Country: Netherlands

Found 18376 papers in total
A lemons market? An incentive scheme to induce truth-telling in third party logistics providers
2000,
In this paper, we develop a game-theoretic model that studies the contract design...
Treatment on demand: An operational model
2000,
The goal of ‘treatment on demand’ is to allow all those seeking substance...
The use of data envelopment analysis in the regulation of UK water utilities: Water distribution
2000,
Regulation is increasingly playing a major role in defence of the public interest in...
Determining cost savings from attempted cephalic version in an inner city delivering population
2000,
The use of external cephalic version (ECV) is increasingly seen as an important...
A mathematical programming approach for scheduling physicians in the emergency room
2000,
Preparing a schedule for physicians in the emergency room is a complex task, which...
Simulation of robotic courier deliveries in hospital distribution services
2000,
Flexible automation in the form of robotic couriers holds the potential for decreasing...
What kind of patients and physicians value direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs
2000,
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs can enhance the...
The impact of operations competitive priorities on hospital performance
2000,
A notable lack of empirical analysis exists on hospital operations strategy in spite...
The relationship between market orientation and performance in the hospital industry: A structural equations modeling approach
2000,
There is general consensus in the research literature that market orientation is...
Where efficiency saves lives: A linear programme for the optimal allocation of health care resources in developing countries
2000,
Morbidity and mortality are directly influenced by the available health care budget....
Medical malpractice among physicians: Who will be sued and who will pay?
2000,
This paper examines whether a physician's future claims of medical malpractice are...
Managed care, deficit financing, and aggregate health care expenditure in the United States: A cointegration analysis
2000,
We applied a battery of cointegration tests comprising those of Johansen and Juselius...
Development of a fuzzy sales forecasting system for vending machines
1999,
Vending machines operate 24 h a day, allowing consumers to obtain products anytime of...
Diagnosis of MRSA with neural networks and logistic regression approach
2000,
Antibiotic-resistant pathogens are increasingly prevalent in the hospitals and...
Technical efficiency and economies of diversification in health care
2000,
In national health services, where there is a tendency towards a lack of resources and...
Information and incentives in computing services supply: The effect of limited system choices
2000,
Every organization has only limited computing resources that need to be shared by...
The planning of cervical cancer screening programmes in Eastern Europe: Is viral testing a suitable alternative to smear testing?
2000,
Cervical cancer screening with human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing has potential...
Solving a chemical batch scheduling problem by local search
2000,
In this paper the following chemical batch scheduling problem is considered: a set of...
Optimization of a high-speed placement machine using tabu search algorithms
2000,
Combinatorial optimization represents a wide range of real-life manufacturing...
Modelling diffusion and replacement
2000,
Replacement sales represent about 75% of total sales for many consumer...
Commonality in product design: Cost saving, valuation change and cannibalization
2000,
Offering a variety of products is important for a firm to attract different consumer...
Marketing–production coordination in channels of distribution
2000,
In this paper, we analyze the effects of functional (horizontal) decentralization by a...
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