Management Science Roundup

—“From Japan: Intercorporate Technology Transfer in Japanese Industry”;

—“Seen Elsewhere” with three overviews: (1) Economic and Technological Models for Evaluation of Energy Policy (The Bell Journal of Economics, Autumn 1977, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 444–466) by Kenneth C. Hoffman (Brookhaven National Laboratory) and Dale W. Jorgenson (Harvard University); (2) Advertising Decision Rules in a Multibrand Environment: Optimal Control Theory and Evidence (Journal of Marketing Research, February 1978, Vol. XV, No. 1, pp. 82–92) by Mario J. Picconi (The University of Akron) and Charles Olson (Governors State University); (3) Management and the Art of Chinese Baseball (Sloan Management Review, Spring 1978, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 83–89), by Ralph G. W. Siu.