Improving the marriage of modeling and theory for accurate forecasts of outcomes

• Other Authors: Woodside, Arch G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
• Series: Advances in business marketing & purchasing ; v. 25.
• Subjects: Business forecasting.; Business > Mathematical models.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781786351210; 9781787148918
• ISSN: 1069-0964 ;
• DOI: 10.1108/S1069-0964201825
• Physical Description: xii, 244 pages.

Table of Contents:

• Prelims
• Embracing the paradigm shift from variable-based to case-based modeling
• Four-corner outcomes in strategic management: successful and unsuccessful paddling down versus upstream
• Accurately predicting precise outcomes in business-to-business marketing
• Building generalizable case-based theory in human resources management
• Computing with words in modeling firms' paradoxical performances
• Index.