Management decision making Books
Peter Lang AG Das Gesamtvermoegensgeschaeft Im Handels-,
Book SynopsisAls der BGH 2019 für die GmbH und 2022 für die KG entschied, dass 179a AktG nicht entsprechend anzuwenden ist, war das Erstaunen in der Rechtswissenschaft groß. Es entsprach teils gestützt auf den BGH zuvor der h. M., dass die aktienrechtliche Norm ein rechtsformübergreifendes Prinzip verkörpere, nach dem ein Gesamtvermögensgeschäft nur mit der Zustimmung des internen Willensbildungsorgans rechtswirksam abgeschlossen werden kann. In der vorliegenden Publikation befasst sich der Autor mit 179a AktG, seiner Analogiefähigkeit und den steuerrechtlichen Folgen eines Gesamtvermögensgeschäfts. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die These, dass dem Zivilrecht ein Prinzip des Schutzes der wirtschaftlichen Grundlagen inhärent ist, das sich in 179a AktG konkretisiert.
£57.95
Peter Lang AG Die Rolle Des Steuerberaters Im Elektronischen
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Peter Lang AG Die Auswirkungen des Tarifeinheitsgesetzes auf
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£48.60
Peter Lang AG Menschenrechtsverantwortung deutscher Konzerne:
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£48.60
Peter Lang AG Wohnungswirtschaft: Definition und
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£51.30
Peter Lang AG Innerverbandliche Korruption Bei Der Vergabe Von
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Risk and Asset Allocation
Book SynopsisDiscusses in the practical and theoretical aspects of one-period asset allocation, i.e. market Modeling, invariants estimation, portfolia evaluation, and portfolio optimization in the prexence of estimation risk The book is software based, many of the exercises simulate in Matlab the solution to practical problems and can be downloaded from the book's web-siteTrade ReviewFrom the reviews: This exciting new book takes a fresh look at asset allocation and offers up a masterly account of this important subject. The quantitative emphasis and included MATLAB software make it a must-read for the mathematically oriented investment professional. Peter Carr, Head of Quantitative Research, Bloomberg LP, Director of Masters in Mathematical Finance program, NYU Meucci’s Risk and Asset Allocation is one of those rare books that takes a completely fresh look at a well-studied problem, optimal financial portfolio allocation based on statistically estimated models of risk and expected return. Designed for graduate students or quantitatively oriented asset managers, Meucci provides a sophisticated and integrated treatment, from investment theory, to optimization methods, to statistical analysis of multi-variate return data, through computational implementation of the results. This is rigorous and relevant! Darrel Duffie, Professor of Graduate Business School, Stanford University A wonderful book! Mathematically rigorous and yet practical, heavily illustrated with graphs and worked examples, Attilio Meucci has written a comprehensive treatment of asset allocation starting from statistical concepts, covering investment primitives, and leading to portfolio optimization in a Bayesian context with parameter uncertainty. Bob Litterman, Head of Quantitative Resources, Goldman Sachs Asset Management This book takes the reader on a journey through portfolio management starting with the basics and reaching some fascinating terrain. Attilio Meucci shows a real talent for explaining the most difficult of subjects in a very clear manner. Paul Wilmott, wilmott.com "This book presents a detailed and well-explained introduction to one-period asset allocation techniques … . the book gives an impressive and comprehensive introduction to static one-period asset allocation. It explains most of the concepts intuitively and with a minimal mathematical machinery. … For practitioners, the book serves as a theoretical basis of their actual work. For students of finance and economics it gives a self-contained overview of the main quantitative concepts in the subject." (Ludger Overbeck, SIAM Review, Vol. 48 (3), 2006) "This book delves into the classical mathematics of portfolio optimization with a few nods to more recent developments in risk measurement such as value-at-risk and copulas. … For anyone with an interest in the mathematics of portfolio optimization, the book is certainly worth a look. … The author covers a wealth of statistical and optimization techniques that are worth reading about." (www.riskbook.com, May, 2006) "The book offers a wide exposition of the main approaches to asset allocation, starting from the classical models up to the recent developments in portfolio management. … By virtue of the sequential structure of the subjects and the simple but efficacious mathematical treatment, the monograph is useful for graduate students and quantitatively-oriented practitioners too. … The book is complemented by online resources, consisting of software applications performed by MATLAB … ." (Emilia Di Lorenzo, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1102 (4), 2007)Table of ContentsThe statistics of asset allocation.- Univariate statistics.- Multivariate statistics.- Modeling the market.- Classical asset allocation.- Estimating the distribution of the market invariants.- Evaluating allocations.- Optimizing allocations.- Accounting for estimation risk.- Estimating the distribution of the market invariants.- Evaluating allocations.- Optimizing allocations.
