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Ordinal time series analysis : methodology and applications in
management strategy and policy / edited by Timothy W. Ruefli.

p. cm.--(The IC² management and management science series)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-89930-571-7 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

1. Management--Statistical methods. 2. Strategic planning--
Statistical methods. 3. Time-series analysis. I. Ruefli, Timothy
W. II. Series.

HD30.215.074 1990

658.4′012′0151955--dc20 90-30011

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1990 by IC² Institute

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-30011

ISBN: 0-89930-571-7

First published in 1990

Quorum Books, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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