Coordination and harmony between different departments of a company can be an important factor in achieving competitive advantage if the company corrects alignment between strategies of different departments. This paper presents an integrated decision model based on recent advances of geometric...

This paper offers a methodology to address the endogeneity of inputs in the directional technology distance function (DTDF) based formulation of banking technology which explicitly accommodates the presence of undesirable nonperforming loans -- an inherent characteristic of the bank's production...

A multiproduct cost model is estimated on a panel of US local exchange carriers from the period 1989-1999. Unlike earlier econometric research on the industry, the model allows specification of cost inefficiency. This is needed to get consistent parameter estimates. Results show slight economies...

We examine whether online learning technologies have led to lower prices in higher education. Using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, we show that online education is concentrated in large for-profit chains and less-selective public institutions. Colleges with a...