We present and study a mixed integer programing model that arises as a sub-structure in any industrial applications. This model provides a relaxation of various capacitated production planning problems, more general fixed charge network flow problems, and other structured mixed integer programs....

We analyze a model of network formation where the costs of forming links are publicly known but an individual's benefits are not know to the social planner. The objective is to design a mechanism which not only ensures that an efficient network always forms in equilibrium but also ensures that...

have influenced the development of the current Finnish payment system. In the retail payments area, new technologies are developing rapidly. The success of new forms of payment (based eg on mobile phones) in gaining general acceptance may depend on changes in the nature of consumption. If...

This paper applies the common agency framework and the theory of nonprofit organization to the functioning of international financial institutions such as the IMF, IBRD and ADB. Webs of intricate monitoring networks exist among member countries of an institution, its sevretariat, and countries...