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Hypertension: empirical evidence and implications in 2014
(Open Heart, 2014-05-28)
High blood pressure (HBP) or hypertension (HTN) is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Despite this fact, there is widespread agreement that the treatment of HBP, ...
Metastrategy: Learning and avoiding past mistakes
(Elsevier, 1997)
Lately there has been a renewed interest in strategic planning after more than a decade of focusing on operational concerns such as total quality, downsizing, benchmarking and reengineering. Will strategic planning provide ...
Forecasting in the 21st century
(International Journal of Forecasting, 1991)
Those of us in the field of forecasting are facing a serious dilemma. On the one hand we know that
all forms of forecasting must be based on historical data, on the other hand we are well aware of a
plethora of empirical ...
An Interactive Forecasting System
(Taylor & Francis, Ltd., 1974-11)
Time sharing computer configurations have introduced a new dimension in applying statistical and mathematical models to sequential decision problems. When the outcome of one step in the process influences subsequent ...
Integrating Forecasting and Planning
(Elsevier, 1973-09)
Specialization inhibits or prohibits interdisciplinary communication among diverse areas. It contributes to segmentation, which becomes a serious problem when several of those areas should depend upon knowledge which exists ...
Commentary on the Makridakis Time Series Competition (M-Competition)
(1983)
In 1982, the Journal of Forecasting published the results of a forecasting competition organized
by Spyros Makridakis (Makridakis et al., 1982). In this, the ex ante forecast errors of 21 methods were
compared for forecasts ...
Le defi Europeen: traduit par Florence Paban
(Les éditions d'organisation, 1991)
Encore un ouvrage sur l'ouverture européenne, me direz-vous.
Ce fut notre première réaction lorsque nous avons envisagé
d'écrire sur le sujet. Le marché nous sembla inondé d'ouvrages
censés traiter de l'Europe unie et ...
Factors Affecting Success in Business: Management Theories/ Tools Versus Predicting Changes
(Pergamon, 1996)
Management theories and tools, like the fashion industry have their moment of glory and die. Very few survive and, in some cases, their passing leaves extensive corporate damage in their wake. Spyros Makridakis reviews the ...
An Analysis of the Interrelationships Among the Major World Stock Exchanges
(Wiley, 1974-06)
The method of principal component is used in this paper to analyse the interrelationship among the world's major stock exchanges. The major finding is that the interrelationship is unstable over time. This finding proves ...
Single Market Europe: Opportunities and Challenges for Business
(1991)
A thorough and practical look at how to exploit the opportunities presented by the integration of Europe into a single market. Details how the the single market environment will affect key business functions, from overall ...