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Automatic State Construction using DecisionTrees for Reinforcement Learning Agents

Au, Manix - 2005

state construction. The project introduces a new method that applies Information Theory and decision tree technique to …

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Hog Insurance Adoption and Suppliers' Discrimination: A Bivariate Probit Model with Partial Observability

Cao, Ying; Zhang, Yuehua - 2011

This paper explores the factors that impact insurance choices. Specially designed survey questions allow one to fully observe the demand tendency by the farmers and partially observe the supply tendency by the insurance company. A joint estimation of insurance decision by both supply and demand...

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Learning and Acting Upon Customer Information: An Empirical Application to Service Allocations with Offshore Centers

Sun, Bao-Hong; Li, Shibo - 2009

As service centers become crucial corporate assets for increasing customer relationships and profits, it is imperative to understand customer reactions to service allocations. Using customer call history from a DSL service, the authors empirically investigate how customers’ onshore and...

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Spatial Agglomeration, Technology and Outsourcing of Knowledge Intensive Business Services. Empirical Insights from Italy

Antonietti, Roberto; Cainelli, Giulio - 2007

Aim of this paper is to explore the main drivers of outsourcing of knowledge intensive business services by Italian … business-related services; second, we estimate the main factors underlying the intensity and complexity of KIBS outsourcing …

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Spanning traditional boundaries: organization and control of embedded operations

Berry, Anthony J. - 1994

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Leadership and Organization Development Journal, published by and copyright MCB Up Ltd.

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Essays on operations strategies

Jacobs, Brian W. - 2009

Operations strategies, whether prompted by competitive or regulatory forces, can greatly impact firm performance. While operations strategies cover a wide spectrum of issues - supply chain management, technology choice, capacity allocation, etc. - this dissertation focuses on two such issues,...

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Impact of internationalisation on business decision-making: the Australian experience

Orr, Stuart - 2007

The research considered the impact on the range of decision areas available to strategy setting for organisations internationalising part of their operations to reduce costs. The research utilised qualitative research data collected from interviews with 10 CEOs based on a structured interview...

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Process Management Practices and Performance: Competition and the Moderating Effect of Technological Capabilities

Benner, Mary; Veloso, Francisco - 2006

Attention to processes has increased, as thousands of organizations have adopted processfocused practices, including TQM and ISO 9000. Proponents of such programs stress the promise of improved efficiency and profitability. But research has not consistently borne out these prospects. Moreover,...

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The Applicability of Transaction Costs Economics to Vertical Integration Decision: Evidences from a Brazilian Beef Processor

Vieira, Luciana Marques - 2008

operations strategy andtransaction costs economic theory. In this research, vertical integration as a structural decision of …

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Netzbasierte Dienste

Tamm, Gerrit - 2003

-and-utility-measuring and the theory of transaction phases of outsourcing are used. The basis for both supply-side and demand-side evaluations …. Für die Strukturierung der Nachfrageseite für netzbasierte Dienste werden die Theorien der Auslagerung (Outsourcing) von … Informationstechnologien, die Methoden und Instrumente der Kosten- und Nutzenmessung und die Theorie der Transaktionsphasen der Auslagerung …

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