In a four‐year longitudinal study, data from 117 mental health employees in two organisations were used to examine baseline year absenteeism, performance, and attitudes as predictors of subsequent absenteeism. Results indicated that baseline absence behaviour was a strong predictor of...

Technological innovation has been a highly significant engine of economic growth, and will continue to be a critical factor in the future. It plays a crucial role in maintaining competitiveness in international trade, in finding substitute goods and processes to replace those that are affected...

“Starting with basic market research information about the nature of the market place, OR simulation in effect generates further data. It helps to answer the manager's question, 'What would happen if …?'”

In this study, five major criteria (realism, flexibility, capability, ease of use, and cost) for evaluating the suitability of management science models for R&D project selection are established, through personal interviews with R&D administrators and management scientists. A suitability rating...

The objective of the present study was to develop a comprehensive empirically-based model of the communication interface between R&D and marketing. Following Moenaert and Souder (Moenaert, R. K., Souder, W. E. 1990. An analysis of the use of extra-functional information by marketing and R&D...

Four mathematical programming models for R&D project selection and funding are developed, based on similar models and results in the literature. Project selection and funding decision planning data for thirty actual R&D projects are collected and the models are used with these data to ascertain...