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		<title>Are the Treasures of Game Theory Ambiguous</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[equilibrium]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nash Equilibrium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nash equilibrium (henceforth NE) is the most widely used equilibrium concept in game theory. Though a large and growing number of experimental studies indicate its weaknesses, it has proved difficult to and systematic patterns in the deviations from NE.]]></description>
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		<title>Extended Games Played by Managerial Firms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Managerial Economics Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operations Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delegation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oligopoly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The earliest literature in oligopoly theory treated the choice between simultaneous and sequential moves as exogenous. The issue of timing is addressed in a game between managerial firms. The choice over timing can be taken either by managers or by entrepreneurs. It is shown that (i) delegation drastically modifies the owners&#8217; preferences concerning the distribution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Process Innovation using the Process Innovation Laboratory</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operations Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business process innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business processes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enterprise systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process integration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation is inevitable tied into technology. Most organizations today are required not only to establish effective business processes but they are required to accommodate for changing business conditions at an increasing rate. Many business processes extend beyond the boundary of the enterprise into the supply chain and the information infrastructure therefore is critical&#8230; Today nearly every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Corn Stover Supply Logistics System</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 13:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operations Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logistics system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply logistics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We evaluated the economics, energy inputs, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for a proposed “field to facility” corn stover logistics system. The system included collection and transport by round bales to local storages within 3.2 km (2 mile) of the field during the fall harvest period followed by processing at the local storage sites throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supply Chain Dynamics in Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 07:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operations Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain dynamics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The development of logistics services and communication technologies has revolutionized supply chain management. Supply chain management in Asia is a relatively new topic but is a key challenge for all Asia-based manufacturers and traders trying to integrate into the global market&#8230; This paper describes key supply chain issues faced in Asia. Many of these issues are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bargaining with Many Players: A Limit Result</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operations Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bargaining game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equilibrium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We study an n-player alternating oﬀers bargaining game where the players try to agree on a division of a cake. We provide a simple characterization of the stationary subgame perfect equilibrium of an alternating offers bargaining game when the number of players increases without a limit. Core convergence literature is emulated by increasing the number of players by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An inventory control project in a major Danish company using compound renewal demand models</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[continuous demand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demand models]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inventory control systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inventory policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In many standard implementations of inventory control systems continuous demand is assumed, and a service level constraint is applied. This paper describes the development of a framework to compute the optimal inventory policy for a large spare parts distribution centre operation in the Refrigeration &#38; Air Conditioning (RA) division of the Danfoss Group in Denmark. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Leadership A Coordination Theory</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HR Papers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[coordination games]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[leadership behavior]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Important aspects of leadership behavior can be rendered intelligible through a focus on coordination games. The concept of common knowledge is shown to be particularly important to understanding leadership&#8230; Contents SOME BASIC GAME THEORY IDEAS Social Dilemmas in Social Science Research Cooperation and Coordination Games The Neglect of Coordination Problems THE UBIQUITY OF COORDINATION PROBLEMS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The interaction between patient shortage and patients waiting time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics Papers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[waiting time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We study the interaction between patient shortage and patients&#8217; waiting time to get an appointment. From a theoretical model we predict that physicians experiencing a shortage of patients offer their patients a shorter waiting time than their unconstrained colleagues. This happens because a shorter waiting time is expected to lower the threshold for seeking care, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acceptance Sampling and its Types</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operations Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acceptance sampling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.managementheaven.com/mhcontent/?p=138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Acceptance sampling is a procedure used for sentencing incoming batches. The most widely used plans are given by the Military Standard tables, which were developed during World War II. This article provides information about types of acceptance sampling. Format: HTML &#124; Size: &#8211; Source: SQCOnline Read This Article]]></description>
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		<title>Acceptance Sampling, Lot Acceptance Sampling</title>
		<link>http://www.managementheaven.com/acceptance2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operations Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acceptance sampling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistical quality control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Acceptance sampling is an important field of statistical quality control that was popularized by Dodge and Romig and originally applied by the U.S. military to the testing of bullets during World War II. If every bullet was tested in advance, no bullets would be left to ship. If, on the other hand, none were tested, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acceptance Sampling: LTPD and AQL</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[acceptable quality level]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acceptance sampling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acceptance sampling is an important aspect of statistical quality control. It originated back in World War II when the military had to determine which batches of ammunition to accept and which ones to reject. They knew that they couldn&#8217;t test every bullet to determine if it will do its job in the field. On the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Process Control Charts</title>
		<link>http://www.managementheaven.com/controlcharts1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operations Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basic variables charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process control charts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.managementheaven.com/mhcontent/?p=135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important actions that can help maintain the quality of any good or service is to collect relevant data consistently over time, plot it, and examine the plots carefully. All statistical process control charts plot data (or a statistic calculated from data) versus time, with control limits designed to alert the analyst [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Process Control Charts, Shewhart Chart, Process Behaviour Chart</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operations Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process behaviour chart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process control charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shewhart chart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In statistical process control, the control chart, also known as the &#8216;Shewhart chart&#8217; or &#8216;process-behaviour chart&#8216; is a tool to determine whether a manufacturing or business process is in a state of statistical control or not. If the chart indicates that the process being monitored is not in control, the pattern it reveals can help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Value Engineering, Value Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[value analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[value engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[value management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Value Analysis-Value Engineering (VA-VE) is over half a century old! The concept evolved, during the ‘40s, as a ‘creative problem-solving system, implemented by the use of a specific set of techniques, a body of knowledge and a group of learned skills’. The practice of VA-VE Team Approach spread ‘like wild fire’ and by the ‘70s, [...]]]></description>
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