We evaluate the first controlled field experiment on Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). Including their own contributions and matching funds, treatment group members in the Tulsa, Oklahoma program could accumulate $6,750 for home purchase or $4,500 for other qualified uses. Almost all...

We evaluate the first controlled field experiment on Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). Including their own contributions and matching fund, treatment group members in the Tulsa, Oklahoma program could accumulate $6,750 for home purchase or $4,500 for other qualified uses. Almost all...

We consider a single production facility capable of producing N products each demanded at a varying rate throughout the planning horizon. The production facility makes a fixed lot in a given period. No more than one product can be produced in a period. Given the initial inventory for each...

We consider a single production facility capable of producing N products each demanded at a varying rate throughout the planning horizon. The production facility makes a fixed lot in a given period. No more than one product can be produced in a period. Given the initial inventory for each...

Outsourcing coupled with technology that enables data to reside anywhere has opened up new challenges to the protection of personal privacy. Privacy laws differ internationally as does the value different cultures place on personal privacy. Such differences have implications for government as...

We study a make-to-order manufacturing system consisting of several processing centers that are subject to failures and repairs. Our objective is to build a model that can be used as a tool for negotiating the delivery date and the price of a certain upcoming order. The model takes into account...