Business to business online revenue management. (2007)
Book Chapter
OLIVEIRA, F. and RANA, R. 2008. Business to business online revenue management. In Voudouris, C., Owusu, G., Dorne, R. and Lesaint, D. (eds.) Service chain management: technology innovation for the service business. Berlin: Springer [online], chapter 17, pages 239-250. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75504-3_17

With the emergence of the Internet, electronic commerce (e-commerce), revenue management and especially applications that combine both are becoming increasingly an area of innovation for service industries. E-commerce has introduced efficiencies acro... Read More about Business to business online revenue management..

Agent-based analysis of technological diversification and specialization in electricity markets. (2007)
Journal Article
BUNN, D.W. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2007. Agent-based analysis of technological diversification and specialization in electricity markets. European journal of operational research [online], 181(3), pages 1265-1278. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2005.11.056

This paper develops a model-based analysis of technological market structure evolution in electricity markets. This is done through the development of a power plant trading game that, via computational learning, simulates how players coordinate their... Read More about Agent-based analysis of technological diversification and specialization in electricity markets..

An application of EDA and GA to dynamic pricing. (2007)
Conference Proceeding
SHAKYA, S., OLIVEIRA, F. and OWUSU, G. 2007. An application of EDA and GA to dynamic pricing. In Proceedings of the 9th Annual conference on genetic and evolutionary computation (GECCO '07), 7-11 July 2007, London, UK. New York: ACM [online], pages 585-592. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/1276958.1277078

E-commerce has transformed the way firms develop their pricing strategies, producing shift away from fixed pricing to dynamic pricing. In this paper, we use two different Estimation of distribution algorithms (EDAs), a Genetic Algorithm (GA) and a Si... Read More about An application of EDA and GA to dynamic pricing..

The impact of organisational complexity in the strategy development process. (2007)
Book Chapter
CALDART, A.A. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2007. The impact of organisational complexity in the strategy development process. In Dyson, R.G. and O'Brien, F.A. (eds.) Supporting strategy: frameworks, methods and models. Chichester, Wiley, chapter 8, pages 191-210.

In the first chapter of this book, it was stated that there is a set of characteristics that lead towards a decision being labelled as a strategic one. One of these characteristics is the complexity and inter-relatedness of the organisational context... Read More about The impact of organisational complexity in the strategy development process..

Flexibility, robustness and real options. (2007)
Book Chapter
DYSON, R.G. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2007. Flexibility, robustness and real options. In Dyson, R.G. and O'Brien, F.A. (eds.) Supporting strategy: frameworks, methods and models. Chichester, Wiley, chapter 13, pages 343-366.

The importance of flexibility in the strategic development process goes back to the formative days of strategic planning. One of its earliest manifestations was in the guise of contingency planning. For example, Argenti (1974) in his book "Systematic... Read More about Flexibility, robustness and real options..