£66.97
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Strategische Spiele: Eine Einführung in die
Book SynopsisEinführender Text in die nicht-kooperative Spieltheorie, der besonders für Studenten geeignet ist, die Freude an präziser Modellierung haben. Neben den Grundlagen der Normalform- und Extensivformspiele werden Themen aus der Verhandlungstheorie, der Theorie der Wiederholten Spiele und der Evolutionären Spieltheorie behandelt. NEU: entsprechend der wachsenden Bedeutung von Auktionen ein Kapitel zur Auktionstheorie; Aufnahme weiterer Konzepte der nicht-kooperativen Spieltheorie wie z. B. "Mechanism Design" und "Stabiles Gleichgewicht".Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen zur 3. Auflage: “... einen umfassenden Überblick über den gegenwärtigen Stand der nicht-kooperativen Spieltheorie ... Sie tun zudem ihr Bestes, um den sperrigen Stoff so verdaulich wie möglich zu präsentieren. Geschickt verknüpfen sie die Theorie mit spieltheoretischen Experimenten und ... mit passenden ökonomischen Beispielen. ... präzise und anschauliche Darstellung zentraler spieltheoritischer Modelle ... Wer schon als Bachelor-Student diesen Stoff beherrscht - was dank dieses Lehrbuchs kein Problem sein sollte – hat beim Master-Studium einen Startvorsprung.“ (in: Studium, Summer 2011, S. 26)Table of ContentsSpiele in Normalform.- Spiele in Extensivform.- Theorie der Verhandlungen.- Auktionstheorie.- Evolutionäre Spieltheorie.- Wiederholte Spiele.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Strategic Management of Global Manufacturing
Book SynopsisThe preceding process of globalization and the continuously rising competitive pressure on manufacturing companies in more developed economies unveiled the limits of classical site-focused optimization approaches. The focus of network optimization shifts ever more towards an integrative view of manufacturing networks, striving for a harmonization of the strategy-, configuration- and coordination levels. This book presents such an integrative approach to the strategic management of manufacturing networks. Besides strategic network requirements, this book discusses the derivation of an optimal global footprint and the optimization of network coordination activities. Special attention is paid to the site roles concept, especially to the concept of 'lead factory'. A large number of up-to-date cases from the producing industry enrich the book and provide the reader with vivid examples for the application of the presented concepts. Hence, this book is a must-read for both practitioners and academic researchers.Trade ReviewFrom the book reviews:“The authors’ aim is to explore strategic management challenges around global manufacturing networks. … In terms of content and structure, the book follows a logical progression from theory to application, with plenty of examples thrown in. … it all comes together nicely, making the book both a pleasant and informative read. … an excellent source for key concepts and their application and the numerous and detailed industry examples are both illustrative and enjoyable to read.” (Jannis Angelis, Production Planning & Control, October, 2014)Table of ContentsDevelopment of Production Management- from Site to Network Optimisation.- A Model for Network Design.- Clarification of the Initial Strategic Situation.- The Network Configuration.- Network Coordination.- Analysis and Design of Networks in Practice.- Outlook and Summary.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Project Management with Dynamic Scheduling:
Book SynopsisThe topic of this book is known as dynamic scheduling, and is used to refer to three dimensions of project management and scheduling: the construction of a baseline schedule and the analysis of a project schedule’s risk as preparation of the project control phase during project progress. This dynamic scheduling point of view implicitly assumes that the usability of a project’s baseline schedule is rather limited and only acts as a point of reference in the project life cycle. Consequently, a project schedule should especially be considered as nothing more than a predictive model that can be used for resource efficiency calculations, time and cost risk analyses, project tracking and performance measurement, and so on.In this book, the three dimensions of dynamic scheduling are highlighted in detail and are based on and inspired by a combination of academic research studies at Ghent University (www.ugent.be), in-company trainings at Vlerick Business School (www.vlerick.com) and consultancy projects at OR-AS (www.or-as.be). First, the construction of a project baseline schedule is a central theme throughout the various chapters of the book, and is discussed from a complexity point of view with and without the presence of project resources. Second, the creation of an awareness of the weak parts in a baseline schedule is discussed at the end of the two baseline scheduling parts as schedule risk analysis techniques that can be applied on top of the baseline schedule. Third, the baseline schedule and its risk analyses can be used as guidelines during the project control step where actual deviations can be corrected within the margins of the project’s time and cost reserves.The second edition of this book has seen corrections, additions and amendments in detail throughout the book. Moreover Chapter 15 on "Dynamic Scheduling with ProTrack" has been completely rewritten and extended with a section on "ProTrack as a research tool".Trade ReviewFrom the reviews of the second edition:“This book is brought in such a way that it is able to inform a wide audience about the current state-of-the-art principles in dynamic project scheduling. The target audience can consist of undergraduate or MBA students following a project management course, participants of company trainings with a focus on scheduling or software users who search for added value when using software tools. … I recommend this book as a compliment to your project management studies and especially for those already working in this area.” (Inspire and Action blog, inspireandaction.wordpress.com, December, 2013)Table of ContentsPreface.- I Scheduling without resources.- II Scheduling with resources.- III Project control.- IV Scheduling with software.- V Conclusions.- Index.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Operations Research: Reflexionen aus Theorie und Praxis Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann
Book SynopsisDie Beiträge dieses Buches beschäftigen sich in wissenschaftlich anspruchsvoller und verständlicher Form mit praktischen Anwendungen und aktuellen theoretischen Entwicklungen des Operations Research und angrenzender Gebiete wie Künstliche Intelligenz und Wirtschaftsinformatik. Die verschiedenen Abschnitte behandeln schwerpunktmäßig neuere Algorithmen und ihre Anwendungen - etwa Heuristiken und genetische Algorithmen, die Modellierung realer Problemstellungen, Fuzzy Sets-Theorie und ihre Anwendungen, insbesondere in wissensbasierten Systemen, Anwendungen in Investition und Finanzierung sowie Planungs- und Informationssysteme.Table of ContentsEditorial.- Editorial.- Laudatio.- Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann, dem unscharfen Freund, dem Kollegen der logischen Unscharfe.- Neue Algorithmen und ihre Anwendung.- Die Einsatzplanung von Zementmischern und ein Traveling Salesman Problem.- A Perfect Lot-Tree Procedure for the Dynamic Lot-Size Problem with Backlogging.- Über redundante Nebenbedingungen in linearer Programmierung.- Ein Querverbund-Entscheidungsmodell zur optimalen leitungsgebundenen Wärmeversorgimg.