Organizational pressures on forecast evaluation: Managerial, political, and procedural influences

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-254

  Jones, Vernon Dale ^a   Bretschneider, Stuart ^b,d   Gorr, Wilpen L ^c  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implementation of forecasts; Institutional, organizational, managerial, political, and procedural pressures and influences on forecasting; Users of forecasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012850432     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-131X(199707)16:4<241::AID-FOR658>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Review

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