The attainment of superior quality and reliability in a manufactured product depends upon the existence of a framework integrating an organization’s capabilities in management, technology and information utilization. With respect to information utilization, statistical tools are particularly...

The EU proposal on the quantity restraint of the emissions trading in the Kyoto Protocol aims at reducing the so called hot air that would be generated by the purchase of emissions permits sold by a country whose actual emissions are much lower than the assigned amount. In this paper we show...

This paper outlines why program evaluation should follow well-respected scientific standards and why it should be performed by independent researchers.

This paper presents a result of a voluntary contribution mechanism experiment with partial communication. We found that the trend of mean investments depended on whether a communication network was connected or not and on how fast all subjects could share information.

Essential characteristics of corruption are (1) a reciprocity relationship between briber and public official, (2) negative welfare effects, and (3) high penalties when discovered. We separate the influences of these factors in an experiment. In a two-player game reciprocation is economically...