- Wirtschaftlich optimale Netzausbaustrategien in der Ortsgásversorgung - ein heuristischer Ansatz.- Zwei genetische Algorithmen zur Lösimg des Bandabgleichproblems.- Symmétrical Probabilistic Intensional Reasoning in Inference Networks in Transition.- Modellierung realer Problemstellungen.- Modellierung — ein kritischer Schritt im angewandten Operations Research.- Personaleinsatzplanung und Modellbildung - Praxisbeispiel zur Gestaltung und Anwendung von Entscheidungsmodellen.- Modellgestützte Regelkreise.- Fuzzy Sets Theorie und Anwendungen.- Verknüpfungsoperatoren für unscharfe Mengen und ihre Anwendung bei Mehrpersonenentscheidungen.- Approximative Inferenz mit linguistischen Variablen.- Intelligente Entscheidungsunterstützung bei der Systemkonfigurierimg.- Datenanalyse mit Fuzzy Technologie und neuronalen Netzen.- Anwendungen in Investition und Finanzierung.- Unternehmensbewertung aus Sicht eines institutionellen Kapitalanlegers.- Innovative Zinssicherungsinstrumente in der Finanzierungspraxis.- Optimale Arbitragestrategien in Terminmärkten.- Planungs- und Informationssysteme.- Die Entwicklung des Projektmanagements.- Computergestützte Tourenplanung.- Leistungspotentiale und Integrationsmöglichkeiten von OR- und wissensbasierten Systemen.- Entwicklung und Einführung eines Planungssystems für ein Unternehmen der Chemieindustrie.- Operations Research und Fuzzy Logic als Grundlage von Standardsoftware für Industrieanwendungen.- Zusatzstudium Operations Research.- OR — Aufbaustudium an der RWTH Aachen: Ein persönlicher Rückblick.- Autorenverzeichnis.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Handel mit Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien
Book SynopsisDurch den zunehmenden Einsatz von erneuerbaren Energien befindet sich das deutsche Elektrizitätsversorgungssystem in einer grundlegenden Transformation. Dies wirkt sich auf verschiedenste Bereiche der Energiewirtschaft aus. Ein Beispiel hierfür ist der Stromhandel. Die häufig starken, durch externe Faktoren wie Wind und Sonne bestimmten Fluktuationen der Stromerzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energien führen gegenüber dem Handel mit Strom aus konventionellen Energieträgern zu signifikant anderen Rahmenbedingungen. Dies erfordert unter anderem die Verwendung von zuverlässigen Prognosen der Stromerzeugungsleistung. Darüber hinaus sind beim Handel mit Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien auch verschiedene gesetzliche und regulatorische Besonderheiten zu beachten. In dieser Veröffentlichung werden die wesentlichen Aspekte des Handels mit Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien in kompakter Form dargestellt.Trade Review“... Gerichtet ist das Buch neben Fach- und Führungskräften auch an den Studierende und Lehrende sowie Strommarktinteressierte ...” (Till Weber, in: Renews - Newsletter der Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien, unendlich-viel-energie.de, 30. Juni 2015)Table of ContentsÜberblick über den deutschen Strommarkt.- Gesetzliche Förderung erneuerbarer Energien.- Vermarktung von Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Zeit-flexible Losgrößen- und Reihenfolgeplanung:
Book SynopsisMit dem Konzept der zeitflexiblen Losgrößen- und Reihenfolgeplanung zeigt Jonas Ostmeyer einen Weg auf, der von der zeitpunkt- hin zu einer zeitfensterbezogenen Planung führt. Lieferzeitfenster ermöglichen die Abbildung langfristiger volumenbasierter Aufträge in Zulieferer-Abnehmer-Kooperationen über mehrere Zeiträume. Produktionszeitfenster befähigen zur Berücksichtigung frühester Zeitpunkte, vor denen mit der Produktion nicht begonnen werden darf. Beide Konzepte helfen dabei, in Unternehmen auftretende Anwendungen praxisnah abzubilden. Zudem stellen die entwickelten Lösungsverfahren sicher, in kurzer Zeit gute Lösungen zu berechnen. Das Konzept ermöglicht somit eine Entscheidungsunterstützung in der operativen Produktionsplanung.Der Autor:Dr. Jonas Ostmeyer promovierte am Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, inbes. Quantitative Methoden und Wirtschaftsmathematik an der FernUniversität in Hagen und arbeitet heute in einem Unternehmen.Table of ContentsFlexibilität im Supply Chain Management, ausgewählte Losgrößen- und Reihenfolgeprobleme.- MLCLSD-basierte Losgrößen- und Reihenfolgeplanung mit Zeitfensterrestriktionen: Modellvarianten mit Lieferzeitfenstern und Produktionszeitfenstern.- Heuristische Lösungsansätze mittels Ressourcen-basierter Dekomposition.- Beispielhafte Analysen zu den Ansätzen.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Nachhaltige Dienstleistungsinnovationen in der
Book SynopsisDie wachsende Bedeutung von Nachhaltigkeit in Verbindung mit der hohen Ressourcenintensität der Logistik machen nachhaltige Dienstleistungsinnovationen in der Logistik erforderlich. Cornelius Moll präsentiert eine Methodik zur Entwicklung problemadäquater Entscheidungsmodelle, die den Besonderheiten des Untersuchungsgegenstands Rechnung trägt. Die Methodik kombiniert auf innovative Weise systemdynamische Simulation und multikriterielle Bewertung mit weiteren Methoden und ermöglicht so die fundierte Bewertung unterschiedlicher Strategien unter potenziellen Umweltszenarien. Gleichzeitig zeigt sie damit Handlungsoptionen für das Management auf. Eine Anwendung der Methodik am Praxisbeispiel von Nachtbelieferungen mit batterieelektrisch angetriebenen Lkw deckt auf, dass deren Implementierung bereits heute von Vorteil sein kann. Table of ContentsKonzeptionelles Verständnis nachhaltiger Dienstleistungsinnovationen in der Logistik.- Erstellung einer Methodik zur Entwicklung von Entscheidungsmodellen.- Anwendung der Methodik am Praxisbeispiel von Nachtbelieferung mit elektrisch angetriebenen Lkw.- Implikationen für Forschung und Praxis.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Operations Research: Eine (möglichst)
Book SynopsisOperations Research ist bei der immer noch zunehmenden Durchdringung betrieblicher und anderer Prozesse durch IT omnipräsent. Dieses Buch richtet sich an Studierende und Personen mit Praxiserfahrung, die keine tiefe mathematische Ausbildung genossen haben, und dennoch die Konzepte und Funktionsweisen der behandelten Modelle und Verfahren im Detail durchdringen möchten. Neben präzisen Analysen werden sowohl intuitive Erläuterungen als auch zahlreiche Beispiele aus den Anwendungsfeldern Produktion und Logistik geboten. Die Lernziele dieses Buches gehen über das reine Wissen um die behandelten Inhalte hinaus und umfassen ein tiefes Verständnis der strukturellen Eigenschaften und Funktionsweisen. Das Verständnis der Inhalte des Buchs befähigt daher zur selbstständigen (Weiter-)Entwicklung dieser Modelle und Verfahren, sei es im Rahmen des Studiums oder im Berufsumfeld. Table of Contents1. Einleitung.- 2. Modellierung.- 3. Lineare Optimierung.- 4. Gemischt-ganzzahlige Optimierung. 5. Metaheuristiken und Dekompositionsansätze.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Game Theory: A Multi-Leveled Approach
