This paper presents the application of the sensitivity analysis techniques Design of Experiments (DOE) and metamodelling to the agent-based model AgriPoliS, which is a spatial and dynamic simulation model of regional structural change. DOE and metamodelling provide a more systematic analysis of results of complex simulation models. When summarising the results, it becomes clear that interest ra...

This research uses dual-process models of individual cognition to build a theory of organizational dual-process exploration capability: the ability of distributed managers to make tradeoffs between exploitation and exploration in response to mechanisms deployed centrally. Through ongoing adjustment of slack and managerial discretion at distributed locations, the theory explains how central lead...

the purpose of this paper is to study how the characteristics of successful managers are somehow related to their programme in co-operatives. the study shows there is a significant relationship between managers' characteristics such as innovation, authority and leadership, with managerial skills, self confidence and degree of success. however, there is no correlation between intelligence, ...

We study a dynamic agency problem with two-sided moral hazard: the worker chooses whether to exert effort or shirk; the manager chooses whether to invest in an attention technology to recognize worker performance. In equilibrium the worker uses past recognition to infer managerial attention. An engagement trap arises: absent recent recognition, both worker effort and managerial investment decre...

The nonlinear relationship between corporate value (Tobin's Q) and managerial ownership is well documented. This has commonly been attributed to the onset of managerial entrenchment, which results in a decrease of corporate value for increasing levels of managerial holdings. We propose a more complex structure for the corporate value { managerial ownership function, which accounts for the e®ect...

It appears that tomorrow is here today. We need to change the rules of the game and play catch-up ball. Managers need information not computer-based information systems. The latter is a means to the former end. Managers need flexible access to relevant data and the ability to analyze that data. Computer systems are intended to provide the means to make this possible, economic, and easy for mana...

theoretical ideas and a tendency to take an academic intellectual approach to problem solving. As such, this correlation provides strong support for the convergent construct validity of this 15FQ+ primary factors. Table 25: Correlations (r>.3) Between the 15FQ+ factors and the OIP+ scales 15FQ+ factor OIP+ scale A Empathic Scientifi c (-.46), Logical (-.32), Agreeable (.38) ß Intellectance Mana...