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Now Published: Advances in Business and Management Forecasting volume 8

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Advances in Business and Management Forecasting volume 8, edited by Kenneth D. Lawrence and Ronald K. Klimberg.Emerald Bookstore and other online retailers. The eBook is available through the Emerald Social Sciences eBook collection. Individual chapters can be purchased or rented online.adoptionrequests@emeraldinsight.com

ISBN: 9780857249593

ISSN: 1477-4070

Publication date: 23^rd November 2011

Synopsis:

is a blind refereed serial publication. The objective of this research annual is to present state-of-the-art studies in the application of forecasting methodologies to such areas as sales, marketing, finance, health care, and strategic decision making. (An accurate, robust forecast is critical to effective decision making.) The orientation of this volume is applications/practitioner. The topics will normally include sales and marketing, forecasting, new product forecasting, judgmentally-based forecasting, the application of surveys to forecasting, forecasting for strategic business decisions, improvements in forecasting accuracy, and sales response models. It is both the hope and direction of the editorial board to stimulate the interest of the practitioners of forecasting to methods and techniques that are relevant. In Volume 8, there are 13 papers in 4 sections. The four sections are Demand Forecasting, Financial Forecasting, Health Care, and Selected Topics in Forecasting.

Table of Contents:

Removing Systematic Bias from Demand Forecasts

Joanne Utley

Seasonal Influences on Electricity Demand in the Mid-Atlantic Region

John F. Kros

Propane Demand Modeling for Residential Sectors: A Regression Analysis

Nitin Shenoy, Milton Smith

A Multiobjective Model for Warranty Policies Integrating Product Quality, Market Share, and R&D Expenditures

Amitava Mitra, Jayprakash G. Patankar

Forecasting Bank Solvency: An Emphasis on Loan Quality

Rebecca Abraham, Charles W. Harrington

An Evaluation of Financial Analysts and Naïve Methods in Forecasting Long-Term Earnings

Michael Lacina, B. Brian Lee, Randall Zhaohui Xu

Short-Term Predictions of the Total Medical Costs of California Counties

Gary Kleinman, Dinesh Pai, Kenneth D. Lawrence

Estimating Admissions and Discharges for Planning Purposes – Case of an Academic Health System

Rung-Chuan Lin, Kalyan S. Pasupathy, Mustafa Y. Sir

Simulation to Forecast the Impact of Electronic Medical Records and Inventory (Patient) Postponement in Developing Efficient Heath Care Supply Chains

Virginia M. Miori, Daniel J. Miori, Brian W. Segulin

Forecasting with Information from the Future

Frenck Waage

Prediction Markets as a Forecasting Tool

Daniel E. O'Leary

Forecasting, Control, and Management of a Production System Using Predictive Visual Interactive Simulation

Rolando Quintana, Mark T. Leung

Percentage Forecasting Error: A New Forecasting Performance Measure – How Accurate is it?

Ronald K. Klimberg, George P. Sillup, Kevin Boyle

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