Book SynopsisThis textbook presents the basics of game theory both on an undergraduate level and on a more advanced mathematical level. It is the second, revised version of the successful 2008 edition. The book covers most topics of interest in game theory, including cooperative game theory. Part I presents introductions to all these topics on a basic yet formally precise level. It includes chapters on repeated games, social choice theory, and selected topics such as bargaining theory, exchange economies, and matching. Part II goes deeper into noncooperative theory and treats the theory of zerosum games, refinements of Nash equilibrium in strategic as well as extensive form games, and evolutionary games. Part III covers basic concepts in the theory of transferable utility games, such as core and balancedness, Shapley value and variations, and nucleolus. Some mathematical tools on duality and convexity are collected in Part IV. Every chapter in the book contains a problem section. Hints, answers and solutions are included.Trade Review“It can be used at an advanced undergraduate course or a graduate course. … I found the book very well written and appropriate for a game theory course focused on business and economics students and applications. Some of the problems are very challenging but most of them are at the appropriate level and the reader will have some fun and learn from them. This is a book that I recommend if you are interested in game theory … .” (Philosophy, Religion and Science Book Reviews, bookinspections.wordpress.com, June, 2016)“This book is therefore a very successful work on the task of providing the largest number of readers, independently of the initial levels of knowledge, an introduction to game theory simultaneously accessible and rigorous, with a wide exemplification of applications, allowing them to achieve efficiently an advanced level of knowledge in the field. Indispensable for teachers and both undergraduate and graduate students in game theory. Also for business and economics professionals, and everybody curious on these matters.” (Manuel Alberto M. Ferreira, Acta Scientiae et Intellectus, Vol. 2 (4), 2016)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I Thinking Strategically.- Finite Two-Person Zero-Sum Games.- Finite Two-Person Games.- Finite Extensive Form Games.- Finite Games with Incomplete Information.- Noncooperative Games: Extensions.- Repeated Games.- An Introduction to Evolutionary Games.- Cooperative Games with Transferable Utility.- Cooperative Game Models.- Social Choice.- Part II Noncooperative Games.- Matrix Games.- Finite Games.- Extensive Form Games.- Evolutionary Games.- Part III Cooperative Games.- TU-Games: Dominationa, Stable Sets, and the Core.- The Shapley Value.- Core, Shapley Value, and Weber Set.- The Nucleolus.- Special Transferable Utility Games.- Bargaining Problems.- Part IV Tools.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Technische Zuverlässigkeit: Datenanalytik,
Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch vermittelt Methoden der Datenanalytik zur Abbildung der Technischen Zuverlässigkeit und Risikoprognose unter Zuhilfenahme der Probabilistik, Statistik sowie der Modellbildung. Eingesetzt werden die Methoden der Technischen Zuverlässigkeit in den elementaren Phasen des Produktentstehungsprozesses (Konzept- und Serienentwicklung, Produktion) sowie während des Feldeinsatzes technischer Produkte. Dieses Buch umfasst ausführlich Grundlagen der Statistik, graphische Visualisierung und Berechnungsverfahren. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele werden durchgerechnet und repräsentieren typische Aufgabenstellungen des Ingenieurs bei der Zuverlässigkeitsanalyse in Entwicklung/Produktion sowie der Beurteilung von Feldschäden. Die Zielgruppen sind somit gleichermaßen Studenten der Ingenieurwissenschaften sowie Ingenieure, welche sich mit der Technischen Zuverlässigkeit im Rahmen der Entwicklung und Herstellung komplexer technischer Produkte sowie im Rahmen der Felddatenanalyse auseinandersetzen. Die Darlegung der Methoden und Verfahren der Technischen Zuverlässigkeit folgt dem Leitmotiv „Theoriegeleitet – Praxisorientiert“, sodass das vorliegende Buch sowohl als Nachschlagewerk als auch als Lehrbuch Verwendung finden kann.Table of ContentsTechnische Zuverlässigkeit und Produktentstehungsprozess.- Elementare Begriffe.- Beschreibende Statistik: Darstellungsformen.- Wahrscheinlichkeit und Zufallsexperimente.- Datenerhebung und erste Analyse.- Verteilungsmodelle und Funktionen.- Verteilungsmodelle: Parameterschätzung.- Konfidenzintervalle.- Korrelation und Regression.- Systemanalyse: Funktion, Fault Tree sowie Failure Mode and Effects.- Analyse des Ausfallverhaltens von Bauteilen, Baugruppen, Systemen.- Signifikanztests.- Prototype Testing und Accelerated Testing.- Prüfprozesseignung.- Statistical Process Control (SPC).
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Projects That Flow: More Projects in Less Time
Book SynopsisProjects can go over budget, exceed deadlines, or deliver restricted features and quality. This can result in economic damage for companies and their clients. The difficulties arise at source. Established metrics and management methods slow projects down by creating conflicts in operations and decision-making. A radical new approach is needed; one that features: simple, constraint-oriented management; clear, robust priorities; company-wide rather than locally focused optimisation; focus on speed and ProjectsFlow. Discover how you can: complete more projects with the same amount of resources; reliably deliver all projects to specs; significantly shorten project lead times.
£29.59
Econcise Gmbh Solve It!: The Mindset and Tools of Smart Problem
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Springer Verlag, Japan Prescription for Social Dilemmas: Psychology for
Book SynopsisThis book provides a theoretical, empirical, and pragmatic understanding of social dilemmas (SDs). A SD is a social situation where cooperation maximizing collective or social profit is different from defection maximizing individual profit. Problems arise when too many group members choose to pursue individual profit and immediate satisfaction rather than behave in the group’s best long-term interests. The problems include an environmental problem and various types of urban, economic, and political problems. Most books treating SDs are not monographs but are proceedings or omnibus volumes written by different researchers. Few monographs have been published for SDs, but those few deal only with basic theories and empirical findings. This book, by contrast, is a monograph by a single author and provides complete coverage from basic theories in Part I to applied theories and pragmatic solutions for urban, transportation, and environmental problems in Parts II and III. Various types of strategies are proposed in this book to overcome the problems caused by SDs in various situations based on the basic theories of those dilemmas. The strategies are psychological and structural ones. The book includes theories, empirical evidence in experiments, and practical policies in the real world for these strategies. Thus, the work effectively provides a bridge between basic behavioral scientists, applied behavioral scientists, and practitioners. With this useful source, basic scientists will understand how to apply their scientific knowledge to the real world and also will encounter new scientific problems that should be solved scientifically. Applied researchers and specialists will become familiar with new solutions through basic research on SDs and will be made aware of new pragmatic problems that should be solved with a practical approach.Table of ContentsWhat Are Social Dilemmas?.- Various Types of Social Dilemmas.- Strategies for Solving Social Dilemmas: Structural Strategy and Psychological Strategy.- Theory for Behavior modification Process for Cooperation.- “Objective–Information–Provision” Method.- “Inducing Temporary Cooperation” Method.- Basic Theory for Communication to Change Attitudes and Behavior.- Communicative Strategies to Change Attitudes and Behavior.- Successes and Crimes of the Structural Strategy.- For Introduction of a Structural Strategy.- Dilemmas of a High Order Produced by Structural Strategy.- Public Acceptance of Structural Strategy.- Concluding Remarks.
