Reducing incremental costs associated with the delegation of incentive contracting decisions: An analysis of planning and control decisions in a manufacturing setting in the presence of moral hazard

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 816-838

  Natarajan, Ramachandran ^a   Sethuraman, Kannan ^b   Surysekar, Krishnamurthy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Decision analysis; Heuristics; Organization theory

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; COSTS; DECISION THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MANAGERS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AGENCY THEORY; DEMAND ALLOCATION; MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATION ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 9544238109     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.09.015     Document Type: Article

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