TY - BOOK AU - Woodside,Arch G. TI - Improving the marriage of modeling and theory for accurate forecasts of outcomes T2 - Advances in business marketing and purchasing, SN - 9781786351210 AV - HD30.27 .I47 2018 U1 - 658.40355 23 PB - Emerald Publishing Limited KW - Business forecasting KW - Business KW - Mathematical models N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references; Prelims -- Embracing the paradigm shift from variable-based to case-based modeling -- Four-corner outcomes in strategic management: successful and unsuccessful paddling down versus upstream -- Accurately predicting precise outcomes in business-to-business marketing -- Building generalizable case-based theory in human resources management -- Computing with words in modeling firms' paradoxical performances -- Index UR - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/S1069-0964201825 ER -