£67.49
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial ¡Arriésgate! Preguntas para cambiar tu vida /
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El poder de adaptarse Master of Change
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£13.24
Planeta Publishing Pensar Con Claridad Clear Thinking
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PHI Learning Quantitative Techniques for Managerial Decisions
Book SynopsisThis book for MBA students at Rajasthan Technical University covers basic quantitative tools for analytical decision-making, focusing on linear programming, decision theory, and game theory. It includes learning objectives, case studies, worked examples, exercises, and chapter summaries.
£16.88
B Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd Thinking Straight
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Lotus Press Right Decision Everytime
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£5.62
Knowledge World International Micro Finance and Diaster Risk Reduction
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£22.50
Cappelen Damm Akademisk Scandinavian Perspectives on Management
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the importance of methodology for ensuring quality in the field of consulting. The book introduces a wide range of methodologies for interventions and some how to check-lists for both the provider and the buyer of consulting services. Scandinavian perspectives on management consulting is meant to provide the reader with a healthy scepticism towards the profession of consulting as well as an understanding of the roles of the consultant. This means that the buyer needs to understand what he is buying, what to be wary of, and how to evaluate process, outcome, and professional relationship. The provider needs to understand what he is selling and what the customer is looking for, and above all, understand the importance of adopting a scientific approach to the services he is providing. In addition to being a valuable source of insight for the buyers and the providers of consulting services, Scandinavian perspectives on management consulting is also well suited for management students, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
£47.99
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Sprint - El método para resolver problemas y
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£17.41
Reverte Management (Rem) Make Time (Spanish Edition): Cómo Enfocarte En Lo
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£14.99
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Ruido: Un fallo en el juicio humano / Noise: A
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Urano Holacracia: El Nuevo Sistema Organizativo Para un
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Empresa Activa La Ecuacion del Exito: Descubre la Proporcion Que
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£8.44
Aarhus University Press Reseller Assortment Decision Criteria
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£14.20
BIS Publishers B.V. Framing Play Design: A hands-on guide for
Book SynopsisFor many decades, play has been placed outside of learning spheres and only meant for children. What can be observed now is a revival of the phenomenal characteristics and potentials found in strong play experiences across life-long learning target groups and applied situations as well as broadly in the product, service and experience development industry. The effect play can have on participants and surroundings can be extremely effective. This book provides operational design guidelines on how to find strong balances in the making of specific play-based designs as well as how to involve users and stakeholders in the process of play design making. Through curious mindsets and surprising features, designers, learners and innovators are moved to new types of perspectives, approaches, beliefs and routines. This is considered to be a vital ingredient in the 21st century and of the coming decade because of rapid changes in school sectors and industry markets. This book provides frameworks and theories at a more operational level, which can guide those interested in designing for particular play experiences at a hands-on level.
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Lund University Press,Sweden Overwhelmed by Overflows?: How People and
Book SynopsisThis transdisciplinary volume investigates the ways in which people and organisations deal with the overflow of information, goods or choices. It explores two main themes: the emergence of overflows and the management of overflows, in the sense of either controlling or coping with them. Individual chapters show the management of overflows taking place in various social settings, periods and political contexts. This includes attempts by states to manage future consumption overflow in post-war Easter European, contemporary economies of sharing, managing overflow in health care administration, overflow problems in mass travel and migration, overflow in digital services and the overflow that scholars face in dealing with an abundance of publications.An electronic version of this book is available under a creative commons licence: manchesteropenhive.com/view/9789198469813/9789198469813.xmlTable of ContentsIntroduction – Orvar Löfgren and Barbara Czarniawska1 Consumer and consumerism under state socialism: demand-side abundance and its discontents in Hungary during the long 1960s – György Péteri2 Metamorphoses, or how self-storage turned from homes into hotels – Helene Brembeck3 Moving in a sea of strangers: handling urban overflows – Orvar Löfgren4 Too much happens in the workplace – Karolina J. Dudek5 Just like any other business or a special case? Framing excess in a Swedish newspaper group – Elena Raviola6 Overflowing with uncertainty: controversies regarding epistemic wagers in climate-economy models – Jonathan Metzger7 More means less: managing overflow in science publishing – Sabina Siebert, Robert Insall, and Laura M. Machesky8 Guides and an overflow of choices – Lars Norén and Agneta Ranerup9 Virtual red tape, or digital v. paper bureaucracy – Barbara CzarniawskaAfterword: a surplus of ideas – Richard WilkReferencesIndex
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IAEA Independence in Regulatory Decision Making
Book SynopsisThis INSAG report defines in detail the independence needed in the regulatory decision making process and how to meet the potential challenges to that independence. Thus, the report identifies a number of measures that need to be implemented at different levels to promote and protect independence in the regulatory decision making process. The basic principles have to be embedded into the legal framework and followed up by systematic quality management of regulatory processes and activities.
£9.45
Lannoo Publishers Out of office: The success formula for hard
Book SynopsisBeing a hard working leader is hardwired into your personality. But is working hard working for you? Do you often hear that you work too hard? Do you rarely have an out of office message on your email? The author, a true hard worker herself and an experienced corporate coach, breaks down taboos about working hard and identifies four main achievement types. She offers tests, schemes and checklists which will enable you to discover which type you are and get an insight into your behaviour at work that will enable you to reach the top and stay there.
