In this paper, I discuss the importance of conducting experimental research in managerial
accounting and provide a framework for understanding and assessing the contributions of …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the game-theory literature on cost allocation.
Cost allocation not only provides internal signals that guide a firm's operations but also may …

We investigate certain fundamental problems in decentralized decision making and
computation. We study the problem of whether a set of decision makers (or processors) with …

Der Erfolg jeder Unternehmenstätigkeit hängt zu einem nicht unerheblichen Teil von der
Qualität der gefällten Entscheidungen ab. Wer Entscheidungsprobleme lösen will, benötigt …

We describe a simple initial indicator of whether a proposed merger between rivals in a
differentiated product industry is likely to raise prices through unilateral effects. Our …

This paper considers the question: How should a firm allocate a resource among divisions
when the productivity of the resource in each division is known only to the division …

This paper was prepared for the Marshall Lectures, Cambridge Uni-versity, October 25-26,
1989. I am grateful to CV Kuh for helpful discussions and suggestions during the preparation …

This paper provides empirical evidence on a truth-inducing pay scheme widely discussed
and analyzed in the incentive contracting literature. An experiment was conducted in which …

Many still view simulation models as a black box. This paper argues that perceptions could
change if the systematic design of experiments (DOE) for simulation research was fully …

This tutorial-survey paper introduces the problems of decentralized statistical decision
making (team theory) where the decision makers have access to different information …