Decision Making: Recent Developments and Worldwide Applications

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Editorial. 1: Management Information Systems. Empirical assessment of information technology chargeback systems decisions D.H. Drury. Lessons learnt from the successful adoption of an ERP: The central role of trust D. Gefen. Simultaneous analysis of heterogenous databases on the web: The ADDSIA project J.M. Lamb, C.R. Smart. 2: Education Innovations & Distance Learning. Decision support for the management of admissions to academic programs K.S. Dhir, et al. The use of tacit knowledge in selection decisions in universities M.A. Barrett, L.K. Hort. 3: International Business. Role of political violence in foreign direct investment decisions H. Singh. On the stability of countries' national technological systems W. Nasierowski, F.J. Arcelus. 4: Marketing. Marketing of differentiated fresh produce G. Baourakis, et al. A decision support system for the seller's return problem in the product line design G. Alexouda, K. Paparrizos. 5: Finance and Banking. Portfolio performance measures: A brief survey and hypothesis testing G.L. Ghai, et al. A system dynamics model of stock price movements P.L. Kunsch, et al. Information effects on the accuracy of neural network financial forecasting S. Walczak. Is the Taiwan stock market efficient? J.P. Gupta, et al. The dynamics of implied volatility surfaces G. Skiadopoulos, et al. Application of nonstationary Markovian models to risk management in automobile leasing D.L. Smith, et al. 6: Optimization & Decision Making. Decision making Under Various Types of Uncertainty R.R. Yager. Decision aid in the optimization of the interval objective function C.A. Antunes, J. Climaco. A fuzzy extension of a mixed integer MOLP model for solving the power generation expansion problem G. Mavrotas, D. Diakoulaki. Management science for marine petroleum logistics E.D. Chajakis. 7: Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Aid & Practice. Dealing with missing data in rough set analysis of multi-attribute and multi-criteria decision problems S. Greco, et al. Cardinal value measurement with MACBETH C.A. Bana e Costa, J.-C. Vansnick. Inferring a multicriteria preference model for rural development projects evaluation E. Krassadaki, Y. Siskos. An adaptable framework for educational software evaluation I. Stamelos, et al. Assessing country risk using a multi-group discrimination method: A comparative analysis M. Doumpos, et al. : Decision Support Systems and Information Technology. RODOS: Decision support for nuclear emergencies J. Bartzis, et al. DSS for the evaluation of national IT infrastructure investments: A study of cable television in Greece C.M. Giaglis, et al. Global IT outsourcing decisions: Contract structure, negotiations, and global deal teams S.T. Huhn, et al. Using Internet multimedia database information systems for decision support in conservation planning M. Angelides, M.C. Angelides. An interactive workload and risk balancing model and decision support system for probationer assignment J.R. Baker, et al. 9: Health Care Planning & Hospital Operations. A goal programming scheme to determine the budget assignment among the hospitals of a sanitary system J.J. Marti. A simulation model to evaluate the interaction between acute, rehabilitation, long stay care and the community E. El-Darzi, et al. Author Index.