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Forecasting: Issues & Challenges for Marketing Management
(American Marketing Association, 1977-10)
Forecasting plays an important role in every major functional area of business management. In the area of marketing however, forecasting is doubly important; not only does it have a central role in marketing itself, but ...
The dualism of greek firms and management: Present state and future implications
(Elsevier, 1997)
In this article, the authors begin by examining the current position of the Greek economy, its business environment and firms, noting a duality of extremes between family-owned firms and the subsidiaries of multinationals. ...
Greek Hidden Champions: Lessons from Small, Littleknown Firms in Greece
(Pergamon, 2000-12)
The purpose of the research described in this paper is to first identify successful Greek SMEs that can be qualified as ‘hidden champions’ and second to uncover the factors that have contributed to their success. These ...
The art and science of forecasting : an assessment and future directions
(Elsevier, 1986)
After several decades of important theoretical developments, practical experience gained through applications, and the findings of many empirical studies the field of forecasting is entering into a stage of maturity. The ...
"Forecasting: its role and value for planning and strategy"
(Elsevier, 1996)
First i would like to thank the commentators for their excellent and well thought comments on my paper. I believe that there is little disagrement between their views and mine. All commentators, with the possible exception ...
The future of forecasting
(Elsevier, 1988)
This paper discusses our aims in organizing this special issue. We believe that a synthesis
of the field is needed to resolve the many conflicts between theory and empirical evidence
and between advocates of the various ...
‘Horses for Courses’ in demand forecasting
(Elsevier, 2014-02-22)
Forecasting as a scientific discipline has progressed a lot in the last 40 years, with Nobel prizes being
awarded for seminal work in the field, most notably to Engle, Granger and Kahneman. Despite these
advances, even ...
Decision making and planning under low levels of predictability
(Elsevier Ltd, 2009)
This special section aims to demonstrate the limited predictability and high level of uncertainty in practically all important
areas of our lives, and the implications of this. It summarizes the huge body of solid empirical ...
Accuracy of Forecasting
(Blackwell, 1979)
The ultimate test of any forecast is whether or not it is capable of predicting future events accurately. Planners and decision makers have a wide choice of ways to forecast, ranging from purely intuitive or judgemental ...
Sampling distributions of post-sample forecasting errors
(Wiley, 1989)
Forecasting errors fall in two clearly different categories: (a) the residual errors from fitting a model to the available data and (b) the post-sample forecasting errors. The emphasis of statistical theory and forecasting ...