Purpose – This paper aims to examines why a high percentage of virtual teams fails to deliver, and considers how the problems can be overcome. Design/methodology/approach – Differentiates between virtual teams and co‐located teams, and presents ways of leading each, while stressing that...

We characterize revenue maximizing mechanisms in a common value environment where the value of the object is equal to the highest of the bidders' independent signals. If the revenue maximizing solution is to sell the object with probability 1, then an optimal mechanism is simply a posted price,...

The private net present value and private internal rate of return to becoming a nurse in Great Britain is estimated. The calculations are made using the standard equations inputted with data from the New Earnings Survey and the British Household Panel Survey. Basic age-earnings profiles are...

Objective: To evaluate the effect of using different cost-effectiveness measures in the economic evaluation of cholesterol-modifying pharmacotherapy. Design and setting: An economic model was used to examine the extent to which the relative cost effectiveness of cholesterol-modifying agents...