Title of dissertation: ESSAYS ON ISSUES IN NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION: PRODUCT ROLLOVERS, INFORMATION PROVISION, AND RETURN POLICIES Eylem Koca, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011 Dissertation directed by: Prof. Gilvan C. Souza Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington Prof. Yi Xu R. H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park In this dissertation we study several k...

Finding the Value of Information About a State Variable in a Markov Decision Process Gilvan C. Souza The Robert H. Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742 Phone: 301-405-0628; fax: 301-405-8655; email: [email protected] ABSTRACT In this paper we present a mixed–integer programming formulation that computes the optimal solution for a certain class of Markov dec...

in order to study of genetic diversity and similarity among four native olive cultivars including ‘mari’, ‘zard’, ‘shengeh’ and ‘rowghani’, these cultivars were evaluated in five regions including ali abad, gilvan, tarom, manjil and jamal abad at 2012-2013. there was a significant difference among studied individuals. the correlation coefficient analysis among studied traits showed that there w...

Olive oil in general due to it monounsaturation, stability, nutritive value, consistency, taste andaroma might be considered as a valuable and luxury oil. Annual importation of olive oil to Iran fromMediterranean countries is on a large scale although some olive oils are produced in Iran particularly in the northand some plantation has been applied in different provinces particularly in Fars. T...

chronology of northwestern iran is principally based on archeological excavations of the area located around urmia lake. although plain and filled with water, and the outcomes of these excavations are extended to the whole northwestern region. however, northwestern iran despite having geographical diversities with mountainous plains and low stretches, systematic and comprehensive studies have b...

olive oil in general due to it monounsaturation, stability, nutritive value, consistency, taste andaroma might be considered as a valuable and luxury oil. annual importation of olive oil to iran frommediterranean countries is on a large scale although some olive oils are produced in iran particularly in the northand some plantation has been applied in different provinces particularly in fars. t...