Managers and Students as Newsvendors - How Out-of-Task Experience Matters

We compare how freshmen business students, graduate business students and experienced procurement managers perform on a simple inventory ordering task. We find that, qualitatively, managers exhibit ordering behavior similar to students, including biased ordering towards average demand. Experience, however, affects subjects’ utilization of information. The managers’ work experience seems most valuable when there is only historical demand data to guide decision making, while students better utilize analytical information and task training. As a result, when information necessary to solve the problem to optimality is added to historical information, students catch up to the managers, and students with classroom experience in operations management outperform managers.

Evaluating the integration of supply chain information systems: A case study

Supply chain management (SCM) is the integrated management of business links, information flows and people. It is with this frame of reference that information systems integration from both intra- and inter-organisational levels becomes significant. Enterprise application integration (EAI) has emerged as software technologies to address the issue of integrating the portfolio of SCM components both within organisations and through cross-enterprises. EAI is based on a diversity of integration technologies (e.g. message brokers, ebXML) that differ in the type and level of integration they offer. However, none of these technologies claim to be a panacea to overcoming all integration problems but rather, need to be pieced together to support the linking of diverse applications that often exist within supply chains. In exploring the evaluation of supply chain integration, the authors propose a framework for evaluating the portfolio of integration technologies that are used to unify inter-organisational and intra-organisational information systems. The authors define and classify the permutations of information systems available according to their characteristics and integration requirements. These, classifications of system types are then adopted as part of the evaluation framework and empirically tested within a case study

Inscriptions from Abdera and Maroneia

The present article is concerned with three inscriptions from the Greek citiesof Abdera and Maroneia in coastal Thrace. Nos. 1 (Abdera) and 2 (Maroneia) were first published in the 2004 corpus of the inscriptions of Aegean Thrace (I.Thrac.Aeg. E1 and E181α), and improved texts of both are offered here; no.3 (Maroneia) is new. The first text is a fragmentary early-fifth century law from Abdera, concerned with upper and lower ages of eligibility for military service, and with what will happen in the event of a revolution or naval incursion at Abdera. The inscription is tentatively dated to the immediate aftermath of the Persian Wars, perhaps around 475 BC. The second text is an ad hominem decree of the city of Maroneia, probably of the first century BC or the first century AD, granting permission to a civic magistrate named Proklesto adopt his own infant orphaned grandson; the content of the decree has no close parallels elsewhere in the Greek world. The third text is a poorly preserved twelve-line epigram in the form of a hymn or prayer to several deities, asking them to protect the city of Maroneia; its letter-forms suggest a date in the later Hellenistic period

Poets of the Axylon

Dieser Aufsatz bietet neue kritische Editionen von fünfzehn spätrömischen Grabinschriften in Versform aus «Axylon», der ostphrygischen Steppe westlich des Tatta-Sees in der römischen Provinz Galatien. Elf dieser Epitaphe werden drei unterschiedlichen Dorfdichtern zugeschrieben, dem «Zıvarık Dichter», dem «Çe¸smelisebil Dichter» und dem «Koça¸s Dichter». Der Autor diskutiert die von den Grabinschriften gebotenen Anhaltspunkte für den Bildungs- und Alphabetisierungsgrad im ländlichen Anatolien der spätrömischen Zeit, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Verwendung des Vokabulars und von Formulierungen aus den Homerischen Epen. Das Metrum der Texte wird im Detail analysiert; der Beitrag schließt mit einer Diskussion der sozialen und ethischen Werte, die in den spätrömischen Versinschriften der Region Ausdruck finden.This paper offers new critical editions of fifteen late Roman verse epitaphs from the «Axylon», the East Phrygian steppe to the west of Lake Tatta in the Roman province of Galatia. Eleven of these epitaphs are assigned to three individual village poets, the «Zıvarık poet», the «Çe¸smelisebil poet», and the «Koça¸s poet». The author discusses the evidence which these epitaphs provide for levels of education and literacy in rural Anatolia in the late Roman period, with a particular focus on the use of words and phrases drawn from the Homeric epics. The metre of the texts is analysed in detail, and the paper concludes with a discussion of the social and ethical values expressed in the late Roman verse epitaphs of the region.L’article offre de nouvelles éditions critiques de quinze épitaphes en vers d’époque impériale tardive en provenance d’«Axylon», la steppe située dans l’est de la Phrygie, à l’ouest du lac Tatta dans la province romaine de Galatie. Onze de ces épitaphes ont été attribuées à trois poètes de villages différents, le «poète de Zıvarık», le «poète de Çe¸smelisebil» et le «poète de Koça¸s». L’auteur traite des informations que ces épitaphes contiennent en ce qui concerne le niveau d’éducation et d’alphabétisation de l’Anatolie rurale à la fin de l’époque impériale, en se concentrant principalement sur les mots et phrases tirés des épopées d’Homère. Le mètre des textes est analysé en détails, et l’article se termine par une discussion sur les valeurs sociales et éthiques exprimées dans les épitaphes en vers de l’Antiquité tardive de la région

