Management Decision: Volume 28 Issue 3

Transfer Pricing – Choice

Albert Galway

An examination of the philosophy and methodologyof transfer pricing is provided. The concept oftransfer pricing is that, within a manufacturingcompany, one department, on…

Managing Plateaued Employees

Lawson K. Savery

Plateaued employees can present problems formanagers in that they do not respond to the usualmotivators, such as promotion or career development.For this reason, managers need to…

Managerial Decision Making. Part 1: Conventional Techniques

O.P. Kharbanda, E.A. Stallworthy

It is generally recognised and accepted that the fundamentalrole of a manager is “to get things done”.At times the manager has to make quick decisionsabout what has to be done and…

Expert Systems Explained

Jonathan Barker

Expert systems are frequently mentioned inbusiness circles these days. They have the potentialto assist greatly in the dissemination of scarce orcomplex expertise. But although…

Use of Levered Mutual Funds to Capitalise on Long‐term Currency Trends

Jeff Madura, Luc Soenen

How investors can capitalise on a long‐term currencytrend by leveraging their investment in a mutual fundis investigated. The sensitivity of mutual fund yieldsto exchange rate…

Unmasking Multiple Weak Links in the Chain of Command

John C. South, Ken Matejka

How can one know if a whole chain of managersis weak? In practice, the chain of command seemsto handle the logic of effective organisation andcontrol adequately. Usually a single…

Advanced Manufacturing Technology: Investment Decision Process. Part 2

K. Swann, W.D. O′Keefe

This article is the second half of a series concerningadvanced decisions. Central to the problem of AMT(advanced manufacturing technology) is thatinvestment is uncertainty. Under…

The Small Order Problem

Douglas M. Lambert, Mark L. Bennion, John C. Taylor

The nature of the small order problem is considered,and the associated advantages and disadvantagesof the various policies for dealing with the smallorder are examined. The…

How to Improve Your International Customer Service

William Dempsey, Richard A. Lancioni

International marketing can be a balancing act betweenhigh sales‐maintenance costs and a reductionof business due to poor service. The way in whichinternational customer service…

Business Growth Part 2: Growth Management

Anthony S. Page, Ralph C. Jones

Fast‐growth companies illustrate, over a short spaceof time, the opportunities, threats, problems andpitfalls of business growth. After carrying out ageneral survey of…

Towards a New Model for Product Portfolio Analysis

R.A. Proctor, J.S. Hassard

Like investors in stocks and shares who have aportfolio of different kinds of investments, each withspecial characteristics regarding risk, rate of return,etc., organisations…