Advances in business and management forecasting
Advances in business and management forecasting
/ edited by Kenneth D. Lawrence, Michael Geurts
- Oxford : JAI Press, c2006.
- xii, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Advances in business and management forecasting .
Includes references.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
EDITORIAL BOARD xi
PART A: FORECASTING AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN
FORECASTING IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Kenneth D. Lawrence, Sheila M. Lawrence and Ronald K. Klimberg
3 (10)
EXTRACTING FORECASTS FROM ADVANCE ORDERS
Frenck Waage
13 (14)
INVENTORY-SHIPMENT RATIO TIME SERIES MODELS FOR DURABLE AND NON-DURABLE PRODUCTS
Supriya Mitra
27 (30)
PART B: FORECASTING AND FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS
AN APPLICATION OF CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS TO THE A PRIORI CLASSIFICATION OF FINANCIAL RATIOS
Shaw K. Chen and Alan D. Olinsky
57 (20)
BANK RATING CHANGE PREDICTIONS: ALTERNATIVE FORECASTING MODELS
David T. Cadden and Vincent Driscoll
77 (16)
FORECASTING SECURITY RETURNS: THE USE OF HETEROGENEOUS EXPECTATIONS
Rebecca Abraham and Charles W. Harrington
93 (26)
PART C: SALES FORECASTING
COMBINING MOVING AVERAGES WITH EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING TO PRODUCE MORE STABLE SALES FORECASTS
Tej S. Dhakar, Charles P. Schmidt and David M. Miller
119 (14)
IMPROVED EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING WITH APPLICATIONS TO SALES FORECASTING
Tej S. Dhakar, Charles P. Schmidt and David M. Miller
133 (6)
USING FLOW-THROUGH AND DIFFUSION MODELS TO FORECAST NEW PRODUCT SALES
Michael D. Geurts and David B. Whitlark
139 (6)
AN APPLICATION OF A REPEAT PURCHASE DIFFUSION MODEL TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
Franklin J. Carter, Carol M. Motley, Alphonso O. Ogbuehi and Jacqueline A. Williams
145 (30)
FORECASTING PRODUCT SALES WITH CONJOINT ANALYSIS DATA
David B. Whitlark
175 (8)
IMPROVING SALES FORECASTS BY TESTING UNDERLYING HYPOTHESES ABOUT CONSUMER BEHAVIOR: A PROPOSED QUALITATIVE METHOD
Eric D. DeRosia, Glenn L. Christensen and David B. Whitlark
183 (32)
PART D: FORECASTING METHODS AND ANALYSIS
FORECASTING SALES OF COMPARABLE UNITS WITH DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA)
Ronald K. Klimberg, Shelia M. Lawrence and Kenneth D. Lawrence 201
DATA MINING RELIABILITY: MODEL-BUILDING WITH MARS AND NEURAL NETWORKS
Rod J. Lievano and Eric S. Kyper
215 (28)
SELECTING FORECASTING INTERVALS TO INCREASE USEFULNESS AND ACCURACY
Michael D. Geurts
243 (4)
FORECASTING SIMULTANEOUS BRAND LIFE CYCLE TRAJECTORIES
Frenck Waage
247 (18)
A TYPOLOGY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL BIASES IN FORECASTING ANALYSIS
Paul Dishman
265 (12)
A FORECAST COMBINATION METHODOLOGY FOR DEMAND FORECASTING
J. Gaylord May and Joanne M. Sulek
277
eng.
9780762312818 TZS 75,967.50
Business forecasting
658.40355 ADV
Includes references.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
EDITORIAL BOARD xi
PART A: FORECASTING AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN
FORECASTING IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Kenneth D. Lawrence, Sheila M. Lawrence and Ronald K. Klimberg
3 (10)
EXTRACTING FORECASTS FROM ADVANCE ORDERS
Frenck Waage
13 (14)
INVENTORY-SHIPMENT RATIO TIME SERIES MODELS FOR DURABLE AND NON-DURABLE PRODUCTS
Supriya Mitra
27 (30)
PART B: FORECASTING AND FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS
AN APPLICATION OF CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS TO THE A PRIORI CLASSIFICATION OF FINANCIAL RATIOS
Shaw K. Chen and Alan D. Olinsky
57 (20)
BANK RATING CHANGE PREDICTIONS: ALTERNATIVE FORECASTING MODELS
David T. Cadden and Vincent Driscoll
77 (16)
FORECASTING SECURITY RETURNS: THE USE OF HETEROGENEOUS EXPECTATIONS
Rebecca Abraham and Charles W. Harrington
93 (26)
PART C: SALES FORECASTING
COMBINING MOVING AVERAGES WITH EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING TO PRODUCE MORE STABLE SALES FORECASTS
Tej S. Dhakar, Charles P. Schmidt and David M. Miller
119 (14)
IMPROVED EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING WITH APPLICATIONS TO SALES FORECASTING
Tej S. Dhakar, Charles P. Schmidt and David M. Miller
133 (6)
USING FLOW-THROUGH AND DIFFUSION MODELS TO FORECAST NEW PRODUCT SALES
Michael D. Geurts and David B. Whitlark
139 (6)
AN APPLICATION OF A REPEAT PURCHASE DIFFUSION MODEL TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
Franklin J. Carter, Carol M. Motley, Alphonso O. Ogbuehi and Jacqueline A. Williams
145 (30)
FORECASTING PRODUCT SALES WITH CONJOINT ANALYSIS DATA
David B. Whitlark
175 (8)
IMPROVING SALES FORECASTS BY TESTING UNDERLYING HYPOTHESES ABOUT CONSUMER BEHAVIOR: A PROPOSED QUALITATIVE METHOD
Eric D. DeRosia, Glenn L. Christensen and David B. Whitlark
183 (32)
PART D: FORECASTING METHODS AND ANALYSIS
FORECASTING SALES OF COMPARABLE UNITS WITH DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA)
Ronald K. Klimberg, Shelia M. Lawrence and Kenneth D. Lawrence 201
DATA MINING RELIABILITY: MODEL-BUILDING WITH MARS AND NEURAL NETWORKS
Rod J. Lievano and Eric S. Kyper
215 (28)
SELECTING FORECASTING INTERVALS TO INCREASE USEFULNESS AND ACCURACY
Michael D. Geurts
243 (4)
FORECASTING SIMULTANEOUS BRAND LIFE CYCLE TRAJECTORIES
Frenck Waage
247 (18)
A TYPOLOGY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL BIASES IN FORECASTING ANALYSIS
Paul Dishman
265 (12)
A FORECAST COMBINATION METHODOLOGY FOR DEMAND FORECASTING
J. Gaylord May and Joanne M. Sulek
277
eng.
9780762312818 TZS 75,967.50
Business forecasting
658.40355 ADV