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Judging the judges through accuracy-implication metrics : the case of inventory forecasting (2010)
Journal Article
Syntetos, A., Nikolopoulos, K., & Boylan, J. (2010). Judging the judges through accuracy-implication metrics : the case of inventory forecasting. International Journal of Forecasting, 26(1), 134-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2009.05.016

A number of research projects have demonstrated that the efficiency of inventory systems does not relate directly to demand forecasting performance, as measured by standard forecasting accuracy measures. When a forecasting method is used as an input... Read More about Judging the judges through accuracy-implication metrics : the case of inventory forecasting.

On the variance of intermittent demand estimates (2010)
Journal Article
Syntetos, A., & Boylan, J. (2010). On the variance of intermittent demand estimates. International Journal of Production Economics, 128(2), 546-555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.07.005

Intermittent demand occurs at random with many time periods showing no demand at all. Forecasting such demand patterns constitutes a challenging exercise because of the associated dual source of variation (demand intervals and demand sizes). Research... Read More about On the variance of intermittent demand estimates.

Determining order-up-to levels under periodic review for compound binomial (intermittent) demand (2010)
Journal Article
Teunter, R., Syntetos, A., & Babai, M. (2010). Determining order-up-to levels under periodic review for compound binomial (intermittent) demand. European Journal of Operational Research, 203(3), 619-624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2009.09.013

We propose a new method for determining order-up-to levels for intermittent demand items in a periodic review system. Contrary to existing methods, we exploit the intermittent character of demand by modelling lead time demand as a compound binomial p... Read More about Determining order-up-to levels under periodic review for compound binomial (intermittent) demand.

Differentiation for competitive advantage in a small family business (2010)
Journal Article
Douglas, A., Douglas, J., & Davies, J. (2010). Differentiation for competitive advantage in a small family business. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 17(3), 371-386. https://doi.org/10.1108/14626001011068680

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report how a small, family-owned children's play centre can achieve competitive advantage by developing a differentiated service. The aim is to show how this differentiation strategy is operationalized in a s... Read More about Differentiation for competitive advantage in a small family business.

The development of absorptive capacity-based innovation in a construction SME (2010)
Journal Article
Mcadam, R., Miller, K., McMacken, N., & Davies, J. (2010). The development of absorptive capacity-based innovation in a construction SME. https://doi.org/10.5367/000000010792217308

Traditionally, construction has been a transaction-oriented industry. However, it is changing from the design-bid-build process into a business based on innovation capability and performance management, in which contracts are awarded on the basis of... Read More about The development of absorptive capacity-based innovation in a construction SME.

Parallel trade of pharmaceutical products : the ECJ finally speaks — comment on GlaxoSmithKline (2010)
Journal Article
Petrucci, C. (2010). Parallel trade of pharmaceutical products : the ECJ finally speaks — comment on GlaxoSmithKline. European Law Review, 275-286

This article reviews the ECJ’s judgment in GlaxoSmithKline that overturned some important findings of the CFI’s decision. It criticises the longstanding problematic distinction between anti-competitive object and effect and, in particular, whether di... Read More about Parallel trade of pharmaceutical products : the ECJ finally speaks — comment on GlaxoSmithKline.

How does the DerSimonian and Laird procedure for random effects meta-analysis compare with its more efficient but harder to compute counterparts? (2010)
Journal Article
random effects meta-analysis compare with its more efficient but harder to compute counterparts?. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 140(4), 961-970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspi.2009.09.017

The procedure suggested by DerSimonian and Laird is the simplest and most commonly used method for fitting the random effects model for meta-analysis. Here it is shown that, unless all studies are of similar size, this is inefficient when estimating... Read More about How does the DerSimonian and Laird procedure for random effects meta-analysis compare with its more efficient but harder to compute counterparts?.

Inference for meta-analysis with a suspected temporal trend (2010)
Journal Article
Baker, R., & Jackson, D. (2010). Inference for meta-analysis with a suspected temporal trend. Biometrical Journal, 52(4), 538-551. https://doi.org/10.1002/bimj.200900307

There is sometimes a clear evidence of a strong secular trend in the treatment effect of studies included in a meta-analysis. In such cases, estimating the present-day treatment effect by meta-regression is both reasonable and straightforward. We how... Read More about Inference for meta-analysis with a suspected temporal trend.

Risk aversion in maintenance: a utility-based approach (2010)
Journal Article
Baker, R. (2010). Risk aversion in maintenance: a utility-based approach. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 21(4), 319-332. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpn013

In the author's concept of risk-averse maintenance, introduced in a previous paper, we seek to minimize the disutility of cost per unit time rather than to minimize cost per unit time itself. This gives a maintenance policy that is optimal under risk... Read More about Risk aversion in maintenance: a utility-based approach.

Evaluating the effects of game design on lotto sales: a case study from Spain (2010)
Journal Article
Forrest, D., Perez, L., & Baker, R. (2010). Evaluating the effects of game design on lotto sales: a case study from Spain. ˜The œjournal of gambling business and economics (Print), 4(2), 1-19

In February, 2005 the Spanish National Lottery Agency (LAE) made several modifications to the design of one of its lotto games. The entry fee was not changed but the familiar 6/49 format was replaced by 5/54 + 1/10. This considerably lengthened the o... Read More about Evaluating the effects of game design on lotto sales: a case study from Spain.

ABC classification : service levels and inventory costs (2010)
Journal Article
Teunter, R., Babai, M., & Syntetos, A. (2010). ABC classification : service levels and inventory costs. Production and Operations Management, 19(3),

ABC inventory classifications are widely used in practice, with demand value and demand volume as the most common ranking criteria. The standard approach in ABC applications is to set the same service level for all stock keeping units (SKUs) in a c... Read More about ABC classification : service levels and inventory costs.

Diversity in cognitive models (2010)
Book Chapter
Basden, A., & Kutar, M. (2010). Diversity in cognitive models. In Advances in cognitive systems (465-482). Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

The 12th man?: refereeing bias in English and German soccer (2010)
Journal Article
German soccer. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 173(2), 431-449. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-985X.2009.00604.x

The paper investigates potential bias in awards of player disciplinary sanctions, in the form of cautions (yellow cards) and dismissals (red cards) by referees in the English Premier League and the German Bundesliga. Previous studies of behaviour o... Read More about The 12th man?: refereeing bias in English and German soccer.

The relationship between betting and lottery play (2010)
Journal Article
Forrest, D., Gulley, O., & Simmons, R. (2010). The relationship between betting and lottery play. Economic Inquiry, 48(1), 26-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00123.x

We apply a novel daily time series data set of daily turnover from one of Britain’s leading bookmakers to analyze potential substitution between lottery play and bookmaker betting. We find some evidence that bettors do substitute away from horse r... Read More about The relationship between betting and lottery play.

Seeking to understand how behavioural change is prompted and sustained (2010)
Thesis
Allcock, P. Seeking to understand how behavioural change is prompted and sustained. (Thesis). University of Salford

Behavioural change is the purpose of Human Resource Development (HRD), the researcher's chosen field of practice. This study describes the evolution of professional practice and the research that, through critical study and analysis, has yielded a c... Read More about Seeking to understand how behavioural change is prompted and sustained.