£24.00
Springer Verlag, Singapore Optimization, Variational Analysis and
Book SynopsisThis book includes selected papers presented at the Indo-French Seminar on Optimization, Variational Analysis and Applications (IFSOVAA-2020), held at the Department of Mathematics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, from 2–4 February 2020. The book discusses current optimization problems and their solutions by using the powerful tool of variational analysis. Topics covered in this volume include set optimization, multiobjective optimization, mathematical programs with complementary, equilibrium, vanishing and switching constraints, copositive optimization, interval-valued optimization, sequential quadratic programming, bound-constrained optimization, variational inequalities, and more. Several applications in different branches of applied mathematics, engineering, economics, finance, and medical sciences have been included. Each chapter not only provides a detailed survey of the topic but also builds systematic theories and suitable algorithms to deduce the most recent findings in literature. This volume appeals to graduate students as well as researchers and practitioners in pure and applied mathematics and related fields that make use of variational analysis in solving optimization problems.Table of ContentsKhushboo and C. S. Lalitha, Linear and Pascoletti—Serafini Scalarizations in Unified Set Optimization.- N. K. Bisui, S. Mazumder and G. Panda, A Gradient Free Method for Multiobjective Optimization Problem.- J.-P. Dussault, T. Migot, M. Haddou, The New Butterfly Relaxation Method for Mathematical Programs with Complementarity Constraints.- S. K. Neogy and V. N. Mer, Copositive Optimization and its Applications in Graph Theory.- N Sharma, J. Bisht, and S. K. Mishra, Hermite-Hadamard type Inequalities for Functions whose Derivatives are Strongly-Convex via Fractional Integrals.- Q. H. Ansari, P. K. Sharma, Set Order Relations, Set Optimization and Ekeland’s Variational Principle.- A. K. Debnath and D. Ghosh, Characterizations and Generating Efficient Solutions to Interval Optimization Problems.- R. Sadhu, C. Nahak, S. P. Dash, Unconstrained Reformulation of Sequential Quadratic Programming and its Application in Convex Optimization.- P. Maréchal, A Note on Quadratic Penalties for Linear Ill-posed Problems: from Tikhonov Regularization to Mollification.- W. C. Simo Tao Lee.- A New Regularization Method for Linear Exponentially Ill-posed Problems.- V. Laha, H. N. Singh and S. K. Mishra, R. Kumar, On Minimax Programming with Vanishing Constraints.- B. B. Upadhyay and P. Mishra, On Minty Variational Principle for Nonsmooth Interval-Valued Multiobjective Programming Problems.- Y. Pandey, V. Singh, On Constraint Qualifications for Multiobjective Optimization Problems with Switching Constraints.- V. Kapoor and D. Nandan, Optimization of Physico-Chemical Parameters for the Production of Endoxylanase using Combined Response Surface Method and Genetic Algorithm.- A. Kaul, A. Gupta, S. Aggarwal, P. C. Jha, R. Ramanathan, Optimal Duration of Integrated Segment Specific and Mass Promotion Activities for Durable Technology Products: A Differential Evolution Approach.- M. Kumar, A Secure RGB Image Encryption Algorithm in Optimized Virtual Planet Domain.- J. D. Darbari, S. Sharma, M. C. Barrueta Pinto, Identification and Analysis of Key Sustainable Criteria for Third Party Reverse Logistics Provider Selection using the Best-Worst Method.- A. Gupta, N. Pachar, M. C. Barrueta Pinto, Efficiency Assessment through Peer Evaluation and Benchmarking: A Case Study of a Retail Chain using DEA.- R. K. Misra, D. Singh and A. Kumar, Spherical Search Algorithm: A Metaheuristic for Bound-Constrained Optimization.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Studies in Quantitative Decision Making: Selected
Book SynopsisThis edited volume is an in-depth collation of the usage of different quantitative decision making techniques in practical areas such as lean & green supply chain, reverse logistics, perishable logistics, closed loop supply chain, sustainable project management, retail management, block chain applications, optimal supplier selection problem, demand/supply modelling, forecasting under uncertainties, scheduling & sequencing, resource constraint logistics, dynamic network supply chain, risk evaluation, and so on. Additionally, the book also solves these issues in theoretical and practical context using innovative mathematical tools. Consisting of selected papers from the 23rd Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, this book's highlight is not only the coverage of interesting topics, but also how these topics are dealt with, such that post-graduate students as well as researchers and industry personnel working in areas like engineering, economics, social sciences, management, mathematics, etc., can derive the maximum benefit by reading or referring to this book. Apart from the emphasis on new mathematical, operations research, operations management, and statistical techniques, the authors also ensure that all the concepts are made clear by highlighting their practical significance in different areas of applications of operations management. By using novel presentation methods, the book offers a good practical flavor of all the different topics relevant to operations management in the coming decades. Table of ContentsModeling Reverse Logistics Network for Post-Sale Service Under International Ecosystem.- Sustainable Parallel Machine Scheduling: Trade-Off Between Tardiness And Energy Consumption.- Modeling A Coordinated Supply Chain Under Service Level Constraint With Price-Sensitive Stochastic Demand And Discrete Transportation Lead Time.- A Course Timetabling Problem.- Vehicle Routing Problem For Organized Health Care Waste Collection And Optimization: A Case Study Of Varanasi.- Modelling The Route Design In Animal Husbandry Supply Chain.- The PRV Problem – Solution And Extensions.- Nurse Staffing And Scheduling Optimization Solution For A Healthcare Service Industry.- Mathematical Modelling And Simulation Of Sawmill Operations With A View To Improve Occupational Health And Productivity.- Duopoly Airline Network Design Decisions: A Case Of Co-Opetition.- Robust Multi-Objective Solution Approach For Multiple Quality Characteristic Optimization Problems.- Production Planning And Control Of A Hybrid MTS/MTO Production Network Model Using Asymmetric Loss Function.- Joint Optimization Of Airline Pricing And Seat Allocation Under Choice-Based Demand.- Manpower Planning In A Hyper-Local Food Delivery Organization: A Case Study.- Optimizing Multimodal Transportation Problem For Efficient Parcel Movement In Courier Industry.- Optimization Of Quality Of Life Index With alpha-Level Of Significance Of Linear Constraints.- Reducing Patient Waiting Time In A Primary Health Network Using Location-Allocation Model.- Quality And Pricing Decisions Of Web Based Applications.- Measuring Sustainability Efficiency Of Fast Moving Consumers Goods Companies Using DEA Model.- A Novel Two-Stage Network DEA Approach To Estimate Production Efficiency Of The Bus Transportation System.- A Data Envelopment Approach For Energy Efficient Habitats.- Deep Learning And Cross-Temporal Hierarchies Based Framework For Demand Forecasting.- Application Of Deep Learning For Throughput Forecasting In Container Supply Chain.- A Machine Learning Model For Forecasting Domestic Lpg Demand.- A Model To Identify Predictors Of Demand For Regional Air-Transport.