RAND work in law, business, and regulation includes analyses of alternative dispute resolution, asbestos litigation, workers' compensation, insurance, and other civil justice matters. This research often has implications for the private sector, such as entrepreneurs facing legal and regulatory hurdles, or multinational corporations dealing with corporate ethics and governance issues.
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A summary of ideas that may be useful in seeking new contracts and preparing proposals. Coming from a seminar on "How To Start and Operate a Small Business," the author outlines 5 main points: plan the product; research the market; assemble the tea...
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Projects a postwar South Vietnam controlled by Hanoi's Communist regime.
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The computer is often touted as the potential savior of organizations finding themselves inundated by paperwork--a position in which the courts find themselves today. Some examples of information systems for court use are presented that illustrate v...
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A highly selective bibliography on the distribution of income and wealth, 1945-1970, heavily weighted in both distribution theory and narrative accounts of the American experience. Part I is a brief listing of bibliographies. Part II lists books an...
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An argument for bridging the information gap between policymakers and academicians. The researcher faces many problems in bringing his material before the policymaker--e.g., policymakers' lack of time and ignorance of quantitative methods. It is pr...
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Severe problems of congestion and delay have existed in both criminal and civil courts throughout the country for many years. Only in the last few years, however, have the techniques of operations research been applied to the effective administratio...
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Because the 1970s will see accelerated changes from technology toward humanism, management systems will also change. We must learn to deal with more complex social values; work in an increasingly political environment; and deal with organizational i...
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Review of the history of relations between the Vietnamese Highlanders and the central government since 1955 and recommendations concerning the role of the Highlanders in future economic development.
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Increased computing capacity and flexibility have stimulated and shaped the development of modern economics by permitting formal theory to be applied to large databases.
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Description of a planning cost model for estimating the comparable replication cost of an educational program for use in evaluating alternative programs and planning future programs. The conceptual and methodological basis of cost analysis is explor...
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Spiraling medical costs are partly the result of price subsidy health insurance plans that prompt neither hospitals nor the insured to economize. Most regulatory approaches do not directly address the problem. A new kind of insurance might.
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Under "Arab Socialism," Egyptian enterprises are run by all-employee boards of directors, five appointed from top management by the President of the Republic, with the chief executive as chairman, and four elected by the labor force. The former are ...
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Considers a group of [S] identical aircraft, each of which is partitioned into [K] parts which fail exponentially. The only way in which a failed aircraft can be repaired is by cannibalizing its out-of-commission parts from other failed aircraft. T...
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Methods of cost-effectiveness analysis can assist the planner in evaluating educational programs. This concept should be broadened to include "resource-effectiveness analysis," which can be divided into two study areas: resource analysis and analysi...
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A panel paper from the UCLA/Informatics Symposium, "Expanding Use of Computers in the 70s." The banking and securities industry will continue to expand rapidly, due not only to the larger number of customers but to the increased number of transactio...
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The use of educational television to improve the quality and quantity of education in developing countries is examined. A simple model relating economic development in emerging countries to education and the level of applied technology is presented....
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Discusses the ability of the military in less industrialized countries, particularly Peru, to generate economic and social progress. Military forces may contribute to social mobility and economic development, but simultaneously monopolize strategic r...
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Presents an economic model of the South Vietnamese economy.
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Most welfare reform programs incorporate negative income tax principles. However, if a program reduces the work incentive and therefore the hours of work of its new participants, projected income increases will be lower and subsidy costs higher than...
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Part-Time Experience and the Transition from School to Work.
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