Lyneis (1980, 1999) describes a phased approach to modeling that has proven successful for large strategy consulting engagements. This process usually requires months of modeling effort and multiple iterations to achieve the level of detail required for specific answers. Strategic analyses are episodic, however, and managers expect faster turnarounds and more specific, trusted results than is p...

This paper presents the instruction generation system L submitted by the LORIA and TALARIS team to the GIVE challenge 2011 (GIVE 2.5). The system L takes the same approach to instruction generation than its predecessor the system NA that participated to the GIVE challenge 2010 (GIVE 2), the two systems are almost the same except minor modifications. We present the strategy of these systems, nam...

Using a framework of meaning-making derived from social psychological research on how individuals manage adverse life events and research on sensemaking, we develop and test theory about how frontline employees overcome the challenges of implementing strategic change. We find certain types of meaning-making (strategy worldview and benefits finding) can create the requisite psychological resourc...

Purpose – To elaborate a methodology enabling organizations to define their strategic processes among other processes. Design/methodology/approach – A case study approach has been chosen due to the nature of this research. Case study research method is qualitative method but it can be positivist. The mix of techniques is appropriate and some degree of quantification is necessary. Three high-lev...

absTraCT The chapter discusses the use of business strategies for pure Internet firms. It separates the strategic choices and directions used for idea generation, during start-up, and beyond business or brand establishment. Corroborating much of the literature, it argues that traditional notions of strategy might be inappropriate for some dotcom firms due to the high level of complexity, speed ...

ConnectIT uses a graphical representation to express strategies for playing the connect-four game. With this tool we can transfer complex knowledge about the connect-four game itself, simple algorithmic concepts and modern high-level componentbased modeling techniques from theoretical grounds into an inspiring and practical learning experience. We proved the adequacy of this approach in several...

Mobile banking services present a unique growth opportunity for mobile operators in emerging markets, and have already made good progress in bringing financial services to the previously unbanked populations of many developing countries. The potential is amazing, but what about the risks? In the complex process of establishing a mobile banking business model, many kinds of risks and factors nee...

This paper is an attempt to develop a unified approach to endogenous heterogeneity by constructing general class of two-player symmetric games that always possess only asymmetric pure-strategy Nash equilibria. These classes of games are characterized in some abstract sense by two general properties: payoff non-concavities and some form of strategic substitutability. We provide a detailed discus...

This paper proposes an estimation method for a repeated auction game under the presence of capacity constraints. The estimation strategy is computationally simple as it does not require solving for the equilibrium of the game. It uses a two stage approach. In the first stage the distribution of bids conditional on state variables is estimated using data on bids, bidder characteristics, and cont...