The Martyrdom of Ariadne of Prymnessos and an Inscription from Perge

Dieser Beitrag analysiert eine Passage aus dem spätantiken Bericht über das Martyrium der Ariadne von Prymnessos (die Verteidigungsrede des Nikagoras für seinen Verwandten Tertullus). Es wurde schon vor langer Zeit erkannt, dass Nikagoras Rede eine oder mehrere Ehreninschriften der hohen Kaiserzeit zum Vorbild nimmt. Der Autor zeigt nun, dass die Nikagorasrede eine Ehreninschrift aus Perge für Tiberius Claudius Vibianus Tertullus paraphrasiert, einen prominenten städtischen Euergeten aus Perge, der in den letzten Jahren der Herrschaft von Mark Aurel das Amt des ab epistulis Graecis bekleidete. Weiterhin wird argumentiert, dass ein Versepigramm aus Sagalassos in Pisidien, das die Wohltaten eines gewissen «Tertullus» für Sagalassos festhält, sich auf dieselbe Person bezieht.This paper analyses a passage of the late antique Martyrdom of Ariadne of Prymnessos (the speech of Nikagoras in defence of his kinsman Tertullus). Nikagoras’ speech has long been recognised as having been modelled on one or more honorific inscriptions of the high imperial period. The author shows that the speech of Nikagoras is a paraphrase of an honorific inscription from Perge for Tiberius Claudius Vibianus Tertullus, a prominent Pergaian civic benefactor who held the imperial office of ab epistulis Graecis during the last years of the reign of Marcus Aurelius. The author argues that a verse epigram from Sagalassos in Pisidia, recording the benefactions of a certain «Tertullus» to Sagalassos, also pertains to the same individual.tbaCet article analyse un passage relatif au martyr d’Ariadne de Prymnessos de l’Antiquité tardive (le discours de Nicagoras sur la défense de son parent Tertullus). Il est depuis longtemps reconnu que le discours de Nicagoras a pris comme modèle une ou plusieurs inscriptions honorifiques du Haut-Empire. L’auteur démontre que le discours de Nicagoras est une paraphrase d’une inscription honorifique de Pergé pour Tiberius Claudius Vibianus Tertullus, un bienfaiteur civique pergéen proéminent qui occupa l’office impérial d’ab epistulis Graecis au cours des dernières années du règne de Marc-Aurèle. L’auteur fait valoir qu’une épigramme en vers de Sagalassos en Pisidie, qui enregistre les bienfaits d’un certain «Tertullus» de Sagalassos, se rapporte au même individu.tb

Poets of the Axylon

Dieser Aufsatz bietet neue kritische Editionen von fünfzehn spätrömischen Grabinschriften in Versform aus «Axylon», der ostphrygischen Steppe westlich des Tatta-Sees in der römischen Provinz Galatien. Elf dieser Epitaphe werden drei unterschiedlichen Dorfdichtern zugeschrieben, dem «Zıvarık Dichter», dem «Çe¸smelisebil Dichter» und dem «Koça¸s Dichter». Der Autor diskutiert die von den Grabinschriften gebotenen Anhaltspunkte für den Bildungs- und Alphabetisierungsgrad im ländlichen Anatolien der spätrömischen Zeit, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Verwendung des Vokabulars und von Formulierungen aus den Homerischen Epen. Das Metrum der Texte wird im Detail analysiert; der Beitrag schließt mit einer Diskussion der sozialen und ethischen Werte, die in den spätrömischen Versinschriften der Region Ausdruck finden.This paper offers new critical editions of fifteen late Roman verse epitaphs from the «Axylon», the East Phrygian steppe to the west of Lake Tatta in the Roman province of Galatia. Eleven of these epitaphs are assigned to three individual village poets, the «Zıvarık poet», the «Çe¸smelisebil poet», and the «Koça¸s poet». The author discusses the evidence which these epitaphs provide for levels of education and literacy in rural Anatolia in the late Roman period, with a particular focus on the use of words and phrases drawn from the Homeric epics. The metre of the texts is analysed in detail, and the paper concludes with a discussion of the social and ethical values expressed in the late Roman verse epitaphs of the region.L’article offre de nouvelles éditions critiques de quinze épitaphes en vers d’époque impériale tardive en provenance d’«Axylon», la steppe située dans l’est de la Phrygie, à l’ouest du lac Tatta dans la province romaine de Galatie. Onze de ces épitaphes ont été attribuées à trois poètes de villages différents, le «poète de Zıvarık», le «poète de Çe¸smelisebil» et le «poète de Koça¸s». L’auteur traite des informations que ces épitaphes contiennent en ce qui concerne le niveau d’éducation et d’alphabétisation de l’Anatolie rurale à la fin de l’époque impériale, en se concentrant principalement sur les mots et phrases tirés des épopées d’Homère. Le mètre des textes est analysé en détails, et l’article se termine par une discussion sur les valeurs sociales et éthiques exprimées dans les épitaphes en vers de l’Antiquité tardive de la région

European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS):Gründungsveranstaltung Münster, 12. Oktober 2004

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Inscriptions from Abdera and Maroneia

The present article is concerned with three inscriptions from the Greek citiesof Abdera and Maroneia in coastal Thrace. Nos. 1 (Abdera) and 2 (Maroneia) were first published in the 2004 corpus of the inscriptions of Aegean Thrace (I.Thrac.Aeg. E1 and E181α), and improved texts of both are offered here; no.3 (Maroneia) is new. The first text is a fragmentary early-fifth century law from Abdera, concerned with upper and lower ages of eligibility for military service, and with what will happen in the event of a revolution or naval incursion at Abdera. The inscription is tentatively dated to the immediate aftermath of the Persian Wars, perhaps around 475 BC. The second text is an ad hominem decree of the city of Maroneia, probably of the first century BC or the first century AD, granting permission to a civic magistrate named Proklesto adopt his own infant orphaned grandson; the content of the decree has no close parallels elsewhere in the Greek world. The third text is a poorly preserved twelve-line epigram in the form of a hymn or prayer to several deities, asking them to protect the city of Maroneia; its letter-forms suggest a date in the later Hellenistic period