- How Many People In Your Party? – An Experimental Research To Predict Consumer Demand In Restaurants.- Prioritization And Evaluation Of Barriers To Implement CSCM Using Fuzzy-AHP.- Analysis Of Issues Of ELV Management In India: A Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach.- A Game Theoretic Analysis Of Carbon Emission And Congestion Cost In The Presence Of Competition Between Airlines.- Pricing Decision Of A Two-Sided Platform With Heterogeneous Sellers.- A Clarke And Wright Based Heuristic Approach For Implementing Recall Of Utility Products.- A Heuristic Approach To Fixed Budget Tourist Trip Design Problem.- A Lagrangian Approach For Solving The Team Orienteering Problem With Non-Identical Agents.- Material Flow Optimisation Of A Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem In A Manufacturing Plant By Using Real Coded Genetic Algorithm.- A Modified Ant Algorithm Integrates Real-Life Road Constraints In Vehicle Routing Under Uncertain Environments: A Case Study Of E-Commerce Courier Companies In India.- A Long Horizon Stochastic Inventory Routing Problem For Liquid Nitrogen Delivery.- An Optimization Model For A Dairy Co-Operative For Sustainable Operations For Milk Collection.- The Shapley Value Based Compliance Table For Ambulance Repositioning.- Waiting Time Reduction In A Hospital Outpatient Clinic Using Flexsim Simulation.- Agent Based Simulation Of RFID Potential In Aircraft Reverse Logistics.- Sustainable Mobility Project Selection Using A Fuzzy Axiomatic Design Based Approach.- An Internal Credit Scoring Model For SMEs Using BWM And TOPSIS.- The Value Of Time Of Use (ToU) Pricing In A Grid With Significant Renewable Energy Supply: Does It Co-Ordinate?.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Emerging Studies and Applications of Grey Systems
Book SynopsisThis book aims to provide a practical guide by a set of real world applications of grey systems to social networks, energy management, transportation, natural disaster management, etc. As an emerging subject on data analysis and uncertainty modelling, the theory of grey systems and its applications have seen significant progress in recent years. However, researchers are still challenged with difficulties in differentiating grey systems from other similar models and a concise and practical guide for their real world applications. This is especially true for researchers in Europe and North American. This book may provide the answer for that. This book is a result of work within the Leverhulme Trust International Research Network on Grey Systems and its Applications. Readers may regard the book as valuable reference in the related fields.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Development of Grey System Research – Sifeng Liu. Chapter 2. Basic models in grey systems theory – Naiming Xie, Baolei Wei. Chapter 3. Grey systems and uncertainty modelling – Yingjie Yang, A.S. Khuman, S. Liu. Chapter 4. Agent-based modelling in grey economic systems – Camelia Delcia, Yingjie Yang, Sifeng Liu, Liviu-Adrian Coftas. Chapter 5. Selection of the company’s strategy using Grey Stratified Decisions Model – Rafał Mierzwiak. Chapter 6. A Cost Level Analysis for the Components of the Smartphones Using Greyness Based Quality Function Deployment – Erdal Aydemir, Yusuf Sahin, Kenan Karagul Chapter 7. Forecasting and optimization of short-term traffic flow dynamics modelling, based on grey system theory – Xinping Xiao, Huan Guo, Jinwei Yang. Chapter 8. Yellow river ice disaster risk management based on grey prediction and decision method – Dang Luo Chapter 9. Millennial generation: enthusiastic vs. stressed consumers. How different is their behavior and their opinion on companies’ image in online social networks? - Camelia Delcia Liviu-Adrian Coftas Chapter 10. Grey models and its application in the energy-economic system – Chaoqing Yuan.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Applications of Operational Research in Business
Book SynopsisEffective decision-making while trading off the constraints and conflicting multiple objectives under rapid technological developments, massive generation of data, and extreme volatility is of paramount importance to organizations to win over the time-based competition today. While agility is a crucial issue, the firms have been increasingly relying on evidence-based decision-making through intelligent decision support systems driven by computational intelligence and automation to achieve a competitive advantage. The decisions are no longer confined to a specific functional area. Instead, business organizations today find actionable insight for formulating future courses of action by integrating multiple objectives and perspectives. Therefore, multi-objective decision-making plays a critical role in businesses and industries. In this regard, the importance of Operations Research (OR) models and their applications enables the firms to derive optimum solutions subject to various constraints and/or objectives while considering multiple functional areas of the organizations together. Hence, researchers and practitioners have extensively applied OR models to solve various organizational issues related to manufacturing, service, supply chain and logistics management, human resource management, finance, and market analysis, among others. Further, OR models driven by AI have been enabled to provide intelligent decision-support frameworks for achieving sustainable development goals.The present issue provides a unique platform to showcase the contributions of the leading international experts on production systems and business from academia, industry, and government to discuss the issues in intelligent manufacturing, operations management, financial management, supply chain management, and Industry 4.0 in the Artificial Intelligence era. Some of the general (but not specific) scopes of this proceeding entail OR models such as Optimization and Control, Combinatorial Optimization, Queuing Theory, Resource Allocation Models, Linear and Nonlinear Programming Models, Multi-objective and multi-attribute Decision Models, Statistical Quality Control along with AI, Bayesian Data Analysis, Machine Learning and Econometrics and their applications vis-à-vis AI & Data-driven Production Management, Marketing and Retail Management, Financial Management, Human Resource Management, Operations Management, Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0, Supply Chain and Logistics Management, Digital Supply Network, Healthcare Administration, Inventory Management, consumer behavior, security analysis, and portfolio management and sustainability. The present issue shall be of interest to the faculty members, students, and scholars of various engineering and social science institutions and universities, along with the practitioners and policymakers of different industries and organizations.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Optimization of an inventory model with demand dependent on selling price and stock, nonlinear holding cost along with trade credit policy.- Chapter 2: Software Defect Prediction Through a Hybrid Approach Comprising of a Statistical Tool and a Machine Learning Model.- Chapter 3: Conservation of a prey species through optimal taxation: a model with Beddington-DeAngelis Functional Response.- Chapter 4: Investigate the reason for students' absenteeism in Engineering College in Fuzzy MCDM environment.- Chapter 5: Optimal inventory management policies for substitutable products considering non-instantaneous decay and cost of substitution.
