3 THE ANALYSIS WHITSITT PERFORMED INDICATED THAT A NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIP EXISTED. He fit two straight lines to the data and developed separate equations for the prediction of ECT from ring crush, one for light weight boards (1) and one for heavy weight boards (2). Lightweight boards are constructed with linerboard less than 42 lb/msf and heavy weight boards are constructed with linerboard 42 ...

We consider an organization in which two activities need to be coordinated with each other (standardization), and yet also need to respond to local conditions (customization). Control of the activities can be allocated among two privately informed but biased local agents (employees) and an uninformed but unbiased central agent (manager). We analyze how the allocation of decisions rights within ...

Today’s competitive health care markets demand innovation and risk taking on the part of organizations. However, increased government regulation and stiffer penalties enacted in the wake of recent high -profile corporate scandals and the resulting Sarbanes–Oxley legislation, may render boards less willing to undertake entrepreneurial ventures. This article extends the typology of corporate entr...