Preface -- Contents -- Part I Risk Modeling -- 1 Directional Returns for Gold and Silver: A Cluster Analysis Approach -- 1.1 Introduction and Literature Review -- 1.2 Data Collection and Preparation -- 1.3 Methodology: Two-Step Cluster Analysis -- 1.4 Gold with Clusters -- 1.4.1 Training Set...

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- References: Introduction -- Data Envelopment Analysis, in Brief, with Little Math! -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: DEA Models Overview -- Basic DEA Models -- Introduction -- Model Types --...

Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The Orchard as a Metaphor: Putting the Four Processes into Context -- Outline of the Chapters -- References -- Chapter 2: The Quality Dilemma: Combining Development and Stability -- The Quality Dilemma: What Is It? -- Quality Improvement...

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Efficiency Persistence of Bank and Thrift CEOs Using Data Envelopment Analysis -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Literature Review -- 1.3 Data and Methodology -- 1.3.1 CEO Compensation, Efficiency, and Persistence -- 1.4 Empirical Results --...

Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Ranking Decision Making Units: The Cross-Efficiency Evaluation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Ranking Methods in DEA -- 1.3 The Cross-Efficiency Evaluation: The Standard Approach -- 1.4 The Choice of DEA Weights in Cross-Efficiency Evaluations --...

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