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Monthly Archive November, 2005

SCP call call for papers

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SOCIETY FOR CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY SUMMER CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS The Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) will hold its Annual Summer Conference as part of the 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association from August 10-13. SCP (Division 23 of APA) represents psychologists and other consumer researchers working to develop an understanding of issues that […]

2006 INFORMS Marketing Science Conference

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2006 INFORMS MARKETING SCIENCE CONFERENCE The INFORMS Marketing Science Conference is an annual conference that brings together the leading research scholars in marketing, and a small number of individuals from industry and government. The conference falls under the auspices of the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) sub-branch whose major purpose is to foster the […]

JDM 2005

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JDM 2005 HAS BEGUN The JDM conference is underway, and Decision Science News is there, in fact posting from the lobby. 9:20 AM Canada is a crisp 45 something degrees. The registration table is open (and outside the Essex ballroom on the 2nd floor), and much more is bound to happen. Saturday One psychologist, with […]

Simple heuristics for an academic career

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SOME EASY THINGS TO DO TO IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF SUCCESS AS AN ACADEMIC Decision Science News was recently asked to give a talk on simple strategies for doing research. Rewrite things many times. Someone, perhaps Woody Allen, said “Writing is hard. Rewriting is easy.” Write as if you’re writing the final version. If it […]

Working papers to watch: The myth of market share

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COMPETITOR-ORIENTED OBJECTIVES: THE MYTH OF MARKET SHARE You run a business. An advocate of focus, you decide to put all your energies behind one pursuit. You come down to a list of two candidates: Strive to maximize market share Strive to maximize profit Perhaps the difference is hard to see at first. They are correlated. […]

More SJDM detail

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MORE INFORMATION ON THE JDM 2005 ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN TORONTO The Society has made available a revised program, a city map and a floorplan. We at DSN find this sort of information handy, and look forward to seeing you at JDM, our favourite conference. If you have not registered, it is not too late.