to employment targets, with penalties for non-compliance. Using a dynamic model, we...

Operations forensics -- What financial statements may or may not reveal -- Indicators of accounting performance -- Indicators of stock market performance -- Indicators of disruption -- Indicators of distress -- The many facets of due diligence -- Assessing the customer base -- Assessing lean...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- 1. Changing Business Environments and Decision Support Systems -- Changing Business Environments -- Growing Information Flows -- New Organizational Structures and a New Distribution of...