Advances in Business and Management Forecasting
Published on 25. July 2016
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-78635-534-8 (ISBN)
Description
Advances in Business and Management Forecasting presents state-of-the-art studies in the application of forecasting methodologies to suce areas as finance, economics, technology, and forecasting accuracy. Volume 11 is split into four sections which address Forecasting in Marketing and Sales, Forecasting in Health Care, Forecasting in Business and Economics, and Topics in Forecasting. A number of topics are examined including brand experience, hospital bed management, population growth and online information sharing.
Reviews / Votes
Lawrence and Klimberg present essays from 28 expert contributors in this volume, which covers technology, economics, finance, and forecasting accuracy in state-of-the-art studies. Twelve chapters are divided into four parts: forecasting in marketing and sales; forecasting in health care; forecasting in business and economics; topics in forecasting. -- Annotation * protoview.com *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78635-534-8 (9781786355348)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Kenneth D. Lawrence | Ronald K. Klimberg
Advances in Business and Management Forecasting
E-Book
07/2016
Emerald Publishing Limited
€97.49
Available for download
Persons
Edited by Kenneth D. Lawrence, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA
Ronald K. Klimberg, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ronald K. Klimberg, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Content
PART I: FORECASTING IN MARKETING AND SALES
Optimizing Resources to Better Forecast Future Profits - Kathleen Campbell Garwood, Alicia Graziosi Strandberg and Nicolle Clements
Brand Experience and Customer Equity Prediction - Arthur Cheng-Hsui Chen, Shaw K. Chen and Chien-Lin Ma
A Comparative Evaluation of Intermittent Demand Forecasting with Updated Smoothing Constants - Matthew Lindsey and Robert Pavur
PART II: FORECASTING IN HEALTH CARE
Forecasting Pain and Discomfort for Canines with Disease for Establishing Appropriate Medication Levels - Virginia M. Miori, Zhenpeng Miao and Yingdao Qu
Honing a Predictive Model to Accurately Forecast the Number of Bed Days Needed to Cover Patient Volume for a Large Hospital System - Alan D. Olinsky, Kristin Kennedy and Michael Salzillo
Can Rationality of USDA's Fixed-Event Crop Forecasts Be Improved? - Ran Xie, Olga Isengildina-Massa and Julia L. Sharp
PART III: FORECASTING IN BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Business School Forecasting for the Real World - John F. Kros and William J. Rowe
Forecasting the Operating Income of MetLife - Kenneth D. Lawrence, Gary Kleinman and Sheila M. Lawrence
Forecasting the Population Growth in China Based on the Welfare Efficiency and Demographic Statistics - Feng Yang, Yuan Yang and Zhimin Huang
PART IV: TOPICS IN FORECASTING
Modeling Los Angeles Water Leaks Using Different Measures of Temperature - Daniel E. O'Leary
How Information Spreads in Online Social Networks - Christopher J. Quinn, Matthew J. Quinn, Alan D. Olinsky and John T. Quinn
Is There a Home Run Derby Curse? - Daniel E. O'Leary
Optimizing Resources to Better Forecast Future Profits - Kathleen Campbell Garwood, Alicia Graziosi Strandberg and Nicolle Clements
Brand Experience and Customer Equity Prediction - Arthur Cheng-Hsui Chen, Shaw K. Chen and Chien-Lin Ma
A Comparative Evaluation of Intermittent Demand Forecasting with Updated Smoothing Constants - Matthew Lindsey and Robert Pavur
PART II: FORECASTING IN HEALTH CARE
Forecasting Pain and Discomfort for Canines with Disease for Establishing Appropriate Medication Levels - Virginia M. Miori, Zhenpeng Miao and Yingdao Qu
Honing a Predictive Model to Accurately Forecast the Number of Bed Days Needed to Cover Patient Volume for a Large Hospital System - Alan D. Olinsky, Kristin Kennedy and Michael Salzillo
Can Rationality of USDA's Fixed-Event Crop Forecasts Be Improved? - Ran Xie, Olga Isengildina-Massa and Julia L. Sharp
PART III: FORECASTING IN BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Business School Forecasting for the Real World - John F. Kros and William J. Rowe
Forecasting the Operating Income of MetLife - Kenneth D. Lawrence, Gary Kleinman and Sheila M. Lawrence
Forecasting the Population Growth in China Based on the Welfare Efficiency and Demographic Statistics - Feng Yang, Yuan Yang and Zhimin Huang
PART IV: TOPICS IN FORECASTING
Modeling Los Angeles Water Leaks Using Different Measures of Temperature - Daniel E. O'Leary
How Information Spreads in Online Social Networks - Christopher J. Quinn, Matthew J. Quinn, Alan D. Olinsky and John T. Quinn
Is There a Home Run Derby Curse? - Daniel E. O'Leary