Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1976

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Stronge, William B.

Abstract

The firm studied engages in the manufacture of metal products; the country is Colombia. The most striking characteristics discussed in Chapter one are the following: (a) the chronic shortage of capital in all its forms; (b) the shortage of skilled labor; (c) the small size and low sophistication of most markets. Linear Programming is an efficient scientific management tool, based on sound economic theory. Chapter two is devoted to the exploration of the theoretical background of Linear Programming. Linear Programming is shown to be very useful in analyzing a firm as a system, considering a multitude of elements simultaneously. The model studied in Chapter three yields a wealth of information about adjustments to improve future performance despite being fundamentally a static model. It also provides an extremely useful tool to study the firm's adaptive behavior to environmental changes thus focusing on underdevelopment at the individual firm's level.

Extent

135 p.

Comments

College of Business|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Business

Identifier

FADT13770

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