Purpose – The purpose of this research is to incorporate the exponentiated Weibull testing‐effort functions into software reliability modeling and to estimate the optimal software release time. Design/methodology/approach – This paper suggests a software reliability growth model based on...

Purpose – To obtain an optimal simple time‐step stress accelerated life test for the case involving pre‐specified censoring time. Such a test saves time and expenses over tests at normal conditions. Design/methodology/approach – Most of the available literature on step‐stress...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a measure designed to assess constructs that predict ethical decision making (EDM) among employees. Design/methodology/approach – The approach was to target individual difference variables that are theoretically linked to EDM. This...

Purpose – To present the bootstrap procedure to correct biases in maximum likelihood estimator of mean time to failure (MTTF) and percentiles in a Weibull regression model. Design/methodology/approach – A reliability model is described by a Weibull regression model with parameters being...

Purpose – The aim of this research paper is to generalize the previous works on the design of accelerated life tests (ALTs) for periodic inspection and Type I censoring and to promote the use of an exponentiated Weibull (EW) distribution in accelerated life testing. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to look at the authors' own definition of systems thinking, which is applied to investigate management concepts. These are the most influential management concepts in Slovenia, a new EU member. Design/methodology/approach – Between 1999 and 2003 a...

The core concept of “customer” in marketing began as a buyer of business goods and services. It was extended into non‐business areas such as education, health, politics and religion. Now it stands poised to enter organisational life. At issue here is our understanding of what it means to...

Whereas there is general satisfaction with straightforward picture‐board techniques for testing me‐too and brand extension product concepts, there is a widely held belief that such techniques are inadequate in accurately gauging the appeal of truly innovative concepts. “Living with the...