Making Telecommuting Happen

Making Telecommuting Happen
Author: Jack M. Nilles
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

In the 1990's, working at home has become a more feasible option due to technology that can easily link homes and offices. This book examines all aspects of telecommuting, from what type of computer and fax machine is needed, to defining the new relationship between workers in the office and the home employee.

Regulation and Development

Regulation and Development
Author: Jean-Jacques Laffont
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2005-03-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521549486

In Regulation and Development Jean-Jacques Laffont provides the first theoretical analysis of regulation of public services for developing countries. He shows how the debate between price-cap regulation and cost of service regulation is affected by the characteristics of less developed countries (LDCs) and offers a positive theory of privatization that stresses the role of corruption. He develops a new theory of regulation with limited enforcement capabilities and discusses the delicate issue of access pricing in view of LDC's specificities. In the final chapter he proposes a theory of separation of powers which reveals one of the many vicious circles of underdevelopment made explicit by the economics of information. Based on organization theory and history, and using simple empirical tests wherever possible, Professor Laffont offers a comprehensive evaluation of the different ways to organize the regulatory institutions and opens up a rich new research agenda for development studies.

Stochastic Petri Nets

Stochastic Petri Nets
Author: Peter J. Haas
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2006-04-10
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0387215522

Written by a leading researcher this book presents an introduction to Stochastic Petri Nets covering the modeling power of the proposed SPN model, the stability conditions and the simulation methods. Its unique and well-written approach provides a timely and important addition to the literature. Appeals to a wide range of researchers in engineering, computer science, mathematics and OR.

Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation

Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation
Author: Kenneth Train
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2009-07-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521766559

This book describes the new generation of discrete choice methods, focusing on the many advances that are made possible by simulation. Researchers use these statistical methods to examine the choices that consumers, households, firms, and other agents make. Each of the major models is covered: logit, generalized extreme value, or GEV (including nested and cross-nested logits), probit, and mixed logit, plus a variety of specifications that build on these basics. Simulation-assisted estimation procedures are investigated and compared, including maximum stimulated likelihood, method of simulated moments, and method of simulated scores. Procedures for drawing from densities are described, including variance reduction techniques such as anithetics and Halton draws. Recent advances in Bayesian procedures are explored, including the use of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and its variant Gibbs sampling. The second edition adds chapters on endogeneity and expectation-maximization (EM) algorithms. No other book incorporates all these fields, which have arisen in the past 25 years. The procedures are applicable in many fields, including energy, transportation, environmental studies, health, labor, and marketing.

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Communication

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Communication
Author: Linda L. Putnam
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 849
Release: 2013-11-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1483309975

Organizational communication as a field of study has grown tremendously over the past thirty years. This growth is characterized by the development and application of communication perspectives to research on complex organizations in rapidly changing environments. Completely re-conceptualized, The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Communication, Third Edition, is a landmark volume that weaves together the various threads of this interdisciplinary area of scholarship. This edition captures both the changing nature of the field, with its explosion of theoretical perspectives and research agendas, and the transformations that have occurred in organizational life with the emergence of new forms of work, globalization processes, and changing organizational forms. Exploring organizations as complex and dynamic, the Handbook brings a communication lens to bear on multiple organizing processes.

Transportation Implications of Telecommuting

Transportation Implications of Telecommuting
Author: United States. Department of Transportation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1993
Genre: Commuting
ISBN:

Describes the nature of telecommuting and estimates its near-term future prospects and its implication for transportation and related areas. Gives projection of the growth of telecommunting to the year 2002.