Predictive strategic marketing management decisions in small firms: A possible Bayesian solution

Reynolds, Paul Lewis and Lancaster, Geoffrey A. (2007) Predictive strategic marketing management decisions in small firms: A possible Bayesian solution. Management decision, 45 (6). pp. 1038-1057. ISSN 0025-1747

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to suggest a framework for sales forecasting more suitable for smaller firms. The authors examine the sales forecasting practices of small firms and then proceed to discuss the application of Bayesian decision theory in the production of sales forecasts, a method arguably more suited to the smaller firm. The authors suggest that many small firm entrepreneurs are inherently “Bayesian” in their thinking approach to predicting events in that they often rely on subjective estimates at least for initial starting values.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Schools:	Huddersfield Business School
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Depositing User:	Briony Heyhoe
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2008 15:40
Last Modified:	10 Sep 2010 09:37
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/1026

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