DECISION SCIENCES Journal

VOLUME 30, NUMBER I, WINTER 1999

CONCEPTS, THEORIES, AND TECHNIQUES

Limits to Concurrency

Geert M. Hoedemaker, Joseph D. Blackburn,
and Luk N. Van Wassenhove .......................................I

Dynamic Benchmarks for Operations Evaluation Using
Soft Computing Methods
Lewis H. Warren and Miles G. Nicholls ............................. 19

The Effects of Learning, Forgetting, and Relearning
on Decision Rule Performance in Multiproject Scheduling
Robert Ash and Dwight E. Smith-Daniels ............................ 47

On the Measurements of Board Composition:
Poor Consistency and a Serious Mismatch of Theory
and Operationalization
Catherine M. Daily, Jonalhon L. Johnson, and Dan R. Dalton ........... 83

An Examination of Procedural and Object-oriented Systems
Analysis Methods: Does Prior Experience Help or Hinder
Performance?
Michael G. Morris, Cheri Speier, and Jeffrey A. Hoffer ................ 107

The Relationship Between Information System Planning
Sophistication and Information System Success:
An Empirical Assessment
Rajiv Sabherwal............................................... 137

Presenting Geographic Information: Effects on Data
Aggregation, Dispersion, and Users' Spatial Orientation
Morgan Swink and Cheri Speier .................................. 169

APPLICATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION

A Cross-Validation Analysis of Neural Network
Out-of-Sample Performance in Exchange Rate Forecasting
Michael Y, Hu, Guoqiang (Peter) Zhang, Christine X. Jiang,
and B. Eddy Patuwo ........................................... 197

Selecting a Portfolio of Technologies: An Application
of Decision Analysis

Jack A. Jackson, Jack M. Kloeber, Jr., Brian E. Ralston,
and Richard F. Deckro ..........................................217

A Comparative Revenue Analysis of Hotel Yield
Management Heuristics
Timothy Kevin Baker and David A. Collier. ......................... 239

NOTES AND SHORT PAPERS

Vendor Selection with Bundling: A Comment
Joseph Sarkis and John H. Semple ................................ 265

Information Systems Management Issues: Reporting and Relevance
Prashant C. Palvia and Suvojit Choton Basu ........................ 273

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DECISION SCIENCES

VOLUME 30, NUMBER 2, 1999



CONCEPTS, THEORIES, AND TECHNIQUES
Technology Use and Performance: A Field Study of Broker
Workstations
Henry C. Lucas, Jr. and V K. Spitler. .............................. 291


Stock Evaluation Using a Preference Disaggregation
Methodology
Constantin Zopounidis, Michael Doumpos, and Stelios Zanakis ......... 313


The Influence of Task Interruption on Individual Decision
Making: An Information Overload Perspective
Cheri Speier, Joseph S. Valacich, and Iris Vessey..................... 337


Are Individual Differences Germane to the Acceptance
of New Information Technologies?
Ritu Agarwal and Jayesh Prasad ................................. 361


Empirically Testing the Relationship Between End-user
Computing Problems and Information Center Success Factors
Tor Guimaraes, Yash P. Gupta, and R, Kelly Rainer, Jr................. 393


Axiomatic Justification for a Geometric Quality Aggregation
Function
Scott E, Sampson .............................................. 415


APPLICATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION

Supporting Quick Response Through Scheduling
of Make-to-Stock Production/Inventory Systems
M. Eric Johnson and Gary Scudder ............................... 441


Variable Royalty Rates for Improving Franchise Channel
Coordination
Surinder Tikoo and Suresh K. Nair................................ 469


An Evaluation of Routing and Value-based Storage Policies
in an Order Picking Operation
Charles G. Petersen II and Roger W. Schmenner..................... 481


A DEA Framework to Assess the Efficiency of the Software
Requirements Capture and Analysis Process
Prodromes D, Chatzoglou and Andreas C, Soteriou .................. 503


Modeling IS Planning Benefits Using ACE
James S. K. Ang, S. A. Quek, Thompson S. H, Tea, and B.Lai. .......... 533


NOTES AND SHORT PAPERS

Optimizing Natural Gas Flows with Linear Programming
and Scenarios
John C. Butler and James S. Dyer ................................ 563


Chainwise Paired Comparisons
Jang W.Ra. ...... ............................. ........ ....... 581

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