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EOR
2008
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Multiple goals and ownership structure: Effects on the performance of Spanish savings banks
Spanish savings banks (SBs) are financial institutions with a wide mission that includes different stakeholders' goals. Profit maximization is only one among several goals, a...
Miguel García-Cestona, Jordi Surroca
EOR
2008
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Tariff concessions in production sourcing
In this paper, we study a multi-stage production sourcing problem where tariff concessions can be exploited at the firm level using free trade agreements between countries. To sol...
Yunsong Guo, Yanzhi Li, Andrew Lim, Brian Rodrigue...
EOR
2008
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A survey of scheduling problems with setup times or costs
The first comprehensive survey paper on scheduling problems with separate setup times or costs was conducted by [Allahverdi, A., Gupta, J.N.D., Aldowaisan, T., 1999. A review of s...
Ali Allahverdi, C. T. Ng, T. C. Edwin Cheng, Mikha...
EOR
2008
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Maximizing throughput in queueing networks with limited flexibility
We study a queueing network where customers go through several stages of processing, with the class of a customer used to indicate the stage of processing. The customers are servic...
Douglas G. Down, George Karakostas
EOR
2008
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A critical analysis of the eigenvalue method used to derive priorities in AHP
A lot of research has been devoted to the critical analysis of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), from various perspectives. However, as far as we know, no one has addressed a ...
Carlos A. Bana e Costa, Jean-Claude Vansnick
EOR
2008
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From decision theory to decision aiding methodology
The paper presents the author's partial and personal historical reconstruction of how decision theory is evolving to a decision aiding methodology. The presentation shows mai...
Alexis Tsoukiàs
EOR
2008
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Investment volatility: A critique of standard beta estimation and a simple way forward
Beta is a widely used quantity in investment analysis. We review the common interpretations that are applied to beta in finance and show that the standard method of estimation
Chris Tofallis
EOR
2008
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Privacy and pricing personal information
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Jeevan Jaisingh, Jack Barron, Shailendra Mehta, Al...