£134.99
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd World Of Risk: A New Approach To Global Strategy
Book SynopsisThis book takes a fresh and critical look at the leading sources of global risk — terrorism, disease, crime, poverty, environmental damage and others — and sets out a practical way to respond far better than we have to each risk area.Drawing from his state-of-the-art knowledge of global strategy as applied in the business world, the author provides analysis, insight, realistic strategies, and hope for a better way forward. His foresight has already been demonstrated. Early in the year 2000, he wrote: “Sadly, the history of mass terrorism is just about to be written. … Even the US is no longer a safe haven from foreign or local terrorists. … US policing has done little to limit the operations of terrorist Osama bin Laden. … The vulnerability of large government and civilian buildings and even military targets has also contributed to an increase in the scale of potential harm.”Without a more informed set of strategies and better global leadership, the catastrophe of 9/11 will only be a forerunner of many more disasters in the future. We can do much better. This important book shows us how.Table of ContentsWorld of Risk -- World of Opportunity; Scale and Nature of the Challenge; A New Approach to Strategy; Next Generation Strategies; Leadership and Engagement; A Message of Hope
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Risk Management And Value: Valuation And Asset
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive discussion of the issues related to risk, volatility, value and risk management. It includes a selection of the best papers presented at the Fourth International Finance Conference 2007, qualified by Professor James Heckman, the 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, as a “high level” one. The first half of the book examines ways to manage risk and compute value-at-risk for exchange risk associated to debt portfolios and portfolios of equity. It also covers the Basel II framework implementation and securitisation. The effects of volatility and risk on the valuation of financial assets are further studied in detail.The second half of the book is dedicated to the banking industry, banking competition on the credit market, banking risk and distress, market valuation, managerial risk taking, and value in the ICT activity. With its inclusion of new concepts and recent literature, academics and risk managers will want to read this book.Table of ContentsManaging Derivatives in the Presence of a Smile Effect and Incomplete Information; Some Considerations on Relationship between Corruption and Economic Growth; The Basel Framework Implementation and Securitisation; Size, Book-to-Market, Volatility and Stock Returns; Market Power and Banking Competition on the Credit Market; Portfolio Diversification and Market Share Analysis for Romanian Insurance Companies; Why has Idiosyncratic Volatility Increased in Europe?; Debt Valuation: Enterprise Assessment and Applications; Does the Tunisian Stock Market Over-react?; Threshold Stock Prices Adjustment; ICT and Performance of the Companies: The Case of the Tunisian Companies; and other papers.
£184.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Modern Developments In Behavioral Economics:
Book SynopsisThis book examines the field of behavioral economics and provides insights into the following questions:The book looks at decision making and behavior from the point of view of (i) individual behavior and choice; (ii) group and interactive choice; and (iii) collective choices and decision making. In particular, it covers the following aspects: instances when bounded rationality leads to decisions inconsistent with standard economic assumptions; risk and the processes by which investors and consumers make decisions; altruistic and cooperative behavior as alternatives to competition; game theory as a way to explore motives of cooperation versus competition; the determinants of happiness and the relationship between utility and well-being; the concept of social capital, including motivations for charity and being a responsible citizen; how trust and fairness relate to economic actions and the motivation to cooperate rather than compete; behavior such as crime, corruption and bribery from ethical, social and economic viewpoints; and, finally, the decision making process of collective choice and how societies develop rules for governing themselves.This is the first book to bridge economics, psychology, sociology and political sciences and explain the nuanced subtleties of decision making.
£38.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Multiple Criteria Decision Making: From Early
Book SynopsisMultiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is all about making choices in the presence of multiple conflicting criteria. MCDM has become one of the most important and fastest growing subfields of Operations Research/Management Science. As modern MCDM started to emerge about 50 years ago, it is now a good time to take stock of developments. This book aims to present an informal, nontechnical history of MCDM, supplemented with many pictures. It covers the major developments in MCDM, from early history until now. It also covers fascinating discoveries by Nobel Laureates and other prominent scholars.The book begins with the early history of MCDM, which covers the roots of MCDM through the 1960s. It proceeds to give a decade-by-decade account of major developments in the field starting from the 1970s until now. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will be of interest to students, academics, and professionals in the field of decision sciences.Table of ContentsEarly History of MCDM; Developments in MCDM in the 1970's; Developments in MCDM in the 1980's; Developments in MCDM in the 1990's; Developments in MCDM after 2000; MCDM Conferences; MCDM Society Traditions; Biographies of Leading MCDM Scholars.
£75.05
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Multi-stakeholder Decision Making For Complex
Book SynopsisIn the complex world of today, important policy and business decisions are still made with a 17th Century reductionist mindset and approach. Yet, complex challenges such as climate change, poverty, public health, security, energy futures, and sustainability transcend any single science, discipline or agency. Rather, they require integration of social, economic, cultural, political, and environmental concerns to achieve acceptable and sustainable outcomes. This entails synthesis of diverse knowledge and perspectives in a transparent and unifying decision-making process, engaging stakeholders with competing interests, perspectives, and agendas under uncertain and often adversarial conditions.Multi-Stakeholder Decision Making for Complex Problems — A Systems Thinking Approach with Cases brings together a unique self-contained volume to address this challenge. The book introduces the systems approach in non-technical language for multi-issue, multi-stakeholder decision making supplemented by numerous case studies including business, economics, healthcare, agriculture, energy, sustainability, policy, and planning. The book provides a fresh and timely approach with practical tools for dealing with complex challenges facing evolving global business and society today.Table of ContentsFour Levels of thinking; Feedback Loops (Reinforcing and Balancing); Behaviors over Time Graphs; Casual Loop Modelling; Law of Leverage; Delay; Decision Making Pitfalls; Learning Lab (LLab); International Cases Studies;
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